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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,761 4,131 6,883
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.84% 25.45% 20.90%
As % of the General category 30.10% 34.94% 34.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,540 2,526 4,677
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £122,861
UK median annual salary £66,300 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.78% +8.00% -7.41%

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 12,493 11,824 20,113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.25% 72.83% 61.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,186 6,618 14,621
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +8.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,989 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 7 July 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
1 109 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.04%) Confluence
3 32 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.37%) SAS
5 12 (0.32%) CMS
6 6 (0.16%) Apache
6 6 (0.16%) IIS
7 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.13%) JBoss
8 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.11%) nginx
9 3 (0.080%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.080%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.027%) WordPress
Applications
1 225 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.27%) CorelDRAW
7 7 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.11%) Sketch
9 3 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.080%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.080%) Productboard
9 3 (0.080%) Trello
10 2 (0.053%) SPSS
11 1 (0.027%) Notion
11 1 (0.027%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 61 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 29 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 27 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
7 24 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
8 23 (0.61%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
10 17 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
11 14 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
11 14 (0.37%) SAP ERP
12 13 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
13 12 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 12 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
14 9 (0.24%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.24%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 789 (20.98%) Azure
2 546 (14.52%) AWS
3 346 (9.20%) SaaS
4 279 (7.42%) Power Platform
5 195 (5.18%) GCP
6 157 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
7 120 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
8 112 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.10%) Snowflake
10 74 (1.97%) Entra ID
11 72 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 64 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (1.68%) Azure AI
14 62 (1.65%) Azure Machine Learning
15 52 (1.38%) PaaS
16 49 (1.30%) GitHub
17 45 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
18 44 (1.17%) PowerApps
19 37 (0.98%) Serverless
20 36 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (1.97%) Firewall
2 55 (1.46%) WAN
3 48 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 41 (1.09%) LAN
4 41 (1.09%) VPN
5 39 (1.04%) Network Security
6 38 (1.01%) HTTP
7 37 (0.98%) DNS
8 32 (0.85%) DHCP
9 21 (0.56%) Broadband
10 20 (0.53%) BGP
10 20 (0.53%) SD-WAN
11 19 (0.51%) MPLS
12 18 (0.48%) VLAN
12 18 (0.48%) Wireless
13 15 (0.40%) CHAP
14 13 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (4.79%) Power BI
2 167 (4.44%) SQL Server
3 76 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 57 (1.52%) Tableau
6 49 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
9 38 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 27 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.66%) Big Data
11 25 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (0.61%) MySQL
13 20 (0.53%) Metadata
14 18 (0.48%) Db2
15 15 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 15 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 14 (0.37%) Power Query
17 12 (0.32%) Looker
Development Applications
1 100 (2.66%) JIRA
2 63 (1.68%) Git
3 46 (1.22%) TeamCity
4 19 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.43%) Selenium
6 15 (0.40%) JUnit
7 12 (0.32%) Maven
8 10 (0.27%) Mockito
9 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.16%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.13%) GitLab
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.11%) Postman
12 3 (0.080%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.080%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.080%) SonarQube
General
1 1,234 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 655 (17.42%) Banking
3 495 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 403 (10.72%) Legal
5 334 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 329 (8.75%) Retail
7 292 (7.76%) Law
8 214 (5.69%) Marketing
9 205 (5.45%) Public Sector
10 200 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
11 165 (4.39%) Financial Institution
12 157 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
13 133 (3.54%) Back Office
14 120 (3.19%) Manufacturing
15 108 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
16 69 (1.83%) Front Office
17 67 (1.78%) Telecoms
18 56 (1.49%) Billing
19 54 (1.44%) Investment Banking
20 45 (1.20%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 541 (14.38%) Senior
2 389 (10.34%) Analyst
3 359 (9.55%) Lead
4 348 (9.25%) Developer
5 255 (6.78%) Architect
6 254 (6.75%) Software Engineer
7 197 (5.24%) Consultant
8 153 (4.07%) Finance Manager
9 146 (3.88%) Senior Manager
10 122 (3.24%) Accountant
11 108 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
12 92 (2.45%) Project Manager
13 91 (2.42%) Business Analyst
14 90 (2.39%) IT Manager
15 89 (2.37%) Engineering Manager
16 78 (2.07%) Graduate
17 77 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
18 76 (2.02%) Support Analyst
19 75 (1.99%) Azure Engineer
20 70 (1.86%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (4.36%) .NET
2 155 (4.12%) React
3 111 (2.95%) REST
4 103 (2.74%) Node.js
5 64 (1.70%) .NET Core
6 63 (1.68%) CSS
7 57 (1.52%) ASP.NET
8 55 (1.46%) ASP.NET Core
8 55 (1.46%) Kafka
9 54 (1.44%) Spring
10 47 (1.25%) .NET Framework
11 42 (1.12%) Redux
12 40 (1.06%) GraphQL
13 39 (1.04%) AngularJS
13 39 (1.04%) jQuery
14 36 (0.96%) HTML
14 36 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
15 33 (0.88%) Vue
16 32 (0.85%) PyTorch
16 32 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 242 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 221 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 157 (4.17%) Virtual Team
4 148 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 145 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 141 (3.75%) Web Conferencing
7 133 (3.54%) Podcast
8 80 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 79 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 75 (1.99%) Data Centre
11 68 (1.81%) Data Structures
12 65 (1.73%) Fixed Income
13 56 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 46 (1.22%) Driving Licence
15 45 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
15 45 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
16 44 (1.17%) Security Posture
17 43 (1.14%) Blog
18 39 (1.04%) Credit Risk
19 37 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.24%) Windows
2 107 (2.84%) Linux
3 36 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.48%) Unix
5 14 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.27%) Android
6 10 (0.27%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) AIX
9 1 (0.027%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.027%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (21.24%) Agile
2 588 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 575 (15.29%) Roadmaps
4 554 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
5 461 (12.26%) AI
6 440 (11.70%) Decision-Making
7 426 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 419 (11.14%) Software Engineering
9 394 (10.48%) Mentoring
10 376 (10.00%) ERP
11 366 (9.73%) Analytics
12 339 (9.01%) CI/CD
13 331 (8.80%) DevOps
14 303 (8.06%) Project Management
15 289 (7.68%) Risk Management
16 259 (6.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 238 (6.33%) Coaching
18 228 (6.06%) Project Delivery
19 224 (5.96%) CRM
19 224 (5.96%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 570 (15.16%) SQL
2 376 (10.00%) Python
3 310 (8.24%) Java
4 254 (6.75%) C#
5 163 (4.33%) JavaScript
6 145 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 91 (2.42%) C++
8 74 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.83%) PHP
10 66 (1.75%) Go
11 28 (0.74%) Bicep
11 28 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 25 (0.66%) C
13 21 (0.56%) Bash
13 21 (0.56%) R
14 17 (0.45%) Rust
15 16 (0.43%) VBA
16 12 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.32%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 359 (9.55%) Degree
2 257 (6.83%) ACCA
3 215 (5.72%) CIMA
3 215 (5.72%) Security Cleared
4 122 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 121 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 107 (2.84%) CISSP
7 83 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 65 (1.73%) CISM
9 55 (1.46%) PMI Certification
10 45 (1.20%) CISA
10 45 (1.20%) DV Cleared
11 42 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 42 (1.12%) PMP
12 33 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 32 (0.85%) CRISC
14 31 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
15 28 (0.74%) AAT
15 28 (0.74%) DBS Check
15 28 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (4.28%) QA
2 132 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 132 (3.51%) GDPR
3 109 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 89 (2.37%) NIST
5 71 (1.89%) IFRS
6 67 (1.78%) GRC
7 65 (1.73%) PMO
8 52 (1.38%) SLA
9 47 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 47 (1.25%) GAAP
10 41 (1.09%) PCI DSS
11 33 (0.88%) COBIT
12 27 (0.72%) SOC 2
13 22 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.40%) MiFID
17 14 (0.37%) COREP
17 14 (0.37%) FINREP
System Software
1 90 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 86 (2.29%) Docker
3 64 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.19%) Firmware
9 5 (0.13%) vSphere
10 3 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.080%) Squid
10 3 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.027%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 160 (4.25%) Terraform
2 159 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.46%) Grafana
4 46 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (0.85%) Ansible
6 8 (0.21%) Istio
7 7 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.13%) Endace
9 5 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.13%) QRadar
9 5 (0.13%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.13%) SCCM
10 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.080%) Argo
11 3 (0.080%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.080%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.053%) Puppet
Vendors
1 655 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.14%) Oracle
3 134 (3.56%) SAP
4 111 (2.95%) Databricks
5 86 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 70 (1.86%) Sage
7 61 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 53 (1.41%) Google
9 46 (1.22%) Cisco
10 38 (1.01%) VMware
11 37 (0.98%) Xero
12 35 (0.93%) Workday
13 27 (0.72%) Adobe
14 26 (0.69%) Aderant
15 23 (0.61%) HubSpot
16 22 (0.58%) IBM
17 20 (0.53%) OpenAI
17 20 (0.53%) Splunk
18 18 (0.48%) iManage
18 18 (0.48%) Okta
2,862 hybrid/remote Finance jobs