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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,109 3,844 5,764
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.92% 23.48% 23.14%
As % of the General category 33.37% 33.99% 37.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,879 2,459 4,544
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,052 £52,250 £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 £87,500
90th Percentile £117,750 £122,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.43% -7.05%

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 9,318 11,309 15,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.70% 69.07% 62.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,883 6,391 12,285
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,779 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +4.63% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.53%

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 24 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 67 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (1.61%) Confluence
3 41 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 33 (1.06%) Apache
5 18 (0.58%) SAS
6 17 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 17 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 12 (0.39%) JBoss
8 10 (0.32%) CMS
9 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
9 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
11 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.096%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.096%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.096%) WordPress
14 2 (0.064%) nginx
Applications
1 264 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 142 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.064%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 58 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
3 47 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
4 45 (1.45%) NetSuite
5 43 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 41 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
7 40 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
7 40 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
10 19 (0.61%) SAP FI
11 16 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
11 16 (0.51%) SAP CO
11 16 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
12 14 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
13 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
13 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 772 (24.83%) Azure
2 414 (13.32%) AWS
3 332 (10.68%) Power Platform
4 275 (8.85%) SaaS
5 242 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
6 206 (6.63%) GitHub
7 179 (5.76%) GCP
8 149 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
9 124 (3.99%) Snowflake
10 109 (3.51%) Entra ID
11 108 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
12 103 (3.31%) dbt
13 86 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
15 72 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 58 (1.87%) OCI
18 52 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
19 46 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
19 46 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 83 (2.67%) Firewall
2 62 (1.99%) WAN
3 51 (1.64%) VPN
4 49 (1.58%) SD-WAN
5 48 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 46 (1.48%) LAN
7 42 (1.35%) Wireless
8 36 (1.16%) Wireshark
9 33 (1.06%) DNS
10 28 (0.90%) DHCP
11 22 (0.71%) Network Security
12 18 (0.58%) Internet
13 16 (0.51%) CHAP
14 15 (0.48%) VLAN
15 10 (0.32%) BGP
15 10 (0.32%) HTTP
16 9 (0.29%) SSL
17 8 (0.26%) Telnet
17 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
18 7 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (7.59%) Power BI
2 125 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 112 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (3.15%) Tableau
5 85 (2.73%) Data Lake
6 55 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
7 54 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 48 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 46 (1.48%) Apache Iceberg
10 43 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
10 43 (1.38%) Apache Arrow
10 43 (1.38%) Dremio
11 35 (1.13%) Metadata
12 31 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (0.96%) MySQL
14 27 (0.87%) Big Data
15 26 (0.84%) Apache Ignite
16 25 (0.80%) MongoDB
17 20 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 20 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 158 (5.08%) JIRA
2 70 (2.25%) Git
2 70 (2.25%) Oracle Forms
3 63 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.22%) Selenium
5 35 (1.13%) Postman
6 29 (0.93%) TeamCity
7 27 (0.87%) SoapUI
8 24 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
9 22 (0.71%) WebDriver
10 18 (0.58%) ERwin
11 17 (0.55%) Cypress.io
11 17 (0.55%) GitLab
12 16 (0.51%) ER Studio
13 11 (0.35%) Storybook
14 9 (0.29%) Subversion
15 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.19%) Cucumber
17 5 (0.16%) JMeter
17 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,084 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 541 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
3 438 (14.09%) Banking
4 253 (8.14%) Marketing
5 223 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 218 (7.01%) Retail
7 217 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 176 (5.66%) Financial Institution
9 164 (5.28%) Legal
10 153 (4.92%) Law
11 106 (3.41%) Telecoms
12 104 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
13 102 (3.28%) Back Office
14 98 (3.15%) Manufacturing
15 94 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
16 86 (2.77%) Front Office
17 75 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
18 56 (1.80%) Electronics
19 52 (1.67%) Billing
20 51 (1.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 552 (17.75%) Senior
2 441 (14.18%) Analyst
3 259 (8.33%) Developer
4 213 (6.85%) Lead
5 177 (5.69%) Software Engineer
6 155 (4.99%) Consultant
7 140 (4.50%) Architect
8 102 (3.28%) Business Analyst
9 93 (2.99%) Data Engineer
10 82 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
11 80 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
12 75 (2.41%) Project Manager
13 74 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
14 71 (2.28%) Finance Manager
15 64 (2.06%) Senior Manager
15 64 (2.06%) Software Developer
15 64 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
16 63 (2.03%) Accountant
16 63 (2.03%) AWS Engineer
16 63 (2.03%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (5.21%) .NET
2 101 (3.25%) REST
3 97 (3.12%) SOAP
4 95 (3.06%) RESTful
5 88 (2.83%) React
6 56 (1.80%) JSON
7 52 (1.67%) Node.js
7 52 (1.67%) Pandas
8 51 (1.64%) OAuth
9 48 (1.54%) NumPy
10 47 (1.51%) Spring
11 44 (1.42%) AngularJS
12 43 (1.38%) SciPy
13 41 (1.32%) HTML
14 38 (1.22%) Middleware
15 36 (1.16%) CSS
16 35 (1.13%) Kafka
17 32 (1.03%) OAuth2
17 32 (1.03%) XML
18 29 (0.93%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 200 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 182 (5.85%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.89%) Management Information System
4 124 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 124 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
5 76 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 72 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
7 71 (2.28%) Data Centre
8 67 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 65 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 63 (2.03%) e-Learning
11 60 (1.93%) Fixed Income
12 55 (1.77%) Security Posture
13 53 (1.70%) Equities
14 48 (1.54%) Blog
15 45 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
16 44 (1.42%) Hedge funds
17 38 (1.22%) Virtual Team
18 34 (1.09%) Public Cloud
19 33 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.25%) Linux
2 110 (3.54%) Windows
3 44 (1.42%) Unix
4 40 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (0.58%) Android
8 12 (0.39%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.19%) VMS
11 5 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.064%) CentOS
12 2 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.032%) AIX
13 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 852 (27.40%) Agile
2 544 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 539 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
4 469 (15.09%) Coaching
5 467 (15.02%) AI
6 447 (14.38%) Asset Management
7 445 (14.31%) DevOps
8 418 (13.44%) Roadmaps
9 414 (13.32%) Analytics
10 409 (13.16%) CI/CD
11 365 (11.74%) Decision-Making
12 335 (10.78%) Mentoring
13 328 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 317 (10.20%) Software Engineering
15 309 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
15 309 (9.94%) ERP
16 277 (8.91%) Project Management
17 275 (8.85%) Risk Management
18 240 (7.72%) Test Automation
19 195 (6.27%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 586 (18.85%) SQL
2 416 (13.38%) Python
3 301 (9.68%) Java
4 159 (5.11%) C#
5 153 (4.92%) JavaScript
6 132 (4.25%) TypeScript
7 123 (3.96%) PowerShell
8 70 (2.25%) C++
9 55 (1.77%) PHP
10 53 (1.70%) PL/SQL
11 40 (1.29%) Bash
12 39 (1.25%) Go
12 39 (1.25%) Shell Script
13 38 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 32 (1.03%) Bicep
14 32 (1.03%) C
15 28 (0.90%) Apex Code
16 20 (0.64%) Scala
16 20 (0.64%) T-SQL
17 19 (0.61%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 401 (12.90%) Degree
2 204 (6.56%) ACCA
3 182 (5.85%) Security Cleared
4 162 (5.21%) CIMA
5 139 (4.47%) CISSP
6 129 (4.15%) SC Cleared
7 88 (2.83%) CISA
8 72 (2.32%) CISM
9 69 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 68 (2.19%) DV Cleared
11 62 (1.99%) CRISC
12 61 (1.96%) DBS Check
13 42 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
14 41 (1.32%) PMI Certification
15 38 (1.22%) ISTQB
16 35 (1.13%) AAT
16 35 (1.13%) Azure Certification
17 29 (0.93%) CCNP
18 28 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 24 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (4.79%) NIST
2 132 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 127 (4.08%) QA
4 118 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 113 (3.63%) GDPR
6 75 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 73 (2.35%) Accessibility
8 68 (2.19%) GRC
9 51 (1.64%) PMO
10 50 (1.61%) IFRS
11 32 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 31 (1.00%) COBIT
12 31 (1.00%) GAAP
13 30 (0.96%) SLA
14 23 (0.74%) SOC 2
15 21 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
16 17 (0.55%) P3O
17 11 (0.35%) SEPA
17 11 (0.35%) WCAG
18 9 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 110 (3.54%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.12%) Docker
3 40 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (0.80%) Firmware
6 17 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) 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 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 233 (7.49%) Terraform
2 115 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
4 54 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 46 (1.48%) Ansible
6 43 (1.38%) Grafana
7 16 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.39%) SCCM
9 10 (0.32%) Argo
10 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.13%) Cilium
13 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.13%) QRadar
14 2 (0.064%) Dell DRAC
14 2 (0.064%) Kibana
14 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 535 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 166 (5.34%) Oracle
3 132 (4.25%) SAP
4 92 (2.96%) Salesforce
5 87 (2.80%) Databricks
6 85 (2.73%) Cisco
7 58 (1.87%) Google
8 53 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.61%) VMware
10 45 (1.45%) Blue Prism
11 44 (1.42%) Sage
12 37 (1.19%) Red Hat
13 34 (1.09%) Workday
14 32 (1.03%) CheckPoint
15 28 (0.90%) Meraki
15 28 (0.90%) SolarWinds
16 27 (0.87%) Okta
16 27 (0.87%) Palo Alto
17 23 (0.74%) IBM
18 18 (0.58%) Ab Initio