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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,145 3,796 5,155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 20.93% 22.76% 24.61%
As % of the General category 34.28% 33.25% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,925 2,401 4,045
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,439
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £91,934
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.79% +2.84% -

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 9,175 11,415 13,205
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.07% 68.44% 63.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,808 6,483 10,263
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,216 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,500 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 4 January 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 69 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 65 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (1.56%) Confluence
4 43 (1.37%) Apache
5 40 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 17 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 15 (0.48%) SAS
8 14 (0.45%) WebSphere
9 11 (0.35%) CMS
10 9 (0.29%) JBoss
10 9 (0.29%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.25%) Ethereum
12 6 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
14 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
15 3 (0.095%) HCL Domino
15 3 (0.095%) IIS
15 3 (0.095%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.095%) WordPress
Applications
1 306 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 155 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
7 7 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) Trello
9 4 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.064%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 62 (1.97%) Oracle ERP
2 58 (1.84%) Oracle Payables
3 48 (1.53%) NetSuite
4 47 (1.49%) Oracle Assets
5 45 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 43 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
7 38 (1.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 37 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
9 30 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
10 28 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
11 22 (0.70%) SAP FI
12 21 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
12 21 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 17 (0.54%) SAP CO
13 17 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
14 16 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
15 14 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
15 14 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
16 13 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
17 12 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 750 (23.85%) Azure
2 396 (12.59%) AWS
3 342 (10.87%) Power Platform
4 245 (7.79%) SaaS
5 240 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
6 204 (6.49%) GitHub
7 167 (5.31%) GCP
8 141 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
9 136 (4.32%) Snowflake
10 116 (3.69%) dbt
11 105 (3.34%) Entra ID
12 99 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 93 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
14 81 (2.58%) GitHub Copilot
15 71 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
16 56 (1.78%) OCI
17 55 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 41 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
18 41 (1.30%) Power Automate
19 40 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.48%) Firewall
2 55 (1.75%) WAN
3 49 (1.56%) Wireless
4 46 (1.46%) LAN
5 45 (1.43%) SD-WAN
6 43 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 43 (1.37%) VPN
7 38 (1.21%) Network Security
8 36 (1.14%) Wireshark
9 27 (0.86%) DNS
10 22 (0.70%) DHCP
11 17 (0.54%) Internet
12 12 (0.38%) CHAP
12 12 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
13 10 (0.32%) VLAN
14 9 (0.29%) HTTP
14 9 (0.29%) SSL
15 8 (0.25%) Telnet
16 7 (0.22%) BGP
16 7 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (7.79%) Power BI
2 128 (4.07%) SQL Server
3 107 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (3.02%) Data Lake
5 91 (2.89%) Tableau
6 62 (1.97%) Apache Iceberg
7 59 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
7 59 (1.88%) Apache Arrow
7 59 (1.88%) Dremio
8 55 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
9 52 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 48 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 36 (1.14%) Apache Ignite
12 34 (1.08%) Metadata
13 32 (1.02%) MySQL
14 29 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 28 (0.89%) Big Data
16 27 (0.86%) MongoDB
17 21 (0.67%) NoSQL
17 21 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 161 (5.12%) JIRA
2 72 (2.29%) Git
3 70 (2.23%) Oracle Forms
4 61 (1.94%) Jenkins
5 42 (1.34%) Selenium
6 39 (1.24%) Postman
7 31 (0.99%) SoapUI
8 29 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
9 26 (0.83%) WebDriver
10 20 (0.64%) TeamCity
11 18 (0.57%) ERwin
12 16 (0.51%) ER Studio
12 16 (0.51%) GitLab
13 15 (0.48%) Cypress.io
14 11 (0.35%) Storybook
15 9 (0.29%) Subversion
16 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.19%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.16%) JMeter
19 4 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1,066 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 562 (17.87%) Analytical Skills
3 399 (12.69%) Banking
4 275 (8.74%) Marketing
5 210 (6.68%) Public Sector
6 201 (6.39%) Retail
7 191 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 159 (5.06%) Legal
9 143 (4.55%) Financial Institution
10 125 (3.97%) Law
11 123 (3.91%) Telecoms
12 120 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
13 118 (3.75%) Manufacturing
14 104 (3.31%) Front Office
14 104 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
15 83 (2.64%) Back Office
16 75 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
17 73 (2.32%) Electronics
18 61 (1.94%) Investment Banking
19 52 (1.65%) Billing
Job Titles
1 551 (17.52%) Senior
2 455 (14.47%) Analyst
3 270 (8.59%) Developer
4 202 (6.42%) Lead
5 184 (5.85%) Consultant
6 171 (5.44%) Software Engineer
7 125 (3.97%) Architect
8 105 (3.34%) Business Analyst
9 104 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
10 85 (2.70%) Accountant
11 81 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
12 80 (2.54%) Python Engineer
13 78 (2.48%) Data Engineer
14 75 (2.38%) AWS Engineer
14 75 (2.38%) Finance Manager
15 74 (2.35%) Project Manager
16 69 (2.19%) Senior Software Engineer
17 65 (2.07%) Python Software Engineer
17 65 (2.07%) Software Developer
18 64 (2.03%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (5.15%) .NET
2 98 (3.12%) SOAP
3 96 (3.05%) REST
4 95 (3.02%) RESTful
5 92 (2.93%) React
6 71 (2.26%) Pandas
7 64 (2.03%) NumPy
8 59 (1.88%) SciPy
9 57 (1.81%) Node.js
10 56 (1.78%) JSON
11 52 (1.65%) AngularJS
12 49 (1.56%) HTML
12 49 (1.56%) OAuth
13 43 (1.37%) Spring
14 41 (1.30%) CSS
15 39 (1.24%) gRPC
16 34 (1.08%) Kafka
16 34 (1.08%) Protocol Buffers
17 32 (1.02%) OAuth2
17 32 (1.02%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 175 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 150 (4.77%) Cloud Native
3 148 (4.71%) Management Information System
4 124 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 117 (3.72%) Onboarding
6 95 (3.02%) e-Learning
7 88 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 81 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 77 (2.45%) Fixed Income
10 71 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
10 71 (2.26%) Equities
11 70 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
12 66 (2.10%) Data Centre
13 54 (1.72%) Hedge funds
14 41 (1.30%) Derivative
14 41 (1.30%) Security Posture
15 38 (1.21%) Blog
16 36 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 35 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
18 34 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 146 (4.64%) Linux
2 110 (3.50%) Windows
3 51 (1.62%) Unix
4 38 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (0.67%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.57%) Android
8 12 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.19%) VMS
12 3 (0.095%) CentOS
13 2 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.032%) AIX
14 1 (0.032%) MVS
14 1 (0.032%) Solaris
14 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 874 (27.79%) Agile
2 548 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
3 512 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 465 (14.79%) Asset Management
5 449 (14.28%) AI
6 430 (13.67%) Coaching
7 425 (13.51%) DevOps
8 391 (12.43%) Analytics
9 390 (12.40%) Roadmaps
10 372 (11.83%) CI/CD
11 360 (11.45%) Decision-Making
12 337 (10.72%) Business Intelligence
13 333 (10.59%) Mentoring
14 330 (10.49%) ERP
15 317 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
16 309 (9.83%) Software Engineering
17 273 (8.68%) Project Management
18 270 (8.59%) Risk Management
19 219 (6.96%) Test Automation
20 196 (6.23%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 590 (18.76%) SQL
2 416 (13.23%) Python
3 290 (9.22%) Java
4 167 (5.31%) JavaScript
5 160 (5.09%) C#
6 147 (4.67%) TypeScript
7 123 (3.91%) PowerShell
8 73 (2.32%) C++
9 58 (1.84%) PHP
10 51 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 41 (1.30%) Bash
11 41 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 40 (1.27%) C
13 39 (1.24%) Shell Script
14 34 (1.08%) Go
15 28 (0.89%) Bicep
16 26 (0.83%) Apex Code
17 22 (0.70%) T-SQL
18 21 (0.67%) Scala
19 19 (0.60%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 413 (13.13%) Degree
2 243 (7.73%) ACCA
3 202 (6.42%) Security Cleared
4 191 (6.07%) CIMA
5 153 (4.86%) SC Cleared
6 129 (4.10%) CISSP
7 75 (2.38%) CISA
8 73 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (2.07%) CISM
9 65 (2.07%) DV Cleared
10 63 (2.00%) CRISC
11 56 (1.78%) DBS Check
12 46 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
13 43 (1.37%) ISTQB
14 42 (1.34%) AAT
15 36 (1.14%) CCNP
16 32 (1.02%) Azure Certification
17 29 (0.92%) CEH
17 29 (0.92%) Master's Degree
18 28 (0.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (5.06%) NIST
2 120 (3.82%) QA
3 119 (3.78%) Data Quality
4 117 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 104 (3.31%) GDPR
6 88 (2.80%) PCI DSS
7 83 (2.64%) Accessibility
8 61 (1.94%) GRC
9 50 (1.59%) PMO
10 49 (1.56%) IFRS
11 39 (1.24%) GAAP
12 34 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 30 (0.95%) SLA
14 27 (0.86%) COBIT
15 21 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
15 21 (0.67%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.35%) SEPA
16 11 (0.35%) WCAG
17 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
17 9 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 107 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 60 (1.91%) Docker
3 38 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.95%) Firmware
4 30 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 17 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.19%) NFS
6 6 (0.19%) vSphere
7 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.032%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 208 (6.61%) Terraform
2 101 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
4 51 (1.62%) Ansible
4 51 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (1.05%) Grafana
6 16 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.38%) SCCM
8 11 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
9 10 (0.32%) Argo
10 7 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.095%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.095%) Control-M
13 3 (0.095%) QRadar
14 2 (0.064%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.064%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.064%) Suricata
Vendors
1 560 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 170 (5.41%) Oracle
3 160 (5.09%) SAP
4 91 (2.89%) Cisco
5 86 (2.73%) Databricks
6 81 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 56 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.75%) Google
9 48 (1.53%) VMware
10 45 (1.43%) Blue Prism
11 44 (1.40%) Sage
11 44 (1.40%) Workday
12 41 (1.30%) Red Hat
13 29 (0.92%) CheckPoint
14 28 (0.89%) SolarWinds
15 27 (0.86%) Palo Alto
16 26 (0.83%) Meraki
17 25 (0.79%) IBM
18 24 (0.76%) Xero
19 22 (0.70%) Okta