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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,309 4,126 5,248
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.64% 21.94% 25.45%
As % of the General category 34.47% 33.24% 39.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,081 2,672 4,193
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,439
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £98,750 £91,934
90th Percentile £118,750 £128,750 £114,072
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +0.80%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,600 12,414 13,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 62.77% 66.01% 65.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,140 7,236 10,563
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,750 £35,900
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 December 2025.

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
1 101 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
2 78 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 58 (1.75%) Apache
4 50 (1.51%) Confluence
5 48 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.36%) CMS
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 8 (0.24%) JBoss
11 6 (0.18%) IIS
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.091%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.091%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.091%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 347 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 157 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
7 9 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.15%) Trello
9 4 (0.12%) Sketch
10 3 (0.091%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.091%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.091%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.060%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.060%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.030%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.030%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.030%) TeamGantt
Business Applications
1 53 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
2 51 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 51 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
3 50 (1.51%) Unit4 Business World
4 42 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 40 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
6 35 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
7 32 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
8 30 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
8 30 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
9 26 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 21 (0.63%) SAP FI
11 19 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
12 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
13 16 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
13 16 (0.48%) SAP CO
13 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
14 14 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
15 13 (0.39%) Workday HCM
16 12 (0.36%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 746 (22.54%) Azure
2 463 (13.99%) AWS
3 372 (11.24%) Power Platform
4 256 (7.74%) SaaS
5 222 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
6 196 (5.92%) GCP
7 186 (5.62%) GitHub
8 163 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
9 146 (4.41%) Snowflake
10 144 (4.35%) dbt
11 103 (3.11%) Entra ID
12 93 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
13 89 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 71 (2.15%) GitHub Copilot
15 64 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
16 54 (1.63%) Power Automate
17 52 (1.57%) OCI
18 50 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 43 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
19 43 (1.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.36%) Firewall
2 57 (1.72%) WAN
3 56 (1.69%) Wireless
4 54 (1.63%) LAN
5 44 (1.33%) Network Security
5 44 (1.33%) VPN
6 42 (1.27%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.18%) Wireshark
8 37 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 22 (0.66%) DNS
10 20 (0.60%) Internet
11 17 (0.51%) DHCP
11 17 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
12 9 (0.27%) SSL
12 9 (0.27%) VLAN
12 9 (0.27%) WLAN
13 8 (0.24%) BGP
13 8 (0.24%) HTTP
13 8 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.21%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 275 (8.31%) Power BI
2 137 (4.14%) SQL Server
3 111 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
4 102 (3.08%) Data Lake
5 97 (2.93%) Apache Iceberg
6 94 (2.84%) Amazon Athena
6 94 (2.84%) Apache Arrow
6 94 (2.84%) Dremio
7 87 (2.63%) Tableau
8 77 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
9 52 (1.57%) Apache Ignite
9 52 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 49 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 34 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 33 (1.00%) Metadata
13 32 (0.97%) MongoDB
14 31 (0.94%) MySQL
15 27 (0.82%) Big Data
16 23 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
16 23 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 147 (4.44%) JIRA
2 70 (2.12%) Git
3 63 (1.90%) Oracle Forms
4 58 (1.75%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.91%) Selenium
6 26 (0.79%) Postman
7 23 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
8 22 (0.66%) SoapUI
9 20 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 18 (0.54%) GitLab
10 18 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 16 (0.48%) ERwin
12 15 (0.45%) ER Studio
13 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.27%) Storybook
15 8 (0.24%) Subversion
16 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.15%) JMeter
18 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,127 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 572 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
3 412 (12.45%) Banking
4 290 (8.76%) Marketing
5 208 (6.29%) Public Sector
6 203 (6.13%) Retail
7 193 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 167 (5.05%) Front Office
9 163 (4.93%) Legal
10 131 (3.96%) Manufacturing
11 130 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
11 130 (3.93%) Telecoms
12 129 (3.90%) Financial Institution
13 118 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
14 112 (3.38%) Law
15 87 (2.63%) Back Office
16 79 (2.39%) Investment Banking
17 78 (2.36%) Electronics
18 74 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
19 51 (1.54%) Billing
Job Titles
1 542 (16.38%) Senior
2 459 (13.87%) Analyst
3 336 (10.15%) Developer
4 223 (6.74%) Software Engineer
5 221 (6.68%) Lead
6 203 (6.13%) Consultant
7 139 (4.20%) Architect
8 125 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
9 110 (3.32%) Python Engineer
10 106 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
11 99 (2.99%) Accountant
12 96 (2.90%) Business Analyst
12 96 (2.90%) Python Software Engineer
13 94 (2.84%) AWS Software Engineer
14 87 (2.63%) Java Engineer
15 83 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
16 79 (2.39%) Project Manager
17 78 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
18 77 (2.33%) Java Software Engineer
19 74 (2.24%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (4.74%) .NET
2 142 (4.29%) React
3 110 (3.32%) Pandas
4 101 (3.05%) Node.js
5 98 (2.96%) NumPy
6 97 (2.93%) REST
7 96 (2.90%) RESTful
8 94 (2.84%) SciPy
9 87 (2.63%) SOAP
10 84 (2.54%) AngularJS
11 61 (1.84%) Vue
12 57 (1.72%) Kafka
13 54 (1.63%) gRPC
14 52 (1.57%) GraphQL
15 50 (1.51%) JSON
15 50 (1.51%) Protocol Buffers
16 48 (1.45%) CSS
17 46 (1.39%) Spring
18 45 (1.36%) HTML
19 43 (1.30%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 149 (4.50%) Product Ownership
2 147 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 139 (4.20%) Fixed Income
4 137 (4.14%) Cloud Native
5 134 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 129 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 115 (3.48%) e-Learning
8 111 (3.35%) Equities
8 111 (3.35%) Onboarding
9 86 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 72 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
11 71 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
12 68 (2.06%) Data Centre
13 66 (1.99%) Hedge funds
14 61 (1.84%) Derivative
15 49 (1.48%) Pricing Data
16 38 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
17 37 (1.12%) Security Posture
17 37 (1.12%) Virtual Team
18 33 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 160 (4.84%) Linux
2 122 (3.69%) Windows
3 50 (1.51%) Unix
4 39 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 25 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
7 15 (0.45%) Android
8 11 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.18%) VMS
11 4 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) MVS
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 925 (27.95%) Agile
2 583 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
3 515 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 465 (14.05%) Asset Management
5 448 (13.54%) AI
6 408 (12.33%) DevOps
7 395 (11.94%) Analytics
8 382 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 380 (11.48%) Coaching
10 375 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
11 368 (11.12%) Decision-Making
12 365 (11.03%) Software Engineering
13 356 (10.76%) ERP
14 349 (10.55%) CI/CD
15 334 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 322 (9.73%) Mentoring
17 302 (9.13%) Risk Management
18 284 (8.58%) Project Management
19 210 (6.35%) Fintech
20 209 (6.32%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 586 (17.71%) SQL
2 464 (14.02%) Python
3 317 (9.58%) Java
4 230 (6.95%) JavaScript
5 206 (6.23%) TypeScript
6 162 (4.90%) C#
7 118 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 75 (2.27%) C++
9 61 (1.84%) PHP
10 52 (1.57%) Go
11 49 (1.48%) Bash
12 47 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 47 (1.42%) PL/SQL
13 44 (1.33%) C
14 33 (1.00%) Shell Script
15 23 (0.70%) Bicep
15 23 (0.70%) T-SQL
16 21 (0.63%) Apex Code
17 18 (0.54%) Scala
17 18 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 415 (12.54%) Degree
2 271 (8.19%) ACCA
3 228 (6.89%) Security Cleared
4 215 (6.50%) CIMA
5 177 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 128 (3.87%) CISSP
7 76 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 72 (2.18%) DV Cleared
9 67 (2.02%) CISA
10 61 (1.84%) CRISC
11 57 (1.72%) CISM
12 55 (1.66%) DBS Check
13 51 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
14 49 (1.48%) AAT
15 44 (1.33%) CCNP
16 38 (1.15%) CEH
17 37 (1.12%) Azure Certification
17 37 (1.12%) Master's Degree
18 33 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
18 33 (1.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (4.93%) NIST
2 121 (3.66%) QA
3 117 (3.54%) Data Quality
4 115 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 107 (3.23%) GDPR
6 93 (2.81%) PCI DSS
7 91 (2.75%) Accessibility
8 55 (1.66%) PMO
9 52 (1.57%) GRC
10 48 (1.45%) IFRS
11 43 (1.30%) GAAP
12 37 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 33 (1.00%) SLA
14 21 (0.63%) COBIT
15 20 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.57%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.36%) SEPA
18 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
19 10 (0.30%) WCAG
20 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 104 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.66%) Docker
3 38 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (0.97%) Firmware
5 29 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
7 16 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.18%) NFS
9 6 (0.18%) vSphere
10 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.091%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.030%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 187 (5.65%) Terraform
2 91 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.75%) Ansible
4 53 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 53 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (1.00%) Grafana
6 16 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.39%) SCCM
8 12 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
9 8 (0.24%) Argo
10 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.12%) Cilium
12 4 (0.12%) Control-M
12 4 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.091%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.091%) QRadar
14 2 (0.060%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 2 (0.060%) Suricata
Vendors
1 596 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 175 (5.29%) SAP
3 174 (5.26%) Oracle
4 107 (3.23%) Cisco
5 82 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 76 (2.30%) Databricks
7 60 (1.81%) Google
8 57 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 51 (1.54%) VMware
10 49 (1.48%) Red Hat
11 47 (1.42%) Workday
12 45 (1.36%) Blue Prism
13 42 (1.27%) Sage
14 33 (1.00%) Xero
15 30 (0.91%) Palo Alto
16 29 (0.88%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.88%) Meraki
16 29 (0.88%) SolarWinds
17 26 (0.79%) IBM
17 26 (0.79%) Sparx