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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,057 3,669 6,299
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.38% 26.30% 21.05%
As % of the General category 31.90% 36.90% 34.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,945 2,506 4,858
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,164 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +14.17% -8.56%

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 9,583 9,943 18,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.63% 71.27% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,088 6,264 14,684
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £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 £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 March 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 77 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (1.21%) Confluence
4 20 (0.65%) SAS
5 14 (0.46%) Apache
6 13 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.43%) JBoss
6 13 (0.43%) WebSphere
7 12 (0.39%) CMS
8 11 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.20%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.098%) WordPress
13 2 (0.065%) IIS
13 2 (0.065%) nginx
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 236 (7.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 118 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 4 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.098%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.033%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.033%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 55 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
2 52 (1.70%) NetSuite
3 45 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
4 43 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
5 41 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
6 40 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
7 32 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
8 29 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
9 22 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
10 20 (0.65%) SAP FI
11 19 (0.62%) SAP CO
11 19 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
12 15 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
13 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
14 10 (0.33%) Hyperion Planning
14 10 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
15 8 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 707 (23.13%) Azure
2 425 (13.90%) AWS
3 284 (9.29%) Power Platform
4 281 (9.19%) SaaS
5 201 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (5.63%) GCP
7 170 (5.56%) GitHub
8 139 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
9 112 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 96 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
11 87 (2.85%) Entra ID
12 84 (2.75%) Snowflake
13 72 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
14 63 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
16 59 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 57 (1.86%) dbt
18 45 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
19 41 (1.34%) OCI
20 40 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.22%) Firewall
2 50 (1.64%) VPN
2 50 (1.64%) WAN
3 48 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.18%) SD-WAN
5 35 (1.14%) DNS
6 33 (1.08%) DHCP
7 26 (0.85%) Wireless
8 25 (0.82%) LAN
9 23 (0.75%) CHAP
10 22 (0.72%) Network Security
11 16 (0.52%) BGP
11 16 (0.52%) Wireshark
12 15 (0.49%) HTTP
12 15 (0.49%) Internet
12 15 (0.49%) VLAN
13 10 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (0.33%) MPLS
14 9 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (6.67%) Power BI
2 110 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 96 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
4 80 (2.62%) Tableau
5 58 (1.90%) Data Lake
6 53 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 52 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 48 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
9 38 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 31 (1.01%) Big Data
11 27 (0.88%) Metadata
12 23 (0.75%) MySQL
13 21 (0.69%) Relational Database
14 17 (0.56%) DB2
14 17 (0.56%) MongoDB
14 17 (0.56%) NoSQL
15 16 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 16 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
16 13 (0.43%) BigQuery
16 13 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 119 (3.89%) JIRA
2 62 (2.03%) Git
3 54 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 50 (1.64%) Oracle Forms
5 41 (1.34%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.11%) Selenium
7 24 (0.79%) Postman
8 20 (0.65%) SoapUI
8 20 (0.65%) WebDriver
9 18 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.46%) GitLab
11 13 (0.43%) ERwin
12 11 (0.36%) ER Studio
13 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.29%) Storybook
13 9 (0.29%) Subversion
14 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
15 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 1,036 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 510 (16.68%) Analytical Skills
3 471 (15.41%) Banking
4 281 (9.19%) Retail
5 274 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 247 (8.08%) Public Sector
7 214 (7.00%) Marketing
8 211 (6.90%) Law
9 205 (6.71%) Legal
10 203 (6.64%) Financial Institution
11 129 (4.22%) Back Office
12 112 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
13 103 (3.37%) Telecoms
14 102 (3.34%) Manufacturing
15 90 (2.94%) Front Office
15 90 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
16 80 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
17 47 (1.54%) Electronics
18 41 (1.34%) Billing
19 37 (1.21%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 557 (18.22%) Senior
2 400 (13.08%) Analyst
3 264 (8.64%) Developer
4 258 (8.44%) Lead
5 199 (6.51%) Software Engineer
6 159 (5.20%) Architect
7 152 (4.97%) Consultant
8 98 (3.21%) Business Analyst
9 89 (2.91%) Data Engineer
10 86 (2.81%) Project Manager
11 83 (2.72%) Senior Manager
12 78 (2.55%) Finance Manager
13 73 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
13 73 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
14 70 (2.29%) Accountant
14 70 (2.29%) Senior Software Engineer
15 67 (2.19%) Financial Analyst
16 63 (2.06%) IT Manager
17 59 (1.93%) Software Developer
18 56 (1.83%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (4.25%) .NET
2 110 (3.60%) React
3 107 (3.50%) REST
4 85 (2.78%) RESTful
5 81 (2.65%) SOAP
6 69 (2.26%) Node.js
7 68 (2.22%) Kafka
8 60 (1.96%) GraphQL
9 57 (1.86%) JSON
10 45 (1.47%) OAuth
10 45 (1.47%) Spring
11 43 (1.41%) Redux
12 35 (1.14%) Middleware
13 34 (1.11%) HTML
14 31 (1.01%) CSS
14 31 (1.01%) XML
15 26 (0.85%) Spring Boot
16 25 (0.82%) AngularJS
16 25 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
16 25 (0.82%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 209 (6.84%) Cloud Native
2 183 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 125 (4.09%) Management Information System
4 116 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 104 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
6 76 (2.49%) Data Centre
7 69 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
8 64 (2.09%) Fixed Income
9 60 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
10 59 (1.93%) Blog
11 57 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 57 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
12 47 (1.54%) Security Posture
13 39 (1.28%) Data Structures
14 38 (1.24%) Low-Code
15 36 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 33 (1.08%) Public Cloud
18 31 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 29 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 114 (3.73%) Windows
2 105 (3.43%) Linux
3 40 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 29 (0.95%) Unix
5 25 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.59%) Android
7 14 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.065%) CentOS
10 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.033%) AIX
11 1 (0.033%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.033%) VMS
11 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (25.52%) Agile
2 534 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 501 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
4 415 (13.58%) AI
5 408 (13.35%) Analytics
6 402 (13.15%) DevOps
7 400 (13.08%) Coaching
8 397 (12.99%) CI/CD
9 366 (11.97%) Decision-Making
10 362 (11.84%) Roadmaps
11 361 (11.81%) Mentoring
12 329 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 306 (10.01%) Software Engineering
14 296 (9.68%) Asset Management
15 276 (9.03%) Project Management
16 272 (8.90%) Risk Management
17 271 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
18 263 (8.60%) ERP
19 245 (8.01%) Test Automation
20 208 (6.80%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 519 (16.98%) SQL
2 350 (11.45%) Python
3 317 (10.37%) Java
4 172 (5.63%) C#
5 126 (4.12%) JavaScript
6 114 (3.73%) TypeScript
7 97 (3.17%) PowerShell
8 77 (2.52%) Go
9 64 (2.09%) C++
10 58 (1.90%) PHP
11 49 (1.60%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 27 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 27 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 26 (0.85%) C
15 25 (0.82%) Bicep
16 24 (0.79%) Bash
17 16 (0.52%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.46%) Rust
18 14 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 380 (12.43%) Degree
2 211 (6.90%) ACCA
3 184 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 168 (5.50%) CIMA
5 150 (4.91%) CISSP
6 114 (3.73%) SC Cleared
7 94 (3.07%) CISA
8 72 (2.36%) CISM
9 63 (2.06%) CRISC
10 62 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 54 (1.77%) DV Cleared
12 45 (1.47%) DBS Check
12 45 (1.47%) PMI Certification
13 37 (1.21%) Azure Certification
14 36 (1.18%) AAT
15 32 (1.05%) SANS
16 28 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
17 26 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
18 25 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 24 (0.79%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (4.51%) NIST
2 120 (3.93%) QA
3 116 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 115 (3.76%) GDPR
5 110 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.52%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.29%) GRC
8 65 (2.13%) IFRS
9 62 (2.03%) Accessibility
10 41 (1.34%) PMO
11 34 (1.11%) GAAP
12 32 (1.05%) SLA
13 30 (0.98%) COBIT
14 29 (0.95%) SOC 2
15 27 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.59%) P3O
18 12 (0.39%) SEPA
19 9 (0.29%) WCAG
20 8 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 99 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 64 (2.09%) Docker
3 37 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (0.62%) Firmware
6 14 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) vCloud
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 214 (7.00%) Terraform
2 125 (4.09%) Kubernetes
3 53 (1.73%) Grafana
4 48 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
6 36 (1.18%) Ansible
7 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.33%) Argo
9 8 (0.26%) SCCM
10 6 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.16%) Endace
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.13%) QRadar
13 3 (0.098%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.065%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 496 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 174 (5.69%) Oracle
3 129 (4.22%) SAP
4 92 (3.01%) Salesforce
5 88 (2.88%) Databricks
6 62 (2.03%) Google
7 61 (2.00%) Cisco
8 47 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 44 (1.44%) VMware
10 43 (1.41%) Sage
11 30 (0.98%) Workday
12 26 (0.85%) Blue Prism
12 26 (0.85%) Okta
13 24 (0.79%) CheckPoint
13 24 (0.79%) IBM
14 22 (0.72%) HubSpot
15 19 (0.62%) Meraki
16 18 (0.59%) Adobe
17 17 (0.56%) Ab Initio
17 17 (0.56%) Palo Alto