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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,581 4,050 7,208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.82% 26.24% 20.78%
As % of the General category 30.59% 35.21% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,402 2,462 4,941
10th Percentile £35,775 £30,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £91,934
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,840 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.35% +11.74% -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 11,708 11,502 20,934
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.53% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,633 6,340 15,331
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,615 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 19 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
1 101 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.03%) Confluence
3 34 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.42%) SAS
5 11 (0.31%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.084%) Apache
10 3 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.028%) WordPress
Applications
1 206 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) CorelDRAW
7 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) Sketch
9 3 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.084%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.084%) Productboard
10 2 (0.056%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.056%) SPSS
11 1 (0.028%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (1.70%) Oracle Financials
2 54 (1.51%) NetSuite
3 36 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
4 30 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
5 27 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
6 25 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
8 22 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
9 20 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
10 19 (0.53%) Elite 3E
11 18 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
13 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
15 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
16 8 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 720 (20.11%) Azure
2 501 (13.99%) AWS
3 315 (8.80%) SaaS
4 241 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 181 (5.05%) GCP
6 134 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
7 109 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 102 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
9 78 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 76 (2.12%) Snowflake
11 72 (2.01%) Entra ID
12 64 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
13 62 (1.73%) Azure AI
14 59 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 45 (1.26%) GitHub
16 43 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
17 39 (1.09%) PaaS
18 38 (1.06%) PowerApps
19 32 (0.89%) OCI
19 32 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (1.84%) Firewall
2 47 (1.31%) TCP/IP
3 39 (1.09%) VPN
4 38 (1.06%) HTTP
5 36 (1.01%) WAN
6 35 (0.98%) DNS
7 34 (0.95%) DHCP
7 34 (0.95%) Network Security
8 23 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.59%) Broadband
10 20 (0.56%) MPLS
11 19 (0.53%) BGP
12 17 (0.47%) CHAP
12 17 (0.47%) LAN
13 16 (0.45%) VLAN
14 15 (0.42%) Wireless
15 13 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 162 (4.52%) Power BI
3 58 (1.62%) Tableau
4 55 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 46 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (0.95%) MongoDB
9 26 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (0.70%) Big Data
11 24 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 22 (0.61%) MySQL
12 22 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (0.50%) Db2
15 17 (0.47%) Metadata
16 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
17 14 (0.39%) NoSQL
17 14 (0.39%) SAP BW
18 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 103 (2.88%) JIRA
2 64 (1.79%) Git
3 41 (1.14%) TeamCity
4 23 (0.64%) Selenium
5 16 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.39%) JUnit
7 13 (0.36%) Postman
8 11 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 10 (0.28%) Maven
10 9 (0.25%) Mockito
11 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
13 6 (0.17%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.14%) GitLab
14 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
15 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
16 3 (0.084%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,166 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 633 (17.68%) Banking
3 472 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
4 400 (11.17%) Legal
5 329 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 308 (8.60%) Retail
7 255 (7.12%) Law
8 220 (6.14%) Marketing
9 198 (5.53%) Public Sector
10 187 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
11 162 (4.52%) Financial Institution
12 129 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
13 124 (3.46%) Back Office
14 110 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
15 100 (2.79%) Manufacturing
16 63 (1.76%) Front Office
17 61 (1.70%) Telecoms
18 51 (1.42%) Billing
19 45 (1.26%) Investment Banking
20 43 (1.20%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 556 (15.53%) Senior
2 377 (10.53%) Analyst
3 328 (9.16%) Lead
4 321 (8.96%) Developer
5 249 (6.95%) Software Engineer
6 214 (5.98%) Architect
7 181 (5.05%) Consultant
8 150 (4.19%) Finance Manager
9 146 (4.08%) Senior Manager
10 112 (3.13%) Accountant
11 97 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
12 92 (2.57%) Project Manager
13 90 (2.51%) Business Analyst
14 89 (2.49%) Engineering Manager
15 82 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
16 81 (2.26%) IT Manager
17 78 (2.18%) Graduate
18 69 (1.93%) Systems Manager
19 68 (1.90%) Support Analyst
20 66 (1.84%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (4.02%) .NET
2 138 (3.85%) React
3 109 (3.04%) REST
4 81 (2.26%) Node.js
5 56 (1.56%) CSS
6 54 (1.51%) Spring
7 52 (1.45%) Kafka
8 44 (1.23%) .NET Core
9 42 (1.17%) Redux
10 40 (1.12%) GraphQL
11 37 (1.03%) jQuery
12 34 (0.95%) HTML
12 34 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
13 32 (0.89%) RESTful
14 31 (0.87%) AngularJS
14 31 (0.87%) ASP.NET
14 31 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
14 31 (0.87%) PyTorch
14 31 (0.87%) TensorFlow
15 27 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 243 (6.79%) Product Ownership
2 208 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.33%) Virtual Team
4 141 (3.94%) Web Conferencing
5 140 (3.91%) Onboarding
6 133 (3.71%) Podcast
7 129 (3.60%) Management Information System
8 78 (2.18%) Public Cloud
9 77 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
10 73 (2.04%) Data Centre
11 66 (1.84%) Data Structures
12 57 (1.59%) Fixed Income
13 51 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
14 44 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.20%) Security Posture
16 41 (1.14%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (1.12%) Blog
18 36 (1.01%) Credit Risk
19 34 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (3.27%) Windows
2 102 (2.85%) Linux
3 35 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.50%) Unix
5 17 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.25%) Android
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.028%) AIX
10 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (21.78%) Agile
2 543 (15.16%) Roadmaps
3 535 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 519 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
5 437 (12.20%) AI
6 409 (11.42%) Software Engineering
7 404 (11.28%) Decision-Making
8 389 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 368 (10.28%) Mentoring
10 358 (10.00%) ERP
11 356 (9.94%) Analytics
12 318 (8.88%) CI/CD
13 314 (8.77%) DevOps
14 306 (8.55%) Project Management
15 256 (7.15%) Risk Management
16 254 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 243 (6.79%) Coaching
18 214 (5.98%) Customer Service
19 210 (5.86%) Fintech
20 203 (5.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 538 (15.02%) SQL
2 359 (10.03%) Python
3 315 (8.80%) Java
4 229 (6.39%) C#
5 148 (4.13%) JavaScript
6 130 (3.63%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.40%) C++
8 69 (1.93%) Go
8 69 (1.93%) PHP
8 69 (1.93%) PowerShell
9 30 (0.84%) PL/SQL
10 27 (0.75%) C
11 24 (0.67%) Bicep
12 17 (0.47%) Bash
12 17 (0.47%) R
12 17 (0.47%) Rust
13 14 (0.39%) VBA
14 13 (0.36%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.36%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 371 (10.36%) Degree
2 252 (7.04%) ACCA
3 210 (5.86%) CIMA
4 191 (5.33%) Security Cleared
5 124 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 110 (3.07%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.76%) CISSP
8 80 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (1.82%) CISM
10 55 (1.54%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.37%) CISA
12 44 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.12%) PMP
14 39 (1.09%) Azure Certification
15 30 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 30 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 30 (0.84%) SANS
16 27 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
17 26 (0.73%) CRISC
18 25 (0.70%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (4.69%) QA
2 126 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 122 (3.41%) GDPR
4 99 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 82 (2.29%) NIST
6 70 (1.95%) IFRS
7 66 (1.84%) PMO
8 48 (1.34%) SLA
9 47 (1.31%) Accessibility
10 44 (1.23%) GRC
11 41 (1.14%) GAAP
12 33 (0.92%) COBIT
12 33 (0.92%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.61%) SOC 2
14 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
15 17 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.42%) MiFID
18 14 (0.39%) COREP
18 14 (0.39%) FINREP
System Software
1 94 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 75 (2.09%) Docker
3 64 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) Firmware
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 147 (4.10%) Terraform
2 140 (3.91%) Kubernetes
3 50 (1.40%) Grafana
4 47 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (0.78%) Ansible
6 8 (0.22%) Istio
6 8 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.14%) Endace
8 5 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.14%) QRadar
8 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.14%) SCCM
9 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.084%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.084%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.056%) Argo
11 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 571 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 229 (6.39%) Oracle
3 128 (3.57%) SAP
4 114 (3.18%) Databricks
5 87 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.93%) Sage
7 51 (1.42%) Google
7 51 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 42 (1.17%) Cisco
9 38 (1.06%) VMware
10 36 (1.01%) Xero
11 27 (0.75%) Adobe
11 27 (0.75%) Workday
12 22 (0.61%) Aderant
13 21 (0.59%) HubSpot
14 19 (0.53%) IBM
14 19 (0.53%) Splunk
15 16 (0.45%) Okta
15 16 (0.45%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.42%) IFS
1,696 hybrid/remote Finance jobs