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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,323 4,187 5,326
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.90% 21.51% 25.48%
As % of the General category 34.44% 33.22% 39.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,105 2,718 4,259
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,488
25th Percentile £46,745 £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 £100,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £119,500 £132,500 £113,750
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 9,649 12,602 13,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.58% 64.73% 65.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,164 7,330 10,748
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,746 £36,206
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,306
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 £108,750 £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 30 November 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
1 110 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 62 (1.87%) Apache
4 49 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 48 (1.44%) Confluence
6 14 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.36%) CMS
9 11 (0.33%) SAS
10 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.24%) Ethereum
11 8 (0.24%) JBoss
12 7 (0.21%) IIS
13 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
13 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
14 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
15 4 (0.12%) WordPress
16 3 (0.090%) HCL Domino
16 3 (0.090%) nginx
16 3 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 349 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 9 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.15%) Trello
9 3 (0.090%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.090%) Civil 3D
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.090%) Sketch
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.060%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.030%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.030%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.84%) Unit4 Business World
2 50 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 48 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
4 47 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
5 40 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 39 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
7 37 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
8 31 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
9 27 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
10 26 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 21 (0.63%) SAP FI
12 18 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
13 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
14 16 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
14 16 (0.48%) SAP CO
14 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
15 14 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
16 13 (0.39%) Workday HCM
17 12 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 733 (22.06%) Azure
2 466 (14.02%) AWS
3 373 (11.22%) Power Platform
4 253 (7.61%) SaaS
5 211 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
6 199 (5.99%) GCP
7 176 (5.30%) GitHub
8 165 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
9 151 (4.54%) dbt
10 146 (4.39%) Snowflake
11 98 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
12 97 (2.92%) Entra ID
13 84 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.99%) GitHub Copilot
15 59 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.75%) Power Automate
17 51 (1.53%) OCI
18 48 (1.44%) PowerApps
19 45 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 45 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.35%) Firewall
2 55 (1.66%) WAN
2 55 (1.66%) Wireless
3 54 (1.63%) LAN
4 44 (1.32%) Network Security
5 42 (1.26%) VPN
6 41 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.17%) Wireshark
8 36 (1.08%) TCP/IP
9 21 (0.63%) DNS
10 19 (0.57%) Internet
11 17 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
12 16 (0.48%) DHCP
13 9 (0.27%) SSL
13 9 (0.27%) VLAN
13 9 (0.27%) WLAN
14 8 (0.24%) BGP
14 8 (0.24%) Intranet
14 8 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.21%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 275 (8.28%) Power BI
2 150 (4.51%) SQL Server
3 109 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 106 (3.19%) Apache Iceberg
5 103 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
5 103 (3.10%) Apache Arrow
5 103 (3.10%) Dremio
6 100 (3.01%) Data Lake
7 87 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
8 85 (2.56%) Tableau
9 56 (1.69%) Apache Ignite
10 53 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 41 (1.23%) MySQL
13 34 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 32 (0.96%) Metadata
15 31 (0.93%) MongoDB
16 27 (0.81%) Big Data
17 22 (0.66%) Power Query
18 21 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 142 (4.27%) JIRA
2 69 (2.08%) Git
3 59 (1.78%) Oracle Forms
4 57 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 28 (0.84%) Selenium
6 24 (0.72%) Postman
7 21 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
8 20 (0.60%) SoapUI
9 19 (0.57%) TeamCity
10 17 (0.51%) GitLab
10 17 (0.51%) WebDriver
11 15 (0.45%) ERwin
12 14 (0.42%) ER Studio
13 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.24%) Storybook
15 7 (0.21%) Subversion
16 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 1,155 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 561 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
3 421 (12.67%) Banking
4 295 (8.88%) Marketing
5 204 (6.14%) Public Sector
5 204 (6.14%) Retail
6 200 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 176 (5.30%) Front Office
8 168 (5.06%) Legal
9 131 (3.94%) Financial Institution
9 131 (3.94%) Manufacturing
9 131 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
10 129 (3.88%) Telecoms
11 119 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
12 112 (3.37%) Law
13 86 (2.59%) Back Office
14 83 (2.50%) Investment Banking
15 77 (2.32%) Electronics
16 74 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
17 50 (1.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 537 (16.16%) Senior
2 456 (13.72%) Analyst
3 360 (10.83%) Developer
4 232 (6.98%) Software Engineer
5 222 (6.68%) Lead
6 212 (6.38%) Consultant
7 139 (4.18%) Architect
8 127 (3.82%) Financial Analyst
9 116 (3.49%) Python Engineer
10 115 (3.46%) AWS Engineer
11 103 (3.10%) AWS Software Engineer
11 103 (3.10%) Python Software Engineer
12 97 (2.92%) Accountant
13 95 (2.86%) Business Analyst
14 92 (2.77%) Java Engineer
15 87 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
16 82 (2.47%) Java Software Engineer
17 80 (2.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 78 (2.35%) Project Manager
19 75 (2.26%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (5.00%) .NET
2 156 (4.69%) React
3 121 (3.64%) Pandas
4 109 (3.28%) Node.js
4 109 (3.28%) NumPy
5 103 (3.10%) SciPy
6 96 (2.89%) REST
7 95 (2.86%) AngularJS
8 94 (2.83%) RESTful
9 81 (2.44%) SOAP
10 68 (2.05%) CSS
10 68 (2.05%) Vue
11 57 (1.72%) gRPC
12 54 (1.63%) HTML
12 54 (1.63%) Kafka
12 54 (1.63%) Protocol Buffers
13 51 (1.53%) GraphQL
14 47 (1.41%) JSON
15 44 (1.32%) Spring
16 42 (1.26%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 150 (4.51%) Fixed Income
1 150 (4.51%) Management Information System
2 141 (4.24%) Product Ownership
2 141 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
3 140 (4.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 135 (4.06%) Cloud Native
5 122 (3.67%) Equities
6 116 (3.49%) e-Learning
7 111 (3.34%) Onboarding
8 86 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 73 (2.20%) Hedge funds
10 70 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
11 69 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 66 (1.99%) Data Centre
12 66 (1.99%) Derivative
13 53 (1.59%) Pricing Data
14 39 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
14 39 (1.17%) Virtual Team
15 36 (1.08%) Security Posture
16 33 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 162 (4.88%) Linux
2 117 (3.52%) Windows
3 48 (1.44%) Unix
4 36 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
7 16 (0.48%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.42%) Android
9 10 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
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
1 941 (28.32%) Agile
2 590 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
3 523 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 461 (13.87%) Asset Management
5 439 (13.21%) AI
6 396 (11.92%) DevOps
7 390 (11.74%) Analytics
8 376 (11.32%) Roadmaps
9 374 (11.25%) Business Intelligence
10 371 (11.16%) Software Engineering
11 368 (11.07%) Decision-Making
12 364 (10.95%) Coaching
13 356 (10.71%) ERP
14 341 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 330 (9.93%) CI/CD
16 314 (9.45%) Mentoring
17 310 (9.33%) Risk Management
18 286 (8.61%) Project Management
19 219 (6.59%) Fintech
20 209 (6.29%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 564 (16.97%) SQL
2 462 (13.90%) Python
3 322 (9.69%) Java
4 249 (7.49%) JavaScript
5 219 (6.59%) TypeScript
6 165 (4.97%) C#
7 110 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 82 (2.47%) C++
9 69 (2.08%) PHP
10 50 (1.50%) Bash
11 49 (1.47%) Go
12 46 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 44 (1.32%) PL/SQL
14 43 (1.29%) C
15 32 (0.96%) Shell Script
16 23 (0.69%) T-SQL
17 22 (0.66%) Bicep
18 19 (0.57%) Apex Code
19 18 (0.54%) VBA
20 17 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 422 (12.70%) Degree
2 268 (8.07%) ACCA
3 226 (6.80%) Security Cleared
4 213 (6.41%) CIMA
5 177 (5.33%) SC Cleared
6 126 (3.79%) CISSP
7 84 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 72 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 65 (1.96%) CISA
10 60 (1.81%) CRISC
11 55 (1.66%) DBS Check
12 54 (1.63%) CISM
13 51 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
14 49 (1.47%) AAT
15 44 (1.32%) CCNP
16 38 (1.14%) CEH
16 38 (1.14%) Master's Degree
17 36 (1.08%) Azure Certification
18 33 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
19 32 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (4.91%) NIST
2 121 (3.64%) QA
3 113 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 112 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 110 (3.31%) GDPR
6 93 (2.80%) PCI DSS
7 90 (2.71%) Accessibility
8 58 (1.75%) PMO
9 51 (1.53%) GRC
10 46 (1.38%) IFRS
11 41 (1.23%) GAAP
12 37 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 32 (0.96%) SLA
14 20 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 20 (0.60%) COBIT
15 19 (0.57%) SOC 2
16 12 (0.36%) SEPA
17 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
18 10 (0.30%) WCAG
19 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 98 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.66%) Docker
3 36 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (0.93%) Firmware
5 28 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
7 13 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.18%) NFS
9 6 (0.18%) vSphere
10 3 (0.090%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.060%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.030%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 173 (5.21%) Terraform
2 87 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.78%) Ansible
4 53 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 50 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
6 32 (0.96%) Grafana
7 16 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
8 13 (0.39%) SCCM
9 6 (0.18%) Argo
9 6 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 4 (0.12%) Cilium
10 4 (0.12%) Control-M
10 4 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.090%) QRadar
12 2 (0.060%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 2 (0.060%) Suricata
Vendors
1 586 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 173 (5.21%) SAP
3 166 (5.00%) Oracle
4 108 (3.25%) Cisco
5 80 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 74 (2.23%) Databricks
7 61 (1.84%) Google
8 57 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.50%) VMware
10 48 (1.44%) Red Hat
11 46 (1.38%) Workday
12 45 (1.35%) Blue Prism
13 41 (1.23%) Sage
14 35 (1.05%) Xero
15 30 (0.90%) Palo Alto
16 29 (0.87%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.87%) Meraki
16 29 (0.87%) SolarWinds
17 26 (0.78%) Sparx
18 25 (0.75%) IBM