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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,474 3,959 7,091
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.09% 26.44% 21.23%
As % of the General category 31.56% 35.26% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 2,400 4,859
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,772
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 £102,500 £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 11,009 11,227 20,429
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.34% 74.97% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7,253 6,192 15,113
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £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 £81,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 1 June 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 94 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.12%) Confluence
3 33 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.52%) SAS
5 11 (0.32%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.086%) Apache
10 3 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.029%) Camunda
Applications
1 203 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.086%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.086%) Productboard
8 3 (0.086%) SPSS
9 2 (0.058%) CorelDRAW
10 1 (0.029%) Notion
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (1.93%) Oracle Financials
2 54 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 44 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 38 (1.09%) Oracle Assets
5 35 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
6 27 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
7 26 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
8 24 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
9 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
15 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 707 (20.35%) Azure
2 480 (13.82%) AWS
3 312 (8.98%) SaaS
4 227 (6.53%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.15%) GCP
6 135 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
7 117 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
8 88 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 86 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 84 (2.42%) Snowflake
11 76 (2.19%) Entra ID
12 69 (1.99%) GitHub
13 67 (1.93%) Azure Machine Learning
14 64 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (1.76%) Azure AI
16 59 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
17 34 (0.98%) OCI
18 33 (0.95%) PaaS
19 32 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.01%) Firewall
2 49 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.30%) VPN
4 41 (1.18%) WAN
5 37 (1.07%) HTTP
6 36 (1.04%) DNS
7 35 (1.01%) DHCP
8 31 (0.89%) Network Security
9 26 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.60%) Broadband
10 21 (0.60%) CHAP
11 19 (0.55%) BGP
11 19 (0.55%) MPLS
12 17 (0.49%) LAN
13 16 (0.46%) VLAN
13 16 (0.46%) Wireless
14 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.35%) Internet
16 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 156 (4.49%) Power BI
3 60 (1.73%) Tableau
4 52 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (1.44%) Data Lake
6 49 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (0.78%) Big Data
9 26 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 26 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (0.72%) MongoDB
10 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (0.55%) Metadata
12 18 (0.52%) MySQL
13 17 (0.49%) DB2
13 17 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.40%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
15 13 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 109 (3.14%) JIRA
2 72 (2.07%) Git
3 42 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.81%) Selenium
5 19 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.55%) Postman
6 15 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.43%) WebDriver
7 14 (0.40%) JUnit
8 13 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (0.35%) SoapUI
10 10 (0.29%) Maven
11 9 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.26%) Mockito
12 8 (0.23%) GitLab
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
13 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
16 3 (0.086%) ERwin
General
1 1,103 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 579 (16.67%) Banking
3 476 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 368 (10.59%) Legal
5 333 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 318 (9.15%) Retail
7 267 (7.69%) Law
8 224 (6.45%) Marketing
9 216 (6.22%) Public Sector
10 178 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
11 174 (5.01%) Financial Institution
12 131 (3.77%) Back Office
13 113 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
14 92 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
15 87 (2.50%) Manufacturing
16 67 (1.93%) Front Office
17 60 (1.73%) Telecoms
18 48 (1.38%) Billing
19 42 (1.21%) Investment Banking
20 38 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 560 (16.12%) Senior
2 390 (11.23%) Analyst
3 314 (9.04%) Lead
4 297 (8.55%) Developer
5 233 (6.71%) Software Engineer
6 194 (5.58%) Architect
7 177 (5.09%) Consultant
8 142 (4.09%) Finance Manager
9 137 (3.94%) Senior Manager
10 107 (3.08%) Accountant
11 101 (2.91%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.56%) Project Manager
13 85 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
14 83 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
15 78 (2.25%) Engineering Manager
16 76 (2.19%) Data Engineer
17 72 (2.07%) IT Manager
18 66 (1.90%) C# Developer
18 66 (1.90%) Lead Software Engineer
19 65 (1.87%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (3.91%) .NET
2 135 (3.89%) React
3 111 (3.20%) REST
4 71 (2.04%) Node.js
5 56 (1.61%) Kafka
6 50 (1.44%) CSS
6 50 (1.44%) Spring
7 42 (1.21%) GraphQL
7 42 (1.21%) Redux
8 39 (1.12%) HTML
9 38 (1.09%) RESTful
10 36 (1.04%) SOAP
11 33 (0.95%) .NET Core
12 32 (0.92%) jQuery
13 31 (0.89%) Middleware
14 30 (0.86%) JSON
15 29 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
16 27 (0.78%) AngularJS
17 24 (0.69%) XML
18 22 (0.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 238 (6.85%) Product Ownership
2 193 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.38%) Virtual Team
4 141 (4.06%) Onboarding
5 128 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 103 (2.96%) Web Conferencing
7 97 (2.79%) Podcast
8 73 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 71 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 70 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 69 (1.99%) Data Structures
12 55 (1.58%) Fixed Income
13 47 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
14 44 (1.27%) Blog
14 44 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
15 42 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
15 42 (1.21%) Security Posture
16 41 (1.18%) Driving Licence
17 34 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
18 33 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 120 (3.45%) Windows
2 101 (2.91%) Linux
3 37 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.66%) Unix
5 21 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.37%) Android
7 12 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.086%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (22.80%) Agile
2 513 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
3 502 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 500 (14.39%) Roadmaps
5 427 (12.29%) AI
6 379 (10.91%) Mentoring
7 374 (10.77%) Decision-Making
8 370 (10.65%) Software Engineering
9 368 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 366 (10.54%) Analytics
11 350 (10.07%) ERP
12 339 (9.76%) DevOps
13 334 (9.61%) CI/CD
14 303 (8.72%) Project Management
15 254 (7.31%) Coaching
16 244 (7.02%) Risk Management
17 241 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 207 (5.96%) Customer Service
19 203 (5.84%) Fintech
20 195 (5.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 539 (15.52%) SQL
2 362 (10.42%) Python
3 325 (9.36%) Java
4 206 (5.93%) C#
5 141 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 122 (3.51%) TypeScript
7 83 (2.39%) C++
8 80 (2.30%) PowerShell
9 79 (2.27%) Go
10 53 (1.53%) PHP
11 35 (1.01%) PL/SQL
12 30 (0.86%) C
13 20 (0.58%) Bicep
14 19 (0.55%) R
15 18 (0.52%) Apex Code
16 17 (0.49%) Rust
17 16 (0.46%) Bash
18 15 (0.43%) T-SQL
19 13 (0.37%) VBA
20 12 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 374 (10.77%) Degree
2 245 (7.05%) ACCA
3 203 (5.84%) CIMA
4 185 (5.33%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 104 (2.99%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.76%) CISSP
8 77 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.76%) CISM
10 59 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 52 (1.50%) CISA
12 50 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.18%) PMP
14 37 (1.07%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
16 34 (0.98%) SANS
17 29 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.69%) CIPFA
20 23 (0.66%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (4.00%) QA
2 126 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.34%) GDPR
4 90 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.25%) NIST
6 65 (1.87%) IFRS
7 60 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 60 (1.73%) PMO
8 49 (1.41%) GRC
9 44 (1.27%) SLA
10 37 (1.07%) GAAP
11 32 (0.92%) COBIT
12 30 (0.86%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.43%) MiFID
17 14 (0.40%) COREP
17 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
17 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 106 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 75 (2.16%) Docker
3 68 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 39 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Firmware
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.029%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 165 (4.75%) Terraform
2 146 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.50%) Grafana
4 49 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.78%) Ansible
6 13 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.17%) Argo
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) QRadar
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.086%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.058%) Salt
Vendors
1 573 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 236 (6.79%) Oracle
3 131 (3.77%) SAP
4 124 (3.57%) Databricks
5 89 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.93%) Sage
7 52 (1.50%) Google
8 44 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.24%) Cisco
10 42 (1.21%) VMware
11 35 (1.01%) Xero
12 30 (0.86%) Workday
13 25 (0.72%) Adobe
13 25 (0.72%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.60%) Aderant
15 20 (0.58%) IBM
15 20 (0.58%) Okta
16 15 (0.43%) Splunk
17 13 (0.37%) Meraki
17 13 (0.37%) OpenAI