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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,032 4,146 5,679
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.20% 25.16% 21.35%
As % of the General category 30.46% 34.62% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 2,499 3,672
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -3.70%

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 13,236 11,975 16,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.75% 72.66% 61.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,533 6,709 11,264
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 31 July 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
1 110 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.19%) Confluence
3 29 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.40%) Apache
5 13 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.25%) CMS
7 10 (0.25%) SAS
8 8 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.099%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.050%) JBoss
12 2 (0.050%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.025%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 250 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
6 10 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.20%) Simulink
8 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.12%) Trello
9 4 (0.099%) Sketch
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.074%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.074%) Productboard
11 2 (0.050%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 54 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
5 29 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
6 24 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
7 22 (0.55%) Elite 3E
8 20 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
8 20 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
9 18 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
9 18 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
10 16 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
12 14 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.32%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.30%) SAP CO
14 12 (0.30%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 865 (21.45%) Azure
2 586 (14.53%) AWS
3 351 (8.71%) SaaS
4 302 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 210 (5.21%) GCP
6 168 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
7 138 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 107 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 98 (2.43%) Snowflake
10 80 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
11 73 (1.81%) Entra ID
12 72 (1.79%) PaaS
13 67 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 63 (1.56%) Azure AI
15 60 (1.49%) GitHub
16 57 (1.41%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
18 52 (1.29%) PowerApps
19 42 (1.04%) Serverless
20 40 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.96%) WAN
2 77 (1.91%) LAN
3 66 (1.64%) Firewall
4 43 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.99%) HTTP
5 40 (0.99%) Network Security
6 37 (0.92%) DNS
7 29 (0.72%) VPN
8 28 (0.69%) DHCP
9 21 (0.52%) Broadband
10 16 (0.40%) Wireless
11 15 (0.37%) MPLS
12 13 (0.32%) BGP
12 13 (0.32%) VLAN
13 11 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (0.27%) Internet
13 11 (0.27%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.25%) CHAP
14 10 (0.25%) NGFW
14 10 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (4.74%) Power BI
2 175 (4.34%) SQL Server
3 71 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 57 (1.41%) Tableau
6 56 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.69%) Big Data
10 28 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.67%) Metadata
12 24 (0.60%) MySQL
12 24 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 20 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.45%) Power Query
15 17 (0.42%) Db2
15 17 (0.42%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 119 (2.95%) JIRA
2 80 (1.98%) Git
3 43 (1.07%) TeamCity
4 24 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.57%) JUnit
6 18 (0.45%) Selenium
7 16 (0.40%) Maven
8 14 (0.35%) Mockito
9 13 (0.32%) Claude Code
10 12 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.17%) GitLab
11 7 (0.17%) Postman
12 6 (0.15%) Gatling
12 6 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.12%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.099%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,315 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 646 (16.02%) Banking
3 528 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 424 (10.52%) Legal
5 375 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 326 (8.09%) Retail
7 296 (7.34%) Law
8 239 (5.93%) Marketing
9 223 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
10 214 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
11 199 (4.94%) Public Sector
12 142 (3.52%) Financial Institution
13 137 (3.40%) Manufacturing
14 121 (3.00%) Back Office
15 118 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 78 (1.93%) Front Office
16 78 (1.93%) Telecoms
17 74 (1.84%) Billing
18 68 (1.69%) Aerospace
19 54 (1.34%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 575 (14.26%) Senior
2 426 (10.57%) Lead
3 413 (10.24%) Analyst
4 357 (8.85%) Developer
5 316 (7.84%) Architect
6 263 (6.52%) Software Engineer
7 222 (5.51%) Consultant
8 160 (3.97%) Finance Manager
9 151 (3.75%) Senior Manager
10 128 (3.17%) Accountant
11 115 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
12 102 (2.53%) Project Manager
13 101 (2.50%) IT Manager
14 97 (2.41%) Business Analyst
15 95 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
16 94 (2.33%) Engineering Manager
17 92 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
18 81 (2.01%) Graduate
19 78 (1.93%) Support Analyst
20 73 (1.81%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (4.12%) React
2 161 (3.99%) .NET
3 120 (2.98%) REST
4 104 (2.58%) Node.js
5 65 (1.61%) CSS
6 64 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.46%) ASP.NET
8 57 (1.41%) Kafka
8 57 (1.41%) Spring
9 55 (1.36%) ASP.NET Core
10 47 (1.17%) .NET Framework
11 41 (1.02%) AngularJS
11 41 (1.02%) GraphQL
11 41 (1.02%) Redux
12 39 (0.97%) jQuery
13 38 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
14 35 (0.87%) HTML
15 34 (0.84%) PyTorch
15 34 (0.84%) TensorFlow
16 33 (0.82%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 260 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 212 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 163 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 161 (3.99%) Virtual Team
5 150 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.62%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.40%) Podcast
8 99 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
9 88 (2.18%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.79%) Fixed Income
11 70 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 65 (1.61%) Data Structures
13 60 (1.49%) Blog
14 59 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
15 52 (1.29%) Driving Licence
15 52 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.12%) Credit Risk
17 41 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
18 40 (0.99%) Derivative
19 39 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 136 (3.37%) Windows
2 116 (2.88%) Linux
3 45 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.47%) Unix
5 16 (0.40%) Android
6 14 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.099%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.025%) AIX
10 1 (0.025%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.025%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 862 (21.38%) Agile
2 672 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 670 (16.62%) Roadmaps
4 598 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
5 574 (14.24%) AI
6 499 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 485 (12.03%) Decision-Making
8 466 (11.56%) Software Engineering
9 424 (10.52%) Mentoring
10 405 (10.04%) ERP
11 404 (10.02%) Analytics
12 357 (8.85%) CI/CD
13 336 (8.33%) DevOps
14 320 (7.94%) Risk Management
15 303 (7.51%) Project Management
16 297 (7.37%) Project Delivery
17 292 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 274 (6.80%) Process Improvement
19 248 (6.15%) Business Intelligence
20 247 (6.13%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 597 (14.81%) SQL
2 408 (10.12%) Python
3 309 (7.66%) Java
4 248 (6.15%) C#
5 180 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 155 (3.84%) TypeScript
7 103 (2.55%) C++
8 81 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.76%) PHP
10 59 (1.46%) Go
11 30 (0.74%) C
12 29 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.64%) Bicep
14 24 (0.60%) R
15 23 (0.57%) Bash
16 20 (0.50%) VBA
17 15 (0.37%) Rust
18 14 (0.35%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.27%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 370 (9.18%) Degree
2 269 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 258 (6.40%) ACCA
4 219 (5.43%) CIMA
5 184 (4.56%) SC Cleared
6 176 (4.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 85 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 82 (2.03%) CISSP
9 70 (1.74%) DV Cleared
10 55 (1.36%) CISM
11 48 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 48 (1.19%) PMP
12 43 (1.07%) Azure Certification
13 37 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 36 (0.89%) CISA
15 31 (0.77%) CRISC
16 28 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.60%) AAT
19 23 (0.57%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (3.87%) QA
2 149 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 141 (3.50%) GDPR
4 106 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 94 (2.33%) GRC
6 92 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 80 (1.98%) NIST
8 68 (1.69%) PMO
9 67 (1.66%) IFRS
10 63 (1.56%) SLA
11 49 (1.22%) GAAP
12 33 (0.82%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.77%) COBIT
14 24 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
15 21 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.37%) FINREP
17 15 (0.37%) MiFID
18 14 (0.35%) COREP
System Software
1 102 (2.53%) Docker
2 93 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (0.57%) Firmware
6 17 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
9 6 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 3 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.025%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 170 (4.22%) Kubernetes
2 156 (3.87%) Terraform
3 60 (1.49%) Grafana
4 41 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (0.99%) Ansible
6 8 (0.20%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.12%) SCCM
9 4 (0.099%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.099%) QRadar
9 4 (0.099%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.074%) Argo
10 3 (0.074%) Endace
10 3 (0.074%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.050%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.050%) Puppet
11 2 (0.050%) Salt
Vendors
1 725 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 235 (5.83%) Oracle
3 145 (3.60%) SAP
4 122 (3.03%) Databricks
5 83 (2.06%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.64%) Sage
7 64 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 61 (1.51%) Google
9 45 (1.12%) Workday
10 41 (1.02%) Cisco
10 41 (1.02%) VMware
11 37 (0.92%) Xero
12 33 (0.82%) HubSpot
13 28 (0.69%) IBM
14 26 (0.64%) Aderant
14 26 (0.64%) Adobe
15 23 (0.57%) BMC
16 19 (0.47%) FIS
16 19 (0.47%) Splunk
17 18 (0.45%) iManage