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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,552 3,899 4,927
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.35% 23.21% 22.53%
As % of the General category 29.92% 32.90% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,210 2,830
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £91,436 £95,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £130,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,406 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.51% -9.42% -

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 15,213 11,852 13,724
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 70.56% 62.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,157 6,173 7,693
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
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 £80,000 £84,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 8 October 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 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.16%) Confluence
3 28 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 15 (0.33%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.22%) SAS
10 5 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.11%) IIS
11 4 (0.088%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.044%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.044%) Hedera
12 2 (0.044%) WordPress
13 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
13 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.022%) Moodle
13 1 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 279 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 13 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 7 (0.15%) Notion
10 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 6 (0.13%) Trello
11 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.11%) InDesign
12 4 (0.088%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.088%) Sketch
13 3 (0.066%) Acrobat
13 3 (0.066%) Productboard
14 2 (0.044%) SPSS
14 2 (0.044%) Weka
Business Applications
1 53 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 37 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 33 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
4 31 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
4 31 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 30 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
6 21 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
7 20 (0.44%) Primavera
7 20 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
8 19 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
8 19 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 17 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
9 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
10 16 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 16 (0.35%) Workday HCM
11 13 (0.29%) Sage X3
12 12 (0.26%) Actimize
12 12 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
12 12 (0.26%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 805 (17.68%) Azure
2 619 (13.60%) AWS
3 407 (8.94%) SaaS
4 353 (7.75%) Power Platform
5 247 (5.43%) GCP
6 160 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 153 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
8 114 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (1.96%) PaaS
10 88 (1.93%) GitHub
11 83 (1.82%) Entra ID
12 81 (1.78%) Snowflake
13 80 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
13 80 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
14 79 (1.74%) PowerApps
15 62 (1.36%) Anthropic Claude
16 61 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 61 (1.34%) Serverless
17 49 (1.08%) Amazon Bedrock
18 42 (0.92%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 76 (1.67%) LAN
1 76 (1.67%) WAN
2 64 (1.41%) Firewall
3 45 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 41 (0.90%) VPN
5 40 (0.88%) Network Security
6 33 (0.72%) DNS
6 33 (0.72%) HTTP
7 26 (0.57%) Broadband
8 25 (0.55%) 5G
9 22 (0.48%) DHCP
10 20 (0.44%) VLAN
11 17 (0.37%) BGP
11 17 (0.37%) Internet
12 15 (0.33%) Wireless
13 13 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
15 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (0.22%) MPLS
17 9 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 242 (5.32%) Power BI
2 105 (2.31%) SQL Server
3 72 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 58 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.25%) Tableau
7 52 (1.14%) Data Lake
8 48 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 44 (0.97%) Metadata
10 39 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
11 36 (0.79%) Relational Database
12 28 (0.62%) Big Data
13 22 (0.48%) MySQL
13 22 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
14 21 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 21 (0.46%) Power Query
15 20 (0.44%) NoSQL
16 18 (0.40%) DynamoDB
16 18 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (0.37%) Looker
Development Applications
1 131 (2.88%) JIRA
2 89 (1.96%) Git
3 77 (1.69%) TeamCity
4 46 (1.01%) Claude Code
5 36 (0.79%) JUnit
6 25 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.51%) Maven
8 21 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.42%) Mockito
10 11 (0.24%) Selenium
11 10 (0.22%) GitLab
12 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.15%) Postman
13 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.13%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.13%) Gatling
14 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
14 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
15 4 (0.088%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.088%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,632 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 746 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
3 716 (15.73%) Banking
4 599 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 496 (10.90%) Legal
6 401 (8.81%) Retail
7 379 (8.33%) Law
8 330 (7.25%) Marketing
9 324 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
10 273 (6.00%) Public Sector
11 252 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
12 184 (4.04%) Manufacturing
13 181 (3.98%) Financial Institution
14 167 (3.67%) Back Office
15 161 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
16 159 (3.49%) Aerospace
17 112 (2.46%) Telecoms
18 89 (1.96%) Billing
19 69 (1.52%) General Ledger
20 67 (1.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 644 (14.15%) Senior
2 512 (11.25%) Lead
3 437 (9.60%) Analyst
4 409 (8.99%) Architect
5 342 (7.51%) Developer
6 289 (6.35%) Software Engineer
7 229 (5.03%) Consultant
8 177 (3.89%) Senior Manager
9 161 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
10 133 (2.92%) Finance Manager
11 129 (2.83%) Accountant
12 119 (2.61%) IT Manager
13 104 (2.28%) Project Manager
14 98 (2.15%) Azure Engineer
14 98 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
15 91 (2.00%) Business Analyst
15 91 (2.00%) Enterprise Architect
16 90 (1.98%) Data Analyst
17 84 (1.85%) Business Manager
18 78 (1.71%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (4.31%) Terraform
2 162 (3.56%) .NET
3 133 (2.92%) React
4 108 (2.37%) REST
5 72 (1.58%) Spring
6 71 (1.56%) Node.js
7 65 (1.43%) LangChain
8 61 (1.34%) .NET Core
9 58 (1.27%) ASP.NET
9 58 (1.27%) LangGraph
10 52 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
10 52 (1.14%) CSS
11 51 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
12 49 (1.08%) XML
13 48 (1.05%) .NET Framework
13 48 (1.05%) RESTful
14 42 (0.92%) PyTorch
14 42 (0.92%) TensorFlow
15 41 (0.90%) AngularJS
16 36 (0.79%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 306 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 254 (5.58%) Management Information System
3 250 (5.49%) Cloud Native
4 219 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 180 (3.95%) Web Conferencing
6 175 (3.84%) Podcast
7 159 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
8 150 (3.30%) Virtual Team
9 104 (2.28%) Blog
10 92 (2.02%) AI Agents
11 75 (1.65%) Hedge funds
12 74 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
12 74 (1.63%) Public Cloud
13 72 (1.58%) Social Media
14 68 (1.49%) Credit Risk
15 65 (1.43%) Data Centre
16 54 (1.19%) Data Structures
17 47 (1.03%) Mobile App
18 45 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
19 43 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 116 (2.55%) Windows
2 91 (2.00%) Linux
3 46 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 25 (0.55%) Android
5 22 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.18%) Unix
8 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.066%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.022%) AIX
10 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 875 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 774 (17.00%) AI
3 763 (16.76%) Agile
4 755 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
5 739 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 694 (15.25%) Roadmaps
7 692 (15.20%) Decision-Making
8 530 (11.64%) Software Engineering
9 497 (10.92%) Mentoring
10 462 (10.15%) Analytics
11 439 (9.64%) ERP
12 437 (9.60%) CI/CD
13 380 (8.35%) Risk Management
14 369 (8.11%) Coaching
15 363 (7.97%) Process Improvement
16 356 (7.82%) DevOps
17 354 (7.78%) Project Delivery
18 353 (7.75%) Customer Service
19 330 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 320 (7.03%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 638 (14.02%) SQL
2 451 (9.91%) Python
3 321 (7.05%) Java
4 237 (5.21%) C#
5 151 (3.32%) JavaScript
6 115 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 84 (1.85%) C++
8 79 (1.74%) PowerShell
9 44 (0.97%) PHP
10 40 (0.88%) R
11 37 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 32 (0.70%) Go
13 31 (0.68%) Bicep
14 30 (0.66%) Bash
15 24 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 22 (0.48%) C
16 22 (0.48%) MATLAB
17 16 (0.35%) VBA
18 15 (0.33%) Rust
19 14 (0.31%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 408 (8.96%) Degree
2 391 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 302 (6.63%) SC Cleared
4 273 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 225 (4.94%) ACCA
6 203 (4.46%) CIMA
7 129 (2.83%) DV Cleared
8 76 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 74 (1.63%) CISSP
10 63 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 59 (1.30%) Azure Certification
12 55 (1.21%) CISM
13 47 (1.03%) PMI Certification
14 40 (0.88%) PMP
15 39 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (0.72%) CRISC
17 32 (0.70%) CISA
18 30 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
19 26 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
19 26 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (4.94%) Accessibility
2 190 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 166 (3.65%) QA
4 153 (3.36%) GDPR
5 106 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 95 (2.09%) GRC
7 78 (1.71%) SLA
8 76 (1.67%) PMO
9 68 (1.49%) NIST
10 47 (1.03%) IFRS
11 43 (0.94%) PCI DSS
12 35 (0.77%) GAAP
13 34 (0.75%) SOC 2
14 28 (0.62%) COBIT
15 22 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
16 17 (0.37%) NCSC
17 16 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 15 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
19 14 (0.31%) Def Stans
20 12 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 111 (2.44%) Docker
2 89 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.10%) Firmware
4 31 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.13%) Squid
7 6 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.066%) vSphere
9 2 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.022%) HDFS
10 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 204 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 110 (2.42%) Grafana
3 38 (0.83%) Ansible
4 30 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) Cilium
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.088%) SCCM
9 3 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.066%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.066%) QRadar
9 3 (0.066%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.044%) Argo
10 2 (0.044%) CASB
10 2 (0.044%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.044%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.044%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.044%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.022%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 733 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 229 (5.03%) Oracle
3 148 (3.25%) SAP
4 104 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 89 (1.96%) Databricks
6 86 (1.89%) Google
7 73 (1.60%) Sage
8 66 (1.45%) Workday
9 54 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 40 (0.88%) VMware
11 38 (0.83%) HubSpot
12 34 (0.75%) Xero
13 33 (0.72%) Cisco
14 30 (0.66%) YouTube
15 29 (0.64%) Adobe
16 25 (0.55%) Aderant
17 24 (0.53%) BMC
17 24 (0.53%) Dynatrace
18 21 (0.46%) IFS
19 20 (0.44%) Remedy