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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,094 3,827 6,051
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.37% 24.00% 22.07%
As % of the General category 32.76% 34.63% 35.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 2,467 4,760
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,331 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £74,870 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +15.07% -3.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,750 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -6.61%

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 9,444 11,051 17,036
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.11% 69.31% 62.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,952 6,294 13,552
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +12.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%

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 February 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 72 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.62%) Confluence
3 43 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (0.81%) Apache
6 20 (0.65%) SAS
7 17 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 16 (0.52%) WebSphere
9 13 (0.42%) JBoss
10 11 (0.36%) CMS
11 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
12 7 (0.23%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
13 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
14 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
15 3 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.097%) HCL Domino
15 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 261 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 134 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.032%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
2 60 (1.94%) Oracle Payables
3 48 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
4 46 (1.49%) NetSuite
5 45 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 42 (1.36%) Oracle Financials
7 41 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
7 41 (1.33%) Unit4 Business World
8 25 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
9 22 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
10 20 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
11 16 (0.52%) SAP FI
12 15 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
12 15 (0.48%) SAP CO
12 15 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
13 14 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
14 13 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
15 12 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
15 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
16 11 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 770 (24.89%) Azure
2 399 (12.90%) AWS
3 326 (10.54%) Power Platform
4 275 (8.89%) SaaS
5 233 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
6 200 (6.46%) GitHub
7 171 (5.53%) GCP
8 152 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
9 111 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 111 (3.59%) Snowflake
10 109 (3.52%) Entra ID
11 85 (2.75%) dbt
12 83 (2.68%) GitHub Copilot
13 81 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
14 66 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
15 59 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 58 (1.87%) OCI
17 54 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
18 47 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
19 46 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 80 (2.59%) Firewall
2 63 (2.04%) WAN
3 55 (1.78%) VPN
4 50 (1.62%) SD-WAN
5 49 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 42 (1.36%) LAN
7 36 (1.16%) Wireless
8 34 (1.10%) DNS
9 33 (1.07%) Wireshark
10 29 (0.94%) DHCP
11 21 (0.68%) Network Security
12 18 (0.58%) CHAP
13 16 (0.52%) Internet
13 16 (0.52%) VLAN
14 12 (0.39%) BGP
14 12 (0.39%) HTTP
15 9 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (0.26%) SSL
16 8 (0.26%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (7.40%) Power BI
2 114 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 111 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (3.07%) Tableau
5 76 (2.46%) Data Lake
6 55 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 54 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 34 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 32 (1.03%) Apache Iceberg
11 31 (1.00%) Metadata
12 29 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 29 (0.94%) Apache Arrow
12 29 (0.94%) Dremio
13 28 (0.90%) Big Data
14 27 (0.87%) MySQL
15 26 (0.84%) MongoDB
16 21 (0.68%) Relational Database
17 20 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
18 19 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 150 (4.85%) JIRA
2 70 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
3 65 (2.10%) Git
4 62 (2.00%) Jenkins
5 34 (1.10%) Selenium
6 31 (1.00%) TeamCity
7 30 (0.97%) Postman
8 25 (0.81%) SoapUI
9 22 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
10 21 (0.68%) WebDriver
11 18 (0.58%) ERwin
12 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
12 16 (0.52%) GitLab
13 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.32%) Storybook
15 9 (0.29%) Subversion
16 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
17 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
17 5 (0.16%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,071 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 523 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
3 438 (14.16%) Banking
4 252 (8.14%) Marketing
5 234 (7.56%) Retail
6 225 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 225 (7.27%) Public Sector
7 185 (5.98%) Financial Institution
8 166 (5.37%) Legal
9 163 (5.27%) Law
10 107 (3.46%) Telecoms
11 106 (3.43%) Back Office
12 102 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
13 98 (3.17%) Manufacturing
14 92 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
15 78 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
16 73 (2.36%) Front Office
17 56 (1.81%) Electronics
18 48 (1.55%) Billing
19 45 (1.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 557 (18.00%) Senior
2 434 (14.03%) Analyst
3 264 (8.53%) Developer
4 218 (7.05%) Lead
5 165 (5.33%) Software Engineer
6 151 (4.88%) Consultant
7 141 (4.56%) Architect
8 100 (3.23%) Business Analyst
9 89 (2.88%) Data Engineer
10 83 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
11 77 (2.49%) Project Manager
12 74 (2.39%) Financial Analyst
13 70 (2.26%) Senior Software Engineer
14 69 (2.23%) Finance Manager
15 67 (2.17%) Senior Manager
16 65 (2.10%) Accountant
17 64 (2.07%) Software Developer
17 64 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
18 56 (1.81%) Cloud Engineer
19 55 (1.78%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (5.27%) .NET
2 104 (3.36%) REST
3 95 (3.07%) RESTful
3 95 (3.07%) SOAP
4 86 (2.78%) React
5 58 (1.87%) JSON
6 51 (1.65%) OAuth
7 49 (1.58%) Node.js
7 49 (1.58%) Spring
8 39 (1.26%) HTML
9 38 (1.23%) AngularJS
10 37 (1.20%) Middleware
11 36 (1.16%) Kafka
12 35 (1.13%) Pandas
13 32 (1.03%) CSS
13 32 (1.03%) OAuth2
13 32 (1.03%) XML
14 30 (0.97%) NumPy
15 29 (0.94%) SciPy
15 29 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 206 (6.66%) Product Ownership
2 195 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 144 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 123 (3.98%) Onboarding
5 114 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 81 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 76 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
8 75 (2.42%) Data Centre
9 65 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 55 (1.78%) Security Posture
11 54 (1.75%) Blog
12 52 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 50 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
14 48 (1.55%) Fixed Income
15 43 (1.39%) e-Learning
16 41 (1.33%) Equities
17 38 (1.23%) Virtual Team
18 36 (1.16%) Hedge funds
19 33 (1.07%) Low-Code
19 33 (1.07%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 120 (3.88%) Linux
2 110 (3.56%) Windows
3 41 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 37 (1.20%) Unix
5 25 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.58%) Android
7 16 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.19%) VMS
11 2 (0.065%) CentOS
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 828 (26.76%) Agile
2 546 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 524 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
4 476 (15.38%) Coaching
5 470 (15.19%) AI
6 429 (13.87%) DevOps
7 426 (13.77%) Asset Management
8 421 (13.61%) Roadmaps
9 414 (13.38%) Analytics
10 408 (13.19%) CI/CD
11 366 (11.83%) Decision-Making
12 344 (11.12%) Mentoring
13 339 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 308 (9.95%) ERP
15 302 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
15 302 (9.76%) Software Engineering
16 280 (9.05%) Project Management
17 263 (8.50%) Risk Management
18 243 (7.85%) Test Automation
19 201 (6.50%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 586 (18.94%) SQL
2 397 (12.83%) Python
3 297 (9.60%) Java
4 156 (5.04%) C#
5 144 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 121 (3.91%) PowerShell
6 121 (3.91%) TypeScript
7 63 (2.04%) C++
8 55 (1.78%) PL/SQL
9 52 (1.68%) PHP
10 42 (1.36%) Go
11 39 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 38 (1.23%) Bash
13 34 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 33 (1.07%) Bicep
15 28 (0.90%) Apex Code
15 28 (0.90%) C
16 20 (0.65%) T-SQL
17 19 (0.61%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 385 (12.44%) Degree
2 193 (6.24%) ACCA
3 166 (5.37%) Security Cleared
4 158 (5.11%) CIMA
5 139 (4.49%) CISSP
6 111 (3.59%) SC Cleared
7 90 (2.91%) CISA
8 72 (2.33%) CISM
9 65 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 63 (2.04%) DV Cleared
11 62 (2.00%) CRISC
12 52 (1.68%) DBS Check
13 44 (1.42%) PMI Certification
14 39 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
15 35 (1.13%) Azure Certification
16 33 (1.07%) AAT
17 30 (0.97%) ISTQB
18 28 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 25 (0.81%) CCNP
20 24 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (4.72%) NIST
2 124 (4.01%) Data Quality
2 124 (4.01%) QA
3 115 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 114 (3.68%) GDPR
5 76 (2.46%) PCI DSS
6 70 (2.26%) GRC
7 66 (2.13%) Accessibility
8 52 (1.68%) IFRS
9 49 (1.58%) PMO
10 32 (1.03%) COBIT
10 32 (1.03%) SLA
11 28 (0.90%) GAAP
12 27 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 26 (0.84%) SOC 2
14 24 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (0.58%) P3O
16 11 (0.36%) SEPA
16 11 (0.36%) WCAG
17 8 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 109 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 68 (2.20%) Docker
3 39 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (0.65%) Firmware
6 17 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.097%) NFS
10 3 (0.097%) vSphere
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 236 (7.63%) Terraform
2 119 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 56 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (1.49%) Grafana
5 40 (1.29%) Ansible
6 16 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.36%) SCCM
8 10 (0.32%) Argo
9 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.13%) Cilium
11 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.13%) QRadar
12 2 (0.065%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.065%) Endace
12 2 (0.065%) Kibana
Vendors
1 523 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 169 (5.46%) Oracle
3 123 (3.98%) SAP
4 90 (2.91%) Salesforce
5 88 (2.84%) Databricks
6 80 (2.59%) Cisco
7 53 (1.71%) Google
8 52 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.58%) VMware
10 45 (1.45%) Blue Prism
10 45 (1.45%) Sage
11 33 (1.07%) CheckPoint
11 33 (1.07%) Workday
12 32 (1.03%) Red Hat
13 29 (0.94%) Meraki
14 28 (0.90%) Okta
15 27 (0.87%) SolarWinds
16 25 (0.81%) Palo Alto
17 22 (0.71%) IBM
18 18 (0.58%) Adobe