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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,895 4,142 5,984
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.95% 25.15% 21.15%
As % of the General category 30.11% 34.73% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,580 2,503 3,911
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £140,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -3.70%

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 12,938 11,925 17,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.61% 72.42% 61.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,326 6,676 12,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,982 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,046
% change year-on-year - +3.68% -11.59%

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 24 July 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
1 111 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.08%) Confluence
3 30 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.36%) Apache
5 12 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.28%) CMS
6 11 (0.28%) SAS
7 10 (0.26%) nginx
8 6 (0.15%) IIS
8 6 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.10%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.051%) JBoss
10 2 (0.051%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.026%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 247 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 122 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.26%) CorelDRAW
6 10 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.13%) Simulink
7 5 (0.13%) Trello
8 4 (0.10%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.10%) Sketch
9 3 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.077%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.077%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.077%) Productboard
10 2 (0.051%) Mathcad
10 2 (0.051%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 55 (1.41%) Oracle Financials
3 30 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 30 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 28 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 24 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 22 (0.56%) Elite 3E
7 20 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
7 20 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
9 16 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
9 16 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
10 14 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
11 13 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
11 13 (0.33%) SAP ERP
12 12 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
12 12 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 11 (0.28%) SAP CO
13 11 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 848 (21.77%) Azure
2 567 (14.56%) AWS
3 345 (8.86%) SaaS
4 298 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 203 (5.21%) GCP
6 166 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
7 135 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 108 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
9 92 (2.36%) Snowflake
10 78 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (1.85%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 67 (1.72%) PaaS
13 63 (1.62%) Azure AI
14 58 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
14 58 (1.49%) Azure Machine Learning
15 55 (1.41%) GitHub
16 53 (1.36%) PowerApps
17 41 (1.05%) Power Automate
18 40 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 84 (2.16%) WAN
2 78 (2.00%) LAN
3 71 (1.82%) Firewall
4 46 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 42 (1.08%) HTTP
6 40 (1.03%) Network Security
7 38 (0.98%) DNS
8 34 (0.87%) VPN
9 29 (0.74%) DHCP
10 21 (0.54%) Broadband
11 18 (0.46%) MPLS
11 18 (0.46%) Wireless
12 17 (0.44%) BGP
13 15 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 15 (0.39%) VLAN
14 12 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.28%) CHAP
15 11 (0.28%) Internet
16 10 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (4.78%) Power BI
2 171 (4.39%) SQL Server
3 72 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 60 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 56 (1.44%) Tableau
6 55 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 38 (0.98%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.72%) Big Data
11 27 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 26 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 23 (0.59%) MySQL
13 23 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (0.56%) Metadata
15 17 (0.44%) Db2
15 17 (0.44%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.44%) Power Query
15 17 (0.44%) SAP BW
16 16 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 109 (2.80%) JIRA
2 75 (1.93%) Git
3 44 (1.13%) TeamCity
4 21 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.49%) JUnit
6 18 (0.46%) Selenium
7 13 (0.33%) Maven
8 11 (0.28%) Mockito
9 10 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 7 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.15%) GitLab
11 6 (0.15%) Postman
11 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.13%) Gatling
12 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,280 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 645 (16.56%) Banking
3 508 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 412 (10.58%) Legal
5 344 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 324 (8.32%) Retail
7 295 (7.57%) Law
8 221 (5.67%) Marketing
9 214 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
10 207 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
11 187 (4.80%) Public Sector
12 143 (3.67%) Financial Institution
13 129 (3.31%) Manufacturing
14 122 (3.13%) Back Office
15 114 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 75 (1.93%) Front Office
17 74 (1.90%) Telecoms
18 68 (1.75%) Billing
19 54 (1.39%) Investment Banking
20 46 (1.18%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 552 (14.17%) Senior
2 397 (10.19%) Analyst
3 392 (10.06%) Lead
4 356 (9.14%) Developer
5 300 (7.70%) Architect
6 255 (6.55%) Software Engineer
7 213 (5.47%) Consultant
8 156 (4.01%) Finance Manager
9 143 (3.67%) Senior Manager
10 131 (3.36%) Accountant
11 112 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
12 98 (2.52%) IT Manager
13 92 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
13 92 (2.36%) Project Manager
14 91 (2.34%) Business Analyst
15 88 (2.26%) Azure Engineer
16 83 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
17 80 (2.05%) Graduate
18 79 (2.03%) Support Analyst
19 72 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (4.08%) .NET
1 159 (4.08%) React
2 115 (2.95%) REST
3 103 (2.64%) Node.js
4 64 (1.64%) CSS
5 62 (1.59%) .NET Core
6 58 (1.49%) ASP.NET
7 57 (1.46%) Kafka
8 55 (1.41%) ASP.NET Core
9 53 (1.36%) Spring
10 46 (1.18%) .NET Framework
11 41 (1.05%) Redux
12 40 (1.03%) AngularJS
13 39 (1.00%) GraphQL
13 39 (1.00%) jQuery
14 36 (0.92%) HTML
14 36 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
15 34 (0.87%) PyTorch
15 34 (0.87%) TensorFlow
16 32 (0.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 249 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 213 (5.47%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.11%) Virtual Team
4 152 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 149 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 144 (3.70%) Web Conferencing
7 136 (3.49%) Podcast
8 89 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 86 (2.21%) Public Cloud
10 73 (1.87%) Data Centre
11 71 (1.82%) Fixed Income
12 65 (1.67%) Data Structures
13 59 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
14 50 (1.28%) Blog
15 49 (1.26%) Driving Licence
16 48 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
17 42 (1.08%) Credit Risk
18 41 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
19 40 (1.03%) Derivative
20 39 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 133 (3.41%) Windows
2 113 (2.90%) Linux
3 44 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.44%) Unix
5 15 (0.39%) Android
6 14 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.10%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.026%) AIX
10 1 (0.026%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 828 (21.26%) Agile
2 645 (16.56%) Roadmaps
3 633 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 578 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
5 528 (13.56%) AI
6 468 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 464 (11.91%) Decision-Making
8 442 (11.35%) Software Engineering
9 397 (10.19%) Mentoring
10 390 (10.01%) ERP
11 382 (9.81%) Analytics
12 344 (8.83%) CI/CD
13 328 (8.42%) DevOps
14 312 (8.01%) Risk Management
15 298 (7.65%) Project Management
16 287 (7.37%) Project Delivery
17 276 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 260 (6.68%) Process Improvement
19 244 (6.26%) CRM
20 241 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 579 (14.87%) SQL
2 391 (10.04%) Python
3 306 (7.86%) Java
4 244 (6.26%) C#
5 175 (4.49%) JavaScript
6 152 (3.90%) TypeScript
7 97 (2.49%) C++
8 78 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 70 (1.80%) PHP
10 60 (1.54%) Go
11 28 (0.72%) C
11 28 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.67%) Bicep
13 23 (0.59%) R
14 21 (0.54%) Bash
15 19 (0.49%) VBA
16 14 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.33%) Rust
18 11 (0.28%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 353 (9.06%) Degree
2 260 (6.68%) ACCA
3 239 (6.14%) Security Cleared
4 219 (5.62%) CIMA
5 160 (4.11%) SC Cleared
6 152 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 84 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 82 (2.11%) CISSP
9 55 (1.41%) CISM
10 51 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 47 (1.21%) PMI Certification
12 45 (1.16%) PMP
13 43 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 37 (0.95%) CISA
15 35 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
16 31 (0.80%) CRISC
17 29 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.67%) DBS Check
19 25 (0.64%) AAT
20 21 (0.54%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (3.95%) QA
2 143 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 136 (3.49%) GDPR
4 96 (2.46%) GRC
5 91 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 81 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 78 (2.00%) NIST
8 69 (1.77%) IFRS
9 67 (1.72%) PMO
10 57 (1.46%) SLA
11 48 (1.23%) GAAP
12 35 (0.90%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.80%) COBIT
14 24 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
15 20 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 20 (0.51%) SOC 2
16 16 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.39%) FINREP
17 15 (0.39%) MiFID
18 14 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 95 (2.44%) Docker
2 89 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 64 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.39%) Firmware
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
10 5 (0.13%) vSphere
11 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.077%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.077%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 166 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 156 (4.01%) Terraform
3 57 (1.46%) Grafana
4 43 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (0.98%) Ansible
6 8 (0.21%) Istio
7 6 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.13%) Endace
9 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.10%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.10%) QRadar
9 4 (0.10%) SCCM
9 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.077%) Argo
10 3 (0.077%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.051%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.051%) Puppet
11 2 (0.051%) Salt
Vendors
1 712 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 229 (5.88%) Oracle
3 138 (3.54%) SAP
4 116 (2.98%) Databricks
5 83 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.69%) Sage
7 63 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 54 (1.39%) Google
9 45 (1.16%) Cisco
10 41 (1.05%) VMware
11 40 (1.03%) Workday
12 36 (0.92%) Xero
13 31 (0.80%) HubSpot
14 27 (0.69%) IBM
15 26 (0.67%) Aderant
16 25 (0.64%) Adobe
17 21 (0.54%) BMC
18 19 (0.49%) Splunk
19 18 (0.46%) FIS
19 18 (0.46%) iManage