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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,130 4,131 5,510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.33% 25.07% 21.82%
As % of the General category 30.58% 34.54% 35.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,644 2,466 3,528
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £49,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,436 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% 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 13,505 11,960 15,446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.93% 72.58% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,619 6,676 10,477
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,126
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
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 6 August 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
1 115 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.23%) Confluence
3 30 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.39%) Apache
5 15 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) CMS
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) SAS
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.097%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.024%) JBoss
12 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 255 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.29%) Simulink
7 11 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.12%) Trello
10 4 (0.097%) Sketch
11 3 (0.073%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.073%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.073%) Productboard
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.048%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.048%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 53 (1.28%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 28 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
7 23 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
8 21 (0.51%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
9 19 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
10 18 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
11 17 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
14 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (0.31%) SAP ERP
16 12 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
16 12 (0.29%) SAP CO
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 878 (21.26%) Azure
2 609 (14.75%) AWS
3 355 (8.60%) SaaS
4 309 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 216 (5.23%) GCP
6 172 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
7 143 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
9 104 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 81 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
11 74 (1.79%) Entra ID
11 74 (1.79%) PaaS
12 68 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 66 (1.60%) Azure AI
14 62 (1.50%) GitHub
15 58 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
16 57 (1.38%) Azure Machine Learning
17 54 (1.31%) PowerApps
18 48 (1.16%) Serverless
19 42 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.94%) WAN
2 78 (1.89%) LAN
3 66 (1.60%) Firewall
4 43 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 42 (1.02%) Network Security
6 41 (0.99%) HTTP
7 38 (0.92%) DNS
8 29 (0.70%) DHCP
8 29 (0.70%) VPN
9 21 (0.51%) Broadband
10 16 (0.39%) MPLS
10 16 (0.39%) Wireless
11 14 (0.34%) VLAN
12 13 (0.31%) BGP
13 12 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.27%) Internet
14 11 (0.27%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.24%) NGFW
15 10 (0.24%) SSL
16 9 (0.22%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (4.72%) Power BI
2 177 (4.29%) SQL Server
3 71 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.50%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.43%) Tableau
6 57 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 40 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (0.75%) Metadata
10 29 (0.70%) Big Data
10 29 (0.70%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.61%) MySQL
12 23 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 21 (0.51%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.46%) Power Query
14 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.44%) Looker
16 17 (0.41%) SAP BW
17 16 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 131 (3.17%) JIRA
2 83 (2.01%) Git
3 45 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.61%) JUnit
5 18 (0.44%) Maven
5 18 (0.44%) Selenium
6 16 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 16 (0.39%) Mockito
6 16 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.17%) GitLab
7 7 (0.17%) Postman
7 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.15%) Gatling
9 5 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.12%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.097%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,338 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 659 (15.96%) Banking
3 550 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 434 (10.51%) Legal
5 421 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 329 (7.97%) Retail
7 303 (7.34%) Law
8 250 (6.05%) Marketing
9 233 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
10 217 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
11 208 (5.04%) Public Sector
12 145 (3.51%) Financial Institution
13 143 (3.46%) Manufacturing
14 125 (3.03%) Back Office
15 120 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
16 100 (2.42%) Aerospace
17 79 (1.91%) Front Office
17 79 (1.91%) Telecoms
18 78 (1.89%) Billing
19 55 (1.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 589 (14.26%) Senior
2 448 (10.85%) Lead
3 419 (10.15%) Analyst
4 360 (8.72%) Developer
5 323 (7.82%) Architect
6 277 (6.71%) Software Engineer
7 228 (5.52%) Consultant
8 163 (3.95%) Finance Manager
9 150 (3.63%) Senior Manager
10 124 (3.00%) Accountant
11 117 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
12 109 (2.64%) IT Manager
13 105 (2.54%) Project Manager
14 97 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
15 96 (2.32%) Business Analyst
16 95 (2.30%) Engineering Manager
17 92 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
18 83 (2.01%) Graduate
19 77 (1.86%) Support Analyst
20 75 (1.82%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (4.21%) React
2 161 (3.90%) .NET
3 125 (3.03%) REST
4 106 (2.57%) Node.js
5 66 (1.60%) CSS
6 65 (1.57%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.43%) ASP.NET
8 58 (1.40%) Spring
9 56 (1.36%) Kafka
10 54 (1.31%) ASP.NET Core
11 48 (1.16%) .NET Framework
12 45 (1.09%) AngularJS
13 42 (1.02%) GraphQL
14 39 (0.94%) jQuery
14 39 (0.94%) Redux
15 37 (0.90%) LangChain
15 37 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
16 35 (0.85%) HTML
16 35 (0.85%) PyTorch
16 35 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 264 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 214 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 169 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 161 (3.90%) Virtual Team
5 157 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.54%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.32%) Podcast
8 108 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 90 (2.18%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.74%) Blog
11 71 (1.72%) Data Centre
12 70 (1.69%) Fixed Income
13 65 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 61 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 56 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
16 53 (1.28%) Driving Licence
17 45 (1.09%) AI Agents
18 44 (1.07%) Credit Risk
19 42 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
20 40 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 140 (3.39%) Windows
2 121 (2.93%) Linux
3 45 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.48%) Unix
5 17 (0.41%) Android
6 15 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.048%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 890 (21.55%) Agile
2 699 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 692 (16.76%) Roadmaps
4 627 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
5 604 (14.62%) AI
6 511 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 501 (12.13%) Decision-Making
8 492 (11.91%) Software Engineering
9 443 (10.73%) Mentoring
10 418 (10.12%) Analytics
11 410 (9.93%) ERP
12 379 (9.18%) CI/CD
13 352 (8.52%) DevOps
14 333 (8.06%) Risk Management
15 308 (7.46%) Project Management
16 306 (7.41%) Project Delivery
17 299 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 284 (6.88%) Process Improvement
19 257 (6.22%) CRM
20 256 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 611 (14.79%) SQL
2 421 (10.19%) Python
3 318 (7.70%) Java
4 255 (6.17%) C#
5 186 (4.50%) JavaScript
6 158 (3.83%) TypeScript
7 109 (2.64%) C++
8 81 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.72%) PHP
10 60 (1.45%) Go
11 32 (0.77%) C
12 30 (0.73%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.63%) Bash
14 24 (0.58%) Bicep
14 24 (0.58%) R
15 20 (0.48%) VBA
16 17 (0.41%) Rust
17 16 (0.39%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 394 (9.54%) Degree
2 316 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 260 (6.30%) ACCA
4 231 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 222 (5.38%) CIMA
6 207 (5.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 101 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 87 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 82 (1.99%) CISSP
10 54 (1.31%) CISM
11 49 (1.19%) PMI Certification
12 48 (1.16%) PMP
13 45 (1.09%) Azure Certification
14 37 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
15 35 (0.85%) CISA
16 32 (0.77%) CRISC
17 28 (0.68%) DBS Check
18 27 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.58%) ICAEW
20 23 (0.56%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (3.90%) QA
2 158 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 145 (3.51%) GDPR
4 140 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 95 (2.30%) GRC
6 93 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 78 (1.89%) NIST
8 72 (1.74%) PMO
9 67 (1.62%) IFRS
10 64 (1.55%) SLA
11 48 (1.16%) GAAP
12 32 (0.77%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.75%) COBIT
14 25 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.41%) MiFID
16 17 (0.41%) SOC 2
17 16 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.36%) FINREP
19 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 107 (2.59%) Docker
2 98 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 39 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 34 (0.82%) Firmware
6 18 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
9 6 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 3 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 175 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 164 (3.97%) Terraform
3 63 (1.53%) Grafana
4 43 (1.04%) Ansible
5 41 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.15%) SCCM
9 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.097%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.097%) QRadar
10 4 (0.097%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.073%) Argo
11 3 (0.073%) Endace
11 3 (0.073%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.048%) Puppet
12 2 (0.048%) Salt
Vendors
1 740 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 234 (5.67%) Oracle
3 149 (3.61%) SAP
4 125 (3.03%) Databricks
5 83 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.60%) Sage
7 65 (1.57%) Google
7 65 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 49 (1.19%) Workday
9 44 (1.07%) Cisco
10 43 (1.04%) VMware
11 37 (0.90%) Xero
12 34 (0.82%) HubSpot
13 29 (0.70%) IBM
14 28 (0.68%) Aderant
15 25 (0.61%) Adobe
16 24 (0.58%) BMC
17 19 (0.46%) Remedy
17 19 (0.46%) Splunk
17 19 (0.46%) Veeam