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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,573 4,044 7,191
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.85% 26.24% 20.76%
As % of the General category 30.64% 35.23% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,397 2,454 4,925
10th Percentile £36,150 £30,500 £36,351
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,151 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,996 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 11,662 11,478 20,909
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.48% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,598 6,320 15,312
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,638
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
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 18 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 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.04%) Confluence
3 34 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.42%) SAS
5 11 (0.31%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.084%) Apache
10 3 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.028%) WordPress
Applications
1 206 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.45%) 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 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.084%) Productboard
9 2 (0.056%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.056%) SPSS
10 1 (0.028%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (1.71%) Oracle Financials
2 54 (1.51%) NetSuite
3 36 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
4 30 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
5 27 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
6 26 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
8 22 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
9 20 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
10 19 (0.53%) Elite 3E
11 18 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
13 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
14 13 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
15 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
16 8 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 717 (20.07%) Azure
2 495 (13.85%) AWS
3 314 (8.79%) SaaS
4 239 (6.69%) Power Platform
5 180 (5.04%) GCP
6 134 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
7 109 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
9 78 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 75 (2.10%) Snowflake
11 73 (2.04%) Entra ID
12 64 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
13 62 (1.74%) Azure AI
14 58 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
15 45 (1.26%) GitHub
16 43 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
17 38 (1.06%) PaaS
18 37 (1.04%) PowerApps
19 31 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
19 31 (0.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (1.85%) Firewall
2 47 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 39 (1.09%) VPN
4 38 (1.06%) HTTP
5 36 (1.01%) WAN
6 35 (0.98%) DNS
7 34 (0.95%) DHCP
7 34 (0.95%) Network Security
8 23 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.59%) Broadband
10 20 (0.56%) MPLS
11 19 (0.53%) BGP
12 17 (0.48%) CHAP
12 17 (0.48%) LAN
13 16 (0.45%) VLAN
14 15 (0.42%) Wireless
15 13 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 161 (4.51%) Power BI
3 58 (1.62%) Tableau
4 55 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 46 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 39 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (0.95%) MongoDB
8 26 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 25 (0.70%) Big Data
10 24 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 23 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (0.59%) MySQL
13 17 (0.48%) Db2
13 17 (0.48%) Metadata
14 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.39%) NoSQL
15 14 (0.39%) SAP BW
16 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 103 (2.88%) JIRA
2 63 (1.76%) Git
3 41 (1.15%) TeamCity
4 23 (0.64%) Selenium
5 16 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.39%) JUnit
7 13 (0.36%) Postman
8 11 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 10 (0.28%) Maven
10 9 (0.25%) Mockito
11 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
13 6 (0.17%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.14%) GitLab
14 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
15 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
16 3 (0.084%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,165 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 632 (17.69%) Banking
3 471 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
4 400 (11.20%) Legal
5 329 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 307 (8.59%) Retail
7 255 (7.14%) Law
8 218 (6.10%) Marketing
9 199 (5.57%) Public Sector
10 187 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
11 160 (4.48%) Financial Institution
12 127 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
13 124 (3.47%) Back Office
14 109 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
15 98 (2.74%) Manufacturing
16 63 (1.76%) Front Office
17 60 (1.68%) Telecoms
18 51 (1.43%) Billing
19 45 (1.26%) Investment Banking
20 42 (1.18%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 557 (15.59%) Senior
2 377 (10.55%) Analyst
3 325 (9.10%) Lead
4 318 (8.90%) Developer
5 251 (7.02%) Software Engineer
6 214 (5.99%) Architect
7 180 (5.04%) Consultant
8 149 (4.17%) Finance Manager
9 146 (4.09%) Senior Manager
10 112 (3.13%) Accountant
11 98 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
12 92 (2.57%) Project Manager
13 90 (2.52%) Business Analyst
14 86 (2.41%) Engineering Manager
15 82 (2.29%) IT Manager
15 82 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
16 78 (2.18%) Graduate
17 68 (1.90%) Support Analyst
17 68 (1.90%) Systems Manager
18 66 (1.85%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (4.06%) .NET
2 137 (3.83%) React
3 109 (3.05%) REST
4 81 (2.27%) Node.js
5 56 (1.57%) CSS
6 52 (1.46%) Kafka
6 52 (1.46%) Spring
7 44 (1.23%) .NET Core
8 42 (1.18%) Redux
9 40 (1.12%) GraphQL
10 37 (1.04%) jQuery
11 34 (0.95%) HTML
11 34 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
12 32 (0.90%) RESTful
13 31 (0.87%) AngularJS
13 31 (0.87%) ASP.NET
13 31 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
13 31 (0.87%) PyTorch
13 31 (0.87%) TensorFlow
14 28 (0.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 239 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 206 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.34%) Virtual Team
4 141 (3.95%) Web Conferencing
5 138 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 133 (3.72%) Podcast
7 130 (3.64%) Management Information System
8 77 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 75 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 72 (2.02%) Data Centre
11 66 (1.85%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.57%) Fixed Income
13 49 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
14 45 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
15 42 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 41 (1.15%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (1.12%) Blog
18 36 (1.01%) Credit Risk
19 34 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (3.27%) Windows
2 102 (2.85%) Linux
3 35 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.53%) Unix
5 17 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.25%) Android
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.028%) AIX
10 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (21.89%) Agile
2 539 (15.09%) Roadmaps
3 529 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 516 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
5 436 (12.20%) AI
6 409 (11.45%) Software Engineering
7 404 (11.31%) Decision-Making
8 388 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 366 (10.24%) Mentoring
10 357 (9.99%) Analytics
11 356 (9.96%) ERP
12 315 (8.82%) DevOps
13 314 (8.79%) CI/CD
14 307 (8.59%) Project Management
15 255 (7.14%) Risk Management
16 253 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 243 (6.80%) Coaching
18 214 (5.99%) Customer Service
19 213 (5.96%) Fintech
20 203 (5.68%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 538 (15.06%) SQL
2 360 (10.08%) Python
3 313 (8.76%) Java
4 227 (6.35%) C#
5 146 (4.09%) JavaScript
6 131 (3.67%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.41%) C++
8 70 (1.96%) Go
9 69 (1.93%) PHP
9 69 (1.93%) PowerShell
10 30 (0.84%) PL/SQL
11 27 (0.76%) C
12 23 (0.64%) Bicep
13 18 (0.50%) R
14 17 (0.48%) Bash
14 17 (0.48%) Rust
15 14 (0.39%) VBA
16 13 (0.36%) Apex Code
16 13 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 371 (10.38%) Degree
2 252 (7.05%) ACCA
3 210 (5.88%) CIMA
4 191 (5.35%) Security Cleared
5 124 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 110 (3.08%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.77%) CISSP
8 80 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (1.82%) CISM
10 55 (1.54%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.37%) CISA
12 44 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.12%) PMP
14 38 (1.06%) Azure Certification
15 30 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 30 (0.84%) SANS
16 29 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
17 27 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.73%) CRISC
19 25 (0.70%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (4.70%) QA
2 125 (3.50%) Data Quality
3 122 (3.41%) GDPR
4 99 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 82 (2.29%) NIST
6 70 (1.96%) IFRS
7 66 (1.85%) PMO
8 48 (1.34%) SLA
9 47 (1.32%) Accessibility
10 44 (1.23%) GRC
11 41 (1.15%) GAAP
12 33 (0.92%) COBIT
12 33 (0.92%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.62%) SOC 2
14 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.42%) MiFID
17 14 (0.39%) COREP
17 14 (0.39%) FINREP
System Software
1 95 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 75 (2.10%) Docker
3 64 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.95%) 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 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 145 (4.06%) Terraform
2 140 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.37%) Grafana
4 47 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.76%) Ansible
6 8 (0.22%) Istio
6 8 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.14%) Endace
8 5 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.14%) QRadar
8 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.14%) SCCM
9 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.084%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.084%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.056%) Argo
11 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 572 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 229 (6.41%) Oracle
3 129 (3.61%) SAP
4 116 (3.25%) Databricks
5 87 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.93%) Sage
7 51 (1.43%) Google
7 51 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 42 (1.18%) Cisco
9 38 (1.06%) VMware
10 36 (1.01%) Xero
11 28 (0.78%) Workday
12 27 (0.76%) Adobe
13 22 (0.62%) Aderant
14 21 (0.59%) HubSpot
15 19 (0.53%) Splunk
16 18 (0.50%) IBM
17 16 (0.45%) Okta
17 16 (0.45%) OpenAI
18 14 (0.39%) IFS