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 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,379 4,005 7,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.23% 27.37% 21.66%
As % of the General category 32.72% 36.53% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,217 2,497 4,866
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £88,750 £102,500 £88,569
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -7.41%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,327 10,965 20,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.72% 74.94% 62.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,870 6,354 15,064
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,703 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15 May 2026.

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 85 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.15%) Confluence
3 29 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.47%) SAS
5 10 (0.30%) CMS
6 7 (0.21%) JBoss
6 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.15%) Ethereum
7 5 (0.15%) IIS
7 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.12%) Apache
9 2 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.030%) Camunda
10 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.030%) nginx
Applications
1 203 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 110 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.089%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.089%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.059%) Productboard
10 2 (0.059%) SPSS
11 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 68 (2.01%) Oracle Financials
2 50 (1.48%) NetSuite
3 47 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
4 43 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
5 42 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
6 31 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
7 29 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
9 26 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.50%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
14 13 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
14 13 (0.38%) SAP ERP
15 9 (0.27%) SAP FI
16 8 (0.24%) SAP CO
16 8 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 726 (21.49%) Azure
2 469 (13.88%) AWS
3 294 (8.70%) SaaS
4 221 (6.54%) Power Platform
5 176 (5.21%) GCP
6 133 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
8 103 (3.05%) GitHub
9 100 (2.96%) Snowflake
10 90 (2.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 87 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
12 78 (2.31%) Entra ID
13 67 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.95%) Azure Machine Learning
15 64 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
16 61 (1.81%) Azure AI
17 50 (1.48%) GitHub Copilot
18 37 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (1.07%) dbt
20 35 (1.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.98%) Firewall
2 48 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.33%) VPN
4 44 (1.30%) WAN
5 39 (1.15%) DNS
6 38 (1.12%) HTTP
7 37 (1.09%) DHCP
8 29 (0.86%) Network Security
8 29 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 23 (0.68%) CHAP
10 19 (0.56%) BGP
10 19 (0.56%) LAN
10 19 (0.56%) MPLS
11 18 (0.53%) Broadband
12 17 (0.50%) Wireless
13 15 (0.44%) VLAN
14 13 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 154 (4.56%) Power BI
3 66 (1.95%) Tableau
4 59 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (0.74%) Big Data
10 24 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 22 (0.65%) Metadata
12 22 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 18 (0.53%) MySQL
14 17 (0.50%) DB2
15 16 (0.47%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.41%) Delta Lake
16 14 (0.41%) SAP BW
17 13 (0.38%) Looker
17 13 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 115 (3.40%) JIRA
2 67 (1.98%) Git
3 40 (1.18%) TeamCity
4 27 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 26 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.77%) Selenium
6 18 (0.53%) Postman
7 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
8 14 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (0.38%) SoapUI
10 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.24%) GitLab
11 8 (0.24%) JUnit
12 6 (0.18%) Maven
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.15%) Mockito
13 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.15%) Storybook
14 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,047 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 591 (17.49%) Banking
3 459 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 318 (9.41%) Retail
6 313 (9.26%) Legal
7 255 (7.55%) Law
8 232 (6.87%) Public Sector
9 227 (6.72%) Marketing
10 175 (5.18%) Financial Institution
11 148 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
12 132 (3.91%) Back Office
13 111 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
14 93 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
15 92 (2.72%) Manufacturing
16 74 (2.19%) Front Office
17 65 (1.92%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.15%) Investment Banking
19 38 (1.12%) Billing
20 35 (1.04%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 580 (17.16%) Senior
2 387 (11.45%) Analyst
3 283 (8.38%) Lead
4 282 (8.35%) Developer
5 227 (6.72%) Software Engineer
6 178 (5.27%) Consultant
7 177 (5.24%) Architect
8 134 (3.97%) Finance Manager
9 121 (3.58%) Senior Manager
10 106 (3.14%) Accountant
11 100 (2.96%) Business Analyst
12 90 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
13 85 (2.52%) Project Manager
14 84 (2.49%) C# Developer
15 80 (2.37%) Data Engineer
16 75 (2.22%) Software Developer
17 74 (2.19%) Graduate
18 73 (2.16%) Senior Software Engineer
18 73 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
19 70 (2.07%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (3.94%) .NET
2 128 (3.79%) React
3 116 (3.43%) REST
4 69 (2.04%) Node.js
5 61 (1.81%) Kafka
6 49 (1.45%) RESTful
7 48 (1.42%) GraphQL
8 47 (1.39%) CSS
9 46 (1.36%) SOAP
10 43 (1.27%) Redux
11 42 (1.24%) Spring
12 38 (1.12%) JSON
13 36 (1.07%) HTML
14 32 (0.95%) .NET Core
14 32 (0.95%) jQuery
15 31 (0.92%) OAuth
16 28 (0.83%) Middleware
17 27 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
17 27 (0.80%) XML
18 26 (0.77%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 223 (6.60%) Product Ownership
2 202 (5.98%) Cloud Native
3 133 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.61%) Virtual Team
5 119 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 75 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
7 74 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 69 (2.04%) Podcast
9 65 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 64 (1.89%) Public Cloud
11 63 (1.86%) Data Structures
12 59 (1.75%) Fixed Income
13 51 (1.51%) Blog
13 51 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
14 48 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (1.24%) Security Posture
17 37 (1.09%) Driving Licence
18 35 (1.04%) Low-Code
19 34 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.52%) Windows
2 102 (3.02%) Linux
3 38 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.80%) Unix
5 25 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.50%) Android
7 15 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.089%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.030%) AIX
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.030%) VMS
11 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 806 (23.85%) Agile
2 491 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
3 483 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 481 (14.23%) Roadmaps
5 408 (12.07%) AI
6 370 (10.95%) Mentoring
7 355 (10.51%) DevOps
8 353 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 349 (10.33%) Analytics
10 348 (10.30%) CI/CD
11 345 (10.21%) Software Engineering
12 343 (10.15%) Decision-Making
13 338 (10.00%) ERP
14 293 (8.67%) Coaching
15 288 (8.52%) Project Management
16 259 (7.66%) Risk Management
17 215 (6.36%) Fintech
17 215 (6.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 210 (6.21%) Test Automation
19 195 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 546 (16.16%) SQL
2 339 (10.03%) Python
3 323 (9.56%) Java
4 214 (6.33%) C#
5 127 (3.76%) JavaScript
6 121 (3.58%) TypeScript
7 82 (2.43%) C++
8 79 (2.34%) PowerShell
9 78 (2.31%) Go
10 67 (1.98%) PHP
11 35 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.86%) C
13 22 (0.65%) Apex Code
14 18 (0.53%) Bicep
15 17 (0.50%) Rust
16 16 (0.47%) R
17 15 (0.44%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.41%) Shell Script
19 13 (0.38%) Bash
20 12 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 369 (10.92%) Degree
2 251 (7.43%) ACCA
3 208 (6.16%) CIMA
4 186 (5.50%) Security Cleared
5 126 (3.73%) CISSP
6 105 (3.11%) SC Cleared
7 88 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 78 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 75 (2.22%) CISA
10 65 (1.92%) CISM
11 56 (1.66%) PMI Certification
12 51 (1.51%) DV Cleared
13 46 (1.36%) CRISC
14 40 (1.18%) DBS Check
15 37 (1.09%) PMP
16 35 (1.04%) SANS
17 33 (0.98%) Azure Certification
18 30 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
19 27 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
20 25 (0.74%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (3.91%) QA
2 117 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 113 (3.34%) GDPR
4 104 (3.08%) NIST
5 87 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 65 (1.92%) IFRS
7 59 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 58 (1.72%) PMO
9 54 (1.60%) GRC
9 54 (1.60%) PCI DSS
10 42 (1.24%) SLA
11 36 (1.07%) GAAP
12 32 (0.95%) COBIT
13 22 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
15 15 (0.44%) MiFID
16 13 (0.38%) COREP
16 13 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
16 13 (0.38%) FINREP
System Software
1 104 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.25%) Docker
3 70 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
4 48 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
7 11 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.15%) vSphere
10 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.030%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 177 (5.24%) Terraform
2 141 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 51 (1.51%) Grafana
4 46 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.89%) Ansible
6 22 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.24%) Argo
7 8 (0.24%) Istio
7 8 (0.24%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.15%) Endace
9 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.15%) SCCM
10 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.089%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.059%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 554 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 232 (6.87%) Oracle
3 131 (3.88%) SAP
4 129 (3.82%) Databricks
5 87 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 59 (1.75%) Sage
7 53 (1.57%) Google
8 49 (1.45%) VMware
9 41 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 40 (1.18%) Cisco
11 32 (0.95%) Xero
12 30 (0.89%) Workday
13 24 (0.71%) HubSpot
14 23 (0.68%) Adobe
14 23 (0.68%) Okta
15 21 (0.62%) IBM
16 20 (0.59%) Aderant
17 16 (0.47%) Red Hat
18 13 (0.38%) Atlassian
18 13 (0.38%) CheckPoint