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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,590 4,043 7,203
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.77% 26.09% 20.73%
As % of the General category 30.46% 35.05% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,412 2,463 4,934
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +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 11,787 11,536 20,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.33% 74.45% 60.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,703 6,373 15,315
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,600 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,154 £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 21 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 99 (2.76%) 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 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.084%) 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 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.58%) 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%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.084%) 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 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
4 28 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
4 28 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.64%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 718 (20.00%) Azure
2 510 (14.21%) AWS
3 319 (8.89%) SaaS
4 242 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 187 (5.21%) GCP
6 133 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 104 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 103 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
9 77 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 71 (1.98%) Entra ID
10 71 (1.98%) Snowflake
11 64 (1.78%) Azure Machine Learning
12 62 (1.73%) Azure AI
13 61 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
14 41 (1.14%) GitHub
15 40 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 39 (1.09%) PaaS
17 38 (1.06%) PowerApps
18 32 (0.89%) Serverless
19 31 (0.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.78%) Firewall
2 46 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 39 (1.09%) HTTP
4 38 (1.06%) VPN
5 36 (1.00%) Network Security
6 35 (0.97%) WAN
7 34 (0.95%) 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 (0.45%) 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
1 162 (4.51%) Power BI
1 162 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 58 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
2 58 (1.62%) Tableau
3 45 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 37 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 26 (0.72%) Big Data
8 25 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 25 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (0.61%) MySQL
10 22 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (0.50%) Db2
11 18 (0.50%) Metadata
12 15 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.39%) SAP BW
14 12 (0.33%) Looker
Development Applications
1 100 (2.79%) JIRA
2 63 (1.75%) Git
3 43 (1.20%) TeamCity
4 23 (0.64%) Selenium
5 16 (0.45%) 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 (0.084%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.084%) Bitbucket
General
1 1,161 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 639 (17.80%) Banking
3 478 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 402 (11.20%) Legal
5 331 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 312 (8.69%) Retail
7 256 (7.13%) Law
8 216 (6.02%) Marketing
9 202 (5.63%) Public Sector
10 187 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
11 163 (4.54%) Financial Institution
12 127 (3.54%) Back Office
12 127 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
13 110 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
14 102 (2.84%) Manufacturing
15 63 (1.75%) Telecoms
16 62 (1.73%) Front Office
17 51 (1.42%) Billing
18 45 (1.25%) Investment Banking
19 44 (1.23%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 548 (15.26%) Senior
2 377 (10.50%) Analyst
3 333 (9.28%) Lead
4 324 (9.03%) Developer
5 254 (7.08%) Software Engineer
6 219 (6.10%) Architect
7 184 (5.13%) Consultant
8 149 (4.15%) Finance Manager
9 146 (4.07%) Senior Manager
10 112 (3.12%) Accountant
11 100 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
12 91 (2.53%) Business Analyst
13 89 (2.48%) Engineering Manager
13 89 (2.48%) Project Manager
14 82 (2.28%) IT Manager
15 80 (2.23%) 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
1 143 (3.98%) .NET
2 139 (3.87%) React
3 108 (3.01%) REST
4 83 (2.31%) Node.js
5 57 (1.59%) CSS
6 54 (1.50%) Kafka
6 54 (1.50%) Spring
7 47 (1.31%) .NET Core
8 42 (1.17%) Redux
9 38 (1.06%) GraphQL
10 37 (1.03%) jQuery
11 34 (0.95%) ASP.NET
11 34 (0.95%) ASP.NET Core
11 34 (0.95%) HTML
11 34 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
12 32 (0.89%) AngularJS
12 32 (0.89%) PyTorch
12 32 (0.89%) TensorFlow
13 30 (0.84%) RESTful
14 29 (0.81%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 246 (6.85%) Product Ownership
2 208 (5.79%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.32%) Virtual Team
4 141 (3.93%) Web Conferencing
5 140 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 133 (3.70%) Podcast
7 132 (3.68%) Management Information System
8 80 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 79 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
10 73 (2.03%) Data Centre
11 66 (1.84%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.56%) Fixed Income
13 51 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
14 45 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
15 44 (1.23%) Security Posture
16 41 (1.14%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (1.11%) Blog
18 36 (1.00%) Credit Risk
19 34 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 113 (3.15%) Windows
2 100 (2.79%) Linux
3 32 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.50%) Unix
5 16 (0.45%) 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
1 778 (21.67%) Agile
2 546 (15.21%) Roadmaps
3 538 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 520 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
5 438 (12.20%) AI
6 416 (11.59%) Decision-Making
7 413 (11.50%) Software Engineering
8 392 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 370 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 356 (9.92%) ERP
11 355 (9.89%) Analytics
12 318 (8.86%) CI/CD
13 311 (8.66%) DevOps
14 305 (8.50%) Project Management
15 259 (7.21%) Risk Management
16 254 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 234 (6.52%) Coaching
18 215 (5.99%) Customer Service
19 213 (5.93%) Fintech
20 203 (5.65%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 529 (14.74%) SQL
2 355 (9.89%) Python
3 317 (8.83%) Java
4 230 (6.41%) C#
5 150 (4.18%) JavaScript
6 132 (3.68%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.40%) 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 (10.33%) Degree
2 253 (7.05%) ACCA
3 211 (5.88%) CIMA
4 199 (5.54%) Security Cleared
5 124 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 111 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 104 (2.90%) CISSP
8 81 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (1.89%) CISM
10 54 (1.50%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.39%) CISA
12 44 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.09%) PMP
14 30 (0.84%) DBS Check
14 30 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (0.84%) SANS
15 29 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
15 29 (0.81%) CRISC
16 26 (0.72%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (4.68%) QA
2 127 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 125 (3.48%) GDPR
4 103 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 85 (2.37%) NIST
6 71 (1.98%) IFRS
7 66 (1.84%) PMO
8 48 (1.34%) 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 (0.45%) 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 75 (2.09%) 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 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 144 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 143 (3.98%) 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 (0.084%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.084%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.056%) Argo
12 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 571 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 226 (6.30%) Oracle
3 129 (3.59%) SAP
4 113 (3.15%) Databricks
5 85 (2.37%) Salesforce
6 70 (1.95%) Sage
7 52 (1.45%) Google
8 51 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 42 (1.17%) Cisco
10 36 (1.00%) VMware
10 36 (1.00%) Xero
11 27 (0.75%) Adobe
11 27 (0.75%) Workday
12 22 (0.61%) Aderant
13 20 (0.56%) HubSpot
14 19 (0.53%) Splunk
15 18 (0.50%) IBM
16 16 (0.45%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.42%) IFS
17 15 (0.42%) Okta
1,523 hybrid/remote Finance jobs