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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,399 4,169 5,599
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.02% 21.05% 25.54%
As % of the General category 33.38% 33.57% 39.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,189 2,649 4,416
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £53,136
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,750 £113,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +1.71%

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 10,183 12,417 14,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.97% 62.69% 65.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,393 7,092 11,264
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,713 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,297
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,177 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.30% +2.68% +1.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 16 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
1 127 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
2 96 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 69 (2.03%) Apache
4 56 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 51 (1.50%) Confluence
6 12 (0.35%) CMS
6 12 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.32%) SAS
8 10 (0.29%) IIS
9 9 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.24%) Appian
11 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
11 7 (0.21%) JBoss
11 7 (0.21%) WordPress
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
14 3 (0.088%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 365 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 163 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 6 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.18%) Civil 3D
9 5 (0.15%) Trello
10 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.088%) Sketch
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.059%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.059%) Elementor
13 1 (0.029%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.79%) Unit4 Business World
2 59 (1.74%) NetSuite
3 43 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 43 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 41 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
5 36 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
6 34 (1.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 31 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
8 30 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
9 23 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
10 21 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
10 21 (0.62%) SAP FI
11 20 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
12 17 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
12 17 (0.50%) SAP CO
12 17 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
13 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
14 14 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
14 14 (0.41%) Sage 200
15 13 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 685 (20.15%) Azure
2 472 (13.89%) AWS
3 389 (11.44%) Power Platform
4 253 (7.44%) SaaS
5 209 (6.15%) GCP
6 186 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
7 170 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 157 (4.62%) dbt
9 147 (4.32%) GitHub
10 142 (4.18%) Snowflake
11 97 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
12 88 (2.59%) Entra ID
13 77 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 58 (1.71%) Power Automate
15 51 (1.50%) PowerApps
16 49 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
17 47 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
17 47 (1.38%) OCI
18 46 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
19 42 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 77 (2.27%) Firewall
2 62 (1.82%) Wireless
3 59 (1.74%) LAN
4 58 (1.71%) WAN
5 46 (1.35%) VPN
6 44 (1.29%) Network Security
7 39 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.15%) Wireshark
8 34 (1.00%) TCP/IP
9 25 (0.74%) Software-Defined Radio
10 19 (0.56%) Internet
11 15 (0.44%) DNS
11 15 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.32%) DHCP
12 11 (0.32%) VLAN
13 10 (0.29%) BGP
14 9 (0.26%) Junos
14 9 (0.26%) SSL
14 9 (0.26%) WLAN
15 8 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 291 (8.56%) Power BI
2 152 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 124 (3.65%) Apache Iceberg
4 121 (3.56%) Amazon Athena
4 121 (3.56%) Apache Arrow
4 121 (3.56%) Dremio
5 108 (3.18%) Data Lake
6 107 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
7 99 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
8 84 (2.47%) Tableau
9 64 (1.88%) Apache Ignite
10 56 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 42 (1.24%) MySQL
13 35 (1.03%) MongoDB
13 35 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 31 (0.91%) Metadata
15 24 (0.71%) Big Data
16 23 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
17 22 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 138 (4.06%) JIRA
2 70 (2.06%) Git
3 53 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 47 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.79%) Selenium
6 23 (0.68%) Postman
7 20 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 20 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 19 (0.56%) SoapUI
9 17 (0.50%) GitLab
10 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
11 15 (0.44%) ER Studio
12 14 (0.41%) ERwin
13 12 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.24%) webpack
15 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.18%) Storybook
17 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
17 5 (0.15%) JMeter
General
1 1,205 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 563 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
3 418 (12.30%) Banking
4 297 (8.74%) Marketing
5 202 (5.94%) Retail
6 201 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 201 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 199 (5.85%) Front Office
8 192 (5.65%) Legal
9 143 (4.21%) Manufacturing
10 133 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
11 129 (3.80%) Financial Institution
12 127 (3.74%) Telecoms
13 113 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
14 112 (3.30%) Law
15 95 (2.79%) Investment Banking
16 89 (2.62%) Back Office
17 84 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
18 71 (2.09%) Electronics
19 46 (1.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 519 (15.27%) Senior
2 483 (14.21%) Analyst
3 387 (11.39%) Developer
4 257 (7.56%) Software Engineer
5 238 (7.00%) Lead
6 213 (6.27%) Consultant
7 149 (4.38%) Architect
8 131 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
9 129 (3.80%) Python Engineer
10 127 (3.74%) Financial Analyst
11 121 (3.56%) AWS Software Engineer
12 117 (3.44%) Python Software Engineer
13 109 (3.21%) Business Analyst
14 106 (3.12%) Java Engineer
15 97 (2.85%) Accountant
16 96 (2.82%) Java Software Engineer
17 94 (2.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 89 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
19 85 (2.50%) Project Manager
20 84 (2.47%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (4.97%) React
2 166 (4.88%) .NET
3 139 (4.09%) Pandas
4 127 (3.74%) NumPy
5 121 (3.56%) SciPy
6 119 (3.50%) Node.js
7 112 (3.30%) AngularJS
8 84 (2.47%) RESTful
9 83 (2.44%) REST
10 82 (2.41%) Vue
11 72 (2.12%) CSS
12 70 (2.06%) SOAP
13 65 (1.91%) gRPC
14 62 (1.82%) Protocol Buffers
15 61 (1.79%) HTML
16 52 (1.53%) Kafka
17 49 (1.44%) Spring
18 45 (1.32%) ASP.NET
18 45 (1.32%) GraphQL
19 40 (1.18%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 175 (5.15%) Fixed Income
2 164 (4.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 161 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 154 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
5 153 (4.50%) e-Learning
6 145 (4.27%) Equities
7 135 (3.97%) Product Ownership
8 116 (3.41%) Cloud Native
9 110 (3.24%) Onboarding
10 87 (2.56%) Hedge funds
11 85 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 84 (2.47%) Derivative
13 68 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
14 63 (1.85%) Pricing Data
15 61 (1.79%) Data Centre
15 61 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
16 43 (1.27%) Virtual Team
17 39 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
18 38 (1.12%) Social Media
19 36 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 181 (5.33%) Linux
2 115 (3.38%) Windows
3 49 (1.44%) Unix
4 36 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 25 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
6 21 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.32%) Android
8 11 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.15%) VMS
11 3 (0.088%) CentOS
12 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.029%) AIX
13 1 (0.029%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.029%) MVS
13 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.029%) Solaris
13 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 962 (28.30%) Agile
2 612 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
3 550 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 444 (13.06%) Asset Management
5 419 (12.33%) AI
6 399 (11.74%) Analytics
7 393 (11.56%) Software Engineering
8 390 (11.47%) Business Intelligence
9 386 (11.36%) Decision-Making
10 371 (10.91%) DevOps
11 356 (10.47%) ERP
12 354 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 352 (10.36%) Roadmaps
14 330 (9.71%) Mentoring
15 328 (9.65%) Project Management
16 324 (9.53%) Coaching
17 308 (9.06%) Risk Management
18 299 (8.80%) CI/CD
19 240 (7.06%) Fintech
20 210 (6.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 563 (16.56%) SQL
2 484 (14.24%) Python
3 329 (9.68%) Java
4 276 (8.12%) JavaScript
5 241 (7.09%) TypeScript
6 153 (4.50%) C#
7 101 (2.97%) PowerShell
8 91 (2.68%) C++
9 58 (1.71%) PHP
10 53 (1.56%) C
11 51 (1.50%) Go
12 49 (1.44%) Bash
13 46 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 41 (1.21%) PL/SQL
15 27 (0.79%) T-SQL
16 26 (0.76%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.56%) Bicep
18 18 (0.53%) R
19 17 (0.50%) Scala
19 17 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 437 (12.86%) Degree
2 265 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 254 (7.47%) ACCA
4 215 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 201 (5.91%) CIMA
6 100 (2.94%) CISSP
7 87 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 86 (2.53%) DV Cleared
9 68 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
10 61 (1.79%) CCNP
11 54 (1.59%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.41%) CISA
13 47 (1.38%) AAT
14 46 (1.35%) CISM
15 43 (1.27%) Master's Degree
16 42 (1.24%) CRISC
17 38 (1.12%) PMI Certification
18 37 (1.09%) Azure Certification
18 37 (1.09%) CCNA
18 37 (1.09%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (4.09%) NIST
2 133 (3.91%) QA
3 117 (3.44%) Data Quality
4 107 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 103 (3.03%) GDPR
6 101 (2.97%) Accessibility
7 75 (2.21%) PCI DSS
8 70 (2.06%) PMO
9 44 (1.29%) GRC
9 44 (1.29%) IFRS
10 38 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 37 (1.09%) GAAP
12 26 (0.76%) SLA
13 20 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
13 20 (0.59%) COBIT
14 19 (0.56%) SOC 2
15 12 (0.35%) SEPA
16 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
17 9 (0.26%) ISO 9001
17 9 (0.26%) ITGC
System Software
1 89 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.53%) Docker
3 38 (1.12%) Firmware
4 34 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 27 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.18%) NFS
8 6 (0.18%) vSphere
9 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.029%) vCloud
10 1 (0.029%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 158 (4.65%) Terraform
2 83 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.65%) Ansible
4 51 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (0.88%) Grafana
7 14 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.38%) SCCM
9 12 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.12%) Argo
13 4 (0.12%) Cilium
14 3 (0.088%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.088%) Control-M
14 3 (0.088%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.088%) QRadar
15 2 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 2 (0.059%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 597 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 184 (5.41%) SAP
3 165 (4.85%) Oracle
4 126 (3.71%) Cisco
5 78 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 70 (2.06%) Databricks
7 65 (1.91%) Google
8 59 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 54 (1.59%) Sage
10 51 (1.50%) VMware
11 50 (1.47%) Red Hat
12 47 (1.38%) Workday
13 45 (1.32%) Blue Prism
14 35 (1.03%) Xero
15 34 (1.00%) Sparx
16 30 (0.88%) Palo Alto
16 30 (0.88%) SolarWinds
17 29 (0.85%) CheckPoint
17 29 (0.85%) Meraki
18 26 (0.76%) IBM