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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,467 3,893 7,086
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.31% 26.75% 21.56%
As % of the General category 32.47% 35.66% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,272 2,353 4,888
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,750 £46,250
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 £105,000 £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 10,679 10,918 20,279
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.39% 75.03% 61.70%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 5,987 15,113
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,800
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 26 May 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 88 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.07%) Confluence
3 31 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.49%) SAS
5 9 (0.26%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
6 7 (0.20%) JBoss
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.12%) Apache
8 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.029%) Camunda
10 1 (0.029%) nginx
Applications
1 205 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.14%) Sketch
8 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.087%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.087%) Productboard
9 3 (0.087%) SPSS
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 69 (1.99%) Oracle Financials
2 53 (1.53%) NetSuite
3 46 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
5 40 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
6 29 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
6 29 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
7 28 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
8 26 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
9 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
13 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
14 13 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
15 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 711 (20.51%) Azure
2 476 (13.73%) AWS
3 308 (8.88%) SaaS
4 221 (6.37%) Power Platform
5 177 (5.11%) GCP
6 127 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
7 125 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (2.74%) Snowflake
9 88 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 88 (2.54%) GitHub
10 82 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
11 77 (2.22%) Entra ID
12 66 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
13 65 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
13 65 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 61 (1.76%) Azure AI
15 41 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
16 36 (1.04%) OCI
17 35 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
18 32 (0.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 69 (1.99%) Firewall
2 49 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.30%) VPN
4 42 (1.21%) WAN
5 37 (1.07%) DNS
5 37 (1.07%) HTTP
6 36 (1.04%) DHCP
7 30 (0.87%) Network Security
8 26 (0.75%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.61%) Broadband
9 21 (0.61%) CHAP
10 19 (0.55%) BGP
10 19 (0.55%) MPLS
11 18 (0.52%) LAN
12 15 (0.43%) VLAN
12 15 (0.43%) Wireless
13 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 154 (4.44%) Power BI
3 64 (1.85%) Tableau
4 55 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (1.44%) Data Lake
6 47 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (0.81%) Big Data
9 26 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (0.66%) MongoDB
12 21 (0.61%) Metadata
13 17 (0.49%) DB2
13 17 (0.49%) MySQL
14 16 (0.46%) NoSQL
15 14 (0.40%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 13 (0.37%) Looker
16 13 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 112 (3.23%) JIRA
2 71 (2.05%) Git
3 42 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.75%) Selenium
5 24 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
7 18 (0.52%) Postman
8 16 (0.46%) WebDriver
9 14 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 13 (0.37%) SoapUI
11 11 (0.32%) JUnit
12 10 (0.29%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.26%) Maven
14 8 (0.23%) Mockito
15 7 (0.20%) GitLab
16 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
17 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
17 5 (0.14%) SpecFlow
18 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
18 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,096 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 579 (16.70%) Banking
3 477 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 352 (10.15%) Legal
5 332 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 326 (9.40%) Retail
7 265 (7.64%) Law
8 225 (6.49%) Marketing
9 222 (6.40%) Public Sector
10 176 (5.08%) Financial Institution
11 172 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
12 133 (3.84%) Back Office
13 112 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
14 93 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
15 86 (2.48%) Manufacturing
16 71 (2.05%) Front Office
17 64 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 48 (1.38%) Billing
19 39 (1.12%) Investment Banking
20 37 (1.07%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 579 (16.70%) Senior
2 391 (11.28%) Analyst
3 302 (8.71%) Lead
4 295 (8.51%) Developer
5 234 (6.75%) Software Engineer
6 185 (5.34%) Architect
7 180 (5.19%) Consultant
8 141 (4.07%) Finance Manager
9 135 (3.89%) Senior Manager
10 109 (3.14%) Accountant
11 99 (2.86%) Business Analyst
12 90 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
13 86 (2.48%) Project Manager
14 77 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
15 76 (2.19%) Data Engineer
15 76 (2.19%) Engineering Manager
16 75 (2.16%) C# Developer
17 69 (1.99%) Senior Software Engineer
17 69 (1.99%) Software Developer
18 68 (1.96%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (3.87%) .NET
2 128 (3.69%) React
3 113 (3.26%) REST
4 67 (1.93%) Node.js
5 59 (1.70%) Kafka
6 51 (1.47%) Spring
7 48 (1.38%) CSS
8 45 (1.30%) GraphQL
9 44 (1.27%) SOAP
10 43 (1.24%) RESTful
11 42 (1.21%) Redux
12 39 (1.12%) HTML
13 34 (0.98%) JSON
14 32 (0.92%) Middleware
15 31 (0.89%) jQuery
16 30 (0.87%) .NET Core
17 27 (0.78%) AngularJS
17 27 (0.78%) OAuth
17 27 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
18 25 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 236 (6.81%) Product Ownership
2 200 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.38%) Virtual Team
4 139 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 127 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 103 (2.97%) Web Conferencing
7 97 (2.80%) Podcast
8 74 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 72 (2.08%) Data Centre
10 71 (2.05%) Public Cloud
11 70 (2.02%) Data Structures
12 58 (1.67%) Fixed Income
13 47 (1.36%) Blog
13 47 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
14 45 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 44 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
16 41 (1.18%) Security Posture
17 39 (1.12%) Driving Licence
18 34 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
18 34 (0.98%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 123 (3.55%) Windows
2 104 (3.00%) Linux
3 38 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 25 (0.72%) Unix
5 22 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) Android
7 12 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) CentOS
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 802 (23.13%) Agile
2 517 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
3 493 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 493 (14.22%) Roadmaps
4 428 (12.34%) AI
5 382 (11.02%) Mentoring
6 363 (10.47%) Decision-Making
7 362 (10.44%) Software Engineering
8 360 (10.38%) Analytics
8 360 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 350 (10.10%) DevOps
10 349 (10.07%) CI/CD
11 348 (10.04%) ERP
12 301 (8.68%) Project Management
13 278 (8.02%) Coaching
14 240 (6.92%) Risk Management
15 229 (6.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 210 (6.06%) Fintech
17 206 (5.94%) Test Automation
18 200 (5.77%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 551 (15.89%) SQL
2 364 (10.50%) Python
3 331 (9.55%) Java
4 209 (6.03%) C#
5 134 (3.87%) JavaScript
6 119 (3.43%) TypeScript
7 84 (2.42%) PowerShell
8 83 (2.39%) C++
9 79 (2.28%) Go
10 61 (1.76%) PHP
11 37 (1.07%) PL/SQL
12 30 (0.87%) C
13 21 (0.61%) Apex Code
14 20 (0.58%) Bicep
15 17 (0.49%) R
15 17 (0.49%) Rust
16 16 (0.46%) Bash
16 16 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.37%) VBA
18 12 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 375 (10.82%) Degree
2 248 (7.15%) ACCA
3 205 (5.91%) CIMA
4 185 (5.34%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 102 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.77%) CISSP
8 76 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 60 (1.73%) CISM
10 59 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 51 (1.47%) CISA
12 50 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.15%) PMP
14 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.01%) Azure Certification
16 33 (0.95%) SANS
17 28 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.69%) CIPFA
20 23 (0.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (3.89%) QA
2 120 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.32%) GDPR
4 89 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.22%) NIST
6 65 (1.87%) IFRS
7 60 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 60 (1.73%) PMO
8 50 (1.44%) GRC
9 44 (1.27%) SLA
10 36 (1.04%) GAAP
11 31 (0.89%) COBIT
12 30 (0.87%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.43%) MiFID
17 14 (0.40%) COREP
17 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
17 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 108 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.22%) Docker
3 68 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 42 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.32%) Firmware
7 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.087%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.058%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 176 (5.08%) Terraform
2 145 (4.18%) Kubernetes
3 53 (1.53%) Grafana
4 48 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (0.84%) Ansible
6 18 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
7 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.20%) Argo
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.14%) Endace
9 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.087%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.087%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.087%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.058%) Salt
Vendors
1 560 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 239 (6.89%) Oracle
3 132 (3.81%) SAP
4 125 (3.61%) Databricks
5 95 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.90%) Sage
7 52 (1.50%) Google
8 43 (1.24%) Cisco
8 43 (1.24%) VMware
9 41 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 35 (1.01%) Xero
11 29 (0.84%) Workday
12 25 (0.72%) Adobe
13 23 (0.66%) HubSpot
14 22 (0.63%) Aderant
14 22 (0.63%) Okta
15 21 (0.61%) IBM
16 14 (0.40%) Splunk
17 13 (0.37%) Meraki
17 13 (0.37%) Red Hat