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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,551 4,024 7,199
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.88% 26.28% 20.86%
As % of the General category 30.81% 35.25% 34.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,374 2,434 4,929
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £122,500
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 11,526 11,417 20,869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.03% 74.56% 60.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,519 6,273 15,259
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% +6.27% -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 15 June 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 96 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.04%) Confluence
3 33 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.45%) SAS
5 11 (0.31%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.084%) Apache
10 3 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.028%) WordPress
Applications
1 204 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.11%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (0.11%) Sketch
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.084%) Productboard
8 3 (0.084%) SPSS
9 2 (0.056%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.028%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
2 53 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 36 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
5 29 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
7 26 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
8 23 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
9 22 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
10 19 (0.54%) Elite 3E
10 19 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
11 17 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
13 14 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
14 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
15 8 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 708 (19.94%) Azure
2 497 (14.00%) AWS
3 313 (8.81%) SaaS
4 236 (6.65%) Power Platform
5 181 (5.10%) GCP
6 133 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
7 106 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 97 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
9 80 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 75 (2.11%) Snowflake
11 71 (2.00%) Entra ID
12 64 (1.80%) Azure Machine Learning
13 61 (1.72%) Azure AI
14 59 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
15 46 (1.30%) GitHub
16 45 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
17 37 (1.04%) PaaS
18 35 (0.99%) PowerApps
19 30 (0.84%) OCI
19 30 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.89%) Firewall
2 47 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 40 (1.13%) VPN
4 39 (1.10%) HTTP
5 36 (1.01%) WAN
6 34 (0.96%) DNS
7 33 (0.93%) DHCP
7 33 (0.93%) Network Security
8 23 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 22 (0.62%) Broadband
10 20 (0.56%) BGP
10 20 (0.56%) CHAP
10 20 (0.56%) MPLS
11 17 (0.48%) LAN
12 15 (0.42%) VLAN
12 15 (0.42%) Wireless
13 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 159 (4.48%) Power BI
3 58 (1.63%) Tableau
4 54 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 48 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
6 42 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (0.90%) MongoDB
9 26 (0.73%) Big Data
9 26 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (0.70%) Relational Database
11 23 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 22 (0.62%) MySQL
13 20 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (0.48%) Db2
14 17 (0.48%) Metadata
15 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.39%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.39%) SAP BW
17 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 105 (2.96%) JIRA
2 63 (1.77%) Git
3 41 (1.15%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.70%) Selenium
5 16 (0.45%) Postman
6 15 (0.42%) Jenkins
7 14 (0.39%) JUnit
8 13 (0.37%) WebDriver
9 10 (0.28%) Maven
9 10 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (0.25%) Mockito
10 9 (0.25%) SoapUI
11 8 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
12 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.14%) GitLab
13 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
15 3 (0.084%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,145 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 618 (17.40%) Banking
3 474 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 384 (10.81%) Legal
5 333 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 310 (8.73%) Retail
7 259 (7.29%) Law
8 219 (6.17%) Marketing
9 204 (5.74%) Public Sector
10 185 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
11 169 (4.76%) Financial Institution
12 127 (3.58%) Back Office
13 112 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
13 112 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
14 94 (2.65%) Manufacturing
15 62 (1.75%) Front Office
16 61 (1.72%) Telecoms
17 51 (1.44%) Billing
18 44 (1.24%) Investment Banking
19 42 (1.18%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 561 (15.80%) Senior
2 388 (10.93%) Analyst
3 324 (9.12%) Lead
4 312 (8.79%) Developer
5 253 (7.12%) Software Engineer
6 208 (5.86%) Architect
7 181 (5.10%) Consultant
8 148 (4.17%) Finance Manager
9 147 (4.14%) Senior Manager
10 110 (3.10%) Accountant
11 95 (2.68%) Business Analyst
12 94 (2.65%) Project Manager
12 94 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
13 85 (2.39%) Engineering Manager
14 83 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
15 79 (2.22%) IT Manager
16 78 (2.20%) Graduate
17 68 (1.91%) Support Analyst
18 67 (1.89%) Lead Software Engineer
19 66 (1.86%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (4.06%) .NET
2 138 (3.89%) React
3 111 (3.13%) REST
4 80 (2.25%) Node.js
5 55 (1.55%) CSS
6 53 (1.49%) Spring
7 51 (1.44%) Kafka
8 42 (1.18%) .NET Core
8 42 (1.18%) Redux
9 40 (1.13%) GraphQL
10 37 (1.04%) jQuery
11 36 (1.01%) HTML
12 33 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
13 31 (0.87%) RESTful
14 30 (0.84%) TensorFlow
15 29 (0.82%) AngularJS
15 29 (0.82%) ASP.NET
15 29 (0.82%) ASP.NET Core
15 29 (0.82%) Middleware
15 29 (0.82%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 242 (6.81%) Product Ownership
2 200 (5.63%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.36%) Virtual Team
4 141 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 132 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 124 (3.49%) Web Conferencing
7 116 (3.27%) Podcast
8 75 (2.11%) Public Cloud
8 75 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 72 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 65 (1.83%) Data Structures
11 55 (1.55%) Fixed Income
12 48 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
13 46 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
14 43 (1.21%) Security Posture
15 42 (1.18%) Blog
15 42 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
16 41 (1.15%) Driving Licence
17 35 (0.99%) Credit Risk
18 34 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 115 (3.24%) Windows
2 103 (2.90%) Linux
3 34 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 21 (0.59%) Unix
5 18 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.28%) Android
6 10 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.028%) AIX
9 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (22.36%) Agile
2 539 (15.18%) Roadmaps
3 521 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 517 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
5 433 (12.19%) AI
6 407 (11.46%) Software Engineering
7 401 (11.29%) Decision-Making
8 387 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 368 (10.36%) Mentoring
10 364 (10.25%) Analytics
11 354 (9.97%) ERP
12 311 (8.76%) CI/CD
12 311 (8.76%) DevOps
13 309 (8.70%) Project Management
14 256 (7.21%) Risk Management
15 253 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 233 (6.56%) Coaching
17 214 (6.03%) Customer Service
18 209 (5.89%) Fintech
19 202 (5.69%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 535 (15.07%) SQL
2 358 (10.08%) Python
3 319 (8.98%) Java
4 225 (6.34%) C#
5 146 (4.11%) JavaScript
6 128 (3.60%) TypeScript
7 85 (2.39%) C++
8 71 (2.00%) Go
9 70 (1.97%) PowerShell
10 69 (1.94%) PHP
11 30 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 27 (0.76%) C
13 21 (0.59%) Bicep
14 18 (0.51%) R
15 17 (0.48%) Bash
15 17 (0.48%) Rust
16 14 (0.39%) Apex Code
17 13 (0.37%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.37%) VBA
18 12 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 375 (10.56%) Degree
2 250 (7.04%) ACCA
3 208 (5.86%) CIMA
4 189 (5.32%) Security Cleared
5 124 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 109 (3.07%) SC Cleared
7 101 (2.84%) CISSP
8 80 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (1.86%) CISM
10 58 (1.63%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.41%) CISA
12 44 (1.24%) DV Cleared
13 42 (1.18%) PMP
14 36 (1.01%) Azure Certification
15 33 (0.93%) SANS
16 31 (0.87%) DBS Check
17 28 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
19 26 (0.73%) CRISC
20 24 (0.68%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (4.31%) QA
2 124 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 121 (3.41%) GDPR
4 98 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 85 (2.39%) NIST
6 68 (1.91%) IFRS
7 65 (1.83%) PMO
8 51 (1.44%) Accessibility
9 47 (1.32%) GRC
9 47 (1.32%) SLA
10 39 (1.10%) GAAP
11 35 (0.99%) COBIT
12 34 (0.96%) PCI DSS
13 23 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
16 15 (0.42%) MiFID
17 14 (0.39%) COREP
17 14 (0.39%) FINREP
System Software
1 95 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 70 (1.97%) Docker
3 64 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) Firmware
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 145 (4.08%) Terraform
2 137 (3.86%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.38%) Grafana
4 47 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.76%) Ansible
6 8 (0.23%) Istio
6 8 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.14%) Endace
8 5 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.14%) QRadar
8 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.14%) SCCM
9 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.084%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.084%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.056%) Argo
11 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 571 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 227 (6.39%) Oracle
3 132 (3.72%) SAP
4 118 (3.32%) Databricks
5 88 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.94%) Sage
7 51 (1.44%) Google
8 49 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.21%) Cisco
10 39 (1.10%) VMware
11 36 (1.01%) Xero
12 29 (0.82%) Workday
13 26 (0.73%) Adobe
14 23 (0.65%) HubSpot
15 22 (0.62%) Aderant
16 19 (0.54%) Splunk
17 18 (0.51%) IBM
18 16 (0.45%) Okta
19 15 (0.42%) OpenAI
20 14 (0.39%) Meraki