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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,476 3,919 7,084
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.11% 26.48% 21.34%
As % of the General category 31.65% 35.31% 34.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,305 2,372 4,856
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £37,278
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,000 £45,650
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 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £120,000
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 10,983 11,100 20,383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.23% 74.99% 61.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,252 6,112 15,110
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 May 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 91 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.12%) Confluence
3 32 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.52%) SAS
5 10 (0.29%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.086%) Apache
11 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.029%) Camunda
Applications
1 202 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.14%) Sketch
8 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.086%) Productboard
9 3 (0.086%) SPSS
10 1 (0.029%) Notion
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (1.93%) Oracle Financials
2 54 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 44 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 38 (1.09%) Oracle Assets
5 35 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
6 28 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
7 27 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
8 26 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
9 24 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
10 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
11 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
14 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
15 12 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
16 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
16 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
16 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 711 (20.45%) Azure
2 485 (13.95%) AWS
3 313 (9.00%) SaaS
4 226 (6.50%) Power Platform
5 182 (5.24%) GCP
6 133 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
7 117 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
8 86 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 84 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 84 (2.42%) Snowflake
10 76 (2.19%) Entra ID
11 69 (1.99%) GitHub
12 67 (1.93%) Azure Machine Learning
13 64 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
14 61 (1.75%) Azure AI
15 59 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
16 34 (0.98%) OCI
17 33 (0.95%) PaaS
18 32 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.01%) Firewall
2 49 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.29%) VPN
4 41 (1.18%) WAN
5 37 (1.06%) HTTP
6 36 (1.04%) DNS
7 35 (1.01%) DHCP
8 31 (0.89%) Network Security
9 26 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.60%) Broadband
10 21 (0.60%) CHAP
11 19 (0.55%) BGP
11 19 (0.55%) MPLS
12 17 (0.49%) LAN
13 16 (0.46%) VLAN
13 16 (0.46%) Wireless
14 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.35%) Internet
16 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 155 (4.46%) Power BI
3 60 (1.73%) Tableau
4 52 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.47%) Data Lake
6 49 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (0.81%) Big Data
9 27 (0.78%) Relational Database
10 26 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.72%) MongoDB
11 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (0.55%) Metadata
13 18 (0.52%) MySQL
13 18 (0.52%) NoSQL
14 17 (0.49%) DB2
15 14 (0.40%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 13 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 109 (3.14%) JIRA
2 72 (2.07%) Git
3 42 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.81%) Selenium
5 19 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.55%) Postman
6 15 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.43%) WebDriver
7 14 (0.40%) JUnit
8 13 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (0.35%) SoapUI
10 10 (0.29%) Maven
11 9 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.26%) Mockito
12 8 (0.23%) GitLab
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
13 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
16 3 (0.086%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,102 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 581 (16.71%) Banking
3 474 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 368 (10.59%) Legal
5 332 (9.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 318 (9.15%) Retail
7 267 (7.68%) Law
8 224 (6.44%) Marketing
9 216 (6.21%) Public Sector
10 177 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
11 173 (4.98%) Financial Institution
12 131 (3.77%) Back Office
13 113 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
14 92 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
15 85 (2.45%) Manufacturing
16 67 (1.93%) Front Office
17 61 (1.75%) Telecoms
18 48 (1.38%) Billing
19 42 (1.21%) Investment Banking
20 38 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 561 (16.14%) Senior
2 392 (11.28%) Analyst
3 315 (9.06%) Lead
4 300 (8.63%) Developer
5 234 (6.73%) Software Engineer
6 191 (5.49%) Architect
7 178 (5.12%) Consultant
8 142 (4.09%) Finance Manager
9 137 (3.94%) Senior Manager
10 107 (3.08%) Accountant
11 103 (2.96%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.56%) Project Manager
13 86 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
14 80 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
15 79 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
16 78 (2.24%) Data Engineer
17 71 (2.04%) IT Manager
18 68 (1.96%) C# Developer
19 66 (1.90%) Lead Software Engineer
20 65 (1.87%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (3.91%) .NET
2 135 (3.88%) React
3 111 (3.19%) REST
4 71 (2.04%) Node.js
5 57 (1.64%) Kafka
6 51 (1.47%) Spring
7 50 (1.44%) CSS
8 42 (1.21%) GraphQL
8 42 (1.21%) Redux
9 39 (1.12%) HTML
10 38 (1.09%) RESTful
11 36 (1.04%) SOAP
12 33 (0.95%) .NET Core
13 32 (0.92%) jQuery
14 31 (0.89%) Middleware
15 30 (0.86%) JSON
16 29 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
17 27 (0.78%) AngularJS
18 23 (0.66%) XML
19 22 (0.63%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 239 (6.88%) Product Ownership
2 193 (5.55%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.37%) Virtual Team
4 140 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 128 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 103 (2.96%) Web Conferencing
7 97 (2.79%) Podcast
8 72 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 71 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 70 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 69 (1.99%) Data Structures
12 55 (1.58%) Fixed Income
13 47 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
14 45 (1.29%) Blog
15 44 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
16 42 (1.21%) Security Posture
17 41 (1.18%) Driving Licence
18 34 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
19 33 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 120 (3.45%) Windows
2 102 (2.93%) Linux
3 37 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 24 (0.69%) Unix
5 21 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.40%) Android
7 12 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.086%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.029%) AIX
10 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 795 (22.87%) Agile
2 510 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
3 501 (14.41%) Roadmaps
4 499 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 426 (12.26%) AI
6 377 (10.85%) Mentoring
7 371 (10.67%) Decision-Making
8 368 (10.59%) Software Engineering
9 366 (10.53%) Analytics
9 366 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 352 (10.13%) ERP
11 339 (9.75%) DevOps
12 336 (9.67%) CI/CD
13 305 (8.77%) Project Management
14 253 (7.28%) Coaching
15 244 (7.02%) Risk Management
16 240 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 204 (5.87%) Customer Service
17 204 (5.87%) Fintech
18 195 (5.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 543 (15.62%) SQL
2 359 (10.33%) Python
3 327 (9.41%) Java
4 208 (5.98%) C#
5 141 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 122 (3.51%) TypeScript
7 83 (2.39%) C++
8 81 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 79 (2.27%) Go
10 55 (1.58%) PHP
11 35 (1.01%) PL/SQL
12 30 (0.86%) C
13 20 (0.58%) Bicep
14 19 (0.55%) R
15 18 (0.52%) Apex Code
16 17 (0.49%) Rust
17 16 (0.46%) Bash
18 15 (0.43%) T-SQL
19 13 (0.37%) VBA
20 12 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 374 (10.76%) Degree
2 247 (7.11%) ACCA
3 204 (5.87%) CIMA
4 185 (5.32%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 104 (2.99%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.76%) CISSP
8 78 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.75%) CISM
10 59 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 52 (1.50%) CISA
12 50 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.18%) PMP
14 37 (1.06%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
16 34 (0.98%) SANS
17 29 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.69%) CIPFA
20 23 (0.66%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (4.00%) QA
2 125 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.34%) GDPR
4 89 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.24%) NIST
6 66 (1.90%) IFRS
7 60 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 60 (1.73%) PMO
8 48 (1.38%) GRC
9 43 (1.24%) SLA
10 38 (1.09%) GAAP
11 32 (0.92%) COBIT
12 30 (0.86%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.43%) MiFID
17 14 (0.40%) COREP
17 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
17 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 105 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.22%) Docker
3 68 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 40 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Firmware
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.058%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 166 (4.78%) Terraform
2 147 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.50%) Grafana
4 49 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (0.81%) Ansible
6 13 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.17%) Argo
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) QRadar
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.086%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.058%) Puppet
Vendors
1 567 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 237 (6.82%) Oracle
3 133 (3.83%) SAP
4 125 (3.60%) Databricks
5 90 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.93%) Sage
7 53 (1.52%) Google
8 44 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.24%) Cisco
9 43 (1.24%) VMware
10 35 (1.01%) Xero
11 30 (0.86%) Workday
12 25 (0.72%) Adobe
12 25 (0.72%) HubSpot
13 21 (0.60%) Aderant
14 20 (0.58%) IBM
14 20 (0.58%) Okta
15 15 (0.43%) Splunk
16 13 (0.37%) CheckPoint
16 13 (0.37%) OpenAI