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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,478 3,875 7,068
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.25% 26.69% 21.50%
As % of the General category 32.24% 35.58% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,283 2,337 4,869
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,250 £45,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £120,000
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 10,788 10,890 20,264
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.61% 75.02% 61.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,174 5,954 15,094
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,325 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
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 £111,250 £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 27 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 90 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.06%) Confluence
3 32 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.49%) SAS
5 10 (0.29%) CMS
6 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 7 (0.20%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Apache
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.029%) Camunda
11 1 (0.029%) nginx
Applications
1 202 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
8 5 (0.14%) Sketch
9 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.086%) Productboard
10 3 (0.086%) SPSS
11 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 71 (2.04%) Oracle Financials
2 52 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 47 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
5 41 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
6 30 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
7 29 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
8 28 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
9 27 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
10 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
11 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
14 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
15 12 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
16 10 (0.29%) SAP CO
16 10 (0.29%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 718 (20.64%) Azure
2 478 (13.74%) AWS
3 314 (9.03%) SaaS
4 225 (6.47%) Power Platform
5 177 (5.09%) GCP
6 131 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
7 129 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (2.67%) Snowflake
9 87 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 87 (2.50%) GitHub
10 84 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
11 78 (2.24%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.93%) Azure Machine Learning
13 65 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
13 65 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 61 (1.75%) Azure AI
15 41 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
16 38 (1.09%) OCI
17 36 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
18 31 (0.89%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 69 (1.98%) Firewall
2 49 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.29%) VPN
4 42 (1.21%) WAN
5 37 (1.06%) DNS
5 37 (1.06%) HTTP
6 36 (1.04%) DHCP
7 30 (0.86%) Network Security
8 26 (0.75%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.60%) Broadband
9 21 (0.60%) CHAP
10 19 (0.55%) BGP
10 19 (0.55%) MPLS
11 18 (0.52%) LAN
12 15 (0.43%) VLAN
12 15 (0.43%) Wireless
13 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.35%) Internet
15 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 155 (4.46%) Power BI
3 62 (1.78%) Tableau
4 55 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (1.50%) Data Lake
6 47 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (0.81%) Big Data
9 26 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (0.66%) MongoDB
12 20 (0.58%) Metadata
13 17 (0.49%) DB2
13 17 (0.49%) MySQL
14 16 (0.46%) NoSQL
15 14 (0.40%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 13 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 114 (3.28%) JIRA
2 71 (2.04%) Git
3 42 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.75%) Selenium
5 24 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
7 18 (0.52%) Postman
8 16 (0.46%) WebDriver
9 14 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 13 (0.37%) SoapUI
11 12 (0.35%) JUnit
12 10 (0.29%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.29%) Maven
13 9 (0.26%) Mockito
14 7 (0.20%) GitLab
15 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
16 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.14%) SpecFlow
17 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
17 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,103 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 581 (16.71%) Banking
3 478 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 361 (10.38%) Legal
5 333 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 323 (9.29%) Retail
7 269 (7.73%) Law
8 224 (6.44%) Marketing
9 220 (6.33%) Public Sector
10 177 (5.09%) Financial Institution
11 174 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
12 133 (3.82%) Back Office
13 111 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
14 91 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
15 87 (2.50%) Manufacturing
16 71 (2.04%) Front Office
17 64 (1.84%) Telecoms
18 47 (1.35%) Billing
19 40 (1.15%) Investment Banking
20 37 (1.06%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 576 (16.56%) Senior
2 393 (11.30%) Analyst
3 307 (8.83%) Lead
4 294 (8.45%) Developer
5 235 (6.76%) Software Engineer
6 190 (5.46%) Architect
7 183 (5.26%) Consultant
8 141 (4.05%) Finance Manager
9 135 (3.88%) Senior Manager
10 107 (3.08%) Accountant
11 102 (2.93%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.56%) Project Manager
12 89 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
13 78 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
14 76 (2.19%) Engineering Manager
15 75 (2.16%) Data Engineer
16 73 (2.10%) C# Developer
17 69 (1.98%) IT Manager
17 69 (1.98%) Senior Software Engineer
18 67 (1.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (3.85%) .NET
2 129 (3.71%) React
3 115 (3.31%) REST
4 67 (1.93%) Node.js
5 58 (1.67%) Kafka
6 52 (1.50%) Spring
7 48 (1.38%) CSS
8 45 (1.29%) GraphQL
9 44 (1.27%) RESTful
9 44 (1.27%) SOAP
10 42 (1.21%) Redux
11 39 (1.12%) HTML
12 35 (1.01%) JSON
13 33 (0.95%) Middleware
14 31 (0.89%) jQuery
15 30 (0.86%) .NET Core
16 28 (0.81%) OAuth
16 28 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
17 27 (0.78%) AngularJS
18 25 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 240 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 201 (5.78%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.37%) Virtual Team
4 141 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 127 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 103 (2.96%) Web Conferencing
7 97 (2.79%) Podcast
8 73 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 72 (2.07%) Data Centre
10 71 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 69 (1.98%) Data Structures
12 58 (1.67%) Fixed Income
13 47 (1.35%) Blog
13 47 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
14 46 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 44 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
16 41 (1.18%) Security Posture
17 39 (1.12%) Driving Licence
18 34 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
18 34 (0.98%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.51%) Windows
2 103 (2.96%) Linux
3 38 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 24 (0.69%) Unix
5 22 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) Android
7 12 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.086%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) CentOS
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (23.15%) Agile
2 518 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
3 500 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 498 (14.32%) Roadmaps
5 432 (12.42%) AI
6 386 (11.10%) Mentoring
7 366 (10.52%) Analytics
7 366 (10.52%) Decision-Making
8 364 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 363 (10.44%) Software Engineering
10 354 (10.18%) DevOps
11 353 (10.15%) ERP
12 350 (10.06%) CI/CD
13 304 (8.74%) Project Management
14 278 (7.99%) Coaching
15 241 (6.93%) Risk Management
16 234 (6.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 209 (6.01%) Fintech
18 206 (5.92%) Test Automation
19 203 (5.84%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 551 (15.84%) SQL
2 364 (10.47%) Python
3 332 (9.55%) Java
4 207 (5.95%) C#
5 136 (3.91%) JavaScript
6 119 (3.42%) TypeScript
7 85 (2.44%) PowerShell
8 82 (2.36%) C++
9 79 (2.27%) Go
10 59 (1.70%) PHP
11 39 (1.12%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.83%) C
13 21 (0.60%) Apex Code
13 21 (0.60%) Bicep
14 17 (0.49%) R
14 17 (0.49%) Rust
15 16 (0.46%) Bash
15 16 (0.46%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.37%) VBA
17 12 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 370 (10.64%) Degree
2 245 (7.04%) ACCA
3 202 (5.81%) CIMA
4 185 (5.32%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 102 (2.93%) SC Cleared
7 97 (2.79%) CISSP
8 76 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.75%) CISM
10 59 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 51 (1.47%) CISA
12 50 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.18%) PMP
14 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.01%) Azure Certification
16 33 (0.95%) SANS
17 29 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.69%) CIPFA
19 24 (0.69%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (3.91%) QA
2 122 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.34%) GDPR
4 89 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.24%) NIST
6 65 (1.87%) IFRS
7 60 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 60 (1.73%) PMO
8 52 (1.50%) GRC
9 44 (1.27%) SLA
10 36 (1.04%) GAAP
11 31 (0.89%) COBIT
11 31 (0.89%) PCI DSS
12 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
15 15 (0.43%) MiFID
16 14 (0.40%) COREP
16 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
16 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 107 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.21%) Docker
3 68 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 41 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Firmware
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.058%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 176 (5.06%) Terraform
2 146 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 53 (1.52%) Grafana
4 49 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (0.81%) Ansible
6 18 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
7 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.20%) Argo
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.14%) Endace
9 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.086%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.058%) Salt
Vendors
1 565 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 243 (6.99%) Oracle
3 134 (3.85%) SAP
4 125 (3.59%) Databricks
5 94 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.90%) Sage
7 53 (1.52%) Google
8 44 (1.27%) VMware
9 43 (1.24%) ServiceNow
10 42 (1.21%) Cisco
11 35 (1.01%) Xero
12 29 (0.83%) Workday
13 25 (0.72%) Adobe
14 24 (0.69%) HubSpot
15 22 (0.63%) Okta
16 21 (0.60%) Aderant
16 21 (0.60%) IBM
17 14 (0.40%) Splunk
18 13 (0.37%) CheckPoint
18 13 (0.37%) Meraki