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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,269 3,908 5,011
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.34% 22.51% 25.31%
As % of the General category 34.52% 33.25% 39.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,027 2,500 3,952
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,445
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £91,934
90th Percentile £118,750 £122,750 £113,750
UK median annual salary £63,312 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.67% +3.57% +0.80%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,470 11,754 12,801
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.82% 67.72% 64.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,057 6,823 9,982
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 December 2025.

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 83 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
2 75 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 51 (1.56%) Apache
3 51 (1.56%) Confluence
4 41 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (0.43%) WebSphere
7 13 (0.40%) SAS
8 12 (0.37%) CMS
9 9 (0.28%) JBoss
9 9 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.24%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
12 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
14 3 (0.092%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.092%) IIS
14 3 (0.092%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 335 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.46%) Oracle Smart View
7 8 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.15%) Sketch
8 5 (0.15%) Trello
9 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.061%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.061%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.061%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.061%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.031%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.031%) SPSS
11 1 (0.031%) TeamGantt
Business Applications
1 60 (1.84%) Oracle ERP
2 56 (1.71%) Oracle Payables
3 50 (1.53%) NetSuite
4 47 (1.44%) Unit4 Business World
5 45 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
5 45 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 36 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
7 35 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
8 32 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
9 31 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
10 24 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 21 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
11 21 (0.64%) SAP FI
12 16 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
12 16 (0.49%) SAP CO
12 16 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
13 14 (0.43%) Hyperion Planning
13 14 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
14 13 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
14 13 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 763 (23.34%) Azure
2 438 (13.40%) AWS
3 357 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 260 (7.95%) SaaS
5 236 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
6 202 (6.18%) GitHub
7 182 (5.57%) GCP
8 149 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
9 145 (4.44%) Snowflake
10 134 (4.10%) dbt
11 106 (3.24%) Entra ID
12 98 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 96 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
14 80 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
15 71 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.77%) OCI
17 56 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 49 (1.50%) Power Automate
19 41 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
20 40 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 83 (2.54%) Firewall
2 56 (1.71%) WAN
3 54 (1.65%) Wireless
4 49 (1.50%) LAN
5 45 (1.38%) Network Security
5 45 (1.38%) SD-WAN
5 45 (1.38%) VPN
6 41 (1.25%) TCP/IP
7 38 (1.16%) Wireshark
8 25 (0.76%) DNS
9 20 (0.61%) DHCP
10 19 (0.58%) Internet
11 15 (0.46%) Software-Defined Radio
12 11 (0.34%) VLAN
13 10 (0.31%) CHAP
14 9 (0.28%) BGP
14 9 (0.28%) SSL
14 9 (0.28%) WLAN
15 8 (0.24%) HTTP
15 8 (0.24%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (7.98%) Power BI
2 131 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 111 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 101 (3.09%) Data Lake
5 88 (2.69%) Tableau
6 79 (2.42%) Apache Iceberg
7 76 (2.32%) Amazon Athena
7 76 (2.32%) Apache Arrow
7 76 (2.32%) Dremio
8 64 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
9 50 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 50 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 44 (1.35%) Apache Ignite
11 34 (1.04%) Metadata
12 33 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 32 (0.98%) MySQL
14 28 (0.86%) Big Data
14 28 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 23 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
16 22 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 156 (4.77%) JIRA
2 72 (2.20%) Git
3 70 (2.14%) Oracle Forms
4 61 (1.87%) Jenkins
5 34 (1.04%) Selenium
6 31 (0.95%) Postman
7 27 (0.83%) SoapUI
7 27 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
8 22 (0.67%) WebDriver
9 20 (0.61%) TeamCity
10 18 (0.55%) ERwin
11 17 (0.52%) GitLab
12 16 (0.49%) ER Studio
13 11 (0.34%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.31%) Storybook
15 9 (0.28%) Subversion
16 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.15%) JMeter
19 4 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 1,085 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 582 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
3 407 (12.45%) Banking
4 284 (8.69%) Marketing
5 219 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 208 (6.36%) Retail
7 199 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 159 (4.86%) Legal
9 143 (4.37%) Financial Institution
10 140 (4.28%) Front Office
11 132 (4.04%) Manufacturing
11 132 (4.04%) Telecoms
12 128 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
13 127 (3.88%) Law
14 110 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
15 88 (2.69%) Back Office
16 80 (2.45%) Electronics
17 73 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
18 70 (2.14%) Investment Banking
19 51 (1.56%) Billing
Job Titles
1 548 (16.76%) Senior
2 467 (14.29%) Analyst
3 303 (9.27%) Developer
4 215 (6.58%) Lead
5 202 (6.18%) Software Engineer
6 199 (6.09%) Consultant
7 136 (4.16%) Architect
8 117 (3.58%) Financial Analyst
9 107 (3.27%) Business Analyst
10 97 (2.97%) Python Engineer
11 94 (2.88%) Accountant
12 92 (2.81%) AWS Engineer
13 82 (2.51%) Python Software Engineer
14 81 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 78 (2.39%) AWS Software Engineer
16 77 (2.36%) Project Manager
17 76 (2.32%) Senior Software Engineer
18 75 (2.29%) Java Engineer
19 74 (2.26%) Data Engineer
19 74 (2.26%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (4.77%) .NET
2 120 (3.67%) React
3 102 (3.12%) REST
4 100 (3.06%) RESTful
5 98 (3.00%) SOAP
6 90 (2.75%) Pandas
7 81 (2.48%) Node.js
7 81 (2.48%) NumPy
8 76 (2.32%) SciPy
9 67 (2.05%) AngularJS
10 56 (1.71%) JSON
11 50 (1.53%) Kafka
12 49 (1.50%) OAuth
13 47 (1.44%) gRPC
13 47 (1.44%) Spring
14 46 (1.41%) HTML
14 46 (1.41%) Vue
15 45 (1.38%) GraphQL
16 44 (1.35%) CSS
17 42 (1.28%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 166 (5.08%) Product Ownership
2 154 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 147 (4.50%) Cloud Native
4 127 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 117 (3.58%) Onboarding
6 110 (3.36%) Fixed Income
7 107 (3.27%) e-Learning
8 105 (3.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 89 (2.72%) Equities
10 88 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 75 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
12 70 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
13 69 (2.11%) Data Centre
14 57 (1.74%) Hedge funds
15 51 (1.56%) Derivative
16 41 (1.25%) Pricing Data
17 40 (1.22%) Security Posture
18 38 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
19 37 (1.13%) Blog
19 37 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 157 (4.80%) Linux
2 118 (3.61%) Windows
3 54 (1.65%) Unix
4 38 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 26 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 19 (0.58%) Android
8 15 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.31%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.21%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.18%) VMS
12 4 (0.12%) CentOS
13 2 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.031%) AIX
14 1 (0.031%) MVS
14 1 (0.031%) Solaris
14 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 915 (27.99%) Agile
2 579 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
3 502 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 475 (14.53%) Asset Management
5 462 (14.13%) AI
6 425 (13.00%) DevOps
7 420 (12.85%) Coaching
8 395 (12.08%) Analytics
9 387 (11.84%) Roadmaps
10 370 (11.32%) Decision-Making
11 367 (11.23%) CI/CD
12 365 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
13 357 (10.92%) ERP
14 338 (10.34%) Mentoring
14 338 (10.34%) Software Engineering
15 322 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
16 284 (8.69%) Risk Management
17 270 (8.26%) Project Management
18 214 (6.55%) Test Automation
19 212 (6.49%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 614 (18.78%) SQL
2 458 (14.01%) Python
3 310 (9.48%) Java
4 200 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 178 (5.45%) TypeScript
6 160 (4.89%) C#
7 127 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 76 (2.32%) C++
9 61 (1.87%) PHP
10 50 (1.53%) PL/SQL
11 47 (1.44%) Go
12 46 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 45 (1.38%) Bash
14 43 (1.32%) C
15 38 (1.16%) Shell Script
16 27 (0.83%) Apex Code
17 26 (0.80%) Bicep
18 23 (0.70%) T-SQL
19 20 (0.61%) Scala
20 19 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 415 (12.70%) Degree
2 260 (7.95%) ACCA
3 222 (6.79%) Security Cleared
4 206 (6.30%) CIMA
5 166 (5.08%) SC Cleared
6 134 (4.10%) CISSP
7 78 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 74 (2.26%) CISA
9 71 (2.17%) DV Cleared
10 62 (1.90%) CISM
10 62 (1.90%) CRISC
11 56 (1.71%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
13 46 (1.41%) AAT
14 40 (1.22%) CCNP
15 37 (1.13%) CEH
16 35 (1.07%) Azure Certification
16 35 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 35 (1.07%) ISTQB
16 35 (1.07%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (5.11%) NIST
2 122 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 119 (3.64%) QA
4 117 (3.58%) Data Quality
5 110 (3.36%) GDPR
6 97 (2.97%) PCI DSS
7 87 (2.66%) Accessibility
8 57 (1.74%) GRC
9 49 (1.50%) PMO
10 46 (1.41%) IFRS
11 41 (1.25%) GAAP
12 37 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 33 (1.01%) SLA
14 24 (0.73%) COBIT
15 23 (0.70%) SOC 2
16 21 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
17 12 (0.37%) SEPA
18 11 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
19 10 (0.31%) WCAG
20 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 107 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 60 (1.84%) Docker
3 37 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.01%) Firmware
5 30 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.18%) NFS
9 6 (0.18%) vSphere
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.031%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.031%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 204 (6.24%) Terraform
2 98 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.74%) Ansible
3 57 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
4 52 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (1.01%) Grafana
6 16 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
7 12 (0.37%) SCCM
8 10 (0.31%) Argo
9 8 (0.24%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.12%) Cilium
11 4 (0.12%) Control-M
11 4 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.092%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.092%) QRadar
13 2 (0.061%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.061%) Suricata
Vendors
1 592 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.51%) Oracle
3 175 (5.35%) SAP
4 99 (3.03%) Cisco
5 85 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 84 (2.57%) Databricks
7 57 (1.74%) Google
8 56 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.50%) Workday
10 47 (1.44%) VMware
11 46 (1.41%) Red Hat
12 45 (1.38%) Blue Prism
13 43 (1.32%) Sage
14 30 (0.92%) SolarWinds
15 29 (0.89%) CheckPoint
15 29 (0.89%) Palo Alto
15 29 (0.89%) Xero
16 27 (0.83%) Meraki
17 25 (0.76%) IBM
18 24 (0.73%) Sparx