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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,048 3,792 5,455
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.97% 23.15% 23.80%
As % of the General category 33.41% 33.56% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,845 2,408 4,293
10th Percentile £34,550 £41,250 £41,227
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% -3.57%

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 9,123 11,299 14,287
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.78% 68.99% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,775 6,380 11,207
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £33,431
25th Percentile £39,860 £47,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,592 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -8.00%

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 19 January 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 64 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (1.61%) Confluence
4 39 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 34 (1.12%) Apache
6 17 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 17 (0.56%) SAS
7 16 (0.52%) WebSphere
8 11 (0.36%) CMS
8 11 (0.36%) JBoss
9 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
9 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.098%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.098%) WordPress
14 2 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 273 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 142 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) Trello
9 2 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.066%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.066%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.033%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.033%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 62 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 57 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
3 46 (1.51%) NetSuite
3 46 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
4 43 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
5 41 (1.35%) Unit4 Business World
6 39 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 38 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
8 26 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
9 25 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
10 19 (0.62%) SAP FI
11 16 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
11 16 (0.52%) SAP CO
11 16 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
12 15 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 14 (0.46%) Hyperion Planning
14 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 752 (24.67%) Azure
2 389 (12.76%) AWS
3 331 (10.86%) Power Platform
4 252 (8.27%) SaaS
5 240 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
6 203 (6.66%) GitHub
7 164 (5.38%) GCP
8 146 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
9 125 (4.10%) Snowflake
10 106 (3.48%) Entra ID
11 105 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 103 (3.38%) dbt
13 87 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (2.69%) GitHub Copilot
15 70 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 56 (1.84%) OCI
18 45 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
19 44 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
20 42 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (2.49%) Firewall
2 57 (1.87%) WAN
3 46 (1.51%) SD-WAN
4 45 (1.48%) Wireless
5 44 (1.44%) LAN
6 43 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 43 (1.41%) VPN
7 35 (1.15%) Wireshark
8 30 (0.98%) DNS
9 26 (0.85%) Network Security
10 25 (0.82%) DHCP
11 18 (0.59%) Internet
12 14 (0.46%) CHAP
13 11 (0.36%) VLAN
14 10 (0.33%) HTTP
15 9 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
15 9 (0.30%) SSL
16 8 (0.26%) Telnet
17 7 (0.23%) BGP
18 6 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (7.74%) Power BI
2 123 (4.04%) SQL Server
3 111 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (3.18%) Tableau
5 86 (2.82%) Data Lake
6 52 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 50 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
8 48 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 47 (1.54%) Apache Iceberg
10 44 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
10 44 (1.44%) Apache Arrow
10 44 (1.44%) Dremio
11 37 (1.21%) Metadata
12 30 (0.98%) MySQL
12 30 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 27 (0.89%) Apache Ignite
13 27 (0.89%) Big Data
14 25 (0.82%) MongoDB
15 21 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 19 (0.62%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 158 (5.18%) JIRA
2 70 (2.30%) Oracle Forms
3 69 (2.26%) Git
4 61 (2.00%) Jenkins
5 39 (1.28%) Selenium
6 36 (1.18%) Postman
7 28 (0.92%) SoapUI
8 25 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (0.75%) WebDriver
10 21 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 18 (0.59%) ERwin
12 16 (0.52%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
13 15 (0.49%) GitLab
14 11 (0.36%) Storybook
15 9 (0.30%) Subversion
16 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.20%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.16%) JMeter
18 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,047 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 549 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
3 407 (13.35%) Banking
4 254 (8.33%) Marketing
5 200 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 193 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 191 (6.27%) Retail
8 152 (4.99%) Legal
9 148 (4.86%) Financial Institution
10 128 (4.20%) Law
11 109 (3.58%) Telecoms
12 106 (3.48%) Manufacturing
13 104 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
14 94 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
15 86 (2.82%) Front Office
16 80 (2.62%) Back Office
17 75 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
18 61 (2.00%) Electronics
19 52 (1.71%) Billing
19 52 (1.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 534 (17.52%) Senior
2 441 (14.47%) Analyst
3 259 (8.50%) Developer
4 197 (6.46%) Lead
5 168 (5.51%) Software Engineer
6 159 (5.22%) Consultant
7 127 (4.17%) Architect
8 103 (3.38%) Business Analyst
9 91 (2.99%) Data Engineer
10 86 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
11 81 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
12 72 (2.36%) Finance Manager
12 72 (2.36%) Project Manager
13 68 (2.23%) Accountant
14 67 (2.20%) Senior Software Engineer
15 64 (2.10%) Python Engineer
15 64 (2.10%) Software Developer
16 61 (2.00%) AWS Engineer
17 59 (1.94%) Applications Engineer
17 59 (1.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (5.12%) .NET
2 97 (3.18%) REST
2 97 (3.18%) SOAP
3 92 (3.02%) RESTful
4 89 (2.92%) React
5 56 (1.84%) JSON
6 55 (1.80%) Pandas
7 52 (1.71%) Node.js
8 50 (1.64%) OAuth
9 49 (1.61%) NumPy
10 47 (1.54%) Spring
11 44 (1.44%) AngularJS
11 44 (1.44%) HTML
11 44 (1.44%) SciPy
12 38 (1.25%) CSS
13 35 (1.15%) Middleware
14 34 (1.12%) Kafka
15 32 (1.05%) OAuth2
15 32 (1.05%) XML
16 30 (0.98%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 189 (6.20%) Product Ownership
2 162 (5.31%) Cloud Native
3 144 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 123 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
5 121 (3.97%) Onboarding
6 80 (2.62%) e-Learning
7 73 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
8 71 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
8 71 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 70 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 68 (2.23%) Data Centre
11 61 (2.00%) Fixed Income
12 54 (1.77%) Equities
13 45 (1.48%) Hedge funds
14 43 (1.41%) Security Posture
15 40 (1.31%) Blog
16 37 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
16 37 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (1.12%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 133 (4.36%) Linux
2 106 (3.48%) Windows
3 47 (1.54%) Unix
4 39 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (0.59%) Android
8 11 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
10 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.20%) VMS
12 2 (0.066%) CentOS
12 2 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.033%) AIX
13 1 (0.033%) MVS
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (27.59%) Agile
2 537 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
3 523 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 461 (15.12%) AI
5 448 (14.70%) Asset Management
6 445 (14.60%) Coaching
7 426 (13.98%) DevOps
8 400 (13.12%) Analytics
9 397 (13.02%) Roadmaps
10 382 (12.53%) CI/CD
11 359 (11.78%) Decision-Making
12 317 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
13 311 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 310 (10.17%) ERP
14 310 (10.17%) Mentoring
15 305 (10.01%) Software Engineering
16 268 (8.79%) Project Management
17 263 (8.63%) Risk Management
18 222 (7.28%) Test Automation
19 191 (6.27%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 579 (19.00%) SQL
2 406 (13.32%) Python
3 284 (9.32%) Java
4 154 (5.05%) JavaScript
5 151 (4.95%) C#
6 133 (4.36%) TypeScript
7 124 (4.07%) PowerShell
8 70 (2.30%) C++
9 55 (1.80%) PHP
10 51 (1.67%) PL/SQL
11 39 (1.28%) Bash
11 39 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 39 (1.28%) Shell Script
12 36 (1.18%) C
13 34 (1.12%) Go
14 31 (1.02%) Bicep
15 28 (0.92%) Apex Code
16 20 (0.66%) Scala
16 20 (0.66%) T-SQL
17 19 (0.62%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 399 (13.09%) Degree
2 214 (7.02%) ACCA
3 184 (6.04%) Security Cleared
4 170 (5.58%) CIMA
5 139 (4.56%) SC Cleared
6 125 (4.10%) CISSP
7 84 (2.76%) CISA
8 68 (2.23%) CISM
9 67 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 64 (2.10%) DV Cleared
11 61 (2.00%) CRISC
11 61 (2.00%) DBS Check
12 44 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
13 40 (1.31%) ISTQB
14 36 (1.18%) AAT
15 33 (1.08%) Azure Certification
15 33 (1.08%) PMI Certification
16 32 (1.05%) CCNP
17 28 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 24 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (4.89%) NIST
2 130 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.77%) QA
4 109 (3.58%) GDPR
5 108 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 75 (2.46%) Accessibility
6 75 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 67 (2.20%) GRC
8 52 (1.71%) PMO
9 49 (1.61%) IFRS
10 33 (1.08%) GAAP
11 32 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 29 (0.95%) COBIT
12 29 (0.95%) SLA
13 21 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (0.59%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.36%) SEPA
15 11 (0.36%) WCAG
16 9 (0.30%) EMIR
16 9 (0.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 105 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.00%) Docker
3 38 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 27 (0.89%) Firmware
6 17 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.16%) NFS
9 5 (0.16%) vSphere
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.033%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 216 (7.09%) Terraform
2 103 (3.38%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
4 52 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.48%) Ansible
6 35 (1.15%) Grafana
7 16 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.36%) SCCM
9 10 (0.33%) Argo
10 9 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.13%) Cilium
13 4 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.098%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.098%) QRadar
15 2 (0.066%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.066%) Kibana
15 2 (0.066%) Suricata
Vendors
1 527 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 159 (5.22%) Oracle
3 137 (4.49%) SAP
4 92 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 87 (2.85%) Databricks
6 86 (2.82%) Cisco
7 52 (1.71%) Google
7 52 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 48 (1.57%) VMware
9 45 (1.48%) Blue Prism
10 42 (1.38%) Sage
11 37 (1.21%) Red Hat
12 35 (1.15%) Workday
13 30 (0.98%) CheckPoint
14 27 (0.89%) Palo Alto
14 27 (0.89%) SolarWinds
15 26 (0.85%) Meraki
15 26 (0.85%) Okta
16 24 (0.79%) IBM
17 18 (0.59%) Ab Initio