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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,285 3,483 7,049
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.14% 25.87% 21.68%
As % of the General category 32.59% 35.88% 35.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,168 2,589 4,910
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,456
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,893
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 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -8.09%

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 10,081 9,708 20,118
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.66% 72.11% 61.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,719 6,476 15,129
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 30 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 82 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.22%) Confluence
3 32 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.43%) SAS
5 10 (0.30%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.15%) IIS
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.061%) nginx
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.030%) Camunda
12 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.030%) WordPress
Applications
1 200 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.030%) SPSS
10 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 66 (2.01%) Oracle Financials
2 56 (1.70%) NetSuite
3 49 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
4 45 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.31%) Oracle ERP
6 35 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
7 31 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
8 29 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
8 29 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.52%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
14 11 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
14 11 (0.33%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.30%) SAP CO
15 10 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 734 (22.34%) Azure
2 453 (13.79%) AWS
3 295 (8.98%) SaaS
4 219 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 182 (5.54%) GCP
6 149 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
7 131 (3.99%) GitHub
8 124 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.35%) Snowflake
10 107 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
11 91 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 79 (2.40%) Entra ID
13 76 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 67 (2.04%) Azure Machine Learning
15 63 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
16 60 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (1.80%) Azure AI
18 43 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
19 42 (1.28%) dbt
20 38 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (1.80%) Firewall
2 51 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.40%) VPN
4 45 (1.37%) WAN
5 41 (1.25%) DNS
6 39 (1.19%) DHCP
7 34 (1.04%) HTTP
8 29 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 27 (0.82%) CHAP
10 24 (0.73%) Network Security
11 19 (0.58%) BGP
12 17 (0.52%) LAN
12 17 (0.52%) MPLS
12 17 (0.52%) Wireless
13 16 (0.49%) Broadband
14 14 (0.43%) VLAN
15 13 (0.40%) Internet
16 12 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
17 10 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
18 9 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (4.96%) SQL Server
2 160 (4.87%) Power BI
3 71 (2.16%) Tableau
4 70 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 55 (1.67%) Data Lake
6 41 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 31 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (0.88%) Big Data
10 27 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 22 (0.67%) Metadata
11 22 (0.67%) MySQL
12 21 (0.64%) Relational Database
13 18 (0.55%) NoSQL
14 17 (0.52%) DB2
15 14 (0.43%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 14 (0.43%) SAP BW
16 13 (0.40%) Oracle Database
16 13 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 121 (3.68%) JIRA
2 68 (2.07%) Git
3 36 (1.10%) TeamCity
4 35 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
5 33 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.88%) Selenium
7 20 (0.61%) Postman
8 16 (0.49%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.46%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.40%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.30%) GitLab
13 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.21%) Storybook
13 7 (0.21%) Subversion
14 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
15 4 (0.12%) ERwin
15 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,038 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 591 (17.99%) Banking
3 462 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 292 (8.89%) Retail
6 257 (7.82%) Legal
7 237 (7.21%) Law
7 237 (7.21%) Marketing
8 232 (7.06%) Public Sector
9 172 (5.24%) Financial Institution
10 120 (3.65%) Back Office
11 104 (3.17%) Manufacturing
12 103 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
13 102 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
14 95 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
15 82 (2.50%) Front Office
16 74 (2.25%) Telecoms
17 37 (1.13%) Advertising
17 37 (1.13%) Investment Banking
18 36 (1.10%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 585 (17.81%) Senior
2 393 (11.96%) Analyst
3 272 (8.28%) Developer
4 265 (8.07%) Lead
5 218 (6.64%) Software Engineer
6 175 (5.33%) Consultant
7 162 (4.93%) Architect
8 125 (3.81%) Finance Manager
9 110 (3.35%) Senior Manager
10 106 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 102 (3.11%) Accountant
12 90 (2.74%) Project Manager
13 89 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
14 87 (2.65%) C# Developer
15 82 (2.50%) Data Engineer
16 80 (2.44%) Software Developer
17 76 (2.31%) Graduate
18 75 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
19 74 (2.25%) Financial Analyst
20 72 (2.19%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (3.68%) .NET
2 119 (3.62%) React
3 112 (3.41%) REST
4 67 (2.04%) Node.js
5 66 (2.01%) Kafka
6 59 (1.80%) SOAP
7 55 (1.67%) RESTful
8 52 (1.58%) GraphQL
9 48 (1.46%) CSS
10 46 (1.40%) JSON
11 43 (1.31%) Redux
12 41 (1.25%) Spring
13 38 (1.16%) OAuth
14 33 (1.00%) HTML
14 33 (1.00%) jQuery
15 31 (0.94%) Middleware
16 29 (0.88%) XML
17 28 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
18 25 (0.76%) AngularJS
19 21 (0.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 210 (6.39%) Cloud Native
2 209 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 129 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 128 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 75 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 70 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 65 (1.98%) Virtual Team
8 62 (1.89%) Fixed Income
8 62 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 61 (1.86%) Data Structures
10 60 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 53 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 51 (1.55%) Blog
13 43 (1.31%) Security Posture
14 42 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
15 36 (1.10%) Low-Code
16 35 (1.07%) Driving Licence
17 33 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
18 31 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
19 29 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.62%) Windows
2 96 (2.92%) Linux
3 44 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.82%) Unix
5 26 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.55%) Android
7 16 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.091%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.061%) CentOS
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.030%) VMS
12 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (24.72%) Agile
2 503 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 483 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
4 466 (14.19%) Roadmaps
5 402 (12.24%) AI
6 373 (11.35%) DevOps
7 361 (10.99%) Decision-Making
8 359 (10.93%) CI/CD
9 356 (10.84%) Mentoring
10 350 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 345 (10.50%) ERP
12 343 (10.44%) Analytics
13 339 (10.32%) Software Engineering
14 321 (9.77%) Coaching
15 282 (8.58%) Risk Management
16 274 (8.34%) Project Management
17 228 (6.94%) Test Automation
18 219 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
19 212 (6.45%) Fintech
20 204 (6.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 537 (16.35%) SQL
2 342 (10.41%) Python
3 330 (10.05%) Java
4 205 (6.24%) C#
5 122 (3.71%) TypeScript
6 111 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 86 (2.62%) C++
8 84 (2.56%) Go
9 81 (2.47%) PowerShell
10 73 (2.22%) PHP
11 36 (1.10%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.88%) C
13 23 (0.70%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.67%) Bicep
15 19 (0.58%) Rust
16 18 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.49%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.43%) VBA
19 13 (0.40%) Bash
20 12 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 371 (11.29%) Degree
2 267 (8.13%) ACCA
3 221 (6.73%) CIMA
4 190 (5.78%) Security Cleared
5 153 (4.66%) CISSP
6 109 (3.32%) SC Cleared
7 99 (3.01%) CISA
8 81 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (2.19%) CISM
10 66 (2.01%) CRISC
11 56 (1.70%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.49%) PMI Certification
13 39 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 39 (1.19%) SANS
14 37 (1.13%) DBS Check
15 30 (0.91%) Azure Certification
16 28 (0.85%) PMP
17 27 (0.82%) CGEIT
17 27 (0.82%) FFIEC
17 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (3.87%) NIST
2 126 (3.84%) QA
3 115 (3.50%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.50%) GDPR
4 90 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 74 (2.25%) PCI DSS
6 70 (2.13%) IFRS
7 62 (1.89%) GRC
8 58 (1.77%) Accessibility
9 48 (1.46%) PMO
10 40 (1.22%) GAAP
11 33 (1.00%) COBIT
11 33 (1.00%) SLA
12 23 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 18 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.46%) MiFID
15 14 (0.43%) P3O
16 13 (0.40%) EMIR
17 12 (0.37%) COREP
System Software
1 105 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.22%) Docker
3 70 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.43%) Firmware
5 14 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.15%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 186 (5.66%) Terraform
2 135 (4.11%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.46%) Grafana
4 41 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.91%) Ansible
6 28 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.30%) Argo
7 10 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.15%) Endace
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.091%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.091%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.091%) Puppet
12 3 (0.091%) QRadar
13 2 (0.061%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 543 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 220 (6.70%) Oracle
3 140 (4.26%) SAP
4 135 (4.11%) Databricks
5 84 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.89%) Google
7 60 (1.83%) Sage
8 53 (1.61%) VMware
9 43 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 38 (1.16%) Cisco
11 30 (0.91%) Workday
12 27 (0.82%) Xero
13 25 (0.76%) Okta
14 21 (0.64%) Adobe
14 21 (0.64%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.64%) IBM
15 18 (0.55%) Red Hat
16 16 (0.49%) Aderant
17 15 (0.46%) Atlassian
18 12 (0.37%) Ab Initio