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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,806 4,176 6,649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.82% 25.30% 20.90%
As % of the General category 29.99% 34.97% 34.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,551 2,552 4,468
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £66,872
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +4.68% -3.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

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 12,690 11,941 19,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.42% 72.34% 61.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,226 6,694 14,054
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
75th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,188
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 16 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
1 111 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 37 (0.97%) Confluence
3 32 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.32%) SAS
5 11 (0.29%) CMS
6 7 (0.18%) Apache
7 6 (0.16%) IIS
8 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.13%) nginx
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) JBoss
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.053%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 228 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.26%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.13%) Trello
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.11%) Sketch
10 3 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.079%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) Productboard
11 2 (0.053%) SPSS
12 1 (0.026%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.026%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 63 (1.66%) NetSuite
2 57 (1.50%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 29 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 29 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
5 28 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 24 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.60%) Elite 3E
8 22 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
9 20 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
12 14 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
13 13 (0.34%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
14 12 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 11 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
16 10 (0.26%) SAP CO
16 10 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 822 (21.60%) Azure
2 559 (14.69%) AWS
3 349 (9.17%) SaaS
4 285 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 202 (5.31%) GCP
6 168 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
7 125 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
8 107 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
9 82 (2.15%) Snowflake
10 73 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (1.89%) Entra ID
12 69 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 65 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
14 63 (1.66%) Azure AI
15 61 (1.60%) Azure Machine Learning
16 60 (1.58%) PaaS
17 49 (1.29%) GitHub
18 48 (1.26%) PowerApps
19 37 (0.97%) Power Automate
20 35 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 83 (2.18%) WAN
2 76 (2.00%) Firewall
3 72 (1.89%) LAN
4 50 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.08%) Network Security
6 40 (1.05%) HTTP
6 40 (1.05%) VPN
7 37 (0.97%) DNS
8 31 (0.81%) DHCP
9 21 (0.55%) BGP
10 20 (0.53%) Broadband
11 19 (0.50%) MPLS
11 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 19 (0.50%) VLAN
11 19 (0.50%) Wireless
12 13 (0.34%) CHAP
12 13 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (4.62%) Power BI
2 166 (4.36%) SQL Server
3 73 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 54 (1.42%) Tableau
6 48 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
9 35 (0.92%) Data Lake
10 27 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.66%) Relational Database
12 24 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 23 (0.60%) Big Data
13 23 (0.60%) MySQL
14 18 (0.47%) Db2
15 17 (0.45%) Metadata
16 16 (0.42%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.42%) SAP BW
17 14 (0.37%) Power Query
18 13 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 100 (2.63%) JIRA
2 64 (1.68%) Git
3 49 (1.29%) TeamCity
4 19 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.39%) JUnit
5 15 (0.39%) Selenium
6 12 (0.32%) Maven
7 10 (0.26%) Mockito
8 7 (0.18%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.13%) GitLab
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
10 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.079%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.079%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.079%) SonarQube
General
1 1,259 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 664 (17.45%) Banking
3 496 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 405 (10.64%) Legal
5 332 (8.72%) Retail
6 327 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 310 (8.15%) Law
8 207 (5.44%) Marketing
8 207 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
9 197 (5.18%) Public Sector
10 193 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
11 165 (4.34%) Financial Institution
12 136 (3.57%) Back Office
13 120 (3.15%) Manufacturing
14 106 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
15 72 (1.89%) Front Office
16 68 (1.79%) Telecoms
17 57 (1.50%) Billing
18 54 (1.42%) Investment Banking
19 44 (1.16%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 553 (14.53%) Senior
2 385 (10.12%) Analyst
3 373 (9.80%) Lead
4 349 (9.17%) Developer
5 291 (7.65%) Architect
6 257 (6.75%) Software Engineer
7 204 (5.36%) Consultant
8 152 (3.99%) Finance Manager
8 152 (3.99%) Senior Manager
9 125 (3.28%) Accountant
10 114 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
11 93 (2.44%) Project Manager
12 92 (2.42%) Engineering Manager
13 90 (2.36%) IT Manager
14 89 (2.34%) Business Analyst
15 83 (2.18%) Azure Engineer
16 81 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
17 79 (2.08%) Support Analyst
18 78 (2.05%) Graduate
19 69 (1.81%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (4.26%) .NET
2 152 (3.99%) React
3 112 (2.94%) REST
4 101 (2.65%) Node.js
5 64 (1.68%) CSS
6 62 (1.63%) .NET Core
7 57 (1.50%) ASP.NET
8 55 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
8 55 (1.45%) Kafka
9 52 (1.37%) Spring
10 47 (1.23%) .NET Framework
11 41 (1.08%) Redux
12 39 (1.02%) jQuery
13 38 (1.00%) AngularJS
13 38 (1.00%) GraphQL
14 36 (0.95%) HTML
14 36 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
15 34 (0.89%) PyTorch
15 34 (0.89%) TensorFlow
16 33 (0.87%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 248 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 221 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.20%) Virtual Team
4 147 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 146 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 143 (3.76%) Web Conferencing
7 135 (3.55%) Podcast
8 82 (2.15%) Public Cloud
9 81 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 73 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 68 (1.79%) Fixed Income
12 66 (1.73%) Data Structures
13 56 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
14 46 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
15 45 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
15 45 (1.18%) Driving Licence
16 43 (1.13%) Blog
17 42 (1.10%) Security Posture
18 40 (1.05%) Credit Risk
18 40 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 126 (3.31%) Windows
2 111 (2.92%) Linux
3 37 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.47%) Unix
5 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.29%) Android
7 9 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.026%) AIX
10 1 (0.026%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 798 (20.97%) Agile
2 615 (16.16%) Roadmaps
3 597 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 556 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
5 473 (12.43%) AI
6 443 (11.64%) Decision-Making
7 442 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 435 (11.43%) Software Engineering
9 399 (10.48%) Mentoring
10 381 (10.01%) ERP
11 365 (9.59%) Analytics
12 338 (8.88%) CI/CD
13 327 (8.59%) DevOps
14 309 (8.12%) Risk Management
15 295 (7.75%) Project Management
16 267 (7.02%) Project Delivery
17 263 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 237 (6.23%) Process Improvement
19 235 (6.17%) Coaching
20 231 (6.07%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 566 (14.87%) SQL
2 378 (9.93%) Python
3 313 (8.22%) Java
4 252 (6.62%) C#
5 165 (4.34%) JavaScript
6 145 (3.81%) TypeScript
7 94 (2.47%) C++
8 75 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.81%) PHP
10 66 (1.73%) Go
11 28 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.68%) Bicep
13 25 (0.66%) C
14 21 (0.55%) Bash
15 20 (0.53%) R
16 18 (0.47%) VBA
17 17 (0.45%) Rust
18 13 (0.34%) T-SQL
19 12 (0.32%) VB.NET
19 12 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 339 (8.91%) Degree
2 252 (6.62%) ACCA
3 216 (5.68%) Security Cleared
4 211 (5.54%) CIMA
5 124 (3.26%) SC Cleared
6 123 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 101 (2.65%) CISSP
8 83 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 59 (1.55%) CISM
10 53 (1.39%) PMI Certification
11 43 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 43 (1.13%) PMP
12 41 (1.08%) CISA
13 39 (1.02%) Azure Certification
14 32 (0.84%) CRISC
15 31 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
16 30 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.68%) AAT
18 25 (0.66%) DBS Check
19 22 (0.58%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (4.13%) QA
2 135 (3.55%) GDPR
3 131 (3.44%) Data Quality
4 106 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 90 (2.36%) GRC
6 83 (2.18%) NIST
7 69 (1.81%) IFRS
8 64 (1.68%) PMO
9 55 (1.45%) SLA
10 50 (1.31%) Accessibility
11 47 (1.23%) GAAP
12 39 (1.02%) PCI DSS
13 33 (0.87%) COBIT
14 26 (0.68%) SOC 2
15 23 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
16 20 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
18 14 (0.37%) COREP
18 14 (0.37%) FINREP
19 13 (0.34%) MiFID
System Software
1 88 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 84 (2.21%) Docker
3 64 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.26%) Firmware
6 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.079%) Squid
9 3 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 158 (4.15%) Terraform
2 157 (4.13%) Kubernetes
3 60 (1.58%) Grafana
4 43 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.92%) Ansible
6 8 (0.21%) Istio
7 6 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.13%) Endace
8 5 (0.13%) QRadar
8 5 (0.13%) SCCM
9 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.079%) Argo
10 3 (0.079%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.079%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.079%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.053%) Puppet
11 2 (0.053%) Salt
Vendors
1 691 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.07%) Oracle
3 136 (3.57%) SAP
4 110 (2.89%) Databricks
5 79 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.79%) Sage
7 61 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 53 (1.39%) Google
9 48 (1.26%) Cisco
10 38 (1.00%) VMware
11 37 (0.97%) Workday
11 37 (0.97%) Xero
12 27 (0.71%) Adobe
13 26 (0.68%) Aderant
13 26 (0.68%) HubSpot
14 23 (0.60%) IBM
15 20 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 20 (0.53%) Splunk
16 19 (0.50%) BMC
17 18 (0.47%) iManage