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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,239 4,018 5,348
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.17% 24.33% 22.03%
As % of the General category 30.18% 34.09% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,587 2,410 3,264
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,018 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -4.80% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,968 £98,355 £108,750
90th Percentile £114,250 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -5.80% -0.64%

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 14,047 11,787 14,958
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.21% 71.37% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 8,826 6,604 9,395
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,665 £43,750
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 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -8.33%

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 31 August 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 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.23%) Confluence
3 25 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.40%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.21%) CMS
9 7 (0.17%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.094%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) CICS
13 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 251 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 122 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
6 15 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.094%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.094%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.094%) Sketch
12 3 (0.071%) Productboard
13 2 (0.047%) Acrobat
13 2 (0.047%) InDesign
13 2 (0.047%) SPSS
13 2 (0.047%) Weka
14 1 (0.024%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 66 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 50 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
3 30 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 23 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 22 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
7 19 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
8 18 (0.42%) Elite 3E
9 16 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
9 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
10 15 (0.35%) Primavera
10 15 (0.35%) Workday HCM
11 14 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
11 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
13 12 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
14 11 (0.26%) Sage 50
14 11 (0.26%) SAP ERP
15 8 (0.19%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 865 (20.41%) Azure
2 596 (14.06%) AWS
3 350 (8.26%) SaaS
4 318 (7.50%) Power Platform
5 215 (5.07%) GCP
6 149 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 144 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
8 112 (2.64%) Snowflake
9 107 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (2.01%) PaaS
11 76 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
12 70 (1.65%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 68 (1.60%) GitHub
14 67 (1.58%) Azure AI
14 67 (1.58%) PowerApps
15 60 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
16 57 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
16 57 (1.34%) Serverless
17 52 (1.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.86%) LAN
2 78 (1.84%) WAN
3 60 (1.42%) Firewall
4 41 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.94%) HTTP
5 40 (0.94%) Network Security
6 36 (0.85%) DNS
7 29 (0.68%) VPN
8 27 (0.64%) DHCP
9 21 (0.50%) Broadband
10 16 (0.38%) VLAN
11 15 (0.35%) Wireless
12 14 (0.33%) MPLS
13 12 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
15 10 (0.24%) BGP
15 10 (0.24%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.21%) NGFW
17 8 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
17 8 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (5.02%) Power BI
2 177 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.56%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (1.25%) Tableau
7 49 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 41 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
10 39 (0.92%) Metadata
11 36 (0.85%) Relational Database
12 27 (0.64%) Big Data
13 24 (0.57%) MySQL
14 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
15 20 (0.47%) Power Query
15 20 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (0.38%) Looker
16 16 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 15 (0.35%) DynamoDB
17 15 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 134 (3.16%) JIRA
2 90 (2.12%) Git
3 46 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 27 (0.64%) JUnit
5 25 (0.59%) Claude Code
6 22 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
7 21 (0.50%) Maven
8 17 (0.40%) Mockito
9 13 (0.31%) Selenium
10 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.17%) GitLab
10 7 (0.17%) Postman
10 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.14%) Gatling
11 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.094%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.094%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,416 (33.40%) Social Skills
2 696 (16.42%) Banking
3 607 (14.32%) Analytical Skills
4 508 (11.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 422 (9.96%) Legal
6 325 (7.67%) Retail
7 322 (7.60%) Law
8 270 (6.37%) Marketing
9 255 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
10 237 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
11 206 (4.86%) Public Sector
12 153 (3.61%) Manufacturing
13 147 (3.47%) Aerospace
14 146 (3.44%) Financial Institution
15 126 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
16 125 (2.95%) Back Office
17 82 (1.93%) Billing
18 75 (1.77%) Telecoms
19 53 (1.25%) Investment Banking
20 49 (1.16%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 583 (13.75%) Senior
2 459 (10.83%) Lead
3 433 (10.21%) Analyst
4 359 (8.47%) Architect
5 324 (7.64%) Developer
6 258 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 214 (5.05%) Consultant
8 158 (3.73%) Finance Manager
9 150 (3.54%) Senior Manager
10 131 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 123 (2.90%) Accountant
12 111 (2.62%) IT Manager
13 110 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 108 (2.55%) Project Manager
15 102 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
15 102 (2.41%) Business Analyst
16 97 (2.29%) Engineering Manager
17 84 (1.98%) Data Analyst
18 78 (1.84%) Support Analyst
19 75 (1.77%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (4.15%) Terraform
2 155 (3.66%) .NET
3 137 (3.23%) React
4 115 (2.71%) REST
5 71 (1.67%) Node.js
6 66 (1.56%) .NET Core
6 66 (1.56%) Spring
7 63 (1.49%) CSS
8 60 (1.42%) ASP.NET
9 54 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
10 50 (1.18%) .NET Framework
10 50 (1.18%) LangChain
11 43 (1.01%) LangGraph
12 42 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
13 41 (0.97%) AngularJS
14 38 (0.90%) PyTorch
14 38 (0.90%) TensorFlow
15 34 (0.80%) HTML
15 34 (0.80%) jQuery
15 34 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 292 (6.89%) Product Ownership
2 216 (5.10%) Cloud Native
3 200 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 172 (4.06%) Management Information System
5 162 (3.82%) Virtual Team
6 156 (3.68%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.44%) Podcast
8 122 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.24%) Blog
10 93 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 64 (1.51%) Data Centre
12 61 (1.44%) AI Agents
13 60 (1.42%) Data Structures
14 55 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 54 (1.27%) Credit Risk
16 52 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
17 49 (1.16%) Hedge funds
18 46 (1.09%) Driving Licence
19 42 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
19 42 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 130 (3.07%) Windows
2 112 (2.64%) Linux
3 45 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.45%) Android
5 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.38%) Unix
6 10 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.071%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 858 (20.24%) Agile
2 749 (17.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 723 (17.06%) Roadmaps
4 667 (15.73%) AI
5 658 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
6 574 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 568 (13.40%) Decision-Making
8 494 (11.65%) Software Engineering
9 427 (10.07%) Mentoring
10 415 (9.79%) Analytics
11 414 (9.77%) ERP
12 392 (9.25%) CI/CD
13 356 (8.40%) Risk Management
14 350 (8.26%) DevOps
15 346 (8.16%) Project Delivery
16 317 (7.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 300 (7.08%) Project Management
18 299 (7.05%) Process Improvement
19 283 (6.68%) Customer Service
20 282 (6.65%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 632 (14.91%) SQL
2 409 (9.65%) Python
3 292 (6.89%) Java
4 247 (5.83%) C#
5 152 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 122 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 105 (2.48%) C++
8 84 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 63 (1.49%) PHP
10 30 (0.71%) C
11 28 (0.66%) Go
12 27 (0.64%) Bash
13 26 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 24 (0.57%) Bicep
14 24 (0.57%) R
15 22 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 18 (0.42%) Rust
17 17 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.38%) VBA
19 15 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 420 (9.91%) Degree
2 342 (8.07%) Security Cleared
3 264 (6.23%) SC Cleared
4 251 (5.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 242 (5.71%) ACCA
6 213 (5.02%) CIMA
7 134 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 85 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (1.58%) CISSP
10 54 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.16%) CISM
11 49 (1.16%) PMP
12 45 (1.06%) Azure Certification
13 35 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (0.71%) CISA
15 29 (0.68%) DBS Check
16 28 (0.66%) CRISC
17 27 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.57%) ICAEW
19 21 (0.50%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (4.13%) Accessibility
1 175 (4.13%) Data Quality
2 158 (3.73%) QA
3 139 (3.28%) GDPR
4 91 (2.15%) GRC
5 89 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (1.82%) SLA
7 72 (1.70%) PMO
8 65 (1.53%) NIST
9 58 (1.37%) IFRS
10 47 (1.11%) GAAP
11 30 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 28 (0.66%) COBIT
13 22 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
14 19 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (0.38%) MiFID
17 14 (0.33%) SOC 2
18 13 (0.31%) Def Stans
18 13 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 107 (2.52%) Docker
2 95 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.18%) Firmware
5 40 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 177 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 71 (1.67%) Grafana
3 43 (1.01%) Ansible
4 33 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.12%) SCCM
7 5 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.094%) QRadar
8 4 (0.094%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.071%) Argo
9 3 (0.071%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.071%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.047%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.047%) Puppet
10 2 (0.047%) Salt
Vendors
1 724 (17.08%) Microsoft
2 214 (5.05%) Oracle
3 138 (3.26%) SAP
4 132 (3.11%) Databricks
5 91 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.46%) Google
6 62 (1.46%) Sage
7 56 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 49 (1.16%) Workday
9 48 (1.13%) VMware
10 40 (0.94%) Xero
11 39 (0.92%) Cisco
12 33 (0.78%) Aderant
13 31 (0.73%) HubSpot
14 28 (0.66%) IBM
15 25 (0.59%) BMC
16 21 (0.50%) Splunk
17 20 (0.47%) Remedy
18 19 (0.45%) Adobe
18 19 (0.45%) Veeam