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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,164 4,125 5,414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.34% 24.97% 21.79%
As % of the General category 30.56% 34.39% 35.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,628 2,442 3,448
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £37,515
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -1.75% +2.60%
75th Percentile £91,436 £100,000 £104,250
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% -

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 13,626 11,994 15,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.03% 72.60% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,663 6,683 10,294
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10 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
1 115 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.30%) Confluence
3 29 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.41%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) CMS
9 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.096%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) JBoss
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 259 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 134 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.38%) Simulink
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 (0.096%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.096%) Sketch
12 3 (0.072%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.072%) Productboard
13 2 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.048%) InDesign
13 2 (0.048%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.048%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 53 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 29 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
7 22 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
8 21 (0.50%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
10 18 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
11 17 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
12 15 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
13 14 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
13 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 13 (0.31%) SAP ERP
14 13 (0.31%) Workday HCM
15 12 (0.29%) Primavera
15 12 (0.29%) SAP CO
15 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 884 (21.23%) Azure
2 608 (14.60%) AWS
3 352 (8.45%) SaaS
4 304 (7.30%) Power Platform
5 217 (5.21%) GCP
6 169 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
7 143 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
8 111 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 103 (2.47%) Snowflake
10 80 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
11 75 (1.80%) PaaS
12 72 (1.73%) Entra ID
13 67 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 65 (1.56%) GitHub
16 58 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
17 57 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
18 56 (1.34%) PowerApps
19 51 (1.22%) Serverless
20 44 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.92%) WAN
2 79 (1.90%) LAN
3 65 (1.56%) Firewall
4 43 (1.03%) Network Security
4 43 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.96%) HTTP
6 38 (0.91%) DNS
7 29 (0.70%) DHCP
7 29 (0.70%) VPN
8 21 (0.50%) Broadband
9 17 (0.41%) Wireless
10 15 (0.36%) MPLS
11 14 (0.34%) VLAN
12 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (0.29%) BGP
14 11 (0.26%) Internet
14 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.24%) NGFW
15 10 (0.24%) SSL
16 9 (0.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (4.59%) Power BI
2 177 (4.25%) SQL Server
3 70 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 55 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 55 (1.32%) Tableau
6 46 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (0.98%) Data Lake
8 40 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
9 34 (0.82%) Metadata
10 29 (0.70%) Big Data
10 29 (0.70%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.60%) MySQL
12 23 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.43%) Looker
15 18 (0.43%) Power Query
16 16 (0.38%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 134 (3.22%) JIRA
2 86 (2.07%) Git
3 45 (1.08%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.60%) JUnit
5 19 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.43%) Maven
7 17 (0.41%) Selenium
8 16 (0.38%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.38%) Mockito
9 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.17%) GitLab
9 7 (0.17%) Postman
9 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.14%) Gatling
11 5 (0.12%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.096%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.096%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.096%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,354 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 660 (15.85%) Banking
3 557 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 452 (10.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 445 (10.69%) Legal
6 329 (7.90%) Retail
7 303 (7.28%) Law
8 257 (6.17%) Marketing
9 240 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
10 216 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
11 214 (5.14%) Public Sector
12 145 (3.48%) Manufacturing
13 144 (3.46%) Financial Institution
14 127 (3.05%) Aerospace
15 125 (3.00%) Back Office
16 120 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
17 83 (1.99%) Telecoms
18 81 (1.95%) Billing
19 71 (1.71%) Front Office
20 54 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 594 (14.27%) Senior
2 455 (10.93%) Lead
3 415 (9.97%) Analyst
4 355 (8.53%) Developer
5 325 (7.80%) Architect
6 276 (6.63%) Software Engineer
7 229 (5.50%) Consultant
8 162 (3.89%) Finance Manager
9 152 (3.65%) Senior Manager
10 123 (2.95%) Accountant
11 115 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
12 107 (2.57%) IT Manager
13 105 (2.52%) Project Manager
14 97 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
15 96 (2.31%) Business Analyst
16 95 (2.28%) Engineering Manager
17 93 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
18 83 (1.99%) Graduate
19 76 (1.83%) Data Analyst
20 73 (1.75%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (4.06%) React
2 161 (3.87%) .NET
3 124 (2.98%) REST
4 99 (2.38%) Node.js
5 67 (1.61%) CSS
6 66 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.42%) ASP.NET
8 58 (1.39%) Spring
9 54 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
10 48 (1.15%) .NET Framework
10 48 (1.15%) Kafka
11 43 (1.03%) AngularJS
12 39 (0.94%) jQuery
13 37 (0.89%) LangChain
13 37 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
14 36 (0.86%) GraphQL
15 35 (0.84%) HTML
15 35 (0.84%) PyTorch
15 35 (0.84%) TensorFlow
16 32 (0.77%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 269 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 218 (5.24%) Cloud Native
3 175 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 162 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 162 (3.89%) Virtual Team
5 147 (3.53%) Web Conferencing
6 138 (3.31%) Podcast
7 114 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
8 92 (2.21%) Public Cloud
9 86 (2.07%) Blog
10 72 (1.73%) Data Centre
11 63 (1.51%) Data Structures
12 62 (1.49%) Fixed Income
13 60 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
14 55 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 52 (1.25%) Driving Licence
16 47 (1.13%) AI Agents
17 44 (1.06%) Credit Risk
18 41 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
18 41 (0.98%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 141 (3.39%) Windows
2 122 (2.93%) Linux
3 46 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.48%) Unix
5 19 (0.46%) Android
6 17 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.072%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 895 (21.49%) Agile
2 709 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 698 (16.76%) Roadmaps
4 638 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
5 617 (14.82%) AI
6 522 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 502 (12.06%) Decision-Making
8 500 (12.01%) Software Engineering
9 446 (10.71%) Mentoring
10 418 (10.04%) Analytics
11 407 (9.77%) ERP
12 381 (9.15%) CI/CD
13 358 (8.60%) DevOps
14 339 (8.14%) Risk Management
15 313 (7.52%) Project Delivery
16 312 (7.49%) Project Management
17 304 (7.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 290 (6.96%) Process Improvement
19 259 (6.22%) CRM
20 258 (6.20%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 613 (14.72%) SQL
2 417 (10.01%) Python
3 310 (7.44%) Java
4 255 (6.12%) C#
5 180 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 152 (3.65%) TypeScript
7 113 (2.71%) C++
8 82 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.73%) PHP
10 52 (1.25%) Go
11 32 (0.77%) C
12 30 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.62%) Bash
14 24 (0.58%) Bicep
15 23 (0.55%) R
16 20 (0.48%) MATLAB
16 20 (0.48%) VBA
17 17 (0.41%) Rust
18 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
19 12 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 408 (9.80%) Degree
2 343 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 256 (6.15%) SC Cleared
4 255 (6.12%) ACCA
5 232 (5.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 219 (5.26%) CIMA
7 120 (2.88%) DV Cleared
8 88 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 82 (1.97%) CISSP
10 54 (1.30%) CISM
11 48 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 47 (1.13%) PMP
13 46 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 35 (0.84%) CISA
15 34 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
16 32 (0.77%) CRISC
17 29 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
17 29 (0.70%) DBS Check
18 24 (0.58%) ICAEW
19 22 (0.53%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (3.99%) QA
2 160 (3.84%) Data Quality
3 159 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 144 (3.46%) GDPR
5 95 (2.28%) GRC
6 93 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 78 (1.87%) NIST
8 74 (1.78%) PMO
9 70 (1.68%) SLA
10 65 (1.56%) IFRS
11 48 (1.15%) GAAP
12 33 (0.79%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.74%) COBIT
14 24 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.41%) MiFID
16 17 (0.41%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.36%) FINREP
18 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 110 (2.64%) Docker
2 98 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 41 (0.98%) Firmware
4 41 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.22%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.14%) Squid
8 6 (0.14%) vSphere
9 5 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 177 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 166 (3.99%) Terraform
3 64 (1.54%) Grafana
4 44 (1.06%) Ansible
5 40 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.14%) SCCM
9 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.096%) QRadar
10 4 (0.096%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.072%) Argo
11 3 (0.072%) 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%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 740 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 229 (5.50%) Oracle
3 150 (3.60%) SAP
4 124 (2.98%) Databricks
5 85 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.59%) Sage
7 65 (1.56%) Google
8 64 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.20%) Workday
10 45 (1.08%) VMware
11 44 (1.06%) Cisco
12 37 (0.89%) Xero
13 34 (0.82%) HubSpot
14 30 (0.72%) IBM
15 28 (0.67%) Aderant
16 25 (0.60%) Adobe
17 24 (0.58%) BMC
18 19 (0.46%) Remedy
18 19 (0.46%) Splunk
18 19 (0.46%) Veeam