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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,199 3,466 6,535
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.80% 26.89% 20.83%
As % of the General category 33.02% 37.47% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,085 2,546 4,905
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,022
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% -5.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £132,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,996 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -9.19%

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 9,688 9,251 19,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.94% 71.76% 61.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6,458 6,403 15,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,035
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £61,325 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +7.59% -8.80%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 6 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 73 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.13%) Confluence
3 27 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.53%) SAS
5 13 (0.41%) JBoss
6 12 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.38%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.34%) CMS
8 10 (0.31%) Apache
9 8 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.22%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.094%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.094%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.094%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.094%) WordPress
13 2 (0.063%) IIS
13 2 (0.063%) nginx
13 2 (0.063%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 230 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.094%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.063%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.063%) Trello
10 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.031%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (1.97%) NetSuite
2 59 (1.84%) Oracle Payables
3 56 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
4 47 (1.47%) Oracle Assets
5 41 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
5 41 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 35 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
7 30 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
8 29 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
10 16 (0.50%) Elite 3E
10 16 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
10 16 (0.50%) SAP FI
11 15 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
11 15 (0.47%) SAP CO
11 15 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
12 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
12 12 (0.38%) SAP ERP
13 10 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
14 9 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 725 (22.66%) Azure
2 466 (14.57%) AWS
3 313 (9.78%) SaaS
4 245 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 191 (5.97%) GCP
6 168 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
7 152 (4.75%) GitHub
8 128 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
9 109 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 107 (3.34%) Snowflake
11 96 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 96 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
12 71 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
13 69 (2.16%) GitHub Copilot
14 68 (2.13%) Entra ID
15 55 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
16 52 (1.63%) Azure Machine Learning
17 51 (1.59%) dbt
18 38 (1.19%) Azure AI
19 37 (1.16%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.72%) Firewall
2 50 (1.56%) TCP/IP
3 48 (1.50%) VPN
4 40 (1.25%) WAN
5 35 (1.09%) DNS
6 33 (1.03%) DHCP
7 26 (0.81%) Network Security
8 25 (0.78%) HTTP
8 25 (0.78%) SD-WAN
9 24 (0.75%) CHAP
10 19 (0.59%) BGP
11 16 (0.50%) VLAN
12 15 (0.47%) Wireless
13 13 (0.41%) LAN
13 13 (0.41%) MPLS
14 12 (0.38%) Internet
15 11 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
16 10 (0.31%) SSL
17 8 (0.25%) Telnet
17 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (5.85%) Power BI
2 155 (4.85%) SQL Server
3 80 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (2.16%) Tableau
5 59 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 55 (1.72%) Data Lake
7 50 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 47 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.84%) Big Data
11 24 (0.75%) Metadata
11 24 (0.75%) Relational Database
12 23 (0.72%) MySQL
13 20 (0.63%) NoSQL
14 18 (0.56%) DB2
15 15 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.44%) MongoDB
17 12 (0.38%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (3.69%) JIRA
2 69 (2.16%) Git
3 45 (1.41%) TeamCity
4 41 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
5 32 (1.00%) Selenium
6 20 (0.63%) Postman
7 17 (0.53%) WebDriver
8 16 (0.50%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.34%) GitLab
12 9 (0.28%) ERwin
12 9 (0.28%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.28%) Storybook
12 9 (0.28%) Subversion
13 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
14 7 (0.22%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,043 (32.60%) Social Skills
2 555 (17.35%) Banking
3 521 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 309 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 306 (9.57%) Retail
6 247 (7.72%) Public Sector
7 246 (7.69%) Law
8 236 (7.38%) Marketing
9 219 (6.85%) Legal
10 192 (6.00%) Financial Institution
11 139 (4.35%) Back Office
12 123 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
13 99 (3.09%) Manufacturing
14 95 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
15 88 (2.75%) Front Office
16 79 (2.47%) Telecoms
17 78 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
18 44 (1.38%) Billing
19 43 (1.34%) Electronics
20 41 (1.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 562 (17.57%) Senior
2 396 (12.38%) Analyst
3 269 (8.41%) Lead
4 259 (8.10%) Developer
5 219 (6.85%) Software Engineer
6 173 (5.41%) Architect
7 159 (4.97%) Consultant
8 111 (3.47%) Finance Manager
9 102 (3.19%) Business Analyst
10 93 (2.91%) Accountant
11 91 (2.84%) Project Manager
11 91 (2.84%) Senior Manager
12 86 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 81 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 78 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
14 78 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
15 73 (2.28%) Financial Analyst
16 69 (2.16%) C# Developer
17 62 (1.94%) Graduate
17 62 (1.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (3.94%) .NET
2 123 (3.84%) React
3 113 (3.53%) REST
4 74 (2.31%) RESTful
5 71 (2.22%) Node.js
6 69 (2.16%) Kafka
7 65 (2.03%) SOAP
8 58 (1.81%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.53%) JSON
10 43 (1.34%) OAuth
10 43 (1.34%) Redux
10 43 (1.34%) Spring
11 38 (1.19%) CSS
12 35 (1.09%) Middleware
13 31 (0.97%) HTML
14 28 (0.88%) XML
15 27 (0.84%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.84%) jQuery
16 25 (0.78%) .NET Core
17 22 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.78%) Cloud Native
2 195 (6.10%) Product Ownership
3 124 (3.88%) Onboarding
4 119 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 93 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (1.97%) Fixed Income
7 62 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 61 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 59 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 58 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.78%) Blog
12 50 (1.56%) Public Cloud
13 47 (1.47%) Security Posture
14 45 (1.41%) Data Structures
14 45 (1.41%) Virtual Team
15 42 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
16 40 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
17 39 (1.22%) Low-Code
18 35 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 31 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 125 (3.91%) Windows
2 106 (3.31%) Linux
3 40 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 30 (0.94%) Unix
5 28 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.63%) Android
7 15 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.063%) CentOS
10 2 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.031%) AIX
11 1 (0.031%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.031%) VMS
11 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (24.91%) Agile
2 521 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
3 518 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 445 (13.91%) AI
5 402 (12.57%) Roadmaps
6 395 (12.35%) CI/CD
7 391 (12.22%) Decision-Making
8 387 (12.10%) DevOps
9 385 (12.04%) Analytics
10 355 (11.10%) Mentoring
11 349 (10.91%) Coaching
12 346 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
13 340 (10.63%) Software Engineering
14 297 (9.28%) ERP
15 276 (8.63%) Project Management
16 267 (8.35%) Risk Management
17 254 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
18 246 (7.69%) Test Automation
19 232 (7.25%) Asset Management
20 220 (6.88%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 532 (16.63%) SQL
2 348 (10.88%) Python
3 334 (10.44%) Java
4 188 (5.88%) C#
5 119 (3.72%) TypeScript
6 118 (3.69%) JavaScript
7 90 (2.81%) Go
8 83 (2.59%) PowerShell
9 73 (2.28%) C++
10 67 (2.09%) PHP
11 41 (1.28%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 28 (0.88%) C
14 24 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 22 (0.69%) Bicep
16 20 (0.63%) Bash
17 19 (0.59%) Rust
18 18 (0.56%) Shell Script
19 16 (0.50%) Kotlin
20 14 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 396 (12.38%) Degree
2 259 (8.10%) ACCA
3 216 (6.75%) CIMA
4 185 (5.78%) Security Cleared
5 147 (4.60%) CISSP
6 104 (3.25%) SC Cleared
7 94 (2.94%) CISA
8 77 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (2.13%) CISM
10 65 (2.03%) CRISC
11 58 (1.81%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.56%) PMI Certification
13 43 (1.34%) DBS Check
14 39 (1.22%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.13%) AAT
16 34 (1.06%) SANS
17 28 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.84%) PMP
19 24 (0.75%) CGEIT
19 24 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (4.10%) NIST
2 125 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.75%) QA
4 114 (3.56%) GDPR
5 104 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 69 (2.16%) GRC
8 63 (1.97%) IFRS
9 55 (1.72%) Accessibility
10 46 (1.44%) PMO
11 37 (1.16%) GAAP
12 36 (1.13%) SLA
13 31 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.91%) SOC 2
15 28 (0.88%) COBIT
16 20 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.53%) P3O
18 12 (0.38%) MiFID
19 11 (0.34%) EMIR
19 11 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 93 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 75 (2.34%) Docker
3 53 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 41 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.59%) Firmware
6 14 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.094%) vSphere
12 1 (0.031%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 209 (6.53%) Terraform
2 141 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.78%) Grafana
4 38 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.13%) Ansible
6 31 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.38%) Argo
7 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Istio
9 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.16%) Endace
9 5 (0.16%) QRadar
9 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.16%) SCCM
10 4 (0.13%) Cilium
10 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.094%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.094%) Puppet
11 3 (0.094%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.063%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 509 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 192 (6.00%) Oracle
3 128 (4.00%) SAP
4 119 (3.72%) Databricks
5 89 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 64 (2.00%) Google
7 57 (1.78%) Sage
8 46 (1.44%) VMware
9 45 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 41 (1.28%) Cisco
11 26 (0.81%) Workday
12 25 (0.78%) IBM
13 23 (0.72%) Okta
14 22 (0.69%) Adobe
15 21 (0.66%) HubSpot
16 18 (0.56%) Xero
17 16 (0.50%) Aderant
17 16 (0.50%) Atlassian
18 15 (0.47%) Red Hat
19 14 (0.44%) Ab Initio