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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,340 4,044 7,027
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.23% 28.63% 21.64%
As % of the General category 32.80% 38.95% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,190 2,614 4,883
10th Percentile £35,306 £32,000 £37,144
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,893
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 £118,875 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -7.50%

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 10,182 10,382 20,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.56% 73.49% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,777 6,511 15,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £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 6 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 83 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.17%) Confluence
3 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.42%) SAS
5 9 (0.27%) CMS
5 9 (0.27%) JBoss
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.21%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.18%) 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
10 3 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.060%) nginx
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.030%) Camunda
12 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 203 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.090%) Sketch
9 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.030%) Productboard
9 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 68 (2.04%) Oracle Financials
2 56 (1.68%) NetSuite
3 50 (1.50%) Oracle Payables
4 46 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
5 45 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
6 35 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
8 28 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
8 28 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.45%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
13 12 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
14 11 (0.33%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.30%) SAP CO
15 10 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 735 (22.01%) Azure
2 453 (13.56%) AWS
3 288 (8.62%) SaaS
4 221 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 181 (5.42%) GCP
6 149 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
7 130 (3.89%) GitHub
8 120 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
9 111 (3.32%) Snowflake
10 101 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
11 90 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 80 (2.40%) Entra ID
13 75 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.98%) Azure Machine Learning
15 62 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
16 61 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
17 60 (1.80%) Azure AI
18 43 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
19 42 (1.26%) dbt
20 39 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.86%) Firewall
2 51 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.38%) VPN
4 44 (1.32%) WAN
5 41 (1.23%) DNS
6 39 (1.17%) DHCP
7 36 (1.08%) HTTP
8 29 (0.87%) SD-WAN
9 27 (0.81%) CHAP
10 26 (0.78%) Network Security
11 19 (0.57%) BGP
12 18 (0.54%) LAN
12 18 (0.54%) Wireless
13 17 (0.51%) Broadband
13 17 (0.51%) MPLS
14 15 (0.45%) VLAN
15 12 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.36%) Internet
16 10 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
17 9 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (4.73%) Power BI
1 158 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 69 (2.07%) Tableau
3 68 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 41 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 30 (0.90%) Big Data
8 29 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 22 (0.66%) Metadata
12 18 (0.54%) MySQL
12 18 (0.54%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.51%) DB2
14 15 (0.45%) MongoDB
15 14 (0.42%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.42%) SAP BW
16 13 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 119 (3.56%) JIRA
2 69 (2.07%) Git
3 36 (1.08%) TeamCity
4 35 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
5 33 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 28 (0.84%) Selenium
7 20 (0.60%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) 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
15 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.12%) ERwin
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,053 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 600 (17.96%) Banking
3 483 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 290 (8.68%) Retail
6 274 (8.20%) Legal
7 253 (7.57%) Public Sector
8 234 (7.01%) Marketing
9 232 (6.95%) Law
10 173 (5.18%) Financial Institution
11 122 (3.65%) Back Office
12 117 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
13 103 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
14 102 (3.05%) Manufacturing
15 100 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
16 82 (2.46%) Front Office
17 75 (2.25%) Telecoms
18 38 (1.14%) Investment Banking
19 37 (1.11%) General Ledger
20 36 (1.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 583 (17.46%) Senior
2 394 (11.80%) Analyst
3 276 (8.26%) Developer
4 268 (8.02%) Lead
5 217 (6.50%) Software Engineer
6 186 (5.57%) Architect
7 178 (5.33%) Consultant
8 126 (3.77%) Finance Manager
9 112 (3.35%) Senior Manager
10 106 (3.17%) Accountant
11 101 (3.02%) Business Analyst
12 90 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
13 87 (2.60%) Project Manager
14 85 (2.54%) C# Developer
15 82 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
16 81 (2.43%) Data Engineer
17 78 (2.34%) Software Developer
18 74 (2.22%) Financial Analyst
18 74 (2.22%) Graduate
18 74 (2.22%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (3.68%) .NET
2 119 (3.56%) React
3 112 (3.35%) REST
4 66 (1.98%) Kafka
4 66 (1.98%) Node.js
5 56 (1.68%) SOAP
6 55 (1.65%) RESTful
7 52 (1.56%) GraphQL
8 46 (1.38%) JSON
9 43 (1.29%) Redux
10 42 (1.26%) CSS
11 39 (1.17%) Spring
12 38 (1.14%) OAuth
13 32 (0.96%) HTML
14 31 (0.93%) jQuery
15 30 (0.90%) Middleware
16 29 (0.87%) XML
17 27 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
18 25 (0.75%) AngularJS
19 23 (0.69%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 209 (6.26%) Cloud Native
3 132 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 125 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 105 (3.14%) Virtual Team
6 75 (2.25%) Data Centre
7 74 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 64 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 63 (1.89%) Fixed Income
10 61 (1.83%) Data Structures
11 59 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
12 50 (1.50%) Blog
12 50 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
13 46 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
14 43 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 43 (1.29%) Security Posture
15 40 (1.20%) Podcast
16 36 (1.08%) Low-Code
17 35 (1.05%) Driving Licence
18 34 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.56%) Windows
2 96 (2.87%) Linux
3 43 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.81%) Unix
5 25 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.48%) Android
6 16 (0.48%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.060%) CentOS
10 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.030%) AIX
11 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.030%) VMS
11 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 804 (24.07%) Agile
2 507 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
3 499 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 476 (14.25%) Roadmaps
5 425 (12.72%) AI
6 372 (11.14%) DevOps
7 368 (11.02%) Analytics
8 360 (10.78%) Mentoring
9 358 (10.72%) CI/CD
10 353 (10.57%) Decision-Making
11 349 (10.45%) ERP
12 346 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 337 (10.09%) Software Engineering
14 320 (9.58%) Coaching
15 297 (8.89%) Project Management
16 280 (8.38%) Risk Management
17 225 (6.74%) Test Automation
18 214 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
19 211 (6.32%) Fintech
20 209 (6.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 540 (16.17%) SQL
2 344 (10.30%) Python
3 324 (9.70%) Java
4 204 (6.11%) C#
5 122 (3.65%) TypeScript
6 115 (3.44%) JavaScript
7 83 (2.49%) Go
7 83 (2.49%) PowerShell
8 82 (2.46%) C++
9 69 (2.07%) PHP
10 36 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.87%) C
12 24 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 22 (0.66%) Bicep
14 18 (0.54%) Rust
14 18 (0.54%) Shell Script
15 15 (0.45%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.42%) VBA
17 13 (0.39%) Bash
17 13 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 363 (10.87%) Degree
2 269 (8.05%) ACCA
3 222 (6.65%) CIMA
4 191 (5.72%) Security Cleared
5 153 (4.58%) CISSP
6 110 (3.29%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.96%) CISA
8 77 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (2.16%) CISM
10 66 (1.98%) CRISC
11 56 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 55 (1.65%) DV Cleared
13 50 (1.50%) PMI Certification
14 39 (1.17%) SANS
15 37 (1.11%) DBS Check
16 30 (0.90%) Azure Certification
17 29 (0.87%) PMP
18 28 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
19 27 (0.81%) CGEIT
19 27 (0.81%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (3.86%) QA
2 128 (3.83%) NIST
3 121 (3.62%) GDPR
4 117 (3.50%) Data Quality
5 90 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 75 (2.25%) PCI DSS
7 72 (2.16%) IFRS
8 62 (1.86%) GRC
9 56 (1.68%) Accessibility
10 48 (1.44%) PMO
11 43 (1.29%) GAAP
12 35 (1.05%) SLA
13 33 (0.99%) COBIT
14 23 (0.69%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.45%) MiFID
17 14 (0.42%) P3O
18 13 (0.39%) COREP
18 13 (0.39%) EMIR
System Software
1 106 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.19%) Docker
3 70 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.39%) Firmware
7 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.15%) vSphere
10 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 185 (5.54%) Terraform
2 135 (4.04%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.44%) Grafana
4 42 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (0.93%) Ansible
6 28 (0.84%) 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 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.090%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.090%) Puppet
12 3 (0.090%) QRadar
13 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 545 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.92%) Oracle
3 140 (4.19%) SAP
4 133 (3.98%) Databricks
5 86 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 61 (1.83%) Sage
7 57 (1.71%) Google
8 52 (1.56%) VMware
9 42 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 38 (1.14%) Cisco
11 30 (0.90%) Workday
12 29 (0.87%) Xero
13 25 (0.75%) Okta
14 22 (0.66%) Adobe
14 22 (0.66%) HubSpot
15 21 (0.63%) IBM
16 18 (0.54%) Red Hat
17 17 (0.51%) Aderant
18 15 (0.45%) Atlassian
19 12 (0.36%) Splunk