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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,486 3,920 7,102
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.17% 26.40% 21.16%
As % of the General category 31.66% 35.19% 34.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,296 2,369 4,867
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,000
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 11,012 11,140 20,469
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.41% 75.03% 60.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,216 6,109 15,141
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £80,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,443 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.25% +9.41% -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 3 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 93 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.03%) Confluence
3 33 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.49%) SAS
5 10 (0.29%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.086%) Apache
10 3 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.029%) Camunda
Applications
1 201 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.11%) 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%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.086%) Productboard
8 3 (0.086%) SPSS
9 2 (0.057%) CorelDRAW
10 1 (0.029%) Notion
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (1.92%) Oracle Financials
2 52 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 44 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
4 38 (1.09%) Oracle Assets
5 33 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
6 26 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
6 26 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
6 26 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
7 24 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
8 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
9 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
10 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
11 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
11 15 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
14 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 704 (20.20%) Azure
2 486 (13.94%) AWS
3 312 (8.95%) SaaS
4 227 (6.51%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.13%) GCP
6 132 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
7 114 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
9 85 (2.44%) Snowflake
10 84 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 73 (2.09%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.92%) Azure Machine Learning
13 65 (1.86%) GitHub
14 64 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (1.75%) Azure AI
16 57 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
17 34 (0.98%) OCI
18 33 (0.95%) PaaS
19 32 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (1.98%) Firewall
2 49 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 42 (1.20%) VPN
4 38 (1.09%) WAN
5 37 (1.06%) HTTP
6 35 (1.00%) DNS
7 34 (0.98%) DHCP
8 32 (0.92%) Network Security
9 25 (0.72%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.60%) 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 ASA
15 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 156 (4.48%) Power BI
3 60 (1.72%) Tableau
4 51 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (1.38%) Data Lake
6 47 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (0.77%) Big Data
9 26 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 26 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (0.69%) MongoDB
10 24 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (0.63%) MySQL
12 19 (0.55%) Metadata
13 17 (0.49%) DB2
13 17 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
15 12 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 106 (3.04%) JIRA
2 69 (1.98%) Git
3 42 (1.20%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.80%) Selenium
5 19 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.52%) Postman
7 15 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.43%) WebDriver
8 14 (0.40%) JUnit
9 12 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
10 11 (0.32%) SoapUI
11 10 (0.29%) Maven
12 9 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.26%) Mockito
13 8 (0.23%) GitLab
14 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
16 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
17 3 (0.086%) ERwin
General
1 1,099 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 591 (16.95%) Banking
3 474 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 367 (10.53%) Legal
5 332 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 320 (9.18%) Retail
7 266 (7.63%) Law
8 223 (6.40%) Marketing
9 214 (6.14%) Public Sector
10 180 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
11 174 (4.99%) Financial Institution
12 130 (3.73%) Back Office
13 109 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
14 92 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
15 87 (2.50%) Manufacturing
16 66 (1.89%) Front Office
17 60 (1.72%) Telecoms
18 45 (1.29%) Billing
19 42 (1.20%) Investment Banking
20 37 (1.06%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 566 (16.24%) Senior
2 390 (11.19%) Analyst
3 321 (9.21%) Lead
4 308 (8.84%) Developer
5 240 (6.88%) Software Engineer
6 194 (5.57%) Architect
7 176 (5.05%) Consultant
8 142 (4.07%) Senior Manager
9 141 (4.04%) Finance Manager
10 105 (3.01%) Accountant
11 99 (2.84%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
13 88 (2.52%) Project Manager
14 83 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
15 81 (2.32%) Engineering Manager
16 75 (2.15%) Data Engineer
17 72 (2.07%) IT Manager
18 67 (1.92%) Lead Software Engineer
19 66 (1.89%) C# Developer
20 65 (1.86%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (3.90%) .NET
1 136 (3.90%) React
2 111 (3.18%) REST
3 71 (2.04%) Node.js
4 55 (1.58%) Kafka
5 54 (1.55%) CSS
6 52 (1.49%) Spring
7 42 (1.20%) GraphQL
7 42 (1.20%) Redux
8 38 (1.09%) HTML
8 38 (1.09%) RESTful
9 36 (1.03%) jQuery
10 35 (1.00%) SOAP
11 33 (0.95%) .NET Core
12 31 (0.89%) Middleware
13 30 (0.86%) JSON
14 29 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
15 28 (0.80%) TensorFlow
16 27 (0.77%) AngularJS
16 27 (0.77%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 241 (6.91%) Product Ownership
2 194 (5.57%) Cloud Native
3 154 (4.42%) Virtual Team
4 138 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 128 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 105 (3.01%) Web Conferencing
7 99 (2.84%) Podcast
8 73 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 71 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 70 (2.01%) Data Centre
11 65 (1.86%) Data Structures
12 55 (1.58%) Fixed Income
13 46 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
13 46 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
14 43 (1.23%) Blog
15 42 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
15 42 (1.20%) Security Posture
16 40 (1.15%) Driving Licence
17 33 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
17 33 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 118 (3.38%) Windows
2 101 (2.90%) Linux
3 36 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.63%) Unix
5 20 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.37%) Android
7 11 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.086%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.057%) 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
1 790 (22.66%) Agile
2 522 (14.97%) Roadmaps
3 513 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
4 498 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 430 (12.34%) AI
6 386 (11.07%) Software Engineering
7 379 (10.87%) Decision-Making
8 378 (10.84%) Mentoring
9 373 (10.70%) Analytics
10 370 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 346 (9.93%) ERP
12 338 (9.70%) DevOps
13 336 (9.64%) CI/CD
14 305 (8.75%) Project Management
15 250 (7.17%) Coaching
16 245 (7.03%) Risk Management
17 240 (6.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 205 (5.88%) Customer Service
19 203 (5.82%) Fintech
20 197 (5.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 548 (15.72%) SQL
2 374 (10.73%) Python
3 330 (9.47%) Java
4 211 (6.05%) C#
5 142 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 123 (3.53%) TypeScript
7 87 (2.50%) C++
8 79 (2.27%) Go
8 79 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 58 (1.66%) PHP
10 34 (0.98%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.83%) C
12 20 (0.57%) Bicep
13 19 (0.55%) R
14 18 (0.52%) Apex Code
15 17 (0.49%) Rust
16 16 (0.46%) Bash
17 15 (0.43%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.37%) VBA
19 12 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 371 (10.64%) Degree
2 241 (6.91%) ACCA
3 199 (5.71%) CIMA
4 183 (5.25%) Security Cleared
5 119 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 104 (2.98%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.75%) CISSP
8 81 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 60 (1.72%) CISM
10 58 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.41%) CISA
13 40 (1.15%) PMP
14 36 (1.03%) Azure Certification
15 34 (0.98%) SANS
16 33 (0.95%) DBS Check
17 29 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
19 23 (0.66%) CIPFA
19 23 (0.66%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (3.96%) QA
2 123 (3.53%) Data Quality
3 117 (3.36%) GDPR
4 91 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (2.29%) NIST
6 64 (1.84%) IFRS
7 63 (1.81%) PMO
8 59 (1.69%) Accessibility
9 48 (1.38%) GRC
10 44 (1.26%) SLA
11 36 (1.03%) GAAP
12 32 (0.92%) COBIT
13 31 (0.89%) PCI DSS
14 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.57%) 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
1 104 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.18%) Docker
3 67 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.23%) Firmware
9 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.14%) vSphere
10 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.029%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.029%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 161 (4.62%) Terraform
2 146 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.49%) Grafana
4 49 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.77%) Ansible
6 13 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.17%) Argo
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.11%) QRadar
11 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.086%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.057%) Salt
Vendors
1 565 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 234 (6.71%) Oracle
3 129 (3.70%) SAP
4 122 (3.50%) Databricks
5 88 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.89%) Sage
7 52 (1.49%) Google
8 46 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 42 (1.20%) Cisco
9 42 (1.20%) VMware
10 35 (1.00%) Xero
11 28 (0.80%) Workday
12 25 (0.72%) Adobe
12 25 (0.72%) HubSpot
13 21 (0.60%) Aderant
14 20 (0.57%) IBM
15 18 (0.52%) Okta
16 16 (0.46%) Splunk
17 13 (0.37%) Meraki
17 13 (0.37%) OpenAI