Finance Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,509 7,223 10,826
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.47% 21.35% 25.32%
As % of the General category 31.29% 34.81% 38.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,610 4,916 7,242
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,050 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £102,500 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £135,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,634
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.59% +4.05%

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 11,213 20,749 28,261
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 74.98% 61.32% 66.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,478 15,144 18,802
10th Percentile £25,267 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Finance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Finance trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Finance
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Finance.

Finance salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Finance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Finance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 233 (6.64%) Apache Airflow
2 194 (5.53%) Apache
3 100 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 100 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 76 (2.17%) Oracle Application Server
5 72 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 68 (1.94%) Confluence
7 23 (0.66%) Jupyter
8 16 (0.46%) SAS
9 15 (0.43%) CMS
10 13 (0.37%) nginx
10 13 (0.37%) OpenEdge
11 11 (0.31%) Umbraco
12 10 (0.28%) IIS
13 9 (0.26%) Apache Solr
14 8 (0.23%) NetWeaver
15 7 (0.20%) Tomcat
16 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
17 4 (0.11%) Moodle
17 4 (0.11%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 211 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 80 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.11%) Simulink
8 3 (0.085%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.057%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.057%) Sketch
9 2 (0.057%) Trello
10 1 (0.028%) 1Password
10 1 (0.028%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.028%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 49 (1.40%) Aladdin
2 38 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 28 (0.80%) thinkFolio
5 26 (0.74%) Sage 200
6 23 (0.66%) Sage 50
7 20 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
8 19 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
9 18 (0.51%) NEC Housing
10 15 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
11 14 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
11 14 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
11 14 (0.40%) SAP FI
12 13 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
13 11 (0.31%) JDE OneWorld
14 10 (0.28%) SAP CO
14 10 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
15 9 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
15 9 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
16 8 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 672 (19.15%) Azure
2 610 (17.38%) AWS
3 406 (11.57%) GCP
4 261 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 236 (6.73%) dbt
6 175 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
7 160 (4.56%) SaaS
8 146 (4.16%) Serverless
9 136 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
10 133 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
11 132 (3.76%) Snowflake
12 110 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
13 96 (2.74%) OpenShift
14 90 (2.56%) GitHub
15 88 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
16 75 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
17 56 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
18 55 (1.57%) Amazon S3
19 51 (1.45%) PaaS
20 39 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.91%) Firewall
2 64 (1.82%) TCP/IP
3 50 (1.42%) DNS
4 33 (0.94%) Network Security
5 29 (0.83%) HTTP
5 29 (0.83%) Internet
6 28 (0.80%) VPN
6 28 (0.80%) WAN
7 26 (0.74%) DHCP
8 24 (0.68%) LAN
9 20 (0.57%) IPsec
9 20 (0.57%) SAN
10 17 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
11 15 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (0.34%) VSAN
12 12 (0.34%) Wireless
13 10 (0.28%) BGP
13 10 (0.28%) Broadband
14 9 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (6.81%) Data Lake
2 229 (6.53%) Amazon Athena
3 226 (6.44%) Apache Iceberg
3 226 (6.44%) Dremio
4 219 (6.24%) Apache Arrow
5 210 (5.98%) Power BI
6 206 (5.87%) SQL Server
7 173 (4.93%) Apache Ignite
8 172 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
9 119 (3.39%) Big Data
10 105 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
11 96 (2.74%) Tableau
12 91 (2.59%) Oracle Reports
13 76 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 75 (2.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 75 (2.14%) NoSQL
14 75 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 65 (1.85%) MySQL
16 48 (1.37%) MongoDB
17 37 (1.05%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 173 (4.93%) Git
2 143 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 116 (3.31%) JIRA
4 73 (2.08%) Artifactory
5 43 (1.23%) Maven
6 41 (1.17%) SonarQube
7 36 (1.03%) Visual Studio
8 33 (0.94%) Cucumber
8 33 (0.94%) GitLab
8 33 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
9 32 (0.91%) JUnit
9 32 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
10 27 (0.77%) webpack
11 21 (0.60%) Selenium
12 18 (0.51%) Cypress.io
13 17 (0.48%) Mockito
14 15 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
15 14 (0.40%) IntelliJ
15 14 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 11 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 1,037 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 955 (27.22%) Banking
3 522 (14.88%) Front Office
4 498 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
5 190 (5.41%) Retail
6 187 (5.33%) Legal
7 166 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 164 (4.67%) Marketing
9 147 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 126 (3.59%) Investment Banking
11 121 (3.45%) Manufacturing
12 119 (3.39%) Public Sector
13 118 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
14 96 (2.74%) Law
15 87 (2.48%) Military
16 75 (2.14%) Telecoms
17 56 (1.60%) Advertising
18 54 (1.54%) Electronics
19 49 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
20 43 (1.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 631 (17.98%) Senior
2 556 (15.84%) Analyst
3 478 (13.62%) Developer
4 401 (11.43%) Software Engineer
5 299 (8.52%) Lead
6 268 (7.64%) AWS Engineer
7 210 (5.98%) Python Engineer
8 156 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 151 (4.30%) Architect
10 150 (4.27%) AWS Software Engineer
11 145 (4.13%) Data Engineer
11 145 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
12 132 (3.76%) Business Analyst
13 128 (3.65%) Data Analyst
14 124 (3.53%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 122 (3.48%) Consultant
16 120 (3.42%) AWS DevOps
17 112 (3.19%) Project Manager
18 106 (3.02%) AWS DevOps Engineer
18 106 (3.02%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (6.36%) React
2 208 (5.93%) .NET
3 160 (4.56%) Node.js
4 150 (4.27%) Pandas
5 143 (4.08%) NumPy
6 138 (3.93%) Kafka
7 137 (3.90%) SciPy
8 136 (3.88%) CSS
9 131 (3.73%) AngularJS
9 131 (3.73%) PySpark
10 123 (3.51%) HTML
11 101 (2.88%) gRPC
12 99 (2.82%) Protocol Buffers
13 98 (2.79%) Spring Boot
14 97 (2.76%) Spring
15 86 (2.45%) Redux
16 85 (2.42%) jQuery
17 83 (2.37%) Vue
18 79 (2.25%) J2EE
19 76 (2.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 370 (10.54%) Fixed Income
2 294 (8.38%) Derivative
3 292 (8.32%) Hedge funds
4 271 (7.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 249 (7.10%) Equities
6 202 (5.76%) Product Ownership
7 183 (5.22%) Management Information System
8 102 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
9 89 (2.54%) Algorithms
10 82 (2.34%) Public Cloud
11 75 (2.14%) Onboarding
12 74 (2.11%) Cloud Native
13 61 (1.74%) Data Centre
14 58 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
15 50 (1.42%) Cyberattack
16 48 (1.37%) Credit Risk
17 45 (1.28%) Virtual Team
18 42 (1.20%) Learning Management System
18 42 (1.20%) Pricing Data
18 42 (1.20%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 235 (6.70%) Windows
2 193 (5.50%) Linux
3 74 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 69 (1.97%) Unix
5 30 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 29 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (0.83%) Windows 10
7 28 (0.80%) Android
8 21 (0.60%) Mac OS
9 19 (0.54%) Windows Vista
10 17 (0.48%) AIX
11 13 (0.37%) zOS
12 12 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
13 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
13 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
14 6 (0.17%) VMS
14 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.14%) Solaris
16 4 (0.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,263 (35.99%) Agile
2 726 (20.69%) Software Engineering
3 651 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
4 618 (17.61%) DevOps
5 579 (16.50%) Analytics
6 405 (11.54%) Asset Management
7 393 (11.20%) CI/CD
8 392 (11.17%) Fintech
9 342 (9.75%) Project Management
10 330 (9.40%) Data Management
11 329 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
11 329 (9.38%) Investment Management
12 328 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 325 (9.26%) Mentoring
14 321 (9.15%) Roadmaps
15 291 (8.29%) Migration
16 277 (7.89%) Artificial Intelligence
16 277 (7.89%) Visualisation
17 274 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
18 263 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 751 (21.40%) Python
2 701 (19.98%) SQL
3 514 (14.65%) Java
4 457 (13.02%) JavaScript
5 265 (7.55%) TypeScript
6 240 (6.84%) C#
7 125 (3.56%) Go
8 101 (2.88%) C++
9 98 (2.79%) PowerShell
10 69 (1.97%) T-SQL
11 59 (1.68%) C
12 58 (1.65%) PHP
12 58 (1.65%) PL/SQL
13 55 (1.57%) Bash
14 35 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 32 (0.91%) Scala
16 25 (0.71%) VB.NET
17 19 (0.54%) R
18 15 (0.43%) Rust
19 13 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 565 (16.10%) Degree
2 195 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 155 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 103 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 74 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 71 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 69 (1.97%) CISSP
8 53 (1.51%) SC Cleared
9 51 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 50 (1.42%) PhD
11 43 (1.23%) ACCA
12 40 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
13 38 (1.08%) PMP
14 35 (1.00%) CIMA
15 30 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
16 29 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (0.68%) AWS Certification
17 24 (0.68%) Azure Certification
18 22 (0.63%) CISM
18 22 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (3.73%) Data Quality
2 115 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 85 (2.42%) QA
4 60 (1.71%) SLA
5 59 (1.68%) GDPR
6 56 (1.60%) MiFID
7 54 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 52 (1.48%) PMO
9 36 (1.03%) NIST
10 33 (0.94%) PCI DSS
11 26 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (0.48%) ITGC
13 14 (0.40%) IFRS
14 13 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.34%) COBIT
15 12 (0.34%) IFRS 9
16 10 (0.28%) GAAP
16 10 (0.28%) SOC 2
17 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
18 8 (0.23%) Basel III
System Software
1 301 (8.58%) Docker
2 95 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 58 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.68%) Firmware
5 19 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
7 9 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.14%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.14%) vSphere
10 3 (0.085%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.057%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.028%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.028%) HDFS
12 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 344 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 240 (6.84%) Terraform
3 79 (2.25%) Ansible
4 38 (1.08%) SCCM
5 36 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (0.83%) Istio
7 26 (0.74%) Progress Chef
8 19 (0.54%) Puppet
9 17 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (0.37%) Grafana
11 12 (0.34%) Nagios
12 11 (0.31%) Prometheus
13 9 (0.26%) CA Endevor
14 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.17%) CASB
15 6 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
15 6 (0.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 6 (0.17%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
16 5 (0.14%) linkerd
Vendors
1 539 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 227 (6.47%) Oracle
3 164 (4.67%) Google
4 148 (4.22%) SAP
5 78 (2.22%) VMware
6 72 (2.05%) IBM
7 69 (1.97%) Salesforce
8 59 (1.68%) Cisco
9 53 (1.51%) ServiceNow
10 49 (1.40%) BISAM
11 41 (1.17%) Databricks
12 40 (1.14%) Sage
13 34 (0.97%) Charles River
14 28 (0.80%) Adobe
14 28 (0.80%) Apple
14 28 (0.80%) Calypso
14 28 (0.80%) SimCorp
15 26 (0.74%) Citrix
16 24 (0.68%) Red Hat
17 22 (0.63%) NEC