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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,643 3,885 4,310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.44% 23.66% 20.86%
As % of the General category 29.90% 33.47% 33.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,640 2,209 2,698
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -11.76% +9.29%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £130,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £71,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -12.59% +2.14%

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 15,531 11,609 12,852
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.69% 70.69% 62.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,305 6,194 7,384
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.26% -2.50%

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 October 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
1 114 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 55 (1.18%) Confluence
3 29 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 16 (0.34%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.22%) SAS
10 7 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.086%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.086%) IIS
12 3 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.065%) WordPress
13 2 (0.043%) Hedera
14 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
14 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.022%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.022%) Moodle
Applications
1 285 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 154 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 81 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 16 (0.34%) MS Visio
8 13 (0.28%) Notion
9 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
10 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.13%) Trello
12 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 5 (0.11%) InDesign
13 4 (0.086%) Mathcad
13 4 (0.086%) Sketch
14 3 (0.065%) Acrobat
14 3 (0.065%) Productboard
14 3 (0.065%) Revit
15 2 (0.043%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 53 (1.14%) NetSuite
2 41 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 32 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
5 29 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
6 27 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
7 25 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
8 21 (0.45%) Primavera
9 20 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
10 18 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
10 18 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
11 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
12 16 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (0.34%) Sage X3
12 16 (0.34%) Workday HCM
13 15 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 13 (0.28%) SAP CO
14 13 (0.28%) SAP FI
14 13 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 823 (17.73%) Azure
2 639 (13.76%) AWS
3 417 (8.98%) SaaS
4 368 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 260 (5.60%) GCP
6 173 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
7 166 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
8 117 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (1.96%) PaaS
10 90 (1.94%) GitHub
11 87 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
12 85 (1.83%) Entra ID
13 84 (1.81%) PowerApps
14 81 (1.74%) Snowflake
15 79 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
16 67 (1.44%) Power Automate
17 65 (1.40%) Anthropic Claude
18 63 (1.36%) Serverless
19 52 (1.12%) Amazon Bedrock
20 42 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 75 (1.62%) LAN
2 74 (1.59%) WAN
3 62 (1.34%) Firewall
4 52 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 47 (1.01%) VPN
6 42 (0.90%) Network Security
7 38 (0.82%) 5G
8 30 (0.65%) HTTP
9 29 (0.62%) DNS
10 24 (0.52%) VLAN
11 23 (0.50%) BGP
12 22 (0.47%) Broadband
13 18 (0.39%) DHCP
13 18 (0.39%) Internet
14 14 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.30%) Wireless
15 13 (0.28%) Ethernet
16 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
17 9 (0.19%) Unified Communications
17 9 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 253 (5.45%) Power BI
2 101 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 76 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (1.44%) MongoDB
5 60 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
7 53 (1.14%) Tableau
8 49 (1.06%) Data Lake
9 42 (0.90%) Relational Database
10 41 (0.88%) Metadata
11 40 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (0.56%) Big Data
13 24 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 24 (0.52%) Power Query
14 22 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
15 21 (0.45%) MySQL
15 21 (0.45%) NoSQL
15 21 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 20 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (0.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 138 (2.97%) JIRA
2 90 (1.94%) Git
3 84 (1.81%) TeamCity
4 48 (1.03%) Claude Code
5 38 (0.82%) JUnit
6 26 (0.56%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.50%) Maven
8 21 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.41%) Mockito
10 11 (0.24%) Selenium
11 10 (0.22%) GitLab
12 8 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.17%) IntelliJ
12 8 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.15%) Postman
14 6 (0.13%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.13%) Gatling
14 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.11%) Android Studio
16 4 (0.086%) SonarQube
General
1 1,660 (35.75%) Social Skills
2 783 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
3 730 (15.72%) Banking
4 623 (13.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 484 (10.42%) Legal
6 409 (8.81%) Retail
7 386 (8.31%) Law
8 348 (7.50%) Marketing
9 318 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
10 279 (6.01%) Public Sector
11 257 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
12 192 (4.14%) Manufacturing
13 191 (4.11%) Financial Institution
14 175 (3.77%) Back Office
15 170 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
16 163 (3.51%) Aerospace
17 120 (2.58%) Telecoms
18 91 (1.96%) Billing
19 72 (1.55%) Front Office
20 68 (1.46%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 659 (14.19%) Senior
2 522 (11.24%) Lead
3 454 (9.78%) Analyst
4 424 (9.13%) Architect
5 352 (7.58%) Developer
6 305 (6.57%) Software Engineer
7 231 (4.98%) Consultant
8 182 (3.92%) Senior Manager
9 169 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
10 133 (2.86%) Finance Manager
11 120 (2.58%) Accountant
11 120 (2.58%) IT Manager
12 104 (2.24%) Project Manager
13 96 (2.07%) Azure Engineer
14 94 (2.02%) Business Analyst
14 94 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
15 93 (2.00%) Enterprise Architect
16 91 (1.96%) Data Analyst
17 90 (1.94%) Business Manager
18 78 (1.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (4.35%) Terraform
2 168 (3.62%) .NET
3 131 (2.82%) React
4 111 (2.39%) REST
5 74 (1.59%) Node.js
6 73 (1.57%) Spring
7 71 (1.53%) LangChain
8 63 (1.36%) .NET Core
9 62 (1.34%) LangGraph
10 58 (1.25%) ASP.NET
11 52 (1.12%) ASP.NET Core
11 52 (1.12%) RESTful
12 49 (1.06%) .NET Framework
13 48 (1.03%) XML
14 46 (0.99%) CSS
15 45 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
16 43 (0.93%) AngularJS
16 43 (0.93%) PyTorch
16 43 (0.93%) TensorFlow
17 37 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 312 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 267 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 264 (5.69%) Cloud Native
4 230 (4.95%) Onboarding
5 168 (3.62%) Web Conferencing
6 164 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 163 (3.51%) Podcast
8 132 (2.84%) Virtual Team
9 110 (2.37%) Blog
10 99 (2.13%) AI Agents
11 78 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 77 (1.66%) Hedge funds
13 72 (1.55%) Credit Risk
14 71 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 71 (1.53%) Social Media
15 61 (1.31%) Data Centre
16 54 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
17 51 (1.10%) Mobile App
18 48 (1.03%) Data Structures
19 45 (0.97%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 113 (2.43%) Windows
2 92 (1.98%) Linux
3 44 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.58%) Android
5 25 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.26%) macOS
7 9 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.15%) Unix
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.065%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.022%) AIX
11 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 896 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 823 (17.73%) AI
3 795 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
4 783 (16.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 769 (16.56%) Agile
6 725 (15.61%) Decision-Making
7 712 (15.33%) Roadmaps
8 551 (11.87%) Software Engineering
9 516 (11.11%) Mentoring
10 484 (10.42%) Analytics
11 455 (9.80%) CI/CD
12 436 (9.39%) ERP
13 384 (8.27%) Coaching
14 381 (8.21%) Risk Management
15 370 (7.97%) Process Improvement
16 364 (7.84%) DevOps
17 362 (7.80%) Project Delivery
18 354 (7.62%) Customer Service
19 334 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 329 (7.09%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 656 (14.13%) SQL
2 481 (10.36%) Python
3 336 (7.24%) Java
4 236 (5.08%) C#
5 160 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 125 (2.69%) TypeScript
7 81 (1.74%) C++
8 77 (1.66%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.01%) Go
10 45 (0.97%) R
11 37 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 35 (0.75%) Bash
12 35 (0.75%) PHP
13 32 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 30 (0.65%) Bicep
15 22 (0.47%) C
15 22 (0.47%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.47%) Rust
16 18 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 16 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 416 (8.96%) Degree
2 388 (8.36%) Security Cleared
3 298 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 264 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 214 (4.61%) ACCA
6 197 (4.24%) CIMA
7 129 (2.78%) DV Cleared
8 92 (1.98%) DBS Check
9 74 (1.59%) CISSP
10 70 (1.51%) Azure Certification
11 58 (1.25%) CISM
12 57 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 46 (0.99%) PMI Certification
14 40 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
15 39 (0.84%) PMP
16 35 (0.75%) CRISC
17 33 (0.71%) CISA
18 32 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
19 29 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
20 28 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (5.38%) Accessibility
2 201 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 176 (3.79%) QA
4 153 (3.30%) GDPR
5 116 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 100 (2.15%) GRC
7 80 (1.72%) SLA
8 77 (1.66%) PMO
9 71 (1.53%) NIST
10 49 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 40 (0.86%) IFRS
11 40 (0.86%) SOC 2
12 32 (0.69%) GAAP
13 27 (0.58%) COBIT
14 23 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (0.39%) NCSC
16 17 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
16 17 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 14 (0.30%) Def Stans
18 12 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 118 (2.54%) Docker
2 87 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.08%) Firmware
4 26 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.13%) Squid
8 6 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.065%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.065%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.043%) vSphere
11 1 (0.022%) HDFS
11 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.022%) zsh
Systems Management
1 212 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 119 (2.56%) Grafana
3 37 (0.80%) Ansible
4 31 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.17%) Cilium
8 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.086%) SCCM
10 3 (0.065%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.065%) SQL Sentry
11 2 (0.043%) Argo
11 2 (0.043%) CASB
11 2 (0.043%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.043%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.043%) QRadar
12 1 (0.022%) Control-M
12 1 (0.022%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.022%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 771 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 219 (4.72%) Oracle
3 145 (3.12%) SAP
4 117 (2.52%) Salesforce
5 108 (2.33%) Google
6 90 (1.94%) Databricks
7 77 (1.66%) Sage
8 65 (1.40%) Workday
9 54 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 39 (0.84%) HubSpot
11 35 (0.75%) VMware
12 34 (0.73%) Adobe
13 33 (0.71%) Cisco
14 31 (0.67%) YouTube
15 30 (0.65%) Xero
16 25 (0.54%) Aderant
17 24 (0.52%) BMC
17 24 (0.52%) Dynatrace
18 22 (0.47%) IFS
19 20 (0.43%) Splunk