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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,518 4,003 7,156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.92% 26.48% 20.94%
As % of the General category 31.03% 35.34% 34.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,331 2,411 4,902
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,250 £45,006
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 £122,500
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 11,336 11,326 20,715
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.75% 74.92% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,382 6,220 15,237
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,931 £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 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 11 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 96 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.05%) Confluence
3 34 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.45%) SAS
5 11 (0.31%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.085%) Apache
10 3 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.085%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 202 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.14%) Sketch
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) CorelDRAW
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.085%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.085%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.085%) Productboard
9 3 (0.085%) SPSS
10 2 (0.057%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.028%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 64 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
2 53 (1.51%) NetSuite
3 39 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
4 33 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
5 32 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
7 26 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
8 24 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
9 22 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
9 22 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
10 19 (0.54%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
14 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
15 8 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 704 (20.01%) Azure
2 492 (13.99%) AWS
3 310 (8.81%) SaaS
4 230 (6.54%) Power Platform
5 180 (5.12%) GCP
6 133 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
7 109 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
8 91 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
9 80 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 80 (2.27%) Snowflake
10 74 (2.10%) Entra ID
11 65 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
12 61 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
12 61 (1.73%) Azure AI
13 54 (1.53%) GitHub
14 49 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
15 37 (1.05%) PaaS
16 34 (0.97%) PowerApps
17 32 (0.91%) Serverless
18 31 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.90%) Firewall
2 48 (1.36%) TCP/IP
3 42 (1.19%) VPN
4 38 (1.08%) HTTP
5 36 (1.02%) WAN
6 35 (0.99%) DNS
7 34 (0.97%) DHCP
8 32 (0.91%) Network Security
9 24 (0.68%) SD-WAN
10 22 (0.63%) Broadband
11 20 (0.57%) BGP
11 20 (0.57%) CHAP
11 20 (0.57%) MPLS
12 16 (0.45%) LAN
13 15 (0.43%) VLAN
13 15 (0.43%) Wireless
14 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 156 (4.43%) Power BI
3 57 (1.62%) Tableau
4 50 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (1.25%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (0.77%) MongoDB
9 26 (0.74%) Big Data
9 26 (0.74%) Relational Database
9 26 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (0.63%) MySQL
12 17 (0.48%) Db2
12 17 (0.48%) Metadata
13 15 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.40%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
15 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 108 (3.07%) JIRA
2 63 (1.79%) Git
3 41 (1.17%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.74%) Selenium
5 17 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.48%) Postman
6 14 (0.40%) JUnit
6 14 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 11 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.28%) Maven
8 10 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 9 (0.26%) Mockito
10 8 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.17%) GitLab
11 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.085%) Eclipse
General
1 1,117 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 607 (17.25%) Banking
3 469 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 363 (10.32%) Legal
5 333 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 309 (8.78%) Retail
7 260 (7.39%) Law
8 218 (6.20%) Marketing
9 210 (5.97%) Public Sector
10 185 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
11 173 (4.92%) Financial Institution
12 129 (3.67%) Back Office
13 109 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
14 91 (2.59%) Manufacturing
14 91 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
15 66 (1.88%) Front Office
16 60 (1.71%) Telecoms
17 51 (1.45%) Billing
18 45 (1.28%) Investment Banking
19 40 (1.14%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 567 (16.12%) Senior
2 391 (11.11%) Analyst
3 320 (9.10%) Lead
4 309 (8.78%) Developer
5 248 (7.05%) Software Engineer
6 199 (5.66%) Architect
7 177 (5.03%) Consultant
8 148 (4.21%) Finance Manager
9 147 (4.18%) Senior Manager
10 109 (3.10%) Accountant
11 100 (2.84%) Business Analyst
12 91 (2.59%) Project Manager
13 87 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
13 87 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 85 (2.42%) Engineering Manager
15 78 (2.22%) IT Manager
16 72 (2.05%) Graduate
17 67 (1.90%) Lead Software Engineer
18 66 (1.88%) C# Developer
18 66 (1.88%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (3.98%) .NET
2 136 (3.87%) React
3 113 (3.21%) REST
4 75 (2.13%) Node.js
5 54 (1.53%) CSS
6 52 (1.48%) Kafka
6 52 (1.48%) Spring
7 42 (1.19%) Redux
8 41 (1.17%) GraphQL
9 37 (1.05%) .NET Core
10 36 (1.02%) HTML
10 36 (1.02%) jQuery
11 33 (0.94%) RESTful
12 32 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
13 30 (0.85%) SOAP
13 30 (0.85%) TensorFlow
14 29 (0.82%) Middleware
14 29 (0.82%) PyTorch
15 27 (0.77%) AngularJS
16 26 (0.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 245 (6.96%) Product Ownership
2 199 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.41%) Virtual Team
4 139 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 131 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 108 (3.07%) Web Conferencing
7 100 (2.84%) Podcast
8 74 (2.10%) Public Cloud
9 73 (2.08%) Data Centre
10 72 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
11 65 (1.85%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.59%) Fixed Income
13 48 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
14 46 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.22%) Security Posture
16 42 (1.19%) Blog
17 41 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
18 40 (1.14%) Driving Licence
19 33 (0.94%) Credit Risk
19 33 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 118 (3.35%) Windows
2 104 (2.96%) Linux
3 36 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.63%) Unix
5 20 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.34%) Android
7 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.028%) AIX
10 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 790 (22.46%) Agile
2 540 (15.35%) Roadmaps
3 518 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 517 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
5 428 (12.17%) AI
6 400 (11.37%) Software Engineering
7 388 (11.03%) Decision-Making
8 380 (10.80%) Mentoring
9 377 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 368 (10.46%) Analytics
11 353 (10.03%) ERP
12 322 (9.15%) CI/CD
12 322 (9.15%) DevOps
13 305 (8.67%) Project Management
14 250 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 249 (7.08%) Risk Management
16 235 (6.68%) Coaching
17 208 (5.91%) Customer Service
18 207 (5.88%) Fintech
19 199 (5.66%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 539 (15.32%) SQL
2 363 (10.32%) Python
3 326 (9.27%) Java
4 215 (6.11%) C#
5 144 (4.09%) JavaScript
6 126 (3.58%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.44%) C++
8 75 (2.13%) Go
8 75 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 63 (1.79%) PHP
10 32 (0.91%) PL/SQL
11 28 (0.80%) C
12 22 (0.63%) Bicep
13 20 (0.57%) R
14 17 (0.48%) Apex Code
14 17 (0.48%) Bash
14 17 (0.48%) Rust
15 14 (0.40%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.37%) VBA
17 12 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 374 (10.63%) Degree
2 247 (7.02%) ACCA
3 205 (5.83%) CIMA
4 179 (5.09%) Security Cleared
5 123 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 102 (2.90%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.73%) CISSP
8 81 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.73%) CISM
10 57 (1.62%) PMI Certification
11 48 (1.36%) CISA
12 46 (1.31%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.17%) PMP
14 35 (0.99%) Azure Certification
15 33 (0.94%) SANS
16 31 (0.88%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
17 27 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
18 23 (0.65%) CIPFA
18 23 (0.65%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (3.92%) QA
2 125 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.30%) GDPR
4 91 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 82 (2.33%) NIST
6 67 (1.90%) IFRS
7 64 (1.82%) PMO
8 57 (1.62%) Accessibility
9 46 (1.31%) GRC
10 45 (1.28%) SLA
11 37 (1.05%) GAAP
12 34 (0.97%) PCI DSS
13 32 (0.91%) COBIT
14 22 (0.63%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.45%) 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
1 100 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 72 (2.05%) Docker
3 64 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 36 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) Firmware
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 154 (4.38%) Terraform
2 140 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 50 (1.42%) Grafana
4 48 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.77%) Ansible
6 11 (0.31%) 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 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.11%) Argo
11 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.11%) QRadar
11 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.085%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.085%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.057%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 571 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.57%) Oracle
3 129 (3.67%) SAP
4 119 (3.38%) Databricks
5 91 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.93%) Sage
7 52 (1.48%) Google
8 49 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.22%) Cisco
10 40 (1.14%) VMware
11 36 (1.02%) Xero
12 29 (0.82%) Workday
13 26 (0.74%) Adobe
14 23 (0.65%) HubSpot
15 22 (0.63%) Aderant
16 19 (0.54%) IBM
17 18 (0.51%) Splunk
18 17 (0.48%) Okta
19 14 (0.40%) Meraki
20 13 (0.37%) IFS
1,678 hybrid/remote Finance jobs