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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,601 4,044 7,188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.75% 26.01% 20.71%
As % of the General category 30.43% 34.99% 34.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,423 2,464 4,917
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £36,311
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,481 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +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 £69,373 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.70% +11.00% -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 11,833 11,558 20,938
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.34% 74.33% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,734 6,390 15,306
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,180 £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 22 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
1 100 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.03%) Confluence
3 32 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.42%) SAS
5 11 (0.31%) CMS
6 6 (0.17%) IIS
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.14%) JBoss
8 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.083%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.083%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.083%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.056%) Apache
10 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.028%) WordPress
Applications
1 207 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) CorelDRAW
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.11%) Sketch
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.083%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.083%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.083%) Productboard
9 2 (0.056%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.056%) SPSS
10 1 (0.028%) Notion
10 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (1.64%) Oracle Financials
2 54 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 34 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 28 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
4 28 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
7 24 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
9 19 (0.53%) Elite 3E
10 18 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
10 18 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
15 8 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 724 (20.11%) Azure
2 516 (14.33%) AWS
3 320 (8.89%) SaaS
4 244 (6.78%) Power Platform
5 188 (5.22%) GCP
6 134 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
7 106 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 105 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
9 77 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 72 (2.00%) Entra ID
11 71 (1.97%) Snowflake
12 64 (1.78%) Azure Machine Learning
13 63 (1.75%) Azure AI
14 61 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
15 43 (1.19%) GitHub
16 41 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
17 39 (1.08%) PaaS
18 38 (1.06%) PowerApps
19 33 (0.92%) Serverless
20 31 (0.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.78%) Firewall
2 46 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 39 (1.08%) HTTP
4 38 (1.06%) VPN
5 36 (1.00%) Network Security
6 35 (0.97%) WAN
7 34 (0.94%) DNS
8 33 (0.92%) DHCP
9 22 (0.61%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.58%) Broadband
11 19 (0.53%) BGP
11 19 (0.53%) MPLS
12 17 (0.47%) CHAP
12 17 (0.47%) LAN
13 16 (0.44%) VLAN
14 15 (0.42%) Wireless
15 13 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (4.53%) Power BI
2 162 (4.50%) SQL Server
3 62 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.61%) Tableau
5 45 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (1.11%) Data Lake
7 40 (1.11%) MongoDB
8 26 (0.72%) Big Data
8 26 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (0.69%) Relational Database
9 25 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 22 (0.61%) MySQL
10 22 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (0.53%) Metadata
12 18 (0.50%) Db2
13 15 (0.42%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.39%) SAP BW
15 12 (0.33%) Looker
Development Applications
1 100 (2.78%) JIRA
2 65 (1.81%) Git
3 43 (1.19%) TeamCity
4 23 (0.64%) Selenium
5 16 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.42%) JUnit
7 12 (0.33%) Postman
8 11 (0.31%) Maven
9 10 (0.28%) Mockito
9 10 (0.28%) WebDriver
10 9 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.14%) GitLab
12 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.14%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.083%) Cucumber
General
1 1,165 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 639 (17.75%) Banking
3 480 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 402 (11.16%) Legal
5 331 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 315 (8.75%) Retail
7 256 (7.11%) Law
8 216 (6.00%) Marketing
9 203 (5.64%) Public Sector
10 188 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
11 163 (4.53%) Financial Institution
12 128 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
13 127 (3.53%) Back Office
14 111 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
15 103 (2.86%) Manufacturing
16 63 (1.75%) Telecoms
17 62 (1.72%) Front Office
18 51 (1.42%) Billing
19 45 (1.25%) Investment Banking
20 44 (1.22%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 549 (15.25%) Senior
2 377 (10.47%) Analyst
3 335 (9.30%) Lead
4 327 (9.08%) Developer
5 255 (7.08%) Software Engineer
6 221 (6.14%) Architect
7 184 (5.11%) Consultant
8 149 (4.14%) Finance Manager
9 146 (4.05%) Senior Manager
10 112 (3.11%) Accountant
11 101 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
12 91 (2.53%) Business Analyst
13 89 (2.47%) Engineering Manager
13 89 (2.47%) Project Manager
14 82 (2.28%) IT Manager
15 80 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
16 78 (2.17%) Graduate
17 69 (1.92%) Systems Manager
18 68 (1.89%) Lead Software Engineer
18 68 (1.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (4.05%) .NET
2 142 (3.94%) React
3 108 (3.00%) REST
4 86 (2.39%) Node.js
5 57 (1.58%) CSS
6 54 (1.50%) Kafka
6 54 (1.50%) Spring
7 50 (1.39%) .NET Core
8 42 (1.17%) Redux
9 38 (1.06%) GraphQL
9 38 (1.06%) jQuery
10 37 (1.03%) ASP.NET
10 37 (1.03%) ASP.NET Core
11 35 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
12 34 (0.94%) HTML
13 33 (0.92%) AngularJS
14 32 (0.89%) .NET Framework
14 32 (0.89%) PyTorch
14 32 (0.89%) TensorFlow
15 30 (0.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 246 (6.83%) Product Ownership
2 208 (5.78%) Cloud Native
3 156 (4.33%) Virtual Team
4 141 (3.92%) Web Conferencing
5 140 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 133 (3.69%) Podcast
7 132 (3.67%) Management Information System
8 80 (2.22%) Public Cloud
9 79 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
10 73 (2.03%) Data Centre
11 66 (1.83%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.56%) Fixed Income
13 51 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
14 46 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
15 44 (1.22%) Security Posture
16 42 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
17 41 (1.14%) Driving Licence
18 40 (1.11%) Blog
19 37 (1.03%) Credit Risk
20 34 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 113 (3.14%) Windows
2 100 (2.78%) Linux
3 32 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.50%) Unix
5 16 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.25%) Android
6 9 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.028%) AIX
9 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (21.77%) Agile
2 548 (15.22%) Roadmaps
3 540 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 520 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
5 440 (12.22%) AI
6 419 (11.64%) Decision-Making
7 414 (11.50%) Software Engineering
8 395 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 372 (10.33%) Mentoring
10 359 (9.97%) ERP
11 357 (9.91%) Analytics
12 322 (8.94%) CI/CD
13 314 (8.72%) DevOps
14 305 (8.47%) Project Management
15 260 (7.22%) Risk Management
16 256 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 235 (6.53%) Coaching
18 215 (5.97%) Customer Service
19 214 (5.94%) Fintech
20 205 (5.69%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 534 (14.83%) SQL
2 358 (9.94%) Python
3 317 (8.80%) Java
4 233 (6.47%) C#
5 153 (4.25%) JavaScript
6 134 (3.72%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.39%) C++
8 69 (1.92%) Go
8 69 (1.92%) PHP
9 65 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 28 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 27 (0.75%) C
12 23 (0.64%) Bicep
13 17 (0.47%) Bash
13 17 (0.47%) R
13 17 (0.47%) Rust
14 14 (0.39%) VBA
15 12 (0.33%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.33%) VB.NET
15 12 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 371 (10.30%) Degree
2 253 (7.03%) ACCA
3 211 (5.86%) CIMA
4 201 (5.58%) Security Cleared
5 124 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 113 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 104 (2.89%) CISSP
8 81 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (1.89%) CISM
10 54 (1.50%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.39%) CISA
12 44 (1.22%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.08%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.08%) PMP
14 30 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 30 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (0.83%) SANS
15 29 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
15 29 (0.81%) CRISC
16 26 (0.72%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (4.67%) QA
2 128 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 125 (3.47%) GDPR
4 103 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 85 (2.36%) NIST
6 71 (1.97%) IFRS
7 66 (1.83%) PMO
8 48 (1.33%) SLA
9 46 (1.28%) Accessibility
9 46 (1.28%) GRC
10 42 (1.17%) GAAP
11 35 (0.97%) COBIT
11 35 (0.97%) PCI DSS
12 24 (0.67%) SOC 2
13 19 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.42%) MiFID
17 14 (0.39%) COREP
17 14 (0.39%) FINREP
System Software
1 91 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.11%) Docker
3 64 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (0.89%) 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 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 145 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 143 (3.97%) Terraform
3 51 (1.42%) Grafana
4 46 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (0.81%) Ansible
6 8 (0.22%) Istio
7 7 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.14%) Endace
9 5 (0.14%) QRadar
9 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.083%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.083%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.056%) Argo
12 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 578 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 227 (6.30%) Oracle
3 130 (3.61%) SAP
4 113 (3.14%) Databricks
5 86 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 70 (1.94%) Sage
7 52 (1.44%) Google
8 51 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 42 (1.17%) Cisco
10 36 (1.00%) VMware
10 36 (1.00%) Xero
11 28 (0.78%) Workday
12 27 (0.75%) Adobe
13 22 (0.61%) Aderant
14 20 (0.56%) HubSpot
15 19 (0.53%) Splunk
16 18 (0.50%) IBM
16 18 (0.50%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.42%) IFS
17 15 (0.42%) Okta
1,383 hybrid/remote Finance jobs