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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,645 3,879 4,347
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.48% 23.46% 20.87%
As % of the General category 29.96% 33.10% 33.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,646 2,203 2,732
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £109,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £130,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,312 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% -9.55% -

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 15,504 11,718 12,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.67% 70.88% 62.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,296 6,190 7,465
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,709 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% -3.33%

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 October 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
1 116 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.21%) Confluence
3 29 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.39%) Apache
5 18 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 16 (0.34%) CMS
7 11 (0.24%) nginx
8 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 10 (0.22%) SAS
9 7 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.086%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.086%) IIS
11 3 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.065%) WordPress
12 2 (0.043%) Hedera
13 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
13 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.022%) Moodle
13 1 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 289 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 80 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 16 (0.34%) MS Visio
8 13 (0.28%) Notion
9 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
10 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.13%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.13%) Trello
12 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 5 (0.11%) InDesign
13 4 (0.086%) Mathcad
13 4 (0.086%) Sketch
14 3 (0.065%) Acrobat
14 3 (0.065%) Productboard
14 3 (0.065%) Revit
15 2 (0.043%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 53 (1.14%) NetSuite
2 41 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 32 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 31 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 29 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
6 26 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 25 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
8 21 (0.45%) Primavera
9 20 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
10 19 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 18 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
11 18 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
12 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
13 16 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 16 (0.34%) Sage X3
13 16 (0.34%) Workday HCM
14 15 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
15 13 (0.28%) SAP CO
15 13 (0.28%) SAP FI
15 13 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 823 (17.72%) Azure
2 634 (13.65%) AWS
3 420 (9.04%) SaaS
4 372 (8.01%) Power Platform
5 261 (5.62%) GCP
6 172 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 165 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
8 118 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (1.96%) PaaS
10 89 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
10 89 (1.92%) GitHub
11 86 (1.85%) Entra ID
12 83 (1.79%) PowerApps
13 81 (1.74%) Snowflake
14 79 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
15 66 (1.42%) Power Automate
16 65 (1.40%) Anthropic Claude
17 62 (1.33%) Serverless
18 53 (1.14%) Amazon Bedrock
19 42 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 76 (1.64%) LAN
2 75 (1.61%) WAN
3 64 (1.38%) Firewall
4 53 (1.14%) TCP/IP
5 47 (1.01%) VPN
6 42 (0.90%) Network Security
7 33 (0.71%) 5G
8 32 (0.69%) HTTP
9 29 (0.62%) DNS
10 28 (0.60%) Broadband
11 24 (0.52%) VLAN
12 23 (0.50%) BGP
13 19 (0.41%) Internet
14 18 (0.39%) DHCP
15 14 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (0.30%) Wireless
16 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
17 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
18 9 (0.19%) Unified Communications
18 9 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (5.53%) Power BI
2 101 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 76 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.42%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 58 (1.25%) Tableau
7 57 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
8 55 (1.18%) Data Lake
9 44 (0.95%) Metadata
10 41 (0.88%) Relational Database
11 39 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (0.56%) Big Data
13 24 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 24 (0.52%) Power Query
14 22 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
15 21 (0.45%) MySQL
15 21 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 20 (0.43%) NoSQL
16 20 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (0.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 138 (2.97%) JIRA
2 88 (1.89%) Git
3 86 (1.85%) TeamCity
4 48 (1.03%) Claude Code
5 38 (0.82%) JUnit
6 26 (0.56%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.50%) Maven
8 21 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.41%) Mockito
10 11 (0.24%) Selenium
11 9 (0.19%) GitLab
12 8 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.17%) IntelliJ
13 7 (0.15%) Postman
13 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.13%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.13%) Gatling
14 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.11%) Android Studio
16 4 (0.086%) CMake
General
1 1,670 (35.95%) Social Skills
2 778 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
3 732 (15.76%) Banking
4 620 (13.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 487 (10.48%) Legal
6 414 (8.91%) Retail
7 386 (8.31%) Law
8 345 (7.43%) Marketing
9 324 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
10 278 (5.98%) Public Sector
11 255 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
12 194 (4.18%) Manufacturing
13 191 (4.11%) Financial Institution
14 178 (3.83%) Back Office
15 168 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
16 162 (3.49%) Aerospace
17 117 (2.52%) Telecoms
18 89 (1.92%) Billing
19 70 (1.51%) Front Office
20 68 (1.46%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 661 (14.23%) Senior
2 521 (11.22%) Lead
3 452 (9.73%) Analyst
4 426 (9.17%) Architect
5 349 (7.51%) Developer
6 308 (6.63%) Software Engineer
7 231 (4.97%) Consultant
8 182 (3.92%) Senior Manager
9 171 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
10 133 (2.86%) Finance Manager
11 121 (2.60%) Accountant
11 121 (2.60%) IT Manager
12 105 (2.26%) Project Manager
13 97 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
14 95 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
15 93 (2.00%) Enterprise Architect
16 92 (1.98%) Business Analyst
16 92 (1.98%) Data Analyst
17 89 (1.92%) Business Manager
18 79 (1.70%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (4.41%) Terraform
2 167 (3.60%) .NET
3 131 (2.82%) React
4 112 (2.41%) REST
5 73 (1.57%) Spring
6 72 (1.55%) Node.js
7 71 (1.53%) LangChain
8 62 (1.33%) .NET Core
8 62 (1.33%) LangGraph
9 57 (1.23%) ASP.NET
10 53 (1.14%) RESTful
11 51 (1.10%) ASP.NET Core
12 50 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
12 50 (1.08%) XML
13 48 (1.03%) .NET Framework
14 46 (0.99%) CSS
15 43 (0.93%) PyTorch
15 43 (0.93%) TensorFlow
16 42 (0.90%) AngularJS
17 37 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 312 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 266 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 264 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 228 (4.91%) Onboarding
5 177 (3.81%) Web Conferencing
6 171 (3.68%) Podcast
7 164 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
8 140 (3.01%) Virtual Team
9 110 (2.37%) Blog
10 98 (2.11%) AI Agents
11 78 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 77 (1.66%) Hedge funds
12 77 (1.66%) Social Media
13 72 (1.55%) Credit Risk
13 72 (1.55%) Public Cloud
14 63 (1.36%) Data Centre
15 54 (1.16%) Data Structures
15 54 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
16 51 (1.10%) Mobile App
17 46 (0.99%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 114 (2.45%) Windows
2 93 (2.00%) Linux
3 44 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.58%) Android
5 25 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.26%) macOS
7 9 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.15%) Unix
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.065%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.022%) AIX
11 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 889 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 814 (17.52%) AI
3 789 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
4 768 (16.53%) Agile
4 768 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 714 (15.37%) Decision-Making
6 710 (15.29%) Roadmaps
7 553 (11.91%) Software Engineering
8 514 (11.07%) Mentoring
9 484 (10.42%) Analytics
10 456 (9.82%) CI/CD
11 441 (9.49%) ERP
12 385 (8.29%) Risk Management
13 381 (8.20%) Coaching
14 365 (7.86%) Process Improvement
15 363 (7.81%) DevOps
16 362 (7.79%) Project Delivery
17 360 (7.75%) Customer Service
18 338 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 331 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 656 (14.12%) SQL
2 481 (10.36%) Python
3 338 (7.28%) Java
4 233 (5.02%) C#
5 158 (3.40%) JavaScript
6 122 (2.63%) TypeScript
7 80 (1.72%) C++
8 78 (1.68%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.01%) Go
10 45 (0.97%) R
11 37 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 34 (0.73%) Bash
12 34 (0.73%) PHP
13 32 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 31 (0.67%) Bicep
15 22 (0.47%) C
15 22 (0.47%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.47%) Rust
16 18 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 16 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 413 (8.89%) Degree
2 389 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 298 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 271 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 216 (4.65%) ACCA
6 198 (4.26%) CIMA
7 129 (2.78%) DV Cleared
8 86 (1.85%) DBS Check
9 77 (1.66%) CISSP
10 69 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 58 (1.25%) CISM
12 57 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 47 (1.01%) PMI Certification
14 40 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
14 40 (0.86%) PMP
15 35 (0.75%) CRISC
16 33 (0.71%) CISA
17 32 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
18 29 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
19 28 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (5.25%) Accessibility
2 201 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 174 (3.75%) QA
4 154 (3.32%) GDPR
5 115 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 99 (2.13%) GRC
7 78 (1.68%) SLA
8 76 (1.64%) PMO
9 71 (1.53%) NIST
10 49 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 43 (0.93%) IFRS
12 40 (0.86%) SOC 2
13 33 (0.71%) GAAP
14 27 (0.58%) COBIT
15 23 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
16 18 (0.39%) NCSC
17 17 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 17 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 14 (0.30%) Def Stans
19 12 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 116 (2.50%) Docker
2 88 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.08%) Firmware
4 28 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.13%) Squid
8 6 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.086%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.065%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.043%) vSphere
12 1 (0.022%) HDFS
12 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 214 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 120 (2.58%) Grafana
3 37 (0.80%) Ansible
4 32 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.17%) Cilium
8 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.086%) SCCM
10 3 (0.065%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.065%) QRadar
10 3 (0.065%) SQL Sentry
11 2 (0.043%) Argo
11 2 (0.043%) CASB
11 2 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.043%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.043%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.043%) Norton AntiVirus
12 1 (0.022%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 766 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 224 (4.82%) Oracle
3 151 (3.25%) SAP
4 115 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 107 (2.30%) Google
6 92 (1.98%) Databricks
7 76 (1.64%) Sage
8 65 (1.40%) Workday
9 54 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 38 (0.82%) HubSpot
11 37 (0.80%) VMware
12 34 (0.73%) Adobe
13 33 (0.71%) Cisco
14 31 (0.67%) Xero
14 31 (0.67%) YouTube
15 25 (0.54%) Aderant
16 24 (0.52%) BMC
16 24 (0.52%) Dynatrace
17 22 (0.47%) IFS
18 21 (0.45%) Splunk