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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,433 3,977 7,062
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.29% 26.53% 21.70%
As % of the General category 32.64% 35.54% 34.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,251 2,459 4,884
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
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 £88,750
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 10,518 11,190 20,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.03% 74.66% 62.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,982 6,325 15,089
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,713 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 21 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 88 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.08%) Confluence
3 31 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.50%) SAS
5 10 (0.29%) CMS
6 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 7 (0.20%) JBoss
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Apache
9 4 (0.12%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.029%) Camunda
11 1 (0.029%) nginx
Applications
1 200 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.15%) Sketch
8 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.087%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.087%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.087%) Productboard
9 3 (0.087%) SPSS
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 71 (2.07%) Oracle Financials
2 51 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 48 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
4 44 (1.28%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
6 31 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
7 30 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
8 26 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
8 26 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
9 24 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
14 13 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
14 13 (0.38%) SAP ERP
15 8 (0.23%) SAP CO
15 8 (0.23%) SAP FI
15 8 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 726 (21.15%) Azure
2 476 (13.87%) AWS
3 304 (8.86%) SaaS
4 218 (6.35%) Power Platform
5 176 (5.13%) GCP
6 134 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 129 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
8 100 (2.91%) GitHub
9 99 (2.88%) Snowflake
10 88 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 81 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
12 79 (2.30%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.92%) Azure Machine Learning
15 65 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
16 62 (1.81%) Azure AI
17 48 (1.40%) GitHub Copilot
18 37 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (1.05%) dbt
19 36 (1.05%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 68 (1.98%) Firewall
2 48 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.31%) VPN
4 42 (1.22%) WAN
5 38 (1.11%) DNS
6 37 (1.08%) HTTP
7 36 (1.05%) DHCP
8 30 (0.87%) Network Security
9 27 (0.79%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.61%) Broadband
10 21 (0.61%) CHAP
11 19 (0.55%) BGP
11 19 (0.55%) MPLS
12 18 (0.52%) LAN
13 16 (0.47%) Wireless
14 15 (0.44%) VLAN
15 13 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
17 11 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 151 (4.40%) Power BI
3 65 (1.89%) Tableau
4 58 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (1.46%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (0.73%) Big Data
8 25 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (0.67%) Relational Database
10 22 (0.64%) MongoDB
11 21 (0.61%) Metadata
12 17 (0.50%) DB2
13 16 (0.47%) MySQL
13 16 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.41%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.41%) SAP BW
15 13 (0.38%) Looker
15 13 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 115 (3.35%) JIRA
2 67 (1.95%) Git
3 41 (1.19%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
4 26 (0.76%) Selenium
5 18 (0.52%) Postman
6 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
7 14 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (0.38%) SoapUI
9 11 (0.32%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.32%) JUnit
10 9 (0.26%) Maven
11 8 (0.23%) Mockito
12 7 (0.20%) GitLab
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.15%) Storybook
15 4 (0.12%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,086 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 581 (16.92%) Banking
3 464 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 349 (10.17%) Legal
5 331 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 323 (9.41%) Retail
7 265 (7.72%) Law
8 229 (6.67%) Marketing
9 225 (6.55%) Public Sector
10 175 (5.10%) Financial Institution
11 171 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
12 133 (3.87%) Back Office
13 110 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
14 95 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
15 87 (2.53%) Manufacturing
16 74 (2.16%) Front Office
17 65 (1.89%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.14%) Billing
18 39 (1.14%) Investment Banking
19 35 (1.02%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 578 (16.84%) Senior
2 386 (11.24%) Analyst
3 295 (8.59%) Lead
4 288 (8.39%) Developer
5 230 (6.70%) Software Engineer
6 181 (5.27%) Architect
7 179 (5.21%) Consultant
8 139 (4.05%) Finance Manager
9 128 (3.73%) Senior Manager
10 106 (3.09%) Accountant
11 99 (2.88%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
13 85 (2.48%) Project Manager
14 80 (2.33%) C# Developer
15 77 (2.24%) Data Engineer
16 74 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
17 73 (2.13%) Engineering Manager
18 71 (2.07%) Software Developer
19 70 (2.04%) Graduate
19 70 (2.04%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (3.93%) .NET
2 133 (3.87%) React
3 118 (3.44%) REST
4 68 (1.98%) Node.js
5 59 (1.72%) Kafka
6 50 (1.46%) RESTful
7 48 (1.40%) CSS
7 48 (1.40%) GraphQL
7 48 (1.40%) Spring
8 47 (1.37%) SOAP
9 43 (1.25%) Redux
10 39 (1.14%) HTML
11 37 (1.08%) JSON
12 32 (0.93%) .NET Core
13 31 (0.90%) jQuery
13 31 (0.90%) OAuth
14 28 (0.82%) Middleware
15 27 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
16 26 (0.76%) AngularJS
16 26 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 233 (6.79%) Product Ownership
2 205 (5.97%) Cloud Native
3 149 (4.34%) Virtual Team
4 138 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 121 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 101 (2.94%) Web Conferencing
7 95 (2.77%) Podcast
8 73 (2.13%) Data Centre
9 72 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 65 (1.89%) Public Cloud
11 62 (1.81%) Data Structures
12 60 (1.75%) Fixed Income
13 49 (1.43%) Blog
13 49 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
14 47 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
16 41 (1.19%) Security Posture
17 39 (1.14%) Driving Licence
18 36 (1.05%) Low-Code
19 33 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.55%) Windows
2 105 (3.06%) Linux
3 39 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.79%) Unix
5 24 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.50%) Android
7 13 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.029%) AIX
10 1 (0.029%) CentOS
10 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.029%) VMS
10 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (23.54%) Agile
2 503 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
3 487 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 477 (13.89%) Roadmaps
5 419 (12.21%) AI
6 380 (11.07%) Mentoring
7 360 (10.49%) DevOps
8 357 (10.40%) CI/CD
8 357 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 355 (10.34%) Software Engineering
10 353 (10.28%) Analytics
11 349 (10.17%) Decision-Making
12 341 (9.93%) ERP
13 294 (8.56%) Project Management
14 293 (8.53%) Coaching
15 246 (7.17%) Risk Management
16 222 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 212 (6.18%) Test Automation
18 211 (6.15%) Fintech
19 198 (5.77%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 546 (15.90%) SQL
2 348 (10.14%) Python
3 328 (9.55%) Java
4 214 (6.23%) C#
5 133 (3.87%) JavaScript
6 123 (3.58%) TypeScript
7 84 (2.45%) PowerShell
8 82 (2.39%) C++
9 78 (2.27%) Go
10 63 (1.84%) PHP
11 38 (1.11%) PL/SQL
12 30 (0.87%) C
13 23 (0.67%) Apex Code
14 19 (0.55%) Bicep
15 17 (0.50%) R
15 17 (0.50%) Rust
15 17 (0.50%) T-SQL
16 15 (0.44%) Bash
17 14 (0.41%) Shell Script
18 13 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 368 (10.72%) Degree
2 246 (7.17%) ACCA
3 204 (5.94%) CIMA
4 187 (5.45%) Security Cleared
5 115 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 106 (3.09%) CISSP
7 105 (3.06%) SC Cleared
8 76 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.78%) CISM
10 59 (1.72%) PMI Certification
11 58 (1.69%) CISA
12 50 (1.46%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.17%) PMP
14 36 (1.05%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.02%) Azure Certification
16 33 (0.96%) SANS
17 32 (0.93%) CRISC
18 31 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
19 27 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
20 25 (0.73%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (3.96%) QA
2 118 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.35%) GDPR
4 89 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 87 (2.53%) NIST
6 63 (1.84%) IFRS
7 61 (1.78%) Accessibility
7 61 (1.78%) PMO
8 53 (1.54%) GRC
9 43 (1.25%) SLA
10 39 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 35 (1.02%) GAAP
12 30 (0.87%) COBIT
13 22 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
16 14 (0.41%) COREP
16 14 (0.41%) FINREP
16 14 (0.41%) MiFID
17 13 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 108 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 78 (2.27%) Docker
3 69 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
4 46 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.32%) Firmware
6 11 (0.32%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.15%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (0.087%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.058%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 179 (5.21%) Terraform
2 145 (4.22%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.51%) Grafana
4 48 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.87%) Ansible
6 20 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Argo
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
7 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.15%) Endace
9 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.15%) SCCM
10 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.087%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.087%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.058%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 561 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 240 (6.99%) Oracle
3 131 (3.82%) SAP
4 124 (3.61%) Databricks
5 92 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 60 (1.75%) Sage
7 55 (1.60%) Google
8 47 (1.37%) VMware
9 41 (1.19%) Cisco
10 39 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 33 (0.96%) Xero
12 29 (0.84%) Workday
13 25 (0.73%) Adobe
14 23 (0.67%) HubSpot
14 23 (0.67%) Okta
15 22 (0.64%) Aderant
16 21 (0.61%) IBM
17 16 (0.47%) Red Hat
18 13 (0.38%) CheckPoint
18 13 (0.38%) Meraki