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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,460 3,936 7,098
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.09% 26.43% 21.18%
As % of the General category 31.60% 35.25% 34.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,290 2,386 4,865
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,250 £37,022
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £120,000
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 10,950 11,166 20,456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.26% 74.98% 61.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,209 6,145 15,129
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 2 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 93 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.04%) Confluence
3 32 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.49%) SAS
5 11 (0.32%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.087%) Apache
10 3 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.029%) Camunda
Applications
1 201 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 3 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.087%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.087%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.087%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.087%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.087%) Productboard
8 3 (0.087%) SPSS
9 2 (0.058%) CorelDRAW
10 1 (0.029%) Notion
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (1.94%) Oracle Financials
2 53 (1.53%) NetSuite
3 44 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 38 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
5 33 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
7 26 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
7 26 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
8 24 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
9 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
15 8 (0.23%) SAP CO
15 8 (0.23%) SAP FI
15 8 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 702 (20.29%) Azure
2 482 (13.93%) AWS
3 311 (8.99%) SaaS
4 226 (6.53%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.17%) GCP
6 133 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
7 116 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
8 89 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
9 86 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 84 (2.43%) Snowflake
11 75 (2.17%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.94%) Azure Machine Learning
12 67 (1.94%) GitHub
13 64 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
14 61 (1.76%) Azure AI
15 59 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
16 34 (0.98%) OCI
17 33 (0.95%) PaaS
18 32 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.02%) Firewall
2 48 (1.39%) TCP/IP
3 44 (1.27%) VPN
4 40 (1.16%) WAN
5 37 (1.07%) HTTP
6 35 (1.01%) DNS
7 34 (0.98%) DHCP
8 31 (0.90%) Network Security
9 25 (0.72%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.61%) Broadband
10 21 (0.61%) CHAP
11 19 (0.55%) BGP
11 19 (0.55%) MPLS
12 17 (0.49%) LAN
13 16 (0.46%) VLAN
14 15 (0.43%) Wireless
15 13 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (0.35%) Internet
17 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 155 (4.48%) Power BI
3 59 (1.71%) Tableau
4 51 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 49 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (0.78%) Big Data
9 26 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 26 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (0.69%) MongoDB
10 24 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (0.55%) Metadata
12 18 (0.52%) MySQL
13 17 (0.49%) DB2
13 17 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.40%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
15 12 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 105 (3.03%) JIRA
2 70 (2.02%) Git
3 42 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.81%) Selenium
5 19 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.52%) Postman
7 15 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.43%) WebDriver
8 14 (0.40%) JUnit
9 12 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
10 11 (0.32%) SoapUI
11 10 (0.29%) Maven
12 9 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.26%) Mockito
13 8 (0.23%) GitLab
14 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
17 3 (0.087%) ERwin
General
1 1,091 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 579 (16.73%) Banking
3 469 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 367 (10.61%) Legal
5 333 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 317 (9.16%) Retail
7 267 (7.72%) Law
8 222 (6.42%) Marketing
9 215 (6.21%) Public Sector
10 178 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
11 174 (5.03%) Financial Institution
12 130 (3.76%) Back Office
13 111 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
14 92 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
15 87 (2.51%) Manufacturing
16 66 (1.91%) Front Office
17 60 (1.73%) Telecoms
18 46 (1.33%) Billing
19 42 (1.21%) Investment Banking
20 37 (1.07%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 557 (16.10%) Senior
2 386 (11.16%) Analyst
3 317 (9.16%) Lead
4 301 (8.70%) Developer
5 234 (6.76%) Software Engineer
6 193 (5.58%) Architect
7 176 (5.09%) Consultant
8 141 (4.08%) Finance Manager
9 137 (3.96%) Senior Manager
10 105 (3.03%) Accountant
11 101 (2.92%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.57%) Project Manager
13 84 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
14 82 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
15 81 (2.34%) Engineering Manager
16 76 (2.20%) Data Engineer
17 72 (2.08%) IT Manager
18 67 (1.94%) Lead Software Engineer
19 66 (1.91%) C# Developer
20 64 (1.85%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (3.90%) .NET
1 135 (3.90%) React
2 111 (3.21%) REST
3 71 (2.05%) Node.js
4 55 (1.59%) Kafka
5 52 (1.50%) Spring
6 50 (1.45%) CSS
7 42 (1.21%) GraphQL
7 42 (1.21%) Redux
8 38 (1.10%) HTML
8 38 (1.10%) RESTful
9 35 (1.01%) SOAP
10 33 (0.95%) .NET Core
11 32 (0.92%) jQuery
12 31 (0.90%) Middleware
13 30 (0.87%) JSON
14 29 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
15 27 (0.78%) AngularJS
16 25 (0.72%) TensorFlow
17 24 (0.69%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 241 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 194 (5.61%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.39%) Virtual Team
4 139 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 128 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 103 (2.98%) Web Conferencing
7 97 (2.80%) Podcast
8 73 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 71 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 71 (2.05%) Public Cloud
10 66 (1.91%) Data Structures
11 55 (1.59%) Fixed Income
12 46 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 44 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
14 43 (1.24%) Blog
15 41 (1.18%) Driving Licence
15 41 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 33 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
16 33 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 118 (3.41%) Windows
2 101 (2.92%) Linux
3 36 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.66%) Unix
5 20 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.38%) Android
7 11 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 786 (22.72%) Agile
2 507 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
3 504 (14.57%) Roadmaps
4 495 (14.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 426 (12.31%) AI
6 378 (10.92%) Mentoring
7 376 (10.87%) Software Engineering
8 373 (10.78%) Decision-Making
9 366 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 364 (10.52%) Analytics
11 346 (10.00%) ERP
12 338 (9.77%) DevOps
13 336 (9.71%) CI/CD
14 305 (8.82%) Project Management
15 253 (7.31%) Coaching
16 244 (7.05%) Risk Management
17 237 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 205 (5.92%) Customer Service
19 204 (5.90%) Fintech
20 198 (5.72%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 536 (15.49%) SQL
2 363 (10.49%) Python
3 326 (9.42%) Java
4 205 (5.92%) C#
5 141 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 122 (3.53%) TypeScript
7 84 (2.43%) C++
8 79 (2.28%) Go
9 78 (2.25%) PowerShell
10 53 (1.53%) PHP
11 34 (0.98%) PL/SQL
12 30 (0.87%) C
13 20 (0.58%) Bicep
14 19 (0.55%) R
15 18 (0.52%) Apex Code
16 17 (0.49%) Rust
17 16 (0.46%) Bash
18 15 (0.43%) T-SQL
19 13 (0.38%) VBA
20 12 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 369 (10.66%) Degree
2 242 (6.99%) ACCA
3 200 (5.78%) CIMA
4 183 (5.29%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 104 (3.01%) SC Cleared
7 95 (2.75%) CISSP
8 77 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 59 (1.71%) CISM
9 59 (1.71%) PMI Certification
10 50 (1.45%) CISA
10 50 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.18%) PMP
12 36 (1.04%) Azure Certification
13 35 (1.01%) DBS Check
14 34 (0.98%) SANS
15 29 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 27 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (0.69%) CIPFA
18 22 (0.64%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (3.99%) QA
2 124 (3.58%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.35%) GDPR
4 90 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.25%) NIST
6 64 (1.85%) IFRS
7 60 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 60 (1.73%) PMO
8 48 (1.39%) GRC
9 44 (1.27%) SLA
10 36 (1.04%) GAAP
11 31 (0.90%) COBIT
12 30 (0.87%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.43%) MiFID
17 14 (0.40%) COREP
17 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
17 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 105 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 75 (2.17%) Docker
3 67 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Firmware
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.029%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 163 (4.71%) Terraform
2 145 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.50%) Grafana
4 48 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.78%) Ansible
6 13 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.17%) Argo
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) QRadar
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.087%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.087%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.087%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.058%) Salt
Vendors
1 567 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 234 (6.76%) Oracle
3 130 (3.76%) SAP
4 124 (3.58%) Databricks
5 88 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.91%) Sage
7 52 (1.50%) Google
8 44 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.24%) Cisco
10 41 (1.18%) VMware
11 35 (1.01%) Xero
12 30 (0.87%) Workday
13 25 (0.72%) Adobe
13 25 (0.72%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.61%) Aderant
15 20 (0.58%) IBM
16 19 (0.55%) Okta
17 15 (0.43%) Splunk
18 13 (0.38%) CheckPoint
18 13 (0.38%) Meraki