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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,353 3,930 5,214
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.30% 24.28% 22.35%
As % of the General category 30.31% 33.90% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,321 3,085
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,750 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -6.88% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,567 £98,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -

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 14,362 11,593 14,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.39% 71.61% 62.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,972 6,409 8,591
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,471 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -8.33%

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 9 September 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
1 116 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.22%) Confluence
3 25 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.39%) Apache
6 11 (0.25%) nginx
7 10 (0.23%) CMS
7 10 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
9 8 (0.18%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.092%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.023%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.023%) CICS
12 1 (0.023%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.023%) WordPress
Applications
1 262 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 132 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.39%) Simulink
7 12 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.092%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.092%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.092%) Sketch
12 3 (0.069%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.069%) Productboard
13 2 (0.046%) InDesign
13 2 (0.046%) SPSS
13 2 (0.046%) Weka
14 1 (0.023%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.47%) NetSuite
2 49 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 28 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 27 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 27 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 27 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
6 20 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 18 (0.41%) Elite 3E
7 18 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
8 16 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
8 16 (0.37%) Primavera
9 15 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
9 15 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 15 (0.34%) Sage 50
9 15 (0.34%) Workday HCM
10 14 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 873 (20.06%) Azure
2 610 (14.01%) AWS
3 368 (8.45%) SaaS
4 325 (7.47%) Power Platform
5 222 (5.10%) GCP
6 153 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 119 (2.73%) Snowflake
9 109 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (1.98%) PaaS
11 78 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
12 74 (1.70%) Entra ID
13 72 (1.65%) PowerApps
14 70 (1.61%) GitHub
15 68 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 67 (1.54%) Azure AI
17 61 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
18 57 (1.31%) Azure Machine Learning
18 57 (1.31%) Serverless
19 54 (1.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.81%) LAN
2 78 (1.79%) WAN
3 58 (1.33%) Firewall
4 41 (0.94%) HTTP
5 40 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 39 (0.90%) Network Security
7 36 (0.83%) DNS
8 29 (0.67%) VPN
9 27 (0.62%) DHCP
10 22 (0.51%) Broadband
11 16 (0.37%) VLAN
12 14 (0.32%) Wireless
13 13 (0.30%) MPLS
14 11 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.25%) Ethernet
15 10 (0.23%) Internet
15 10 (0.23%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.21%) 5G
16 9 (0.21%) BGP
16 9 (0.21%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (5.03%) Power BI
2 174 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 60 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.29%) Tableau
7 53 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 42 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (0.92%) Metadata
10 37 (0.85%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.62%) Big Data
12 21 (0.48%) NoSQL
13 20 (0.46%) MySQL
13 20 (0.46%) Power Query
14 19 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (0.37%) DynamoDB
15 16 (0.37%) Looker
15 16 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 135 (3.10%) JIRA
2 94 (2.16%) Git
3 48 (1.10%) TeamCity
4 31 (0.71%) Claude Code
5 30 (0.69%) JUnit
6 23 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.53%) Maven
7 22 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (0.44%) Mockito
9 14 (0.32%) Selenium
10 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.18%) GitLab
11 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.16%) Postman
11 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.14%) Gatling
12 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
13 5 (0.11%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.11%) IntelliJ
14 4 (0.092%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,463 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 708 (16.26%) Banking
3 651 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
4 520 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 434 (9.97%) Legal
6 333 (7.65%) Retail
7 329 (7.56%) Law
8 278 (6.39%) Marketing
9 273 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
10 243 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
11 224 (5.15%) Public Sector
12 157 (3.61%) Manufacturing
13 149 (3.42%) Aerospace
14 147 (3.38%) Financial Institution
15 133 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
16 130 (2.99%) Back Office
17 87 (2.00%) Billing
18 79 (1.81%) Telecoms
19 52 (1.19%) General Ledger
19 52 (1.19%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 597 (13.71%) Senior
2 473 (10.87%) Lead
3 433 (9.95%) Analyst
4 382 (8.78%) Architect
5 316 (7.26%) Developer
6 265 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 217 (4.99%) Consultant
8 162 (3.72%) Finance Manager
9 161 (3.70%) Senior Manager
10 141 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
11 130 (2.99%) Accountant
12 110 (2.53%) IT Manager
12 110 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
13 105 (2.41%) Project Manager
14 104 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
15 101 (2.32%) Engineering Manager
16 95 (2.18%) Business Analyst
17 84 (1.93%) Data Analyst
18 82 (1.88%) Support Analyst
19 78 (1.79%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (4.09%) Terraform
2 153 (3.51%) .NET
3 138 (3.17%) React
4 119 (2.73%) REST
5 71 (1.63%) Node.js
6 67 (1.54%) Spring
7 65 (1.49%) .NET Core
8 61 (1.40%) CSS
9 60 (1.38%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
11 52 (1.19%) LangChain
12 50 (1.15%) .NET Framework
13 45 (1.03%) LangGraph
14 44 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
15 42 (0.96%) AngularJS
16 40 (0.92%) PyTorch
16 40 (0.92%) TensorFlow
17 38 (0.87%) XML
18 35 (0.80%) HTML
18 35 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 304 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 224 (5.15%) Cloud Native
3 208 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 191 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 161 (3.70%) Virtual Team
6 157 (3.61%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.35%) Podcast
8 127 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.18%) Public Cloud
10 94 (2.16%) Blog
11 69 (1.59%) AI Agents
12 64 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 61 (1.40%) Data Centre
14 59 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 54 (1.24%) Credit Risk
16 52 (1.19%) Hedge funds
17 51 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
18 45 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
19 44 (1.01%) Driving Licence
19 44 (1.01%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 129 (2.96%) Windows
2 107 (2.46%) Linux
3 45 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.46%) Android
5 16 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.34%) Unix
7 10 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.069%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.046%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.023%) AIX
12 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 846 (19.43%) Agile
2 786 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 745 (17.11%) Roadmaps
4 719 (16.52%) AI
5 684 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
6 618 (14.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 608 (13.97%) Decision-Making
8 505 (11.60%) Software Engineering
9 449 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 432 (9.92%) ERP
11 426 (9.79%) Analytics
12 404 (9.28%) CI/CD
13 366 (8.41%) Risk Management
14 355 (8.16%) DevOps
15 347 (7.97%) Project Delivery
16 325 (7.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 318 (7.31%) Process Improvement
18 311 (7.14%) Project Management
19 301 (6.91%) Customer Service
20 300 (6.89%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 632 (14.52%) SQL
2 413 (9.49%) Python
3 297 (6.82%) Java
4 239 (5.49%) C#
5 154 (3.54%) JavaScript
6 124 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 101 (2.32%) C++
8 85 (1.95%) PowerShell
9 55 (1.26%) PHP
10 31 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.67%) Bash
11 29 (0.67%) C
12 25 (0.57%) Go
13 24 (0.55%) Bicep
13 24 (0.55%) R
14 22 (0.51%) MATLAB
15 18 (0.41%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.39%) Rust
16 17 (0.39%) VBA
17 15 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 418 (9.60%) Degree
2 358 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 272 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 252 (5.79%) ACCA
5 250 (5.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 224 (5.15%) CIMA
7 134 (3.08%) DV Cleared
8 83 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 73 (1.68%) CISSP
10 54 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 53 (1.22%) CISM
12 49 (1.13%) PMP
13 47 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 40 (0.92%) DBS Check
15 37 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (0.76%) CISA
17 30 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
17 30 (0.69%) CRISC
18 24 (0.55%) ICAEW
19 23 (0.53%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (4.25%) Accessibility
2 183 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 161 (3.70%) QA
4 144 (3.31%) GDPR
5 90 (2.07%) GRC
5 90 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 79 (1.81%) SLA
7 73 (1.68%) PMO
8 66 (1.52%) NIST
9 58 (1.33%) IFRS
10 46 (1.06%) GAAP
11 30 (0.69%) PCI DSS
12 29 (0.67%) COBIT
13 22 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.34%) MiFID
16 14 (0.32%) Def Stans
16 14 (0.32%) NCSC
16 14 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (2.50%) Docker
2 95 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 65 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 51 (1.17%) Firmware
5 40 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.069%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.023%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.023%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 182 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 73 (1.68%) Grafana
3 43 (0.99%) Ansible
4 33 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.14%) Istio
6 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.11%) SCCM
8 4 (0.092%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.092%) QRadar
8 4 (0.092%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.069%) Argo
9 3 (0.069%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.069%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.046%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.046%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.046%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.046%) Puppet
10 2 (0.046%) Salt
Vendors
1 744 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 222 (5.10%) Oracle
3 142 (3.26%) SAP
4 139 (3.19%) Databricks
5 91 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 73 (1.68%) Sage
7 62 (1.42%) Google
8 60 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 53 (1.22%) Workday
10 48 (1.10%) VMware
11 42 (0.96%) Xero
12 35 (0.80%) Cisco
13 33 (0.76%) Aderant
14 31 (0.71%) HubSpot
15 25 (0.57%) BMC
16 24 (0.55%) IBM
17 21 (0.48%) Adobe
17 21 (0.48%) Splunk
18 20 (0.46%) Remedy
19 19 (0.44%) Veeam