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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,960 4,139 5,766
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.07% 25.15% 21.31%
As % of the General category 30.40% 34.66% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,602 2,492 3,732
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% 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 13,028 11,942 16,543
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.45% 72.56% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,379 6,682 11,496
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,273
% change year-on-year - +1.34% -9.55%

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 28 July 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
1 112 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 43 (1.09%) Confluence
3 30 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.40%) Apache
5 13 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.28%) CMS
6 11 (0.28%) nginx
6 11 (0.28%) SAS
7 8 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.15%) IIS
9 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.10%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.051%) JBoss
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.025%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 249 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
8 6 (0.15%) Simulink
9 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.13%) Trello
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.10%) Sketch
11 3 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.076%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.076%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.076%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.076%) Productboard
12 2 (0.051%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.051%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 55 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 29 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
6 24 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
7 22 (0.56%) Elite 3E
8 20 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
8 20 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
9 18 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
9 18 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
10 16 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
12 14 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.33%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
15 11 (0.28%) SAP CO
15 11 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 870 (21.97%) Azure
2 579 (14.62%) AWS
3 344 (8.69%) SaaS
4 298 (7.53%) Power Platform
5 207 (5.23%) GCP
6 170 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
7 139 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 95 (2.40%) Snowflake
10 79 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (1.82%) Entra ID
12 71 (1.79%) PaaS
13 68 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 63 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 59 (1.49%) GitHub
16 58 (1.46%) Azure Machine Learning
17 57 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
18 54 (1.36%) PowerApps
19 43 (1.09%) Serverless
20 42 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 83 (2.10%) WAN
2 78 (1.97%) LAN
3 71 (1.79%) Firewall
4 45 (1.14%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.04%) HTTP
6 40 (1.01%) Network Security
7 38 (0.96%) DNS
8 33 (0.83%) VPN
9 29 (0.73%) DHCP
10 21 (0.53%) Broadband
11 18 (0.45%) Wireless
12 17 (0.43%) MPLS
13 16 (0.40%) BGP
14 15 (0.38%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.38%) VLAN
15 12 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.28%) CHAP
16 11 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (0.28%) Internet
17 10 (0.25%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (4.70%) Power BI
2 172 (4.34%) SQL Server
3 72 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 61 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 56 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (1.39%) Tableau
7 44 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (0.98%) Data Lake
10 27 (0.68%) Big Data
10 27 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.66%) Metadata
11 26 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (0.61%) MySQL
13 22 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.43%) Db2
14 17 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 17 (0.43%) Power Query
14 17 (0.43%) SAP BW
15 16 (0.40%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 113 (2.85%) JIRA
2 77 (1.94%) Git
3 43 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 21 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 21 (0.53%) JUnit
5 18 (0.45%) Selenium
6 15 (0.38%) Maven
7 13 (0.33%) Claude Code
7 13 (0.33%) Mockito
8 10 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.15%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.15%) GitLab
9 6 (0.15%) Postman
9 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.13%) Gatling
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
10 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.10%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,298 (32.78%) Social Skills
2 651 (16.44%) Banking
3 515 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 419 (10.58%) Legal
5 360 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 321 (8.11%) Retail
7 297 (7.50%) Law
8 229 (5.78%) Marketing
9 215 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
10 213 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
11 190 (4.80%) Public Sector
12 144 (3.64%) Financial Institution
13 131 (3.31%) Manufacturing
14 121 (3.06%) Back Office
15 116 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 77 (1.94%) Front Office
16 77 (1.94%) Telecoms
17 69 (1.74%) Billing
18 55 (1.39%) Aerospace
19 54 (1.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 567 (14.32%) Senior
2 404 (10.20%) Analyst
3 403 (10.18%) Lead
4 357 (9.02%) Developer
5 310 (7.83%) Architect
6 260 (6.57%) Software Engineer
7 218 (5.51%) Consultant
8 158 (3.99%) Finance Manager
9 149 (3.76%) Senior Manager
10 128 (3.23%) Accountant
11 115 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
12 100 (2.53%) Project Manager
13 99 (2.50%) IT Manager
14 94 (2.37%) Azure Engineer
15 93 (2.35%) Business Analyst
15 93 (2.35%) Engineering Manager
16 88 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
17 81 (2.05%) Graduate
18 79 (1.99%) Support Analyst
19 72 (1.82%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (4.17%) React
2 160 (4.04%) .NET
3 121 (3.06%) REST
4 104 (2.63%) Node.js
5 65 (1.64%) CSS
6 63 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.49%) ASP.NET
8 57 (1.44%) Kafka
9 55 (1.39%) ASP.NET Core
9 55 (1.39%) Spring
10 47 (1.19%) .NET Framework
11 41 (1.04%) AngularJS
11 41 (1.04%) Redux
12 40 (1.01%) GraphQL
13 39 (0.98%) jQuery
14 38 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
15 35 (0.88%) HTML
16 34 (0.86%) LangChain
16 34 (0.86%) PyTorch
16 34 (0.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 254 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 214 (5.40%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.04%) Virtual Team
4 153 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 151 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 145 (3.66%) Web Conferencing
7 136 (3.43%) Podcast
8 94 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 87 (2.20%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.82%) Data Centre
10 72 (1.82%) Fixed Income
11 65 (1.64%) Data Structures
12 61 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
13 55 (1.39%) Blog
14 50 (1.26%) Driving Licence
15 48 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.14%) Credit Risk
17 41 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
18 40 (1.01%) Derivative
19 39 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 135 (3.41%) Windows
2 116 (2.93%) Linux
3 45 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.48%) Unix
5 15 (0.38%) Android
6 14 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.10%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.025%) AIX
10 1 (0.025%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.025%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 847 (21.39%) Agile
2 658 (16.62%) Roadmaps
3 647 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 594 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 558 (14.09%) AI
6 476 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 471 (11.89%) Decision-Making
8 452 (11.41%) Software Engineering
9 409 (10.33%) Mentoring
10 397 (10.03%) Analytics
11 394 (9.95%) ERP
12 353 (8.91%) CI/CD
13 336 (8.48%) DevOps
14 313 (7.90%) Risk Management
15 302 (7.63%) Project Management
16 294 (7.42%) Project Delivery
17 286 (7.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 269 (6.79%) Process Improvement
19 245 (6.19%) CRM
20 241 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 591 (14.92%) SQL
2 403 (10.18%) Python
3 308 (7.78%) Java
4 248 (6.26%) C#
5 178 (4.49%) JavaScript
6 154 (3.89%) TypeScript
7 100 (2.53%) C++
8 79 (1.99%) PowerShell
9 70 (1.77%) PHP
10 61 (1.54%) Go
11 29 (0.73%) PL/SQL
12 28 (0.71%) C
13 26 (0.66%) Bicep
14 23 (0.58%) Bash
14 23 (0.58%) R
15 19 (0.48%) VBA
16 15 (0.38%) Rust
17 14 (0.35%) T-SQL
18 11 (0.28%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 362 (9.14%) Degree
2 255 (6.44%) ACCA
2 255 (6.44%) Security Cleared
3 216 (5.45%) CIMA
4 175 (4.42%) SC Cleared
5 163 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 85 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 82 (2.07%) CISSP
8 58 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 56 (1.41%) CISM
10 47 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 46 (1.16%) PMP
12 43 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 37 (0.93%) CISA
14 36 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
15 30 (0.76%) CRISC
16 29 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 26 (0.66%) DBS Check
18 24 (0.61%) AAT
19 22 (0.56%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (3.89%) QA
2 148 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 140 (3.54%) GDPR
4 93 (2.35%) GRC
5 92 (2.32%) Accessibility
6 91 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 79 (1.99%) NIST
8 68 (1.72%) PMO
9 67 (1.69%) IFRS
10 57 (1.44%) SLA
11 49 (1.24%) GAAP
12 34 (0.86%) PCI DSS
13 32 (0.81%) COBIT
14 24 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
15 21 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.45%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.38%) FINREP
17 15 (0.38%) MiFID
18 14 (0.35%) COREP
System Software
1 98 (2.47%) Docker
2 91 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 65 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.48%) Firmware
6 17 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.15%) Squid
11 5 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.13%) vSphere
12 3 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.025%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 169 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 154 (3.89%) Terraform
3 56 (1.41%) Grafana
4 43 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (0.96%) Ansible
6 8 (0.20%) Istio
7 6 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.13%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.10%) Endace
9 4 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.10%) QRadar
9 4 (0.10%) SCCM
9 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.076%) Argo
10 3 (0.076%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.051%) CASB
11 2 (0.051%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.051%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 724 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 235 (5.93%) Oracle
3 139 (3.51%) SAP
4 123 (3.11%) Databricks
5 84 (2.12%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.72%) Sage
7 65 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 56 (1.41%) Google
9 44 (1.11%) Cisco
10 43 (1.09%) Workday
11 42 (1.06%) VMware
12 36 (0.91%) Xero
13 31 (0.78%) HubSpot
14 28 (0.71%) IBM
15 26 (0.66%) Aderant
15 26 (0.66%) Adobe
16 23 (0.58%) BMC
17 19 (0.48%) FIS
17 19 (0.48%) Splunk
18 18 (0.45%) iManage