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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,167 3,901 6,049
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.26% 25.12% 22.01%
As % of the General category 32.61% 35.85% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,964 2,536 4,734
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,125
25th Percentile £46,000 £52,000 £47,090
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.43% -3.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -6.40%

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 9,713 10,881 17,059
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.06% 70.07% 62.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,160 6,247 13,601
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.10%

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 19 February 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 76 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.48%) Confluence
3 43 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.63%) Apache
5 20 (0.63%) SAS
6 16 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 15 (0.47%) WebSphere
8 13 (0.41%) JBoss
9 12 (0.38%) CMS
10 8 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
14 3 (0.095%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.095%) WordPress
15 2 (0.063%) nginx
15 2 (0.063%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 256 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 4 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 61 (1.93%) Oracle ERP
2 59 (1.86%) Oracle Payables
3 46 (1.45%) NetSuite
3 46 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
4 44 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 41 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
5 41 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
6 38 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 32 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
8 23 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
9 22 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
10 18 (0.57%) SAP FI
11 17 (0.54%) SAP CO
11 17 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
12 15 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.41%) Hyperion Planning
13 13 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
13 13 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
14 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
15 11 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 779 (24.60%) Azure
2 431 (13.61%) AWS
3 327 (10.33%) Power Platform
4 297 (9.38%) SaaS
5 232 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
6 195 (6.16%) GitHub
7 188 (5.94%) GCP
8 159 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
9 113 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
10 108 (3.41%) Entra ID
11 103 (3.25%) Snowflake
12 86 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
13 81 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
14 79 (2.49%) dbt
15 65 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
16 64 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
17 60 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 54 (1.71%) OCI
19 51 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
20 45 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 83 (2.62%) Firewall
2 62 (1.96%) WAN
3 54 (1.71%) VPN
4 49 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 48 (1.52%) SD-WAN
6 39 (1.23%) LAN
7 35 (1.11%) DNS
7 35 (1.11%) Wireless
8 30 (0.95%) DHCP
9 29 (0.92%) Wireshark
10 23 (0.73%) Network Security
11 19 (0.60%) CHAP
12 16 (0.51%) VLAN
13 15 (0.47%) Internet
14 14 (0.44%) BGP
14 14 (0.44%) HTTP
15 9 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (0.28%) SSL
16 8 (0.25%) Telnet
16 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (7.17%) Power BI
2 114 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
2 114 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 93 (2.94%) Tableau
4 69 (2.18%) Data Lake
5 57 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 54 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 31 (0.98%) Metadata
10 30 (0.95%) Big Data
11 27 (0.85%) Apache Iceberg
11 27 (0.85%) MySQL
12 24 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
12 24 (0.76%) Apache Arrow
12 24 (0.76%) Dremio
12 24 (0.76%) MongoDB
13 20 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 20 (0.63%) Relational Database
14 17 (0.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 142 (4.48%) JIRA
2 66 (2.08%) Oracle Forms
3 64 (2.02%) Git
4 63 (1.99%) Jenkins
5 41 (1.29%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.07%) Selenium
7 28 (0.88%) Postman
8 23 (0.73%) SoapUI
9 21 (0.66%) WebDriver
10 20 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
11 17 (0.54%) ERwin
12 16 (0.51%) GitLab
13 15 (0.47%) ER Studio
14 14 (0.44%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.32%) Storybook
16 9 (0.28%) Subversion
17 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
18 7 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
18 7 (0.22%) SpecFlow
19 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 1,100 (34.73%) Social Skills
2 532 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
3 461 (14.56%) Banking
4 275 (8.68%) Retail
5 262 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 240 (7.58%) Public Sector
7 235 (7.42%) Marketing
8 208 (6.57%) Financial Institution
9 198 (6.25%) Law
10 190 (6.00%) Legal
11 130 (4.10%) Back Office
12 113 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
13 111 (3.50%) Telecoms
14 100 (3.16%) Manufacturing
15 92 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
16 88 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
17 86 (2.72%) Front Office
18 53 (1.67%) Electronics
19 45 (1.42%) Billing
20 43 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 567 (17.90%) Senior
2 428 (13.51%) Analyst
3 287 (9.06%) Developer
4 240 (7.58%) Lead
5 190 (6.00%) Software Engineer
6 171 (5.40%) Consultant
7 148 (4.67%) Architect
8 98 (3.09%) Business Analyst
9 94 (2.97%) Data Engineer
10 80 (2.53%) Project Manager
11 78 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
12 72 (2.27%) Finance Manager
12 72 (2.27%) Senior Manager
13 71 (2.24%) Senior Software Engineer
14 69 (2.18%) Accountant
14 69 (2.18%) Financial Analyst
14 69 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
15 62 (1.96%) Software Developer
16 55 (1.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 53 (1.67%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (4.96%) .NET
2 109 (3.44%) REST
3 101 (3.19%) React
4 94 (2.97%) RESTful
4 94 (2.97%) SOAP
5 65 (2.05%) Node.js
6 61 (1.93%) JSON
7 52 (1.64%) Kafka
7 52 (1.64%) OAuth
8 48 (1.52%) Spring
9 45 (1.42%) GraphQL
10 39 (1.23%) Middleware
11 38 (1.20%) AngularJS
12 36 (1.14%) HTML
13 35 (1.11%) XML
14 32 (1.01%) CSS
15 31 (0.98%) OAuth2
15 31 (0.98%) SAML
16 29 (0.92%) Pandas
17 28 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 212 (6.69%) Cloud Native
2 211 (6.66%) Product Ownership
3 138 (4.36%) Management Information System
4 119 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 109 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
6 85 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
7 79 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
8 76 (2.40%) Data Centre
9 64 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 61 (1.93%) Blog
10 61 (1.93%) Fixed Income
11 55 (1.74%) Security Posture
12 53 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
13 47 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 38 (1.20%) Equities
15 36 (1.14%) Low-Code
16 35 (1.11%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.07%) Public Cloud
18 33 (1.04%) Data Structures
19 31 (0.98%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 114 (3.60%) Windows
2 109 (3.44%) Linux
3 41 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.04%) Unix
5 27 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.63%) Android
7 14 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 2 (0.063%) CentOS
11 2 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 846 (26.71%) Agile
2 567 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 519 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
4 481 (15.19%) Coaching
5 469 (14.81%) AI
6 435 (13.74%) DevOps
7 430 (13.58%) Roadmaps
8 428 (13.51%) Analytics
9 419 (13.23%) CI/CD
10 393 (12.41%) Asset Management
11 375 (11.84%) Decision-Making
12 373 (11.78%) Mentoring
13 342 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 320 (10.10%) Software Engineering
15 315 (9.95%) ERP
16 302 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
17 283 (8.94%) Project Management
18 273 (8.62%) Risk Management
19 256 (8.08%) Test Automation
20 219 (6.92%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 580 (18.31%) SQL
2 396 (12.50%) Python
3 321 (10.14%) Java
4 162 (5.12%) C#
5 151 (4.77%) JavaScript
6 126 (3.98%) TypeScript
7 118 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 65 (2.05%) C++
9 58 (1.83%) Go
10 57 (1.80%) PL/SQL
11 52 (1.64%) PHP
12 37 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 35 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 34 (1.07%) Bash
15 29 (0.92%) Bicep
16 28 (0.88%) Apex Code
16 28 (0.88%) C
17 20 (0.63%) T-SQL
18 19 (0.60%) Kotlin
19 16 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 380 (12.00%) Degree
2 197 (6.22%) ACCA
3 175 (5.53%) Security Cleared
4 159 (5.02%) CIMA
5 148 (4.67%) CISSP
6 110 (3.47%) SC Cleared
7 92 (2.90%) CISA
8 75 (2.37%) CISM
9 66 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 65 (2.05%) CRISC
11 57 (1.80%) DV Cleared
12 47 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 47 (1.48%) PMI Certification
13 40 (1.26%) Azure Certification
14 34 (1.07%) AAT
15 33 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
16 28 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 28 (0.88%) ISTQB
17 27 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
17 27 (0.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (4.70%) NIST
2 125 (3.95%) Data Quality
2 125 (3.95%) QA
3 117 (3.69%) GDPR
3 117 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 78 (2.46%) PCI DSS
5 73 (2.31%) GRC
6 65 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 57 (1.80%) IFRS
8 45 (1.42%) PMO
9 32 (1.01%) SLA
10 31 (0.98%) COBIT
11 29 (0.92%) GAAP
11 29 (0.92%) SOC 2
12 27 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
13 21 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 18 (0.57%) P3O
15 12 (0.38%) SEPA
16 9 (0.28%) WCAG
17 8 (0.25%) EMIR
System Software
1 109 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 69 (2.18%) Docker
3 38 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (0.63%) Firmware
6 16 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.063%) NFS
10 2 (0.063%) vSphere
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 240 (7.58%) Terraform
2 129 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.80%) Grafana
4 56 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
5 55 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 40 (1.26%) Ansible
7 15 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.35%) SCCM
9 10 (0.32%) Argo
10 6 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.13%) Endace
12 4 (0.13%) QRadar
13 2 (0.063%) Kibana
13 2 (0.063%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.063%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 535 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 177 (5.59%) Oracle
3 132 (4.17%) SAP
4 91 (2.87%) Salesforce
5 89 (2.81%) Databricks
6 71 (2.24%) Cisco
7 58 (1.83%) Google
8 55 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 46 (1.45%) Sage
10 45 (1.42%) Blue Prism
10 45 (1.42%) VMware
11 34 (1.07%) Workday
12 31 (0.98%) CheckPoint
13 29 (0.92%) Okta
14 27 (0.85%) Meraki
15 25 (0.79%) SolarWinds
16 24 (0.76%) Red Hat
17 23 (0.73%) Palo Alto
18 21 (0.66%) IBM
19 20 (0.63%) Adobe