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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,157 4,107 5,421
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.32% 24.98% 21.73%
As % of the General category 30.54% 34.38% 35.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 2,427 3,443
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,840 £37,504
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.75% +1.79%
75th Percentile £91,436 £98,474 £104,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

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 13,610 11,945 15,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.98% 72.65% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,648 10,271
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 August 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
1 113 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.30%) Confluence
3 30 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.41%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) CMS
9 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.096%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) JBoss
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 260 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 133 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.38%) Simulink
7 12 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.096%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.096%) Sketch
12 3 (0.072%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.072%) Productboard
13 2 (0.048%) InDesign
13 2 (0.048%) SPSS
14 1 (0.024%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.024%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.024%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 66 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 53 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 28 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
6 26 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
7 22 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (0.48%) Elite 3E
8 20 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 18 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
11 15 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
12 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.34%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.31%) Primavera
13 13 (0.31%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.29%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 885 (21.29%) Azure
2 606 (14.58%) AWS
3 343 (8.25%) SaaS
4 309 (7.43%) Power Platform
5 213 (5.12%) GCP
6 166 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
7 142 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 106 (2.55%) Snowflake
10 80 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
11 78 (1.88%) PaaS
12 72 (1.73%) Entra ID
13 67 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 64 (1.54%) GitHub
16 57 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (1.35%) PowerApps
18 55 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
19 51 (1.23%) Serverless
20 44 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.92%) WAN
2 79 (1.90%) LAN
3 64 (1.54%) Firewall
4 43 (1.03%) Network Security
4 43 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.96%) HTTP
6 38 (0.91%) DNS
7 29 (0.70%) DHCP
7 29 (0.70%) VPN
8 21 (0.51%) Broadband
9 17 (0.41%) Wireless
10 15 (0.36%) MPLS
11 14 (0.34%) VLAN
12 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (0.29%) BGP
14 11 (0.26%) Internet
14 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.24%) NGFW
15 10 (0.24%) SSL
16 9 (0.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (4.69%) Power BI
2 177 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 70 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 57 (1.37%) Tableau
6 56 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 40 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (0.84%) Metadata
11 29 (0.70%) Big Data
11 29 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 25 (0.60%) MySQL
13 22 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (0.51%) NoSQL
15 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (0.43%) Power Query
17 17 (0.41%) Looker
18 16 (0.38%) Oracle Database
18 16 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 135 (3.25%) JIRA
2 86 (2.07%) Git
3 42 (1.01%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.60%) JUnit
5 20 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 19 (0.46%) Claude Code
7 18 (0.43%) Maven
8 17 (0.41%) Selenium
9 16 (0.38%) Mockito
10 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.17%) GitLab
10 7 (0.17%) Postman
10 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.14%) Gatling
12 5 (0.12%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.096%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.096%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.096%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,352 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 654 (15.73%) Banking
3 557 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 443 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 442 (10.63%) Legal
6 318 (7.65%) Retail
7 292 (7.02%) Law
8 251 (6.04%) Marketing
9 239 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
10 212 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
11 209 (5.03%) Public Sector
12 146 (3.51%) Manufacturing
13 138 (3.32%) Financial Institution
14 131 (3.15%) Aerospace
15 118 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
16 116 (2.79%) Back Office
17 83 (2.00%) Telecoms
18 81 (1.95%) Billing
19 71 (1.71%) Front Office
20 54 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 590 (14.19%) Senior
2 456 (10.97%) Lead
3 420 (10.10%) Analyst
4 355 (8.54%) Developer
5 330 (7.94%) Architect
6 272 (6.54%) Software Engineer
7 223 (5.36%) Consultant
8 165 (3.97%) Finance Manager
9 152 (3.66%) Senior Manager
10 123 (2.96%) Accountant
11 115 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
12 108 (2.60%) IT Manager
13 105 (2.53%) Project Manager
14 98 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
14 98 (2.36%) Business Analyst
15 95 (2.29%) Engineering Manager
16 94 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
17 83 (2.00%) Graduate
18 77 (1.85%) Data Analyst
19 73 (1.76%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (4.04%) React
2 159 (3.82%) .NET
3 123 (2.96%) REST
4 99 (2.38%) Node.js
5 67 (1.61%) CSS
6 66 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.42%) ASP.NET
8 58 (1.40%) Spring
9 54 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
10 48 (1.15%) .NET Framework
10 48 (1.15%) Kafka
11 43 (1.03%) AngularJS
12 40 (0.96%) LangChain
13 39 (0.94%) jQuery
14 36 (0.87%) GraphQL
14 36 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
15 35 (0.84%) HTML
15 35 (0.84%) LangGraph
15 35 (0.84%) PyTorch
15 35 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 268 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 212 (5.10%) Cloud Native
3 175 (4.21%) Onboarding
4 163 (3.92%) Virtual Team
5 161 (3.87%) Management Information System
6 147 (3.54%) Web Conferencing
7 138 (3.32%) Podcast
8 115 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
9 92 (2.21%) Public Cloud
10 86 (2.07%) Blog
11 72 (1.73%) Data Centre
12 63 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 62 (1.49%) Fixed Income
14 60 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
15 58 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
16 52 (1.25%) Driving Licence
17 51 (1.23%) AI Agents
18 45 (1.08%) Credit Risk
19 44 (1.06%) Hedge funds
20 41 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 140 (3.37%) Windows
2 121 (2.91%) Linux
3 46 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.48%) Unix
5 19 (0.46%) Android
6 17 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.072%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 893 (21.48%) Agile
2 706 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 699 (16.82%) Roadmaps
4 637 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
5 623 (14.99%) AI
6 522 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 503 (12.10%) Decision-Making
8 496 (11.93%) Software Engineering
9 440 (10.58%) Mentoring
10 421 (10.13%) Analytics
11 405 (9.74%) ERP
12 376 (9.04%) CI/CD
13 353 (8.49%) DevOps
14 338 (8.13%) Risk Management
15 315 (7.58%) Project Delivery
16 310 (7.46%) Project Management
17 303 (7.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 291 (7.00%) Process Improvement
19 261 (6.28%) Machine Learning
20 258 (6.21%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 615 (14.79%) SQL
2 418 (10.06%) Python
3 305 (7.34%) Java
4 252 (6.06%) C#
5 180 (4.33%) JavaScript
6 151 (3.63%) TypeScript
7 112 (2.69%) C++
8 82 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.73%) PHP
10 51 (1.23%) Go
11 32 (0.77%) C
12 29 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.63%) Bash
14 24 (0.58%) Bicep
15 23 (0.55%) R
16 21 (0.51%) MATLAB
17 20 (0.48%) VBA
18 16 (0.38%) Rust
19 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
20 12 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 408 (9.81%) Degree
2 346 (8.32%) Security Cleared
3 260 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 255 (6.13%) ACCA
5 236 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 219 (5.27%) CIMA
7 124 (2.98%) DV Cleared
8 88 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 81 (1.95%) CISSP
10 54 (1.30%) CISM
11 48 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 47 (1.13%) PMP
13 45 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 34 (0.82%) CISA
15 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
16 31 (0.75%) CRISC
17 29 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
17 29 (0.70%) DBS Check
18 24 (0.58%) ICAEW
19 22 (0.53%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (3.95%) QA
2 162 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 161 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 144 (3.46%) GDPR
5 93 (2.24%) GRC
6 92 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 78 (1.88%) NIST
8 74 (1.78%) PMO
9 70 (1.68%) SLA
10 65 (1.56%) IFRS
11 48 (1.15%) GAAP
12 32 (0.77%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.75%) COBIT
14 23 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.41%) MiFID
17 16 (0.38%) SOC 2
18 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.36%) FINREP
19 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 110 (2.65%) Docker
2 99 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 43 (1.03%) Firmware
5 42 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.14%) Squid
9 6 (0.14%) vSphere
10 5 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 173 (4.16%) Kubernetes
2 163 (3.92%) Terraform
3 60 (1.44%) Grafana
4 44 (1.06%) Ansible
5 39 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) SCCM
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.096%) QRadar
9 4 (0.096%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.072%) Argo
10 3 (0.072%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.048%) CASB
11 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.048%) Endace
Vendors
1 734 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 228 (5.48%) Oracle
3 150 (3.61%) SAP
4 127 (3.06%) Databricks
5 85 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 65 (1.56%) Google
6 65 (1.56%) Sage
6 65 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 51 (1.23%) Workday
8 46 (1.11%) VMware
9 44 (1.06%) Cisco
10 37 (0.89%) Xero
11 34 (0.82%) HubSpot
12 31 (0.75%) IBM
13 28 (0.67%) Aderant
14 25 (0.60%) BMC
15 23 (0.55%) Adobe
16 20 (0.48%) Remedy
17 19 (0.46%) Splunk
17 19 (0.46%) Veeam