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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,379 4,120 5,550
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.26% 21.07% 25.60%
As % of the General category 33.84% 33.53% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,176 2,605 4,374
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £53,250
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 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +1.45%

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 9,986 12,287 14,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.78% 62.84% 65.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,363 6,963 11,143
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,375 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +3.36% +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -

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 18 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
1 122 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
2 95 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 69 (2.04%) Apache
4 55 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 52 (1.54%) Confluence
6 12 (0.36%) CMS
6 12 (0.36%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.33%) SAS
8 10 (0.30%) IIS
9 9 (0.27%) 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 (0.089%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 363 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 164 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.30%) 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 (0.089%) 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 (0.030%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.81%) Unit4 Business World
2 54 (1.60%) NetSuite
3 43 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
6 36 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 31 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
9 30 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
10 23 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
11 21 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
11 21 (0.62%) SAP FI
12 20 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
13 17 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
13 17 (0.50%) SAP CO
13 17 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
14 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
15 14 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
16 13 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
17 12 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 686 (20.30%) Azure
2 471 (13.94%) AWS
3 386 (11.42%) Power Platform
4 253 (7.49%) SaaS
5 202 (5.98%) GCP
6 185 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
7 169 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 152 (4.50%) dbt
9 148 (4.38%) GitHub
10 142 (4.20%) Snowflake
11 97 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
12 87 (2.57%) Entra ID
13 77 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
14 56 (1.66%) Power Automate
15 50 (1.48%) PowerApps
16 49 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
17 47 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
17 47 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
17 47 (1.39%) OCI
18 42 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 77 (2.28%) Firewall
2 60 (1.78%) Wireless
3 59 (1.75%) LAN
4 58 (1.72%) WAN
5 46 (1.36%) VPN
6 44 (1.30%) Network Security
7 39 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.15%) Wireshark
8 33 (0.98%) TCP/IP
9 23 (0.68%) Software-Defined Radio
10 19 (0.56%) Internet
11 15 (0.44%) DNS
11 15 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.33%) DHCP
12 11 (0.33%) VLAN
13 10 (0.30%) BGP
14 9 (0.27%) Junos
14 9 (0.27%) SSL
14 9 (0.27%) WLAN
15 8 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (8.55%) Power BI
2 157 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 119 (3.52%) Apache Iceberg
4 116 (3.43%) Amazon Athena
4 116 (3.43%) Apache Arrow
4 116 (3.43%) Dremio
5 108 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 107 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
7 93 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
8 84 (2.49%) Tableau
9 64 (1.89%) Apache Ignite
10 56 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 47 (1.39%) MySQL
13 35 (1.04%) MongoDB
13 35 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 31 (0.92%) Metadata
15 24 (0.71%) Big Data
16 23 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
17 22 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 139 (4.11%) JIRA
2 70 (2.07%) Git
3 52 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 47 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.80%) Selenium
6 23 (0.68%) Postman
7 20 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (0.56%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.56%) TeamCity
9 16 (0.47%) GitLab
9 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
10 15 (0.44%) ER Studio
11 14 (0.41%) ERwin
12 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.24%) webpack
14 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.18%) Storybook
15 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 1,191 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 562 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
3 417 (12.34%) Banking
4 296 (8.76%) Marketing
5 202 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 201 (5.95%) Retail
7 200 (5.92%) Public Sector
8 192 (5.68%) Front Office
9 191 (5.65%) Legal
10 137 (4.05%) Manufacturing
11 133 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
12 129 (3.82%) Financial Institution
13 126 (3.73%) Telecoms
14 113 (3.34%) Law
15 112 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
16 94 (2.78%) Investment Banking
17 89 (2.63%) Back Office
18 84 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
19 70 (2.07%) Electronics
20 47 (1.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 519 (15.36%) Senior
2 485 (14.35%) Analyst
3 382 (11.31%) Developer
4 248 (7.34%) Software Engineer
5 236 (6.98%) Lead
6 210 (6.21%) Consultant
7 148 (4.38%) Architect
8 130 (3.85%) Financial Analyst
9 126 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
9 126 (3.73%) Python Engineer
10 116 (3.43%) AWS Software Engineer
11 114 (3.37%) Python Software Engineer
12 109 (3.23%) Business Analyst
13 104 (3.08%) Java Engineer
14 96 (2.84%) Accountant
15 94 (2.78%) Java Software Engineer
16 90 (2.66%) Senior Software Engineer
17 87 (2.57%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 85 (2.52%) Project Manager
19 82 (2.43%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (4.91%) .NET
2 162 (4.79%) React
3 134 (3.97%) Pandas
4 122 (3.61%) NumPy
5 116 (3.43%) SciPy
6 113 (3.34%) Node.js
7 106 (3.14%) AngularJS
8 84 (2.49%) REST
8 84 (2.49%) RESTful
9 77 (2.28%) CSS
10 76 (2.25%) Vue
11 70 (2.07%) SOAP
12 65 (1.92%) gRPC
13 62 (1.83%) Protocol Buffers
14 61 (1.81%) HTML
15 52 (1.54%) Kafka
16 48 (1.42%) Spring
17 45 (1.33%) ASP.NET
17 45 (1.33%) GraphQL
18 41 (1.21%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 168 (4.97%) Fixed Income
2 159 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 157 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 149 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 145 (4.29%) e-Learning
6 138 (4.08%) Equities
7 136 (4.02%) Product Ownership
8 116 (3.43%) Cloud Native
9 108 (3.20%) Onboarding
10 86 (2.55%) Hedge funds
11 85 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 84 (2.49%) Derivative
13 68 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
14 63 (1.86%) Pricing Data
15 61 (1.81%) Data Centre
15 61 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
16 42 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 39 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
18 38 (1.12%) Social Media
19 36 (1.07%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 174 (5.15%) Linux
2 115 (3.40%) Windows
3 49 (1.45%) Unix
4 36 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
6 21 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.33%) Android
8 11 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.15%) VMS
11 3 (0.089%) CentOS
12 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) MVS
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
13 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 953 (28.20%) Agile
2 602 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
3 549 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 437 (12.93%) Asset Management
5 420 (12.43%) AI
6 397 (11.75%) Analytics
7 389 (11.51%) Decision-Making
8 384 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
8 384 (11.36%) Software Engineering
9 368 (10.89%) DevOps
10 355 (10.51%) Roadmaps
11 353 (10.45%) ERP
11 353 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 330 (9.77%) Mentoring
13 324 (9.59%) Coaching
14 322 (9.53%) Project Management
15 303 (8.97%) Risk Management
16 295 (8.73%) CI/CD
17 233 (6.90%) Fintech
18 209 (6.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 562 (16.63%) SQL
2 478 (14.15%) Python
3 332 (9.83%) Java
4 269 (7.96%) JavaScript
5 234 (6.93%) TypeScript
6 157 (4.65%) C#
7 100 (2.96%) PowerShell
8 91 (2.69%) C++
9 63 (1.86%) PHP
10 51 (1.51%) Go
11 49 (1.45%) Bash
11 49 (1.45%) C
12 46 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 40 (1.18%) PL/SQL
14 27 (0.80%) T-SQL
15 26 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 19 (0.56%) Bicep
17 18 (0.53%) R
18 17 (0.50%) Scala
18 17 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 440 (13.02%) Degree
2 258 (7.64%) ACCA
3 256 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 207 (6.13%) SC Cleared
5 205 (6.07%) CIMA
6 101 (2.99%) CISSP
7 92 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (2.46%) DV Cleared
9 66 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
10 59 (1.75%) CCNP
11 55 (1.63%) DBS Check
12 49 (1.45%) CISA
13 47 (1.39%) AAT
14 46 (1.36%) CISM
15 43 (1.27%) CRISC
15 43 (1.27%) Master's Degree
16 38 (1.12%) PMI Certification
17 37 (1.09%) Azure Certification
17 37 (1.09%) CCNA
17 37 (1.09%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (4.14%) NIST
2 133 (3.94%) QA
3 115 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 107 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 103 (3.05%) GDPR
6 101 (2.99%) Accessibility
7 76 (2.25%) PCI DSS
8 70 (2.07%) PMO
9 45 (1.33%) IFRS
10 44 (1.30%) GRC
11 38 (1.12%) GAAP
11 38 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 26 (0.77%) SLA
13 20 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
13 20 (0.59%) COBIT
14 19 (0.56%) SOC 2
15 12 (0.36%) SEPA
16 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
17 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
17 9 (0.27%) ITGC
System Software
1 88 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.54%) Docker
3 36 (1.07%) Firmware
4 34 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.18%) NFS
8 6 (0.18%) vSphere
9 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.030%) vCloud
10 1 (0.030%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 158 (4.68%) Terraform
2 83 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.63%) Ansible
4 51 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (0.89%) Grafana
7 14 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.38%) SCCM
9 12 (0.36%) 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 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.089%) Control-M
14 3 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.089%) QRadar
15 2 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 2 (0.059%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 595 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.33%) SAP
3 164 (4.85%) Oracle
4 124 (3.67%) Cisco
5 77 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 70 (2.07%) Databricks
7 63 (1.86%) Google
8 59 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 51 (1.51%) VMware
10 49 (1.45%) Sage
11 48 (1.42%) Red Hat
12 47 (1.39%) Workday
13 45 (1.33%) Blue Prism
14 35 (1.04%) Xero
15 32 (0.95%) Sparx
16 30 (0.89%) Palo Alto
16 30 (0.89%) SolarWinds
17 29 (0.86%) CheckPoint
17 29 (0.86%) Meraki
18 25 (0.74%) IBM