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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,571 4,025 7,174
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.89% 26.22% 20.76%
As % of the General category 30.72% 35.15% 34.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,397 2,433 4,906
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,100 £36,301
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +10.77% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £122,500
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 11,626 11,450 20,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.23% 74.59% 60.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,580 6,288 15,255
10th Percentile £31,975 £27,500 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,753 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,271 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -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 17 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 99 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.04%) Confluence
3 34 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.45%) SAS
5 12 (0.34%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.084%) Apache
10 3 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.028%) WordPress
Applications
1 202 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) CorelDRAW
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.11%) Sketch
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.084%) Productboard
9 2 (0.056%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.056%) SPSS
10 1 (0.028%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (1.71%) Oracle Financials
2 53 (1.48%) NetSuite
3 36 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
5 29 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
7 25 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
8 22 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
8 22 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
9 19 (0.53%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
10 17 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
11 15 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
13 13 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
15 8 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 714 (19.99%) Azure
2 494 (13.83%) AWS
3 311 (8.71%) SaaS
4 237 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 180 (5.04%) GCP
6 134 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
7 108 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
8 97 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
9 79 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 75 (2.10%) Snowflake
11 72 (2.02%) Entra ID
12 64 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
13 61 (1.71%) Azure AI
14 59 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 46 (1.29%) GitHub
16 44 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
17 38 (1.06%) PaaS
18 36 (1.01%) PowerApps
19 32 (0.90%) Serverless
20 31 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (1.85%) Firewall
2 47 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 39 (1.09%) VPN
4 38 (1.06%) HTTP
5 36 (1.01%) WAN
6 35 (0.98%) DNS
7 34 (0.95%) DHCP
7 34 (0.95%) Network Security
8 23 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.59%) Broadband
10 20 (0.56%) MPLS
11 19 (0.53%) BGP
12 18 (0.50%) CHAP
13 17 (0.48%) LAN
14 16 (0.45%) VLAN
15 15 (0.42%) Wireless
16 13 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
17 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
17 12 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
17 12 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 160 (4.48%) Power BI
3 58 (1.62%) Tableau
4 56 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 46 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (0.95%) MongoDB
9 26 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (0.70%) Big Data
11 24 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 23 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (0.59%) MySQL
14 17 (0.48%) Db2
14 17 (0.48%) Metadata
15 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.39%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.39%) SAP BW
17 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 104 (2.91%) JIRA
2 64 (1.79%) Git
3 41 (1.15%) TeamCity
4 24 (0.67%) Selenium
5 15 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.42%) Postman
6 14 (0.39%) JUnit
7 12 (0.34%) WebDriver
8 10 (0.28%) Maven
9 9 (0.25%) Mockito
9 9 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.22%) SoapUI
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.14%) GitLab
12 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.084%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,161 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 633 (17.73%) Banking
3 468 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 400 (11.20%) Legal
5 329 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 309 (8.65%) Retail
7 256 (7.17%) Law
8 216 (6.05%) Marketing
9 204 (5.71%) Public Sector
10 187 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
11 162 (4.54%) Financial Institution
12 126 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
13 125 (3.50%) Back Office
14 109 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
15 99 (2.77%) Manufacturing
16 63 (1.76%) Front Office
17 61 (1.71%) Telecoms
18 51 (1.43%) Billing
19 45 (1.26%) Investment Banking
20 42 (1.18%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 563 (15.77%) Senior
2 383 (10.73%) Analyst
3 324 (9.07%) Lead
4 318 (8.91%) Developer
5 250 (7.00%) Software Engineer
6 212 (5.94%) Architect
7 181 (5.07%) Consultant
8 149 (4.17%) Finance Manager
9 147 (4.12%) Senior Manager
10 111 (3.11%) Accountant
11 96 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
12 95 (2.66%) Business Analyst
13 93 (2.60%) Project Manager
14 86 (2.41%) Engineering Manager
15 83 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
16 81 (2.27%) IT Manager
17 78 (2.18%) Graduate
18 68 (1.90%) Support Analyst
19 67 (1.88%) Systems Manager
20 66 (1.85%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (4.09%) .NET
2 138 (3.86%) React
3 109 (3.05%) REST
4 81 (2.27%) Node.js
5 56 (1.57%) CSS
6 53 (1.48%) Spring
7 51 (1.43%) Kafka
8 44 (1.23%) .NET Core
9 42 (1.18%) Redux
10 40 (1.12%) GraphQL
11 37 (1.04%) jQuery
12 36 (1.01%) HTML
13 33 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
14 32 (0.90%) RESTful
15 31 (0.87%) AngularJS
15 31 (0.87%) ASP.NET
15 31 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
15 31 (0.87%) PyTorch
15 31 (0.87%) TensorFlow
16 28 (0.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 238 (6.66%) Product Ownership
2 203 (5.68%) Cloud Native
3 156 (4.37%) Virtual Team
4 141 (3.95%) Web Conferencing
5 139 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 133 (3.72%) Podcast
7 130 (3.64%) Management Information System
8 77 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 75 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 71 (1.99%) Data Centre
11 65 (1.82%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.57%) Fixed Income
13 48 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 44 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 42 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 41 (1.15%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (1.12%) Blog
18 37 (1.04%) Credit Risk
19 34 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 116 (3.25%) Windows
2 102 (2.86%) Linux
3 35 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.53%) Unix
5 17 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.25%) Android
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.028%) AIX
10 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (22.18%) Agile
2 537 (15.04%) Roadmaps
3 526 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 516 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
5 431 (12.07%) AI
6 407 (11.40%) Software Engineering
7 399 (11.17%) Decision-Making
8 386 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 371 (10.39%) Mentoring
10 357 (10.00%) Analytics
11 355 (9.94%) ERP
12 315 (8.82%) CI/CD
13 314 (8.79%) DevOps
14 309 (8.65%) Project Management
15 257 (7.20%) Risk Management
16 252 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 246 (6.89%) Coaching
18 214 (5.99%) Customer Service
19 209 (5.85%) Fintech
20 202 (5.66%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 540 (15.12%) SQL
2 358 (10.03%) Python
3 315 (8.82%) Java
4 228 (6.38%) C#
5 144 (4.03%) JavaScript
6 129 (3.61%) TypeScript
7 85 (2.38%) C++
8 70 (1.96%) Go
9 69 (1.93%) PHP
10 68 (1.90%) PowerShell
11 30 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 27 (0.76%) C
13 23 (0.64%) Bicep
14 18 (0.50%) R
15 17 (0.48%) Bash
15 17 (0.48%) Rust
16 14 (0.39%) VBA
17 13 (0.36%) Apex Code
17 13 (0.36%) T-SQL
18 12 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 376 (10.53%) Degree
2 247 (6.92%) ACCA
3 205 (5.74%) CIMA
4 190 (5.32%) Security Cleared
5 125 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 109 (3.05%) SC Cleared
7 101 (2.83%) CISSP
8 80 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (1.85%) CISM
10 57 (1.60%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.40%) CISA
12 44 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 42 (1.18%) PMP
14 38 (1.06%) Azure Certification
15 31 (0.87%) SANS
16 30 (0.84%) DBS Check
17 28 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (0.76%) CRISC
19 24 (0.67%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (4.73%) QA
2 125 (3.50%) Data Quality
3 121 (3.39%) GDPR
4 100 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 84 (2.35%) NIST
6 68 (1.90%) IFRS
7 66 (1.85%) PMO
8 51 (1.43%) Accessibility
9 48 (1.34%) SLA
10 46 (1.29%) GRC
11 39 (1.09%) GAAP
12 34 (0.95%) COBIT
12 34 (0.95%) PCI DSS
13 23 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.42%) MiFID
17 14 (0.39%) COREP
17 14 (0.39%) FINREP
System Software
1 95 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.07%) Docker
3 64 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) Firmware
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 145 (4.06%) Terraform
2 141 (3.95%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.37%) Grafana
4 47 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.73%) Ansible
6 8 (0.22%) Istio
6 8 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.14%) Endace
8 5 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.14%) QRadar
8 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.14%) SCCM
9 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.084%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.084%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.056%) Argo
11 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 573 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 228 (6.38%) Oracle
3 131 (3.67%) SAP
4 118 (3.30%) Databricks
5 85 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.93%) Sage
7 50 (1.40%) Google
7 50 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 42 (1.18%) Cisco
9 38 (1.06%) VMware
10 36 (1.01%) Xero
11 28 (0.78%) Workday
12 26 (0.73%) Adobe
13 22 (0.62%) Aderant
14 21 (0.59%) HubSpot
15 19 (0.53%) Splunk
16 18 (0.50%) IBM
17 16 (0.45%) Okta
18 15 (0.42%) OpenAI
19 14 (0.39%) Meraki