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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,293 3,498 7,056
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.15% 26.00% 21.69%
As % of the General category 32.59% 36.01% 35.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,166 2,599 4,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,050
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 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -8.09%

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 10,103 9,715 20,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.70% 72.20% 61.89%
Number of salaries quoted 6,730 6,480 15,144
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
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 £112,500 £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 1 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 82 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.18%) Confluence
3 31 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.43%) SAS
5 10 (0.30%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) Apache
9 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.15%) IIS
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.061%) nginx
10 2 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.030%) Camunda
11 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.030%) WordPress
Applications
1 201 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.061%) Sketch
11 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.030%) SPSS
11 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 66 (2.00%) Oracle Financials
2 56 (1.70%) NetSuite
3 49 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
4 45 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.31%) Oracle ERP
6 35 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
7 31 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
8 28 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
8 28 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.52%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
14 11 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
14 11 (0.33%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.30%) SAP CO
15 10 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 730 (22.17%) Azure
2 451 (13.70%) AWS
3 293 (8.90%) SaaS
4 218 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.44%) GCP
6 149 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
7 131 (3.98%) GitHub
8 122 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.34%) Snowflake
10 106 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
11 91 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 79 (2.40%) Entra ID
13 76 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 67 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
15 63 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
16 60 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (1.79%) Azure AI
18 43 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
19 42 (1.28%) dbt
20 38 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (1.79%) Firewall
2 51 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.40%) VPN
4 45 (1.37%) WAN
5 41 (1.25%) DNS
6 39 (1.18%) DHCP
7 35 (1.06%) HTTP
8 29 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 27 (0.82%) CHAP
10 24 (0.73%) Network Security
11 19 (0.58%) BGP
12 17 (0.52%) LAN
12 17 (0.52%) MPLS
12 17 (0.52%) Wireless
13 16 (0.49%) Broadband
14 14 (0.43%) VLAN
15 13 (0.39%) Internet
16 12 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
17 10 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
18 9 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.86%) SQL Server
2 159 (4.83%) Power BI
3 70 (2.13%) Tableau
4 68 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 54 (1.64%) Data Lake
6 41 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (0.88%) Big Data
8 29 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 22 (0.67%) Metadata
10 22 (0.67%) MySQL
10 22 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 18 (0.55%) NoSQL
12 17 (0.52%) DB2
13 14 (0.43%) Delta Lake
13 14 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 14 (0.43%) SAP BW
14 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 120 (3.64%) JIRA
2 68 (2.06%) Git
3 36 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 35 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
5 33 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.88%) Selenium
7 20 (0.61%) Postman
8 16 (0.49%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.46%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.30%) GitLab
13 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.21%) Storybook
13 7 (0.21%) Subversion
14 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
15 4 (0.12%) ERwin
15 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,046 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 590 (17.92%) Banking
3 461 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 291 (8.84%) Retail
6 269 (8.17%) Legal
7 238 (7.23%) Law
8 236 (7.17%) Marketing
9 232 (7.05%) Public Sector
10 172 (5.22%) Financial Institution
11 120 (3.64%) Back Office
12 114 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
13 104 (3.16%) Manufacturing
14 102 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
15 95 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
16 82 (2.49%) Front Office
17 74 (2.25%) Telecoms
18 37 (1.12%) Investment Banking
19 36 (1.09%) Advertising
19 36 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 583 (17.70%) Senior
2 395 (12.00%) Analyst
3 272 (8.26%) Developer
4 266 (8.08%) Lead
5 215 (6.53%) Software Engineer
6 177 (5.38%) Consultant
7 161 (4.89%) Architect
8 126 (3.83%) Finance Manager
9 109 (3.31%) Senior Manager
10 105 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 102 (3.10%) Accountant
12 90 (2.73%) Project Manager
13 88 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
14 87 (2.64%) C# Developer
15 81 (2.46%) Data Engineer
16 80 (2.43%) Software Developer
17 76 (2.31%) Graduate
18 75 (2.28%) Financial Analyst
18 75 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
19 72 (2.19%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (3.64%) .NET
2 117 (3.55%) React
3 113 (3.43%) REST
4 66 (2.00%) Kafka
4 66 (2.00%) Node.js
5 59 (1.79%) SOAP
6 55 (1.67%) RESTful
7 52 (1.58%) GraphQL
8 47 (1.43%) CSS
9 46 (1.40%) JSON
10 43 (1.31%) Redux
11 41 (1.25%) Spring
12 38 (1.15%) OAuth
13 34 (1.03%) jQuery
14 33 (1.00%) HTML
15 31 (0.94%) Middleware
16 29 (0.88%) XML
17 28 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
18 25 (0.76%) AngularJS
19 21 (0.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 211 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 208 (6.32%) Cloud Native
3 128 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 128 (3.89%) Onboarding
4 76 (2.31%) Virtual Team
5 75 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 71 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 62 (1.88%) Fixed Income
7 62 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 60 (1.82%) Data Structures
8 60 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 51 (1.55%) Blog
9 51 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
10 43 (1.31%) Security Posture
11 42 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
12 41 (1.25%) Web Conferencing
13 36 (1.09%) Low-Code
14 35 (1.06%) Driving Licence
14 35 (1.06%) Podcast
15 33 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 120 (3.64%) Windows
2 96 (2.92%) Linux
3 44 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.82%) Unix
5 26 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.52%) Android
7 16 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.091%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.061%) CentOS
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.030%) VMS
12 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (24.54%) Agile
2 502 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 480 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
4 466 (14.15%) Roadmaps
5 400 (12.15%) AI
6 372 (11.30%) DevOps
7 359 (10.90%) Mentoring
8 357 (10.84%) Decision-Making
9 356 (10.81%) CI/CD
10 350 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 346 (10.51%) ERP
12 339 (10.29%) Analytics
13 337 (10.23%) Software Engineering
14 322 (9.78%) Coaching
15 281 (8.53%) Risk Management
16 276 (8.38%) Project Management
17 226 (6.86%) Test Automation
18 216 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
19 212 (6.44%) Fintech
20 205 (6.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 535 (16.25%) SQL
2 342 (10.39%) Python
3 328 (9.96%) Java
4 204 (6.19%) C#
5 120 (3.64%) TypeScript
6 110 (3.34%) JavaScript
7 86 (2.61%) C++
8 84 (2.55%) Go
9 81 (2.46%) PowerShell
10 73 (2.22%) PHP
11 36 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.88%) C
13 23 (0.70%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.67%) Bicep
15 19 (0.58%) Rust
16 18 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.46%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.43%) VBA
19 13 (0.39%) Bash
20 12 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 371 (11.27%) Degree
2 267 (8.11%) ACCA
3 221 (6.71%) CIMA
4 189 (5.74%) Security Cleared
5 153 (4.65%) CISSP
6 108 (3.28%) SC Cleared
7 99 (3.01%) CISA
8 81 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (2.19%) CISM
10 66 (2.00%) CRISC
11 56 (1.70%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 50 (1.52%) PMI Certification
13 39 (1.18%) SANS
14 37 (1.12%) DBS Check
15 30 (0.91%) Azure Certification
16 29 (0.88%) PMP
17 27 (0.82%) CGEIT
17 27 (0.82%) FFIEC
17 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (3.86%) NIST
2 126 (3.83%) QA
3 116 (3.52%) GDPR
4 115 (3.49%) Data Quality
5 90 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 75 (2.28%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.13%) IFRS
8 63 (1.91%) GRC
9 56 (1.70%) Accessibility
10 47 (1.43%) PMO
11 40 (1.21%) GAAP
12 34 (1.03%) SLA
13 33 (1.00%) COBIT
14 23 (0.70%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.46%) MiFID
17 14 (0.43%) P3O
18 13 (0.39%) EMIR
19 12 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 105 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.22%) Docker
3 70 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.43%) Firmware
5 14 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.15%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 186 (5.65%) Terraform
2 135 (4.10%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.46%) Grafana
4 41 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.91%) Ansible
6 28 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.30%) Argo
7 10 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.15%) Endace
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.091%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.091%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.091%) Puppet
12 3 (0.091%) QRadar
13 2 (0.061%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 539 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 223 (6.77%) Oracle
3 139 (4.22%) SAP
4 135 (4.10%) Databricks
5 84 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 61 (1.85%) Sage
7 60 (1.82%) Google
8 53 (1.61%) VMware
9 43 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 38 (1.15%) Cisco
11 30 (0.91%) Workday
12 28 (0.85%) Xero
13 25 (0.76%) Okta
14 21 (0.64%) Adobe
14 21 (0.64%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.64%) IBM
15 18 (0.55%) Red Hat
16 17 (0.52%) Aderant
17 15 (0.46%) Atlassian
18 12 (0.36%) Ab Initio