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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,183 3,437 6,467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.87% 26.78% 20.75%
As % of the General category 32.98% 37.34% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,081 2,514 4,924
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £36,825
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.00% -9.19%

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 9,651 9,204 19,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.21% 71.73% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,421 6,326 15,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £61,644 £57,276
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% +7.63% -8.36%
75th Percentile £79,100 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 3 April 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 73 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.13%) Confluence
3 27 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.53%) SAS
5 13 (0.41%) JBoss
5 13 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.35%) CMS
8 10 (0.31%) Apache
9 8 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.22%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.094%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.094%) WordPress
14 2 (0.063%) IIS
14 2 (0.063%) nginx
14 2 (0.063%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 231 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.094%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.063%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.063%) Trello
10 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.031%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 61 (1.92%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
3 56 (1.76%) Oracle Financials
4 47 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
5 41 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 40 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 35 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
8 29 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
8 29 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
9 25 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
10 16 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
10 16 (0.50%) SAP FI
11 15 (0.47%) Elite 3E
11 15 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
11 15 (0.47%) SAP CO
11 15 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
12 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
12 12 (0.38%) SAP ERP
13 10 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
13 10 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 722 (22.68%) Azure
2 460 (14.45%) AWS
3 311 (9.77%) SaaS
4 244 (7.67%) Power Platform
5 190 (5.97%) GCP
6 168 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
7 151 (4.74%) GitHub
8 128 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
9 109 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
10 107 (3.36%) Snowflake
11 96 (3.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 96 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
12 72 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
13 68 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 68 (2.14%) GitHub Copilot
14 55 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
15 52 (1.63%) Azure Machine Learning
16 51 (1.60%) dbt
17 38 (1.19%) Azure AI
18 37 (1.16%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.73%) Firewall
2 50 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 47 (1.48%) VPN
4 39 (1.23%) WAN
5 34 (1.07%) DNS
6 32 (1.01%) DHCP
7 26 (0.82%) Network Security
8 25 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 24 (0.75%) CHAP
10 23 (0.72%) HTTP
11 18 (0.57%) BGP
12 16 (0.50%) VLAN
13 15 (0.47%) Wireless
14 13 (0.41%) LAN
15 12 (0.38%) Internet
15 12 (0.38%) MPLS
16 11 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
16 11 (0.35%) SSL
17 8 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
17 8 (0.25%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (5.84%) Power BI
2 155 (4.87%) SQL Server
3 80 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (2.17%) Tableau
5 59 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 55 (1.73%) Data Lake
7 50 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 48 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.85%) Big Data
11 24 (0.75%) Metadata
11 24 (0.75%) Relational Database
12 22 (0.69%) MySQL
13 20 (0.63%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.60%) DB2
15 15 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.44%) MongoDB
17 12 (0.38%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 117 (3.68%) JIRA
2 69 (2.17%) Git
3 45 (1.41%) TeamCity
4 41 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
5 31 (0.97%) Selenium
6 20 (0.63%) Postman
7 17 (0.53%) WebDriver
8 16 (0.50%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.35%) GitLab
12 9 (0.28%) ERwin
12 9 (0.28%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.28%) Storybook
12 9 (0.28%) Subversion
13 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
14 7 (0.22%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,044 (32.80%) Social Skills
2 554 (17.40%) Banking
3 520 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 306 (9.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 305 (9.58%) Retail
6 246 (7.73%) Public Sector
7 243 (7.63%) Law
8 233 (7.32%) Marketing
9 219 (6.88%) Legal
10 194 (6.09%) Financial Institution
11 139 (4.37%) Back Office
12 123 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
13 98 (3.08%) Manufacturing
14 94 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
15 88 (2.76%) Front Office
16 81 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
16 81 (2.54%) Telecoms
17 44 (1.38%) Billing
17 44 (1.38%) Electronics
18 41 (1.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 559 (17.56%) Senior
2 393 (12.35%) Analyst
3 262 (8.23%) Lead
4 257 (8.07%) Developer
5 217 (6.82%) Software Engineer
6 173 (5.44%) Architect
7 160 (5.03%) Consultant
8 113 (3.55%) Finance Manager
9 101 (3.17%) Business Analyst
10 93 (2.92%) Project Manager
11 92 (2.89%) Accountant
12 91 (2.86%) Senior Manager
13 86 (2.70%) Data Engineer
14 81 (2.54%) Senior Software Engineer
15 78 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
16 75 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
17 73 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
18 69 (2.17%) C# Developer
19 64 (2.01%) IT Manager
20 61 (1.92%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (3.93%) .NET
2 121 (3.80%) React
3 111 (3.49%) REST
4 74 (2.32%) RESTful
5 71 (2.23%) Node.js
6 70 (2.20%) Kafka
7 65 (2.04%) SOAP
8 58 (1.82%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.54%) JSON
10 43 (1.35%) OAuth
10 43 (1.35%) Redux
10 43 (1.35%) Spring
11 38 (1.19%) CSS
12 35 (1.10%) Middleware
13 31 (0.97%) HTML
14 28 (0.88%) XML
15 27 (0.85%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.85%) jQuery
16 25 (0.79%) .NET Core
17 22 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 192 (6.03%) Product Ownership
3 124 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 117 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 94 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
6 62 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 62 (1.95%) Fixed Income
7 61 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 59 (1.85%) Blog
8 59 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
9 48 (1.51%) Public Cloud
10 47 (1.48%) Security Posture
11 45 (1.41%) Data Structures
11 45 (1.41%) Virtual Team
12 42 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
13 40 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
14 39 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 35 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 31 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 125 (3.93%) Windows
2 105 (3.30%) Linux
3 39 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 30 (0.94%) Unix
5 28 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.63%) Android
7 15 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.063%) CentOS
10 2 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.031%) AIX
11 1 (0.031%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.031%) VMS
11 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 796 (25.01%) Agile
2 520 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 518 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
4 441 (13.85%) AI
5 398 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 393 (12.35%) CI/CD
7 386 (12.13%) Decision-Making
8 385 (12.10%) Analytics
8 385 (12.10%) DevOps
9 353 (11.09%) Mentoring
10 351 (11.03%) Coaching
11 345 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 337 (10.59%) Software Engineering
13 292 (9.17%) ERP
14 277 (8.70%) Project Management
15 269 (8.45%) Risk Management
16 253 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
17 244 (7.67%) Test Automation
18 234 (7.35%) Asset Management
19 220 (6.91%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 529 (16.62%) SQL
2 350 (11.00%) Python
3 331 (10.40%) Java
4 187 (5.87%) C#
5 117 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 117 (3.68%) TypeScript
6 90 (2.83%) Go
7 82 (2.58%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.32%) C++
9 66 (2.07%) PHP
10 41 (1.29%) PL/SQL
11 33 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 28 (0.88%) C
13 24 (0.75%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.69%) Bicep
15 20 (0.63%) Bash
16 19 (0.60%) Rust
17 18 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.53%) Kotlin
19 14 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 399 (12.54%) Degree
2 260 (8.17%) ACCA
3 217 (6.82%) CIMA
4 185 (5.81%) Security Cleared
5 148 (4.65%) CISSP
6 104 (3.27%) SC Cleared
7 94 (2.95%) CISA
8 76 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.17%) CISM
10 65 (2.04%) CRISC
11 57 (1.79%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.54%) PMI Certification
13 43 (1.35%) DBS Check
14 39 (1.23%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.13%) AAT
16 34 (1.07%) SANS
17 28 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.82%) PMP
19 24 (0.75%) CGEIT
19 24 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (4.15%) NIST
2 125 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.77%) QA
4 114 (3.58%) GDPR
5 105 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 69 (2.17%) GRC
8 64 (2.01%) IFRS
9 55 (1.73%) Accessibility
10 47 (1.48%) PMO
11 37 (1.16%) GAAP
11 37 (1.16%) SLA
12 31 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
13 29 (0.91%) SOC 2
14 28 (0.88%) COBIT
15 21 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.53%) P3O
17 12 (0.38%) MiFID
18 11 (0.35%) EMIR
18 11 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 92 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.32%) Docker
3 53 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 40 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.60%) Firmware
6 14 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.063%) vSphere
13 1 (0.031%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 209 (6.57%) Terraform
2 141 (4.43%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.79%) Grafana
4 38 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (1.10%) Ansible
6 31 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.38%) Argo
7 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Istio
9 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.16%) Endace
9 5 (0.16%) QRadar
9 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.16%) SCCM
10 4 (0.13%) Cilium
10 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.094%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.094%) Puppet
12 2 (0.063%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.063%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 508 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 187 (5.87%) Oracle
3 129 (4.05%) SAP
4 120 (3.77%) Databricks
5 87 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 64 (2.01%) Google
7 55 (1.73%) Sage
8 45 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 45 (1.41%) VMware
9 41 (1.29%) Cisco
10 26 (0.82%) IBM
11 25 (0.79%) Workday
12 23 (0.72%) Okta
13 21 (0.66%) Adobe
13 21 (0.66%) HubSpot
14 17 (0.53%) Xero
15 15 (0.47%) Aderant
15 15 (0.47%) Atlassian
15 15 (0.47%) Red Hat
16 14 (0.44%) Ab Initio
1,715 hybrid/remote Finance jobs