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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,209 4,014 5,367
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.38% 24.27% 21.78%
As % of the General category 30.55% 33.79% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 2,372 3,370
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £37,519
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,436 £98,474 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -1.46%

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 13,776 11,881 15,072
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.16% 71.84% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,699 6,582 10,023
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,025 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,901 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,421 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -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 18 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
1 111 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.28%) Confluence
3 28 (0.67%) 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 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.095%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
14 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.024%) JBoss
14 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
14 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 256 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
6 16 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.29%) 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 (0.095%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.095%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.095%) Sketch
12 3 (0.071%) Productboard
13 2 (0.048%) InDesign
13 2 (0.048%) SPSS
14 1 (0.024%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.024%) Photoshop
14 1 (0.024%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 67 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 52 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 28 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
5 27 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 25 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
7 22 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.45%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
11 16 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
11 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
12 15 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
12 15 (0.36%) Primavera
13 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.33%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.29%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
16 10 (0.24%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 885 (21.03%) Azure
2 609 (14.47%) AWS
3 337 (8.01%) SaaS
4 314 (7.46%) Power Platform
5 213 (5.06%) GCP
6 160 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 112 (2.66%) Snowflake
9 109 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
10 81 (1.92%) PaaS
11 77 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
12 73 (1.73%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 67 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 65 (1.54%) GitHub
16 61 (1.45%) PowerApps
17 57 (1.35%) Azure Machine Learning
18 56 (1.33%) Serverless
19 53 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
20 47 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.90%) LAN
1 80 (1.90%) WAN
2 63 (1.50%) Firewall
3 43 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 42 (1.00%) Network Security
5 39 (0.93%) DNS
5 39 (0.93%) HTTP
6 30 (0.71%) DHCP
6 30 (0.71%) VPN
7 21 (0.50%) Broadband
8 15 (0.36%) MPLS
8 15 (0.36%) VLAN
8 15 (0.36%) Wireless
9 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (0.26%) BGP
10 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
10 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.24%) Internet
11 10 (0.24%) NGFW
12 8 (0.19%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (4.80%) Power BI
2 182 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 69 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 61 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.33%) Tableau
7 45 (1.07%) Data Lake
8 44 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 38 (0.90%) Metadata
11 33 (0.78%) Relational Database
12 29 (0.69%) Big Data
13 26 (0.62%) MySQL
14 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
14 21 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 19 (0.45%) Power Query
16 18 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 17 (0.40%) Oracle Database
18 16 (0.38%) Looker
18 16 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 138 (3.28%) JIRA
2 87 (2.07%) Git
3 40 (0.95%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.59%) JUnit
5 23 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.52%) Claude Code
6 22 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.45%) Maven
8 17 (0.40%) Mockito
9 16 (0.38%) 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 (0.095%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.095%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.095%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,384 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 668 (15.87%) Banking
3 581 (13.80%) Analytical Skills
4 465 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 440 (10.45%) Legal
6 308 (7.32%) Retail
7 305 (7.25%) Law
8 265 (6.30%) Marketing
9 246 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
10 227 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
11 210 (4.99%) Public Sector
12 149 (3.54%) Manufacturing
13 145 (3.44%) Aerospace
14 135 (3.21%) Financial Institution
15 114 (2.71%) Back Office
15 114 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
16 82 (1.95%) Billing
17 80 (1.90%) Telecoms
18 65 (1.54%) Front Office
19 54 (1.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 596 (14.16%) Senior
2 459 (10.91%) Lead
3 433 (10.29%) Analyst
4 347 (8.24%) Architect
4 347 (8.24%) Developer
5 269 (6.39%) Software Engineer
6 222 (5.27%) Consultant
7 165 (3.92%) Finance Manager
8 151 (3.59%) Senior Manager
9 122 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
10 121 (2.87%) Accountant
11 112 (2.66%) Project Manager
12 109 (2.59%) IT Manager
12 109 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
13 101 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
13 101 (2.40%) Business Analyst
14 95 (2.26%) Engineering Manager
15 82 (1.95%) Graduate
16 80 (1.90%) Support Analyst
17 78 (1.85%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (3.85%) React
2 158 (3.75%) .NET
3 117 (2.78%) REST
4 90 (2.14%) Node.js
5 69 (1.64%) CSS
6 67 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 61 (1.45%) Spring
8 60 (1.43%) ASP.NET
9 54 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
10 50 (1.19%) .NET Framework
11 45 (1.07%) LangChain
12 44 (1.05%) AngularJS
13 41 (0.97%) Kafka
14 39 (0.93%) jQuery
15 38 (0.90%) LangGraph
15 38 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
16 36 (0.86%) HTML
16 36 (0.86%) PyTorch
16 36 (0.86%) TensorFlow
17 33 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 271 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 210 (4.99%) Cloud Native
3 183 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 169 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 163 (3.87%) Virtual Team
6 154 (3.66%) Web Conferencing
7 145 (3.44%) Podcast
8 115 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.26%) Blog
10 91 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 71 (1.69%) Data Centre
12 64 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 61 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
14 58 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
15 57 (1.35%) AI Agents
16 53 (1.26%) Credit Risk
16 53 (1.26%) Fixed Income
17 50 (1.19%) Driving Licence
18 48 (1.14%) Hedge funds
19 42 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 138 (3.28%) Windows
2 122 (2.90%) Linux
3 45 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.45%) Unix
5 17 (0.40%) Android
6 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.071%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.024%) AIX
12 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 889 (21.12%) Agile
2 731 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 701 (16.65%) Roadmaps
4 651 (15.47%) AI
5 646 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
6 544 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 539 (12.81%) Decision-Making
8 496 (11.78%) Software Engineering
9 427 (10.14%) Mentoring
10 426 (10.12%) Analytics
11 407 (9.67%) ERP
12 382 (9.08%) CI/CD
13 357 (8.48%) DevOps
14 349 (8.29%) Risk Management
15 340 (8.08%) Project Delivery
16 319 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 308 (7.32%) Project Management
18 296 (7.03%) Process Improvement
19 275 (6.53%) Machine Learning
20 268 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 633 (15.04%) SQL
2 423 (10.05%) Python
3 298 (7.08%) Java
4 254 (6.03%) C#
5 171 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 145 (3.44%) TypeScript
7 114 (2.71%) C++
8 85 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.71%) PHP
10 43 (1.02%) Go
11 32 (0.76%) C
12 28 (0.67%) Bash
12 28 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 25 (0.59%) R
14 24 (0.57%) Bicep
15 22 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 19 (0.45%) VBA
17 18 (0.43%) Rust
18 14 (0.33%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 429 (10.19%) Degree
2 354 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 270 (6.41%) SC Cleared
4 250 (5.94%) ACCA
4 250 (5.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 216 (5.13%) CIMA
6 135 (3.21%) DV Cleared
7 88 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 75 (1.78%) CISSP
9 52 (1.24%) CISM
10 50 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.16%) PMP
12 45 (1.07%) Azure Certification
13 33 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 32 (0.76%) CISA
15 29 (0.69%) CRISC
15 29 (0.69%) DBS Check
16 28 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (0.57%) ICAEW
18 23 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (4.16%) Accessibility
2 168 (3.99%) QA
3 164 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 146 (3.47%) GDPR
5 91 (2.16%) GRC
6 90 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 75 (1.78%) PMO
8 73 (1.73%) NIST
8 73 (1.73%) SLA
9 63 (1.50%) IFRS
10 49 (1.16%) GAAP
11 30 (0.71%) COBIT
11 30 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 23 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 22 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.40%) MiFID
15 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
15 15 (0.36%) FINREP
16 14 (0.33%) COREP
16 14 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 108 (2.57%) Docker
2 101 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.16%) Firmware
5 43 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.38%) 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 2 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 171 (4.06%) Kubernetes
2 167 (3.97%) Terraform
3 60 (1.43%) Grafana
4 45 (1.07%) Ansible
5 39 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) SCCM
8 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.095%) QRadar
10 4 (0.095%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.071%) Argo
11 3 (0.071%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.048%) CASB
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.048%) Salt
Vendors
1 734 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 225 (5.35%) Oracle
3 144 (3.42%) SAP
4 133 (3.16%) Databricks
5 91 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.59%) Google
7 65 (1.54%) Sage
8 59 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.19%) Workday
10 49 (1.16%) VMware
11 43 (1.02%) Cisco
12 37 (0.88%) Xero
13 33 (0.78%) HubSpot
14 30 (0.71%) Aderant
14 30 (0.71%) IBM
15 25 (0.59%) BMC
16 21 (0.50%) Adobe
16 21 (0.50%) Splunk
17 20 (0.48%) Remedy
18 19 (0.45%) Veeam