Hybrid/Remote Finance Job Trends

Financial
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,357 4,228 5,326
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.96% 21.30% 25.49%
As % of the General category 34.18% 33.15% 39.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,153 2,738 4,245
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,745 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,246 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.49% +3.21% +0.80%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,822 12,754 13,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 64.26% 64.26% 65.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,304 7,389 10,752
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,667 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Finance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Finance
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Finance salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 110 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
2 86 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 62 (1.85%) Apache
4 50 (1.49%) Confluence
4 50 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.39%) CMS
5 13 (0.39%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.33%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.24%) Appian
9 8 (0.24%) Ethereum
9 8 (0.24%) JBoss
10 7 (0.21%) IIS
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
12 5 (0.15%) WordPress
13 3 (0.089%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.089%) nginx
Applications
1 352 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.15%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.089%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.089%) Civil 3D
9 3 (0.089%) Sketch
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.060%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.060%) Elementor
11 1 (0.030%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.82%) Unit4 Business World
2 50 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 43 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
5 40 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 36 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
7 33 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
8 31 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 23 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
10 23 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
11 21 (0.63%) SAP FI
12 18 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
13 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
14 16 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
14 16 (0.48%) SAP CO
14 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
15 14 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
16 13 (0.39%) Workday HCM
17 12 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 716 (21.33%) Azure
2 473 (14.09%) AWS
3 377 (11.23%) Power Platform
4 255 (7.60%) SaaS
5 203 (6.05%) GCP
6 196 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
7 169 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
8 160 (4.77%) GitHub
9 144 (4.29%) dbt
10 137 (4.08%) Snowflake
11 100 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
12 95 (2.83%) Entra ID
13 78 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
14 58 (1.73%) Power Automate
15 55 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
15 55 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
16 49 (1.46%) PowerApps
17 47 (1.40%) OCI
18 45 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 45 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.41%) Firewall
2 60 (1.79%) WAN
3 59 (1.76%) LAN
4 57 (1.70%) Wireless
5 47 (1.40%) VPN
6 45 (1.34%) Network Security
7 42 (1.25%) SD-WAN
8 39 (1.16%) Wireshark
9 38 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 21 (0.63%) DNS
11 19 (0.57%) Internet
12 18 (0.54%) Software-Defined Radio
13 16 (0.48%) DHCP
14 13 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (0.33%) VLAN
16 10 (0.30%) BGP
17 9 (0.27%) SSL
17 9 (0.27%) WLAN
18 8 (0.24%) Intranet
19 7 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (8.28%) Power BI
2 152 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 106 (3.16%) Apache Iceberg
3 106 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
4 103 (3.07%) Amazon Athena
4 103 (3.07%) Apache Arrow
4 103 (3.07%) Dremio
5 99 (2.95%) Data Lake
6 88 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
7 84 (2.50%) Tableau
8 56 (1.67%) Apache Ignite
9 54 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 49 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 43 (1.28%) MySQL
12 34 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 33 (0.98%) MongoDB
14 31 (0.92%) Metadata
15 27 (0.80%) Big Data
16 22 (0.66%) Power Query
17 21 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 137 (4.08%) JIRA
2 72 (2.14%) Git
3 55 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 51 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.80%) Selenium
6 23 (0.69%) Postman
7 20 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.51%) GitLab
10 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
11 15 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 14 (0.42%) ERwin
13 13 (0.39%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.24%) webpack
15 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.21%) Storybook
15 7 (0.21%) Subversion
16 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,163 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 564 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
3 431 (12.84%) Banking
4 295 (8.79%) Marketing
5 205 (6.11%) Retail
6 204 (6.08%) Public Sector
7 201 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 174 (5.18%) Front Office
9 173 (5.15%) Legal
10 135 (4.02%) Manufacturing
11 132 (3.93%) Financial Institution
11 132 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
12 131 (3.90%) Telecoms
13 119 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
14 115 (3.43%) Law
15 86 (2.56%) Back Office
16 85 (2.53%) Investment Banking
17 78 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
18 77 (2.29%) Electronics
19 50 (1.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 531 (15.82%) Senior
2 466 (13.88%) Analyst
3 378 (11.26%) Developer
4 235 (7.00%) Software Engineer
5 228 (6.79%) Lead
6 211 (6.29%) Consultant
7 146 (4.35%) Architect
8 127 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
9 115 (3.43%) Python Engineer
10 114 (3.40%) AWS Engineer
11 103 (3.07%) AWS Software Engineer
11 103 (3.07%) Python Software Engineer
12 101 (3.01%) Accountant
12 101 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 92 (2.74%) Java Engineer
14 86 (2.56%) Senior Software Engineer
15 82 (2.44%) Java Software Engineer
16 81 (2.41%) Project Manager
17 80 (2.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 74 (2.20%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (4.94%) .NET
2 159 (4.74%) React
3 122 (3.63%) Pandas
4 110 (3.28%) Node.js
5 109 (3.25%) NumPy
6 103 (3.07%) SciPy
7 99 (2.95%) AngularJS
8 93 (2.77%) REST
9 91 (2.71%) RESTful
10 74 (2.20%) CSS
10 74 (2.20%) SOAP
11 70 (2.09%) Vue
12 60 (1.79%) HTML
13 57 (1.70%) gRPC
14 55 (1.64%) Kafka
15 54 (1.61%) Protocol Buffers
16 49 (1.46%) GraphQL
17 47 (1.40%) Spring
18 43 (1.28%) ASP.NET
18 43 (1.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 157 (4.68%) Management Information System
2 147 (4.38%) Fixed Income
3 143 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 140 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 136 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 126 (3.75%) Cloud Native
7 120 (3.57%) Equities
8 119 (3.54%) e-Learning
9 111 (3.31%) Onboarding
10 86 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 73 (2.17%) Hedge funds
12 70 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
13 68 (2.03%) Derivative
14 67 (2.00%) Data Centre
15 66 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
16 53 (1.58%) Pricing Data
17 40 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
17 40 (1.19%) Virtual Team
18 36 (1.07%) Security Posture
19 33 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 165 (4.92%) Linux
2 115 (3.43%) Windows
3 48 (1.43%) Unix
4 35 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
7 15 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.39%) Android
9 11 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 10 (0.30%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.18%) VMS
12 4 (0.12%) CentOS
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.030%) AIX
14 1 (0.030%) MVS
14 1 (0.030%) Solaris
14 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 944 (28.12%) Agile
2 587 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
3 529 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 433 (12.90%) AI
4 433 (12.90%) Asset Management
5 387 (11.53%) Analytics
6 379 (11.29%) DevOps
7 376 (11.20%) Roadmaps
8 375 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
9 374 (11.14%) Decision-Making
9 374 (11.14%) Software Engineering
10 351 (10.46%) ERP
11 346 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
12 341 (10.16%) Coaching
13 314 (9.35%) CI/CD
14 312 (9.29%) Mentoring
15 311 (9.26%) Risk Management
16 291 (8.67%) Project Management
17 225 (6.70%) Fintech
18 210 (6.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 555 (16.53%) SQL
2 462 (13.76%) Python
3 320 (9.53%) Java
4 255 (7.60%) JavaScript
5 222 (6.61%) TypeScript
6 161 (4.80%) C#
7 103 (3.07%) PowerShell
8 84 (2.50%) C++
9 68 (2.03%) PHP
10 50 (1.49%) Bash
10 50 (1.49%) Go
11 46 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 45 (1.34%) C
13 40 (1.19%) PL/SQL
14 28 (0.83%) Shell Script
15 23 (0.69%) T-SQL
16 20 (0.60%) Bicep
17 18 (0.54%) VBA
18 17 (0.51%) Kotlin
18 17 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 434 (12.93%) Degree
2 272 (8.10%) ACCA
3 230 (6.85%) Security Cleared
4 217 (6.46%) CIMA
5 183 (5.45%) SC Cleared
6 124 (3.69%) CISSP
7 87 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 73 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 65 (1.94%) CISA
10 60 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
10 60 (1.79%) CRISC
11 57 (1.70%) DBS Check
12 52 (1.55%) CCNP
12 52 (1.55%) CISM
13 49 (1.46%) AAT
14 43 (1.28%) Master's Degree
15 38 (1.13%) CEH
16 37 (1.10%) Azure Certification
17 36 (1.07%) CCNA
18 34 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (4.80%) NIST
2 130 (3.87%) QA
3 113 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 111 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 106 (3.16%) GDPR
6 93 (2.77%) PCI DSS
7 88 (2.62%) Accessibility
8 62 (1.85%) PMO
9 48 (1.43%) GRC
10 46 (1.37%) IFRS
11 41 (1.22%) GAAP
12 37 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 31 (0.92%) SLA
14 20 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 20 (0.60%) COBIT
15 19 (0.57%) SOC 2
16 12 (0.36%) SEPA
17 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
18 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
18 9 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 57 (1.70%) Docker
3 35 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (0.98%) Firmware
5 28 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 22 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 13 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.18%) NFS
9 6 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.060%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.060%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.030%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 162 (4.83%) Terraform
2 86 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 60 (1.79%) Ansible
4 53 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 46 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (0.89%) Grafana
7 14 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
8 13 (0.39%) SCCM
9 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.15%) Argo
12 4 (0.12%) Cilium
12 4 (0.12%) Control-M
12 4 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.089%) QRadar
14 2 (0.060%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 2 (0.060%) Suricata
Vendors
1 585 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 175 (5.21%) SAP
3 160 (4.77%) Oracle
4 117 (3.49%) Cisco
5 75 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 74 (2.20%) Databricks
7 63 (1.88%) Google
8 59 (1.76%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.49%) VMware
10 48 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 46 (1.37%) Workday
12 45 (1.34%) Blue Prism
13 44 (1.31%) Sage
14 35 (1.04%) Xero
15 30 (0.89%) Palo Alto
15 30 (0.89%) SolarWinds
16 29 (0.86%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.86%) Meraki
17 27 (0.80%) Sparx
18 25 (0.74%) IBM