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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,135 3,427 6,446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.79% 26.71% 20.77%
As % of the General category 32.79% 37.20% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,031 2,520 4,898
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,250 £50,000 £45,403
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -9.19%

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 9,560 9,212 19,110
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.29% 71.80% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,338 6,331 14,949
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,533 £62,205 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +8.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 31 March 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 72 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.21%) Confluence
3 29 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.54%) SAS
5 13 (0.41%) JBoss
5 13 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.35%) Apache
7 11 (0.35%) CMS
8 9 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.096%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.096%) WordPress
13 2 (0.064%) IIS
13 2 (0.064%) nginx
13 2 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 232 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.064%) Trello
10 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 61 (1.95%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
3 54 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
4 47 (1.50%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
6 40 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
7 35 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 28 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
8 28 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
9 24 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
10 16 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
10 16 (0.51%) SAP FI
11 15 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
11 15 (0.48%) SAP CO
11 15 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
12 13 (0.41%) Elite 3E
13 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
13 12 (0.38%) SAP ERP
14 10 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
14 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 728 (23.22%) Azure
2 455 (14.51%) AWS
3 304 (9.70%) SaaS
4 244 (7.78%) Power Platform
5 185 (5.90%) GCP
6 177 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
7 159 (5.07%) GitHub
8 131 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.51%) Snowflake
10 108 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 93 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 88 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
13 71 (2.26%) GitHub Copilot
14 70 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
14 70 (2.23%) Entra ID
15 57 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
16 52 (1.66%) dbt
17 50 (1.59%) Azure Machine Learning
18 41 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
19 40 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (1.91%) Firewall
2 50 (1.59%) VPN
3 49 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 44 (1.40%) WAN
5 34 (1.08%) DNS
6 32 (1.02%) DHCP
7 28 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 25 (0.80%) Network Security
9 24 (0.77%) CHAP
10 22 (0.70%) HTTP
11 18 (0.57%) BGP
11 18 (0.57%) Wireless
12 17 (0.54%) LAN
13 15 (0.48%) VLAN
14 13 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (0.38%) Internet
15 12 (0.38%) MPLS
16 11 (0.35%) SSL
17 10 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
18 9 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (6.09%) Power BI
2 154 (4.91%) SQL Server
3 85 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (2.30%) Tableau
5 56 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 55 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 50 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 48 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
9 35 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.86%) Big Data
11 26 (0.83%) Metadata
12 22 (0.70%) MySQL
12 22 (0.70%) Relational Database
13 21 (0.67%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.61%) DB2
15 15 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.45%) MongoDB
17 13 (0.41%) Delta Lake
18 12 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 120 (3.83%) JIRA
2 70 (2.23%) Git
3 46 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
4 44 (1.40%) TeamCity
5 31 (0.99%) Selenium
6 20 (0.64%) Postman
7 17 (0.54%) SoapUI
7 17 (0.54%) WebDriver
8 15 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
9 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.38%) GitLab
11 11 (0.35%) ERwin
12 9 (0.29%) ER Studio
12 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.29%) Storybook
12 9 (0.29%) Subversion
13 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,036 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 534 (17.03%) Banking
3 511 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 296 (9.44%) Retail
6 242 (7.72%) Public Sector
7 231 (7.37%) Law
8 228 (7.27%) Marketing
9 217 (6.92%) Legal
10 192 (6.12%) Financial Institution
11 137 (4.37%) Back Office
12 119 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
13 96 (3.06%) Manufacturing
14 92 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
15 88 (2.81%) Front Office
16 87 (2.78%) Telecoms
17 80 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
18 44 (1.40%) Billing
19 43 (1.37%) Electronics
20 40 (1.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 563 (17.96%) Senior
2 388 (12.38%) Analyst
3 265 (8.45%) Lead
4 256 (8.17%) Developer
5 213 (6.79%) Software Engineer
6 169 (5.39%) Architect
7 154 (4.91%) Consultant
8 109 (3.48%) Finance Manager
9 100 (3.19%) Business Analyst
10 92 (2.93%) Senior Manager
11 91 (2.90%) Project Manager
12 86 (2.74%) Data Engineer
13 85 (2.71%) Accountant
14 79 (2.52%) Senior Software Engineer
15 76 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
16 74 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
17 68 (2.17%) C# Developer
17 68 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
18 63 (2.01%) IT Manager
19 62 (1.98%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (4.02%) .NET
2 118 (3.76%) React
3 112 (3.57%) REST
4 77 (2.46%) RESTful
5 70 (2.23%) Kafka
5 70 (2.23%) Node.js
5 70 (2.23%) SOAP
6 58 (1.85%) GraphQL
7 52 (1.66%) JSON
8 45 (1.44%) OAuth
9 43 (1.37%) Redux
10 41 (1.31%) Spring
11 38 (1.21%) CSS
12 35 (1.12%) Middleware
13 31 (0.99%) HTML
14 30 (0.96%) XML
15 27 (0.86%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.86%) jQuery
16 25 (0.80%) .NET Core
17 23 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.92%) Cloud Native
2 194 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 123 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 121 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 94 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 68 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 63 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 61 (1.95%) Fixed Income
9 60 (1.91%) Blog
10 58 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 48 (1.53%) Security Posture
13 45 (1.44%) Public Cloud
14 44 (1.40%) Virtual Team
15 42 (1.34%) Data Structures
15 42 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 40 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
17 38 (1.21%) Low-Code
18 35 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 30 (0.96%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.89%) Windows
2 103 (3.29%) Linux
3 38 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 29 (0.93%) Unix
5 27 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.61%) Android
7 15 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.064%) CentOS
10 2 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 798 (25.45%) Agile
2 513 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 509 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
4 434 (13.84%) AI
5 394 (12.57%) Roadmaps
6 393 (12.54%) CI/CD
7 391 (12.47%) DevOps
8 388 (12.38%) Analytics
9 373 (11.90%) Decision-Making
10 371 (11.83%) Coaching
11 359 (11.45%) Mentoring
12 341 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 329 (10.49%) Software Engineering
14 290 (9.25%) ERP
15 279 (8.90%) Project Management
16 268 (8.55%) Risk Management
17 255 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
18 252 (8.04%) Asset Management
19 245 (7.81%) Test Automation
20 218 (6.95%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 531 (16.94%) SQL
2 354 (11.29%) Python
3 328 (10.46%) Java
4 186 (5.93%) C#
5 117 (3.73%) JavaScript
6 114 (3.64%) TypeScript
7 87 (2.78%) Go
7 87 (2.78%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.36%) C++
9 66 (2.11%) PHP
10 44 (1.40%) PL/SQL
11 33 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 28 (0.89%) C
13 25 (0.80%) Apex Code
14 23 (0.73%) Bicep
15 21 (0.67%) Bash
15 21 (0.67%) Shell Script
16 17 (0.54%) Rust
17 15 (0.48%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 388 (12.38%) Degree
2 243 (7.75%) ACCA
3 201 (6.41%) CIMA
4 174 (5.55%) Security Cleared
5 148 (4.72%) CISSP
6 100 (3.19%) SC Cleared
7 94 (3.00%) CISA
8 76 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.20%) CISM
10 65 (2.07%) CRISC
11 57 (1.82%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.56%) PMI Certification
13 44 (1.40%) DBS Check
14 39 (1.24%) Azure Certification
15 35 (1.12%) AAT
16 34 (1.08%) SANS
17 26 (0.83%) PMP
18 25 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
19 24 (0.77%) CGEIT
19 24 (0.77%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (4.31%) NIST
2 119 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.70%) QA
4 111 (3.54%) GDPR
5 107 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 69 (2.20%) GRC
8 64 (2.04%) IFRS
9 56 (1.79%) Accessibility
10 45 (1.44%) PMO
11 37 (1.18%) GAAP
12 35 (1.12%) SLA
13 30 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.93%) COBIT
14 29 (0.93%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.54%) P3O
17 11 (0.35%) SEPA
18 10 (0.32%) EMIR
18 10 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 91 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.36%) Docker
3 52 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 40 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (0.67%) Firmware
6 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.064%) vSphere
13 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 213 (6.79%) Terraform
2 137 (4.37%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.79%) Grafana
4 40 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.15%) Ansible
6 35 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.38%) Argo
7 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.26%) Istio
9 6 (0.19%) SCCM
10 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.16%) Endace
10 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.13%) Cilium
11 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.13%) QRadar
12 3 (0.096%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.096%) Puppet
13 2 (0.064%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.064%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 505 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 182 (5.81%) Oracle
3 126 (4.02%) SAP
4 120 (3.83%) Databricks
5 87 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 64 (2.04%) Google
7 56 (1.79%) Sage
8 47 (1.50%) Cisco
9 45 (1.44%) VMware
10 42 (1.34%) ServiceNow
11 26 (0.83%) IBM
12 25 (0.80%) Workday
13 24 (0.77%) Okta
14 21 (0.67%) Adobe
14 21 (0.67%) HubSpot
15 16 (0.51%) CheckPoint
16 15 (0.48%) Ab Initio
16 15 (0.48%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.48%) Xero
17 14 (0.45%) Fortinet