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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,889 4,154 6,061
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.94% 25.20% 21.09%
As % of the General category 30.12% 34.78% 34.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,591 2,518 3,981
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £140,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £66,367 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.71% +2.10% -3.70%

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 12,910 11,945 17,594
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.45% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,325 6,687 12,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,697
% change year-on-year - +4.37% -12.17%

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 23 July 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
1 110 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.05%) Confluence
3 30 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.31%) Apache
5 11 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.28%) CMS
5 11 (0.28%) SAS
6 9 (0.23%) nginx
7 6 (0.15%) IIS
7 6 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.10%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.077%) JBoss
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.026%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.026%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 243 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.26%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.13%) Trello
9 4 (0.10%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.10%) Simulink
9 4 (0.10%) Sketch
10 3 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.077%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.077%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.077%) Productboard
11 2 (0.051%) SPSS
12 1 (0.026%) Notion
Business Applications
1 65 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 55 (1.41%) Oracle Financials
3 30 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 30 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 28 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 24 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 22 (0.57%) Elite 3E
7 20 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
7 20 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
9 16 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
9 16 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
10 14 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
11 13 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
11 13 (0.33%) SAP ERP
12 12 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
12 12 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 11 (0.28%) SAP CO
13 11 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 846 (21.75%) Azure
2 566 (14.55%) AWS
3 350 (9.00%) SaaS
4 297 (7.64%) Power Platform
5 204 (5.25%) GCP
6 166 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
7 131 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (2.34%) Snowflake
10 78 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (1.85%) Entra ID
12 68 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 67 (1.72%) PaaS
14 63 (1.62%) Azure AI
15 61 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
16 59 (1.52%) Azure Machine Learning
17 52 (1.34%) PowerApps
18 51 (1.31%) GitHub
19 40 (1.03%) Power Automate
20 39 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 86 (2.21%) WAN
2 78 (2.01%) LAN
3 72 (1.85%) Firewall
4 50 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.05%) HTTP
6 40 (1.03%) Network Security
7 39 (1.00%) DNS
8 38 (0.98%) VPN
9 31 (0.80%) DHCP
10 21 (0.54%) Broadband
11 18 (0.46%) BGP
11 18 (0.46%) MPLS
11 18 (0.46%) VLAN
11 18 (0.46%) Wireless
12 17 (0.44%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
13 12 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.28%) CHAP
14 11 (0.28%) Internet
15 10 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (4.78%) Power BI
2 168 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 73 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 60 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 56 (1.44%) Tableau
6 53 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 37 (0.95%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.72%) Big Data
11 27 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 26 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 23 (0.59%) MySQL
13 23 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (0.57%) Metadata
15 17 (0.44%) Db2
15 17 (0.44%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.44%) SAP BW
16 16 (0.41%) NoSQL
16 16 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 107 (2.75%) JIRA
2 73 (1.88%) Git
3 46 (1.18%) TeamCity
4 22 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.46%) JUnit
6 17 (0.44%) Selenium
7 13 (0.33%) Maven
8 11 (0.28%) Mockito
9 10 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.15%) GitLab
10 6 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (0.13%) Postman
11 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.10%) Gatling
General
1 1,281 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 656 (16.87%) Banking
3 508 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 400 (10.29%) Legal
5 342 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 330 (8.49%) Retail
7 303 (7.79%) Law
8 215 (5.53%) Marketing
9 211 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
10 206 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
11 189 (4.86%) Public Sector
12 154 (3.96%) Financial Institution
13 130 (3.34%) Back Office
14 128 (3.29%) Manufacturing
15 113 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
16 75 (1.93%) Front Office
17 73 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 65 (1.67%) Billing
19 54 (1.39%) Investment Banking
20 45 (1.16%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 553 (14.22%) Senior
2 395 (10.16%) Lead
3 394 (10.13%) Analyst
4 355 (9.13%) Developer
5 300 (7.71%) Architect
6 256 (6.58%) Software Engineer
7 210 (5.40%) Consultant
8 155 (3.99%) Finance Manager
9 145 (3.73%) Senior Manager
10 132 (3.39%) Accountant
11 112 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
12 98 (2.52%) IT Manager
13 93 (2.39%) Project Manager
14 92 (2.37%) Engineering Manager
15 91 (2.34%) Business Analyst
16 88 (2.26%) Azure Engineer
17 82 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
18 80 (2.06%) Graduate
19 79 (2.03%) Support Analyst
20 72 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (4.14%) .NET
2 157 (4.04%) React
3 115 (2.96%) REST
4 102 (2.62%) Node.js
5 64 (1.65%) CSS
6 63 (1.62%) .NET Core
7 58 (1.49%) ASP.NET
8 57 (1.47%) Kafka
9 55 (1.41%) ASP.NET Core
10 54 (1.39%) Spring
11 47 (1.21%) .NET Framework
12 41 (1.05%) Redux
13 40 (1.03%) AngularJS
14 39 (1.00%) GraphQL
14 39 (1.00%) jQuery
15 36 (0.93%) HTML
15 36 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
16 33 (0.85%) PyTorch
16 33 (0.85%) TensorFlow
17 32 (0.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 251 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 217 (5.58%) Cloud Native
3 159 (4.09%) Virtual Team
4 150 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 146 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 143 (3.68%) Web Conferencing
7 135 (3.47%) Podcast
8 89 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 85 (2.19%) Public Cloud
10 73 (1.88%) Data Centre
11 71 (1.83%) Fixed Income
12 65 (1.67%) Data Structures
13 60 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
14 48 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (1.18%) Driving Licence
16 42 (1.08%) Blog
16 42 (1.08%) Credit Risk
16 42 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
17 40 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
17 40 (1.03%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 132 (3.39%) Windows
2 111 (2.85%) Linux
3 44 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.44%) Unix
5 14 (0.36%) Android
5 14 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.026%) AIX
9 1 (0.026%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 821 (21.11%) Agile
2 650 (16.71%) Roadmaps
3 631 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 576 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 514 (13.22%) AI
6 467 (12.01%) Decision-Making
6 467 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 444 (11.42%) Software Engineering
8 401 (10.31%) Mentoring
9 387 (9.95%) ERP
10 379 (9.75%) Analytics
11 349 (8.97%) CI/CD
12 328 (8.43%) DevOps
13 308 (7.92%) Risk Management
14 299 (7.69%) Project Management
15 285 (7.33%) Project Delivery
16 271 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 258 (6.63%) Process Improvement
18 239 (6.15%) Business Intelligence
19 238 (6.12%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 574 (14.76%) SQL
2 395 (10.16%) Python
3 313 (8.05%) Java
4 248 (6.38%) C#
5 172 (4.42%) JavaScript
6 150 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 97 (2.49%) C++
8 75 (1.93%) PowerShell
9 70 (1.80%) PHP
10 62 (1.59%) Go
11 28 (0.72%) C
11 28 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.67%) Bicep
13 22 (0.57%) Bash
13 22 (0.57%) R
14 18 (0.46%) VBA
15 14 (0.36%) Rust
16 13 (0.33%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.28%) VB.NET
17 11 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 351 (9.03%) Degree
2 259 (6.66%) ACCA
3 223 (5.73%) Security Cleared
4 218 (5.61%) CIMA
5 146 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 144 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 82 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 81 (2.08%) CISSP
9 54 (1.39%) CISM
10 51 (1.31%) PMI Certification
11 47 (1.21%) DV Cleared
12 45 (1.16%) PMP
13 42 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 37 (0.95%) CISA
15 33 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 31 (0.80%) CRISC
17 29 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.67%) DBS Check
19 25 (0.64%) AAT
20 21 (0.54%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (3.99%) QA
2 138 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 133 (3.42%) GDPR
4 96 (2.47%) GRC
5 91 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 78 (2.01%) NIST
7 75 (1.93%) Accessibility
8 70 (1.80%) IFRS
9 67 (1.72%) PMO
10 57 (1.47%) SLA
11 48 (1.23%) GAAP
12 36 (0.93%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.80%) COBIT
14 23 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.57%) SOC 2
16 20 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.39%) FINREP
17 15 (0.39%) MiFID
18 14 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 93 (2.39%) Docker
2 91 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 64 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.39%) Firmware
5 15 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.13%) Squid
8 5 (0.13%) vSphere
9 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.077%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.077%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 167 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 159 (4.09%) Terraform
3 59 (1.52%) Grafana
4 43 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (0.98%) Ansible
6 8 (0.21%) Istio
7 6 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.13%) Endace
9 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.10%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.10%) QRadar
9 4 (0.10%) SCCM
9 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.077%) Argo
10 3 (0.077%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.051%) CASB
11 2 (0.051%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.051%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 710 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 230 (5.91%) Oracle
3 138 (3.55%) SAP
4 116 (2.98%) Databricks
5 79 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.70%) Sage
7 62 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 52 (1.34%) Google
9 46 (1.18%) Cisco
10 41 (1.05%) VMware
11 37 (0.95%) Workday
12 36 (0.93%) Xero
13 29 (0.75%) HubSpot
14 27 (0.69%) IBM
15 26 (0.67%) Aderant
15 26 (0.67%) Adobe
16 21 (0.54%) BMC
17 19 (0.49%) Splunk
18 18 (0.46%) FIS
18 18 (0.46%) iManage