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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,148 4,126 5,484
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.35% 25.03% 21.84%
As % of the General category 30.58% 34.49% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,648 2,460 3,509
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,436 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

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 13,564 11,962 15,354
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.00% 72.56% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,675 10,404
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 7 August 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
1 115 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.28%) Confluence
3 29 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.41%) Apache
5 16 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) CMS
8 9 (0.22%) SAS
9 6 (0.14%) IIS
10 4 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.096%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.024%) JBoss
12 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 255 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.31%) Simulink
7 12 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.12%) Trello
10 4 (0.096%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.096%) Sketch
11 3 (0.072%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.072%) Productboard
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.048%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.048%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 53 (1.28%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 28 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
7 23 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
8 21 (0.51%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
9 19 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
10 18 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
11 17 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
14 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (0.31%) SAP ERP
16 12 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
16 12 (0.29%) SAP CO
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
16 12 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 881 (21.24%) Azure
2 614 (14.80%) AWS
3 358 (8.63%) SaaS
4 306 (7.38%) Power Platform
5 216 (5.21%) GCP
6 170 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
7 143 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
8 110 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 104 (2.51%) Snowflake
10 81 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
11 75 (1.81%) PaaS
12 74 (1.78%) Entra ID
13 67 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 64 (1.54%) GitHub
16 58 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
17 57 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
18 54 (1.30%) PowerApps
19 49 (1.18%) Serverless
20 42 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.93%) WAN
2 79 (1.90%) LAN
3 66 (1.59%) Firewall
4 43 (1.04%) Network Security
4 43 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.96%) HTTP
6 39 (0.94%) DNS
7 29 (0.70%) DHCP
7 29 (0.70%) VPN
8 21 (0.51%) Broadband
9 17 (0.41%) Wireless
10 15 (0.36%) MPLS
11 14 (0.34%) VLAN
12 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (0.29%) BGP
14 11 (0.27%) Internet
14 11 (0.27%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.24%) NGFW
15 10 (0.24%) SSL
16 9 (0.22%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (4.65%) Power BI
2 178 (4.29%) SQL Server
3 70 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.42%) Tableau
6 57 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 40 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (0.75%) Metadata
11 30 (0.72%) Big Data
12 29 (0.70%) Relational Database
13 25 (0.60%) MySQL
14 23 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.51%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (0.43%) Looker
17 18 (0.43%) Power Query
18 17 (0.41%) SAP BW
19 16 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 133 (3.21%) JIRA
2 84 (2.03%) Git
3 45 (1.08%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.60%) JUnit
5 18 (0.43%) Maven
6 17 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
6 17 (0.41%) Selenium
7 16 (0.39%) Claude Code
7 16 (0.39%) Mockito
8 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.17%) GitLab
8 7 (0.17%) Postman
8 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (0.14%) Gatling
10 5 (0.12%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.096%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.096%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,345 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 661 (15.94%) Banking
3 551 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 441 (10.63%) Legal
5 426 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 330 (7.96%) Retail
7 302 (7.28%) Law
8 251 (6.05%) Marketing
9 234 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
10 216 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
11 211 (5.09%) Public Sector
12 146 (3.52%) Financial Institution
13 145 (3.50%) Manufacturing
14 126 (3.04%) Back Office
15 120 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
16 106 (2.56%) Aerospace
17 80 (1.93%) Billing
18 79 (1.90%) Front Office
18 79 (1.90%) Telecoms
19 55 (1.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 592 (14.27%) Senior
2 455 (10.97%) Lead
3 413 (9.96%) Analyst
4 360 (8.68%) Developer
5 325 (7.84%) Architect
6 278 (6.70%) Software Engineer
7 228 (5.50%) Consultant
8 163 (3.93%) Finance Manager
9 151 (3.64%) Senior Manager
10 124 (2.99%) Accountant
11 117 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
12 108 (2.60%) IT Manager
13 104 (2.51%) Project Manager
14 97 (2.34%) Azure Engineer
15 96 (2.31%) Business Analyst
16 95 (2.29%) Engineering Manager
17 91 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
18 84 (2.03%) Graduate
19 75 (1.81%) Support Analyst
20 74 (1.78%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (4.24%) React
2 161 (3.88%) .NET
3 124 (2.99%) REST
4 106 (2.56%) Node.js
5 67 (1.62%) CSS
6 66 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.42%) ASP.NET
8 58 (1.40%) Spring
9 56 (1.35%) Kafka
10 54 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
11 48 (1.16%) .NET Framework
12 45 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 43 (1.04%) GraphQL
14 39 (0.94%) jQuery
14 39 (0.94%) Redux
15 37 (0.89%) LangChain
15 37 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
16 35 (0.84%) HTML
16 35 (0.84%) PyTorch
16 35 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 266 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 215 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 172 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 161 (3.88%) Virtual Team
5 158 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.52%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.30%) Podcast
8 111 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 92 (2.22%) Public Cloud
10 77 (1.86%) Blog
11 71 (1.71%) Data Centre
12 70 (1.69%) Fixed Income
13 65 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 61 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
15 56 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
16 52 (1.25%) Driving Licence
17 46 (1.11%) AI Agents
18 45 (1.08%) Credit Risk
19 41 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
20 40 (0.96%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 141 (3.40%) Windows
2 121 (2.92%) Linux
3 45 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.48%) Unix
5 18 (0.43%) Android
6 16 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.048%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 893 (21.53%) Agile
2 706 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 694 (16.73%) Roadmaps
4 628 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
5 608 (14.66%) AI
6 515 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 501 (12.08%) Decision-Making
7 501 (12.08%) Software Engineering
8 444 (10.70%) Mentoring
9 417 (10.05%) Analytics
10 409 (9.86%) ERP
11 380 (9.16%) CI/CD
12 356 (8.58%) DevOps
13 337 (8.12%) Risk Management
14 307 (7.40%) Project Delivery
15 306 (7.38%) Project Management
16 302 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 286 (6.89%) Process Improvement
18 259 (6.24%) CRM
19 254 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 610 (14.71%) SQL
2 422 (10.17%) Python
3 318 (7.67%) Java
4 255 (6.15%) C#
5 186 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 159 (3.83%) TypeScript
7 109 (2.63%) C++
8 83 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.74%) PHP
10 60 (1.45%) Go
11 32 (0.77%) C
12 30 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.63%) Bash
14 25 (0.60%) R
15 24 (0.58%) Bicep
16 20 (0.48%) VBA
17 17 (0.41%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.41%) Rust
18 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
19 12 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 400 (9.64%) Degree
2 323 (7.79%) Security Cleared
3 260 (6.27%) ACCA
4 237 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 222 (5.35%) CIMA
6 214 (5.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 105 (2.53%) DV Cleared
8 88 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 82 (1.98%) CISSP
10 54 (1.30%) CISM
11 49 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 48 (1.16%) PMP
13 46 (1.11%) Azure Certification
14 37 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
15 35 (0.84%) CISA
16 32 (0.77%) CRISC
17 28 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (0.65%) DBS Check
19 24 (0.58%) ICAEW
20 23 (0.55%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (3.93%) QA
2 160 (3.86%) Data Quality
3 145 (3.50%) Accessibility
3 145 (3.50%) GDPR
4 95 (2.29%) GRC
5 93 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 78 (1.88%) NIST
7 72 (1.74%) PMO
8 69 (1.66%) SLA
9 67 (1.62%) IFRS
10 48 (1.16%) GAAP
11 32 (0.77%) PCI DSS
12 31 (0.75%) COBIT
13 25 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
14 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.41%) MiFID
15 17 (0.41%) SOC 2
16 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.36%) FINREP
17 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 110 (2.65%) Docker
2 98 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 40 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 36 (0.87%) Firmware
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 5 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 177 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 166 (4.00%) Terraform
3 64 (1.54%) Grafana
4 44 (1.06%) Ansible
5 41 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.14%) SCCM
9 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.096%) QRadar
10 4 (0.096%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.072%) Argo
11 3 (0.072%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.048%) CASB
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.048%) Endace
Vendors
1 737 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 234 (5.64%) Oracle
3 150 (3.62%) SAP
4 125 (3.01%) Databricks
5 85 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.62%) Sage
7 65 (1.57%) Google
8 64 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.18%) Workday
10 45 (1.08%) Cisco
11 44 (1.06%) VMware
12 37 (0.89%) Xero
13 35 (0.84%) HubSpot
14 29 (0.70%) IBM
15 28 (0.68%) Aderant
16 25 (0.60%) Adobe
17 24 (0.58%) BMC
18 19 (0.46%) FIS
18 19 (0.46%) Remedy
18 19 (0.46%) Veeam