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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,474 3,917 7,118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.01% 26.35% 21.18%
As % of the General category 31.35% 35.16% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,293 2,370 4,871
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,055
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 11,083 11,141 20,479
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.47% 74.95% 60.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,223 6,123 15,128
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,873 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,343 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.09% +9.22% -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 5 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 95 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.01%) Confluence
2 35 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.49%) SAS
4 10 (0.29%) CMS
5 7 (0.20%) IIS
6 6 (0.17%) JBoss
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.086%) Apache
9 3 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 200 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.086%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.086%) Productboard
8 3 (0.086%) SPSS
9 2 (0.058%) CorelDRAW
9 2 (0.058%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.029%) Notion
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 64 (1.84%) Oracle Financials
2 52 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 40 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
4 35 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
5 31 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
7 25 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
8 24 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
10 22 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
11 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
15 11 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
16 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
16 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
16 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 694 (19.98%) Azure
2 486 (13.99%) AWS
3 313 (9.01%) SaaS
4 224 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 178 (5.12%) GCP
6 134 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
7 107 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
9 81 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 79 (2.27%) Snowflake
11 73 (2.10%) Entra ID
12 65 (1.87%) Azure Machine Learning
13 61 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
13 61 (1.76%) Azure AI
14 55 (1.58%) GitHub
15 51 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (0.98%) PaaS
17 33 (0.95%) PowerApps
18 32 (0.92%) OCI
18 32 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 69 (1.99%) Firewall
2 50 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 43 (1.24%) VPN
4 38 (1.09%) HTTP
4 38 (1.09%) WAN
5 37 (1.07%) DNS
6 36 (1.04%) DHCP
7 32 (0.92%) Network Security
8 25 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 22 (0.63%) Broadband
10 21 (0.60%) CHAP
11 19 (0.55%) BGP
11 19 (0.55%) MPLS
12 16 (0.46%) LAN
12 16 (0.46%) VLAN
13 15 (0.43%) Wireless
14 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.32%) Internet
15 11 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 153 (4.40%) Power BI
3 57 (1.64%) Tableau
4 48 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (0.78%) Big Data
9 26 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 26 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (0.66%) MongoDB
12 22 (0.63%) MySQL
13 18 (0.52%) Metadata
14 17 (0.49%) Db2
15 16 (0.46%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
17 12 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
17 12 (0.35%) Looker
Development Applications
1 104 (2.99%) JIRA
2 67 (1.93%) Git
3 41 (1.18%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.75%) Selenium
5 17 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.49%) Postman
6 14 (0.40%) JUnit
6 14 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 11 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.29%) Maven
8 10 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 9 (0.26%) Mockito
10 8 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.17%) GitLab
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
11 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.086%) Eclipse
General
1 1,098 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 594 (17.10%) Banking
3 467 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 368 (10.59%) Legal
5 331 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 316 (9.10%) Retail
7 266 (7.66%) Law
8 221 (6.36%) Marketing
9 212 (6.10%) Public Sector
10 182 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
11 173 (4.98%) Financial Institution
12 128 (3.68%) Back Office
13 108 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
14 92 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
15 88 (2.53%) Manufacturing
16 63 (1.81%) Front Office
17 60 (1.73%) Telecoms
18 45 (1.30%) Billing
19 42 (1.21%) Investment Banking
20 39 (1.12%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 562 (16.18%) Senior
2 389 (11.20%) Analyst
3 316 (9.10%) Lead
4 303 (8.72%) Developer
5 243 (6.99%) Software Engineer
6 197 (5.67%) Architect
7 174 (5.01%) Consultant
8 145 (4.17%) Senior Manager
9 141 (4.06%) Finance Manager
10 107 (3.08%) Accountant
11 100 (2.88%) Business Analyst
12 88 (2.53%) Project Manager
13 86 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
14 85 (2.45%) Engineering Manager
14 85 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
15 74 (2.13%) IT Manager
16 70 (2.01%) Data Engineer
17 69 (1.99%) Graduate
18 67 (1.93%) Lead Software Engineer
19 66 (1.90%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (3.89%) .NET
2 132 (3.80%) React
3 110 (3.17%) REST
4 70 (2.01%) Node.js
5 54 (1.55%) CSS
6 53 (1.53%) Kafka
7 52 (1.50%) Spring
8 41 (1.18%) GraphQL
8 41 (1.18%) Redux
9 36 (1.04%) HTML
9 36 (1.04%) jQuery
10 34 (0.98%) RESTful
11 33 (0.95%) .NET Core
12 30 (0.86%) Middleware
12 30 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
12 30 (0.86%) SOAP
13 29 (0.83%) TensorFlow
14 28 (0.81%) PyTorch
15 27 (0.78%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 242 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 192 (5.53%) Cloud Native
3 154 (4.43%) Virtual Team
4 138 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 129 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 105 (3.02%) Web Conferencing
7 99 (2.85%) Podcast
8 74 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 73 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 70 (2.01%) Data Centre
11 64 (1.84%) Data Structures
12 54 (1.55%) Fixed Income
13 46 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
14 45 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
15 44 (1.27%) Blog
16 42 (1.21%) Security Posture
17 40 (1.15%) Driving Licence
17 40 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
18 34 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
19 32 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (3.37%) Windows
2 101 (2.91%) Linux
3 35 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.63%) Unix
5 20 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.37%) Android
7 11 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 781 (22.48%) Agile
2 527 (15.17%) Roadmaps
3 510 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
4 498 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 425 (12.23%) AI
6 392 (11.28%) Software Engineering
7 381 (10.97%) Decision-Making
8 375 (10.79%) Mentoring
9 371 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 365 (10.51%) Analytics
11 346 (9.96%) ERP
12 319 (9.18%) CI/CD
12 319 (9.18%) DevOps
13 307 (8.84%) Project Management
14 246 (7.08%) Risk Management
15 245 (7.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 233 (6.71%) Coaching
17 206 (5.93%) Customer Service
18 201 (5.79%) Fintech
19 193 (5.56%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 534 (15.37%) SQL
2 364 (10.48%) Python
3 325 (9.36%) Java
4 211 (6.07%) C#
5 138 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 121 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 87 (2.50%) C++
8 77 (2.22%) PowerShell
9 76 (2.19%) Go
10 62 (1.78%) PHP
11 32 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.83%) C
13 20 (0.58%) Bicep
14 19 (0.55%) R
15 17 (0.49%) Bash
15 17 (0.49%) Rust
16 16 (0.46%) Apex Code
17 14 (0.40%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.37%) VBA
19 12 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 372 (10.71%) Degree
2 245 (7.05%) ACCA
3 203 (5.84%) CIMA
4 182 (5.24%) Security Cleared
5 119 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 103 (2.96%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.76%) CISSP
8 81 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.76%) CISM
10 58 (1.67%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.44%) CISA
12 49 (1.41%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.15%) PMP
14 36 (1.04%) Azure Certification
15 34 (0.98%) SANS
16 32 (0.92%) DBS Check
17 30 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
19 23 (0.66%) CIPFA
19 23 (0.66%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (3.94%) QA
2 122 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 119 (3.43%) GDPR
4 92 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (2.30%) NIST
6 65 (1.87%) IFRS
7 63 (1.81%) PMO
8 58 (1.67%) Accessibility
9 47 (1.35%) GRC
10 44 (1.27%) SLA
11 37 (1.07%) GAAP
12 33 (0.95%) COBIT
13 31 (0.89%) PCI DSS
14 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.43%) MiFID
18 14 (0.40%) COREP
18 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
18 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 101 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 71 (2.04%) Docker
3 66 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.23%) Firmware
7 8 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.029%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.029%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 151 (4.35%) Terraform
2 140 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 51 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (1.44%) Grafana
5 27 (0.78%) Ansible
6 11 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) Argo
11 4 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.12%) QRadar
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.086%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 565 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 229 (6.59%) Oracle
3 127 (3.66%) SAP
4 121 (3.48%) Databricks
5 87 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.93%) Sage
7 52 (1.50%) Google
8 48 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 42 (1.21%) Cisco
10 41 (1.18%) VMware
11 36 (1.04%) Xero
12 28 (0.81%) Workday
13 25 (0.72%) HubSpot
14 24 (0.69%) Adobe
15 21 (0.60%) Aderant
16 19 (0.55%) IBM
17 17 (0.49%) Okta
18 16 (0.46%) Splunk
19 13 (0.37%) Meraki
19 13 (0.37%) OpenAI