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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,172 3,428 6,459
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.82% 26.68% 20.76%
As % of the General category 32.82% 37.22% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,070 2,516 4,913
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.31%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £130,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,500 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.66% +16.00% -9.19%

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 9,664 9,210 19,145
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.35% 71.69% 61.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 6,326 14,988
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,104
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 2 April 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 73 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.13%) Confluence
3 27 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.54%) SAS
5 13 (0.41%) JBoss
5 13 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.35%) CMS
8 10 (0.32%) Apache
9 8 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.095%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.095%) WordPress
14 2 (0.063%) IIS
14 2 (0.063%) nginx
14 2 (0.063%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 230 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.095%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.095%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.063%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.063%) Trello
10 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 61 (1.92%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
3 55 (1.73%) Oracle Financials
4 47 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
5 41 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 40 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 35 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
8 29 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
10 25 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
11 16 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.50%) SAP FI
12 15 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (0.47%) SAP CO
12 15 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
13 13 (0.41%) Elite 3E
14 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.38%) SAP ERP
15 10 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
15 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 718 (22.64%) Azure
2 460 (14.50%) AWS
3 312 (9.84%) SaaS
4 243 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 191 (6.02%) GCP
6 166 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
7 152 (4.79%) GitHub
8 128 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
9 109 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
10 108 (3.40%) Snowflake
11 96 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 89 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
13 72 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
14 68 (2.14%) GitHub Copilot
15 66 (2.08%) Entra ID
16 55 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
17 52 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
18 51 (1.61%) dbt
19 38 (1.20%) Azure AI
19 38 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.70%) Firewall
2 50 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 47 (1.48%) VPN
4 39 (1.23%) WAN
5 34 (1.07%) DNS
6 32 (1.01%) DHCP
7 25 (0.79%) Network Security
8 24 (0.76%) CHAP
8 24 (0.76%) SD-WAN
9 23 (0.73%) HTTP
10 18 (0.57%) BGP
11 15 (0.47%) VLAN
12 14 (0.44%) Wireless
13 13 (0.41%) Internet
14 12 (0.38%) LAN
14 12 (0.38%) MPLS
15 11 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (0.35%) SSL
16 8 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (0.25%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (5.93%) Power BI
2 155 (4.89%) SQL Server
3 81 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (2.21%) Tableau
5 59 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 56 (1.77%) Data Lake
7 50 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 48 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.85%) Big Data
11 25 (0.79%) Metadata
12 24 (0.76%) Relational Database
13 22 (0.69%) MySQL
14 20 (0.63%) NoSQL
15 19 (0.60%) DB2
16 15 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 15 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
17 14 (0.44%) MongoDB
18 12 (0.38%) BigQuery
18 12 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 116 (3.66%) JIRA
2 69 (2.18%) Git
3 45 (1.42%) TeamCity
4 41 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
5 31 (0.98%) Selenium
6 20 (0.63%) Postman
7 17 (0.54%) WebDriver
8 16 (0.50%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.35%) GitLab
12 10 (0.32%) ERwin
13 9 (0.28%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.28%) Storybook
13 9 (0.28%) Subversion
14 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.25%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
15 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,043 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 553 (17.43%) Banking
3 517 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 307 (9.68%) Retail
5 306 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 248 (7.82%) Public Sector
7 242 (7.63%) Law
8 234 (7.38%) Marketing
9 218 (6.87%) Legal
10 194 (6.12%) Financial Institution
11 139 (4.38%) Back Office
12 122 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
13 99 (3.12%) Manufacturing
14 94 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
15 88 (2.77%) Front Office
16 82 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
16 82 (2.59%) Telecoms
17 44 (1.39%) Billing
18 43 (1.36%) Electronics
19 40 (1.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 559 (17.62%) Senior
2 389 (12.26%) Analyst
3 262 (8.26%) Lead
4 256 (8.07%) Developer
5 216 (6.81%) Software Engineer
6 171 (5.39%) Architect
7 160 (5.04%) Consultant
8 113 (3.56%) Finance Manager
9 100 (3.15%) Business Analyst
10 94 (2.96%) Project Manager
11 91 (2.87%) Accountant
11 91 (2.87%) Senior Manager
12 86 (2.71%) Data Engineer
13 80 (2.52%) Senior Software Engineer
14 78 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
15 75 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
16 71 (2.24%) Financial Analyst
17 69 (2.18%) C# Developer
18 63 (1.99%) IT Manager
19 61 (1.92%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (3.94%) .NET
2 120 (3.78%) React
3 111 (3.50%) REST
4 74 (2.33%) RESTful
5 71 (2.24%) Node.js
6 70 (2.21%) Kafka
7 65 (2.05%) SOAP
8 58 (1.83%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.54%) JSON
10 43 (1.36%) OAuth
10 43 (1.36%) Redux
10 43 (1.36%) Spring
11 38 (1.20%) CSS
12 35 (1.10%) Middleware
13 31 (0.98%) HTML
14 28 (0.88%) XML
15 27 (0.85%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.85%) jQuery
16 25 (0.79%) .NET Core
17 22 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 219 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 191 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 124 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 118 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 94 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 62 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 62 (1.95%) Fixed Income
7 61 (1.92%) Blog
7 61 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 59 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
9 47 (1.48%) Public Cloud
9 47 (1.48%) Security Posture
10 45 (1.42%) Virtual Team
11 42 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 42 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 40 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
13 39 (1.23%) Low-Code
14 35 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 30 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 125 (3.94%) Windows
2 105 (3.31%) Linux
3 39 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 30 (0.95%) Unix
5 28 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.63%) Android
7 15 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.063%) CentOS
10 2 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (25.13%) Agile
2 517 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 516 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
4 443 (13.97%) AI
5 400 (12.61%) Roadmaps
6 392 (12.36%) CI/CD
7 387 (12.20%) Analytics
8 384 (12.11%) DevOps
9 383 (12.07%) Decision-Making
10 352 (11.10%) Coaching
10 352 (11.10%) Mentoring
11 343 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 335 (10.56%) Software Engineering
13 287 (9.05%) ERP
14 277 (8.73%) Project Management
15 268 (8.45%) Risk Management
16 251 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
17 244 (7.69%) Test Automation
18 234 (7.38%) Asset Management
19 221 (6.97%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 528 (16.65%) SQL
2 350 (11.03%) Python
3 331 (10.44%) Java
4 187 (5.90%) C#
5 117 (3.69%) JavaScript
6 115 (3.63%) TypeScript
7 89 (2.81%) Go
8 82 (2.59%) PowerShell
9 74 (2.33%) C++
10 66 (2.08%) PHP
11 41 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 28 (0.88%) C
14 24 (0.76%) Apex Code
15 22 (0.69%) Bicep
16 20 (0.63%) Bash
17 18 (0.57%) Rust
17 18 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.54%) Kotlin
19 14 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 396 (12.48%) Degree
2 258 (8.13%) ACCA
3 215 (6.78%) CIMA
4 185 (5.83%) Security Cleared
5 148 (4.67%) CISSP
6 104 (3.28%) SC Cleared
7 94 (2.96%) CISA
8 76 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.18%) CISM
10 65 (2.05%) CRISC
11 57 (1.80%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.54%) PMI Certification
13 44 (1.39%) DBS Check
14 41 (1.29%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.13%) AAT
16 34 (1.07%) SANS
17 26 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.82%) PMP
18 24 (0.76%) CGEIT
18 24 (0.76%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (4.16%) NIST
2 122 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.78%) QA
4 110 (3.47%) GDPR
5 105 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 69 (2.18%) GRC
8 61 (1.92%) IFRS
9 56 (1.77%) Accessibility
10 47 (1.48%) PMO
11 37 (1.17%) GAAP
12 36 (1.13%) SLA
13 31 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.91%) SOC 2
15 28 (0.88%) COBIT
16 18 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.54%) P3O
18 12 (0.38%) MiFID
19 11 (0.35%) EMIR
19 11 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 90 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.33%) Docker
3 53 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 41 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.60%) Firmware
6 14 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.063%) vSphere
13 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 211 (6.65%) Terraform
2 141 (4.45%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.80%) Grafana
4 38 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (1.10%) Ansible
6 31 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.38%) Argo
7 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Istio
9 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.16%) Endace
9 5 (0.16%) QRadar
9 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.16%) SCCM
10 4 (0.13%) Cilium
10 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.095%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.095%) Puppet
12 2 (0.063%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.063%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 503 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 186 (5.86%) Oracle
3 129 (4.07%) SAP
4 121 (3.81%) Databricks
5 86 (2.71%) Salesforce
6 66 (2.08%) Google
7 55 (1.73%) Sage
8 46 (1.45%) VMware
9 43 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 40 (1.26%) Cisco
11 26 (0.82%) IBM
12 24 (0.76%) Workday
13 23 (0.73%) Okta
14 21 (0.66%) Adobe
14 21 (0.66%) HubSpot
15 17 (0.54%) Xero
16 15 (0.47%) Atlassian
16 15 (0.47%) Red Hat
17 14 (0.44%) Ab Initio
17 14 (0.44%) Aderant
1,715 hybrid/remote Finance jobs