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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,256 3,967 5,351
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.22% 24.20% 22.02%
As % of the General category 30.19% 33.93% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,583 2,376 3,263
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,348 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,259 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.07% -4.47% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £98,118 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -5.80% -1.43%

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 14,097 11,692 14,980
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.35% 71.34% 61.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,834 6,543 9,391
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -8.33%

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 2 September 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
1 110 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.22%) Confluence
3 25 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.40%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.21%) CMS
8 9 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
9 7 (0.16%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.094%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.023%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.023%) CICS
12 1 (0.023%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.023%) WordPress
Applications
1 255 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
6 16 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.094%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.094%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.094%) Sketch
12 3 (0.070%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.070%) Productboard
13 2 (0.047%) InDesign
13 2 (0.047%) SPSS
13 2 (0.047%) Weka
14 1 (0.023%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 65 (1.53%) NetSuite
2 49 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 30 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 28 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
6 26 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
7 25 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
8 20 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
9 18 (0.42%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.35%) Primavera
12 15 (0.35%) Workday HCM
13 14 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
13 14 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
13 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 13 (0.31%) Sage 50
15 12 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
15 12 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
16 11 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 863 (20.28%) Azure
2 595 (13.98%) AWS
3 353 (8.29%) SaaS
4 321 (7.54%) Power Platform
5 215 (5.05%) GCP
6 149 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
8 115 (2.70%) Snowflake
9 107 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (2.00%) PaaS
11 75 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
12 71 (1.67%) Entra ID
13 69 (1.62%) PowerApps
14 68 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 67 (1.57%) Azure AI
15 67 (1.57%) GitHub
16 60 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
17 57 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
18 56 (1.32%) Serverless
19 53 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.86%) LAN
2 78 (1.83%) WAN
3 59 (1.39%) Firewall
4 41 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.94%) HTTP
6 39 (0.92%) Network Security
7 36 (0.85%) DNS
8 29 (0.68%) VPN
9 27 (0.63%) DHCP
10 21 (0.49%) Broadband
11 16 (0.38%) VLAN
12 15 (0.35%) Wireless
13 14 (0.33%) MPLS
14 12 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
16 10 (0.23%) BGP
16 10 (0.23%) SD-WAN
17 9 (0.21%) NGFW
18 8 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
18 8 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (5.05%) Power BI
2 173 (4.06%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (1.25%) Tableau
7 51 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 40 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 40 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (0.92%) Metadata
10 35 (0.82%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.61%) Big Data
12 22 (0.52%) Power Query
13 20 (0.47%) MySQL
13 20 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 15 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 15 (0.35%) Looker
15 15 (0.35%) SAP BW
15 15 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 133 (3.13%) JIRA
2 89 (2.09%) Git
3 46 (1.08%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 27 (0.63%) JUnit
6 22 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
7 21 (0.49%) Maven
8 17 (0.40%) Mockito
9 13 (0.31%) Selenium
10 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.16%) GitLab
10 7 (0.16%) Postman
10 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.14%) Gatling
11 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.094%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.094%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,424 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 694 (16.31%) Banking
3 615 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
4 504 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 426 (10.01%) Legal
6 327 (7.68%) Retail
7 323 (7.59%) Law
8 269 (6.32%) Marketing
9 260 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
10 239 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
11 215 (5.05%) Public Sector
12 152 (3.57%) Manufacturing
13 147 (3.45%) Aerospace
14 146 (3.43%) Financial Institution
15 127 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
16 125 (2.94%) Back Office
17 82 (1.93%) Billing
18 76 (1.79%) Telecoms
19 53 (1.25%) Investment Banking
20 49 (1.15%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 582 (13.67%) Senior
2 463 (10.88%) Lead
3 430 (10.10%) Analyst
4 367 (8.62%) Architect
5 318 (7.47%) Developer
6 259 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 214 (5.03%) Consultant
8 161 (3.78%) Finance Manager
9 149 (3.50%) Senior Manager
10 135 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
11 124 (2.91%) Accountant
12 109 (2.56%) IT Manager
12 109 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
13 105 (2.47%) Project Manager
14 103 (2.42%) Azure Engineer
15 99 (2.33%) Business Analyst
16 98 (2.30%) Engineering Manager
17 84 (1.97%) Data Analyst
18 79 (1.86%) Support Analyst
19 74 (1.74%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (4.11%) Terraform
2 155 (3.64%) .NET
3 137 (3.22%) React
4 116 (2.73%) REST
5 70 (1.64%) Node.js
6 66 (1.55%) .NET Core
7 64 (1.50%) Spring
8 60 (1.41%) ASP.NET
9 59 (1.39%) CSS
10 54 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
11 50 (1.17%) .NET Framework
11 50 (1.17%) LangChain
12 43 (1.01%) LangGraph
12 43 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
13 41 (0.96%) AngularJS
14 38 (0.89%) PyTorch
14 38 (0.89%) TensorFlow
14 38 (0.89%) XML
15 34 (0.80%) RESTful
16 33 (0.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 295 (6.93%) Product Ownership
2 217 (5.10%) Cloud Native
3 204 (4.79%) Onboarding
4 175 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 161 (3.78%) Virtual Team
6 156 (3.67%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.43%) Podcast
8 125 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.23%) Blog
10 93 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 64 (1.50%) AI Agents
12 63 (1.48%) Data Centre
12 63 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 59 (1.39%) Data Structures
14 54 (1.27%) Credit Risk
15 52 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
16 51 (1.20%) Hedge funds
17 45 (1.06%) Driving Licence
18 44 (1.03%) Social Media
19 43 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 128 (3.01%) Windows
2 111 (2.61%) Linux
3 45 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.45%) Android
5 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.35%) Unix
7 10 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.070%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.023%) AIX
12 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 854 (20.07%) Agile
2 752 (17.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 726 (17.06%) Roadmaps
4 680 (15.98%) AI
5 668 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
6 581 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 577 (13.56%) Decision-Making
8 493 (11.58%) Software Engineering
9 431 (10.13%) Mentoring
10 419 (9.84%) ERP
11 415 (9.75%) Analytics
12 391 (9.19%) CI/CD
13 359 (8.44%) Risk Management
14 351 (8.25%) DevOps
15 344 (8.08%) Project Delivery
16 318 (7.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 303 (7.12%) Project Management
18 299 (7.03%) Process Improvement
19 288 (6.77%) Customer Service
20 286 (6.72%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 631 (14.83%) SQL
2 411 (9.66%) Python
3 287 (6.74%) Java
4 244 (5.73%) C#
5 150 (3.52%) JavaScript
6 121 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 102 (2.40%) C++
8 84 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 59 (1.39%) PHP
10 31 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 30 (0.70%) C
12 28 (0.66%) Go
13 27 (0.63%) Bash
14 24 (0.56%) Bicep
14 24 (0.56%) R
15 22 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 18 (0.42%) Rust
17 17 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.38%) VBA
19 15 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 415 (9.75%) Degree
2 343 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 262 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 250 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 242 (5.69%) ACCA
6 214 (5.03%) CIMA
7 134 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 82 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (1.60%) CISSP
10 54 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.17%) CISM
12 49 (1.15%) PMP
13 46 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 36 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (0.73%) CISA
16 29 (0.68%) CRISC
16 29 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.56%) ICAEW
19 21 (0.49%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (4.16%) Data Quality
2 175 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 158 (3.71%) QA
4 140 (3.29%) GDPR
5 90 (2.11%) GRC
6 88 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 77 (1.81%) SLA
8 72 (1.69%) PMO
9 65 (1.53%) NIST
10 58 (1.36%) IFRS
11 48 (1.13%) GAAP
12 30 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 28 (0.66%) COBIT
14 22 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
15 19 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.35%) MiFID
18 13 (0.31%) Def Stans
18 13 (0.31%) NCSC
18 13 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 108 (2.54%) Docker
2 95 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.17%) Firmware
5 40 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.023%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.023%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 178 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 71 (1.67%) Grafana
3 43 (1.01%) Ansible
4 33 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.12%) SCCM
7 5 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.094%) QRadar
8 4 (0.094%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.070%) Argo
9 3 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.070%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.047%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.047%) Puppet
10 2 (0.047%) Salt
Vendors
1 726 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 219 (5.15%) Oracle
3 139 (3.27%) SAP
4 135 (3.17%) Databricks
5 90 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 64 (1.50%) Sage
7 61 (1.43%) Google
8 57 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.17%) Workday
10 48 (1.13%) VMware
11 41 (0.96%) Xero
12 39 (0.92%) Cisco
13 33 (0.78%) Aderant
14 31 (0.73%) HubSpot
15 27 (0.63%) IBM
16 25 (0.59%) BMC
17 21 (0.49%) Splunk
18 20 (0.47%) Adobe
18 20 (0.47%) Remedy
19 19 (0.45%) Veeam