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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,063 3,584 6,304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.16% 26.56% 20.99%
As % of the General category 31.80% 37.09% 34.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,961 2,510 4,853
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £98,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -9.30%

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 9,632 9,664 18,443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.12% 71.63% 61.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,189 6,267 14,717
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,780
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 18 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 73 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.21%) Confluence
3 33 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.62%) SAS
5 13 (0.42%) JBoss
5 13 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.39%) Apache
6 12 (0.39%) CMS
7 10 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.20%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.098%) WordPress
12 2 (0.065%) IIS
12 2 (0.065%) nginx
12 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 233 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 118 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
5 11 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
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 56 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 55 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
3 44 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
3 44 (1.44%) Oracle Financials
4 41 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
5 40 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 32 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
7 31 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
8 30 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
9 24 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
10 18 (0.59%) SAP FI
11 17 (0.56%) SAP CO
11 17 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
12 16 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
14 12 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
14 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
15 10 (0.33%) Hyperion Planning
15 10 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
15 10 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 694 (22.66%) Azure
2 428 (13.97%) AWS
3 287 (9.37%) SaaS
4 268 (8.75%) Power Platform
5 190 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
6 173 (5.65%) GCP
7 164 (5.35%) GitHub
8 136 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 95 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
11 78 (2.55%) Snowflake
12 77 (2.51%) Entra ID
13 71 (2.32%) GitHub Copilot
14 70 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
15 59 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 58 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
17 52 (1.70%) dbt
18 43 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
19 38 (1.24%) OCI
20 37 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 64 (2.09%) Firewall
2 50 (1.63%) VPN
3 48 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 46 (1.50%) WAN
5 34 (1.11%) DNS
6 32 (1.04%) DHCP
6 32 (1.04%) SD-WAN
7 24 (0.78%) CHAP
8 23 (0.75%) Network Security
9 22 (0.72%) Wireless
10 21 (0.69%) LAN
11 16 (0.52%) BGP
11 16 (0.52%) HTTP
12 15 (0.49%) VLAN
13 14 (0.46%) Internet
14 12 (0.39%) Wireshark
15 11 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
16 10 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
16 10 (0.33%) MPLS
17 9 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (6.46%) Power BI
2 110 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 92 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 77 (2.51%) Tableau
5 55 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 53 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 53 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 46 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
8 38 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (0.98%) Big Data
10 25 (0.82%) Metadata
11 22 (0.72%) MySQL
12 19 (0.62%) DB2
12 19 (0.62%) Relational Database
13 18 (0.59%) NoSQL
14 15 (0.49%) MongoDB
14 15 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 15 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (0.39%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (3.85%) JIRA
2 62 (2.02%) Git
3 50 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 47 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
5 43 (1.40%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.11%) Selenium
7 23 (0.75%) Postman
8 19 (0.62%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.62%) WebDriver
9 17 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.42%) GitLab
12 12 (0.39%) ERwin
13 10 (0.33%) ER Studio
14 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.29%) Storybook
14 9 (0.29%) Subversion
15 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
16 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,036 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 510 (16.65%) Analytical Skills
3 492 (16.06%) Banking
4 288 (9.40%) Retail
5 284 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 246 (8.03%) Public Sector
7 226 (7.38%) Marketing
8 222 (7.25%) Law
9 210 (6.86%) Legal
10 207 (6.76%) Financial Institution
11 135 (4.41%) Back Office
12 120 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
13 103 (3.36%) Manufacturing
14 98 (3.20%) Telecoms
15 88 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
16 84 (2.74%) Front Office
17 82 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
18 47 (1.53%) Electronics
19 39 (1.27%) Billing
20 38 (1.24%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 559 (18.25%) Senior
2 394 (12.86%) Analyst
3 262 (8.55%) Lead
4 252 (8.23%) Developer
5 202 (6.59%) Software Engineer
6 158 (5.16%) Architect
7 157 (5.13%) Consultant
8 100 (3.26%) Business Analyst
9 88 (2.87%) Data Engineer
9 88 (2.87%) Project Manager
10 83 (2.71%) Finance Manager
11 82 (2.68%) Senior Manager
12 73 (2.38%) Accountant
12 73 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
12 73 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
13 72 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
14 67 (2.19%) Financial Analyst
15 65 (2.12%) IT Manager
16 57 (1.86%) C# Developer
17 55 (1.80%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (4.15%) .NET
2 114 (3.72%) React
3 105 (3.43%) REST
4 80 (2.61%) RESTful
5 76 (2.48%) SOAP
6 71 (2.32%) Kafka
7 69 (2.25%) Node.js
8 59 (1.93%) GraphQL
9 54 (1.76%) JSON
10 44 (1.44%) OAuth
11 43 (1.40%) Redux
12 41 (1.34%) Spring
13 35 (1.14%) Middleware
14 33 (1.08%) HTML
15 31 (1.01%) CSS
16 29 (0.95%) XML
17 24 (0.78%) .NET Core
17 24 (0.78%) AngularJS
17 24 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
18 23 (0.75%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 212 (6.92%) Cloud Native
2 182 (5.94%) Product Ownership
3 119 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 119 (3.89%) Onboarding
4 101 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
5 74 (2.42%) Data Centre
6 66 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (1.99%) Fixed Income
8 60 (1.96%) Blog
9 57 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 55 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
11 50 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
12 46 (1.50%) Security Posture
13 42 (1.37%) Data Structures
14 39 (1.27%) Low-Code
15 37 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.14%) Public Cloud
16 35 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 29 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 29 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 117 (3.82%) Windows
2 103 (3.36%) Linux
3 39 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 28 (0.91%) Unix
5 26 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.62%) Android
7 15 (0.49%) 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
1 760 (24.81%) Agile
2 529 (17.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 508 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
4 402 (13.12%) DevOps
5 399 (13.03%) AI
5 399 (13.03%) Analytics
6 392 (12.80%) CI/CD
7 385 (12.57%) Coaching
8 366 (11.95%) Decision-Making
9 354 (11.56%) Mentoring
10 349 (11.39%) Roadmaps
11 330 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 305 (9.96%) Software Engineering
13 281 (9.17%) Project Management
14 275 (8.98%) Asset Management
15 271 (8.85%) ERP
16 268 (8.75%) Risk Management
17 262 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
18 242 (7.90%) Test Automation
19 212 (6.92%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 504 (16.45%) SQL
2 347 (11.33%) Python
3 311 (10.15%) Java
4 175 (5.71%) C#
5 117 (3.82%) JavaScript
6 112 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 90 (2.94%) PowerShell
8 85 (2.78%) Go
9 64 (2.09%) C++
10 59 (1.93%) PHP
11 46 (1.50%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 26 (0.85%) Apex Code
13 26 (0.85%) C
14 24 (0.78%) Bicep
14 24 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 22 (0.72%) Bash
16 16 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 14 (0.46%) Rust
18 13 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 379 (12.37%) Degree
2 214 (6.99%) ACCA
3 175 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 173 (5.65%) CIMA
5 148 (4.83%) CISSP
6 105 (3.43%) SC Cleared
7 95 (3.10%) CISA
8 70 (2.29%) CISM
9 64 (2.09%) CRISC
10 63 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 53 (1.73%) DV Cleared
12 47 (1.53%) PMI Certification
13 45 (1.47%) DBS Check
14 38 (1.24%) Azure Certification
15 35 (1.14%) AAT
16 33 (1.08%) SANS
17 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.78%) CGEIT
19 24 (0.78%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (4.44%) NIST
2 121 (3.95%) QA
3 115 (3.75%) Data Quality
4 111 (3.62%) GDPR
5 107 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.51%) PCI DSS
7 71 (2.32%) GRC
8 65 (2.12%) IFRS
9 58 (1.89%) Accessibility
10 42 (1.37%) PMO
11 34 (1.11%) GAAP
12 33 (1.08%) SLA
13 30 (0.98%) COBIT
14 29 (0.95%) SOC 2
15 26 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
16 20 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.56%) P3O
18 12 (0.39%) SEPA
19 8 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
19 8 (0.26%) EMIR
System Software
1 93 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 72 (2.35%) Docker
3 37 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.69%) Firmware
5 19 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.42%) 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 (6.99%) Terraform
2 132 (4.31%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.80%) Grafana
4 43 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 34 (1.11%) Ansible
7 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.33%) Argo
9 8 (0.26%) Istio
9 8 (0.26%) SCCM
10 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.16%) Endace
10 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.13%) Cilium
11 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.13%) QRadar
12 3 (0.098%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 481 (15.70%) Microsoft
2 174 (5.68%) Oracle
3 128 (4.18%) SAP
4 90 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 86 (2.81%) Databricks
6 62 (2.02%) Google
7 55 (1.80%) Cisco
8 47 (1.53%) Sage
9 46 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 43 (1.40%) VMware
11 28 (0.91%) Workday
12 26 (0.85%) IBM
13 24 (0.78%) Okta
14 23 (0.75%) HubSpot
15 20 (0.65%) Adobe
15 20 (0.65%) CheckPoint
16 17 (0.56%) Blue Prism
17 16 (0.52%) Ab Initio
17 16 (0.52%) Meraki
18 15 (0.49%) Red Hat