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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,361 4,237 5,396
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.10% 20.92% 25.26%
As % of the General category 33.99% 33.09% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 2,744 4,286
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,470
25th Percentile £46,750 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £113,125
UK median annual salary £62,500 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.18% +2.84% +0.80%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,888 12,804 13,901
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.03% 63.22% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,312 7,445 10,946
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,085
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 23 November 2025.

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
1 118 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 65 (1.93%) Apache
4 51 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 49 (1.46%) Confluence
6 12 (0.36%) CMS
6 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 12 (0.36%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.33%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.24%) Appian
9 8 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 7 (0.21%) IIS
10 7 (0.21%) JBoss
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
12 5 (0.15%) WordPress
13 3 (0.089%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 361 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 163 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.15%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.089%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.089%) Civil 3D
9 3 (0.089%) Sketch
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.060%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.060%) Elementor
11 1 (0.030%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.81%) Unit4 Business World
2 50 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 43 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
5 41 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 36 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
7 33 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
8 31 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
9 30 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 23 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
10 23 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
11 21 (0.62%) SAP FI
12 19 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
13 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
14 16 (0.48%) SAP CO
14 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
15 15 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
16 14 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
17 13 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
18 12 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 705 (20.98%) Azure
2 471 (14.01%) AWS
3 387 (11.51%) Power Platform
4 252 (7.50%) SaaS
5 205 (6.10%) GCP
6 196 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
7 168 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 156 (4.64%) GitHub
9 152 (4.52%) dbt
10 141 (4.20%) Snowflake
11 100 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
12 91 (2.71%) Entra ID
13 80 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 57 (1.70%) Power Automate
15 54 (1.61%) GitHub Copilot
16 52 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
17 50 (1.49%) PowerApps
18 47 (1.40%) OCI
19 46 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
20 44 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.41%) Firewall
2 59 (1.76%) Wireless
3 58 (1.73%) LAN
3 58 (1.73%) WAN
4 46 (1.37%) VPN
5 45 (1.34%) Network Security
6 41 (1.22%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.16%) Wireshark
8 35 (1.04%) TCP/IP
9 21 (0.62%) Software-Defined Radio
10 19 (0.57%) Internet
11 17 (0.51%) DNS
12 13 (0.39%) DHCP
12 13 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.33%) VLAN
14 10 (0.30%) BGP
15 9 (0.27%) SSL
15 9 (0.27%) WLAN
16 8 (0.24%) Intranet
17 7 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (8.57%) Power BI
2 154 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 115 (3.42%) Apache Iceberg
4 112 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
4 112 (3.33%) Apache Arrow
4 112 (3.33%) Dremio
5 108 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
6 103 (3.06%) Data Lake
7 93 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
8 84 (2.50%) Tableau
9 60 (1.79%) Apache Ignite
10 57 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 44 (1.31%) MySQL
13 35 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 34 (1.01%) MongoDB
15 32 (0.95%) Metadata
16 26 (0.77%) Big Data
17 22 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
17 22 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 136 (4.05%) JIRA
2 71 (2.11%) Git
3 54 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 51 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.80%) Selenium
6 23 (0.68%) Postman
7 20 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 16 (0.48%) GitLab
9 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
10 14 (0.42%) ER Studio
10 14 (0.42%) ERwin
11 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.24%) webpack
13 7 (0.21%) Storybook
14 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 1,162 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 566 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
3 429 (12.76%) Banking
4 300 (8.93%) Marketing
5 201 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 199 (5.92%) Retail
7 198 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 186 (5.53%) Front Office
9 179 (5.33%) Legal
10 136 (4.05%) Manufacturing
11 132 (3.93%) Telecoms
12 130 (3.87%) Financial Institution
13 127 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
14 118 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
15 111 (3.30%) Law
16 90 (2.68%) Investment Banking
17 84 (2.50%) Back Office
18 80 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
19 77 (2.29%) Electronics
20 48 (1.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 523 (15.56%) Senior
2 477 (14.19%) Analyst
3 384 (11.43%) Developer
4 241 (7.17%) Software Engineer
5 230 (6.84%) Lead
6 210 (6.25%) Consultant
7 143 (4.25%) Architect
8 132 (3.93%) Financial Analyst
9 123 (3.66%) AWS Engineer
9 123 (3.66%) Python Engineer
10 112 (3.33%) AWS Software Engineer
11 110 (3.27%) Python Software Engineer
12 104 (3.09%) Business Analyst
13 98 (2.92%) Accountant
13 98 (2.92%) Java Engineer
14 88 (2.62%) Java Software Engineer
15 87 (2.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 84 (2.50%) Senior Software Engineer
17 82 (2.44%) Project Manager
18 79 (2.35%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (4.79%) .NET
1 161 (4.79%) React
2 131 (3.90%) Pandas
3 118 (3.51%) NumPy
4 114 (3.39%) Node.js
5 112 (3.33%) SciPy
6 105 (3.12%) AngularJS
7 87 (2.59%) RESTful
8 86 (2.56%) REST
9 76 (2.26%) Vue
10 74 (2.20%) CSS
11 73 (2.17%) SOAP
12 61 (1.81%) gRPC
13 60 (1.79%) HTML
14 58 (1.73%) Protocol Buffers
15 54 (1.61%) Kafka
16 46 (1.37%) GraphQL
16 46 (1.37%) Spring
17 43 (1.28%) ASP.NET
17 43 (1.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 161 (4.79%) Fixed Income
2 158 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 152 (4.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 143 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
5 133 (3.96%) e-Learning
5 133 (3.96%) Equities
5 133 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 121 (3.60%) Cloud Native
7 109 (3.24%) Onboarding
8 87 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 78 (2.32%) Hedge funds
10 76 (2.26%) Derivative
11 69 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
12 64 (1.90%) Data Centre
12 64 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
13 58 (1.73%) Pricing Data
14 41 (1.22%) Virtual Team
15 40 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
16 36 (1.07%) Security Posture
17 35 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 167 (4.97%) Linux
2 113 (3.36%) Windows
3 47 (1.40%) Unix
4 35 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 21 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.33%) Android
8 10 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.15%) VMS
10 3 (0.089%) CentOS
11 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) MVS
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.030%) Solaris
12 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 949 (28.24%) Agile
2 590 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
3 532 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 442 (13.15%) Asset Management
5 427 (12.70%) AI
6 393 (11.69%) Analytics
7 385 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
8 383 (11.40%) Decision-Making
9 378 (11.25%) Software Engineering
10 376 (11.19%) DevOps
11 374 (11.13%) Roadmaps
12 350 (10.41%) ERP
13 342 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 341 (10.15%) Coaching
15 319 (9.49%) Risk Management
16 312 (9.28%) Mentoring
17 306 (9.10%) CI/CD
18 298 (8.87%) Project Management
19 230 (6.84%) Fintech
20 216 (6.43%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 558 (16.60%) SQL
2 471 (14.01%) Python
3 323 (9.61%) Java
4 265 (7.88%) JavaScript
5 229 (6.81%) TypeScript
6 154 (4.58%) C#
7 104 (3.09%) PowerShell
8 85 (2.53%) C++
9 63 (1.87%) PHP
10 50 (1.49%) Go
11 49 (1.46%) Bash
12 47 (1.40%) C
13 46 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 42 (1.25%) PL/SQL
15 28 (0.83%) Shell Script
16 25 (0.74%) T-SQL
17 20 (0.60%) Bicep
18 18 (0.54%) VBA
19 17 (0.51%) Scala
20 16 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 433 (12.88%) Degree
2 266 (7.91%) ACCA
3 246 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 212 (6.31%) CIMA
5 198 (5.89%) SC Cleared
6 123 (3.66%) CISSP
7 87 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 79 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 65 (1.93%) CISA
10 62 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
11 59 (1.76%) CRISC
12 57 (1.70%) DBS Check
13 55 (1.64%) CCNP
14 52 (1.55%) CISM
15 48 (1.43%) AAT
16 43 (1.28%) Master's Degree
17 38 (1.13%) CEH
18 36 (1.07%) Azure Certification
19 35 (1.04%) CCNA
20 33 (0.98%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (4.79%) NIST
2 128 (3.81%) QA
3 114 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 109 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 105 (3.12%) GDPR
6 93 (2.77%) Accessibility
7 92 (2.74%) PCI DSS
8 66 (1.96%) PMO
9 48 (1.43%) GRC
10 46 (1.37%) IFRS
11 40 (1.19%) GAAP
12 38 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 28 (0.83%) SLA
14 21 (0.62%) COBIT
15 20 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
16 18 (0.54%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.36%) SEPA
18 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
19 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
19 9 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 91 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 54 (1.61%) Docker
3 35 (1.04%) Firmware
4 33 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.18%) NFS
9 6 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.060%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.030%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 161 (4.79%) Terraform
2 84 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.64%) Ansible
4 51 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (0.89%) Grafana
7 14 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.39%) SCCM
9 12 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 5 (0.15%) Argo
13 4 (0.12%) Cilium
13 4 (0.12%) Control-M
13 4 (0.12%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.089%) QRadar
15 2 (0.060%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.060%) Suricata
Vendors
1 590 (17.55%) Microsoft
2 181 (5.39%) SAP
3 163 (4.85%) Oracle
4 119 (3.54%) Cisco
5 77 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 73 (2.17%) Databricks
7 61 (1.81%) Google
8 59 (1.76%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.46%) VMware
10 47 (1.40%) Red Hat
11 46 (1.37%) Workday
12 45 (1.34%) Blue Prism
13 44 (1.31%) Sage
14 35 (1.04%) Xero
15 30 (0.89%) Palo Alto
15 30 (0.89%) SolarWinds
15 30 (0.89%) Sparx
16 29 (0.86%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.86%) Meraki
17 25 (0.74%) IBM