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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,521 4,012 7,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.88% 26.53% 20.96%
As % of the General category 30.96% 35.36% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,334 2,422 4,920
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,019
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 £91,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £122,500
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 11,373 11,345 20,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.75% 75.01% 60.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,402 6,227 15,265
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £40,931 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £95,880
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 12 June 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 96 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.02%) Confluence
3 34 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.45%) SAS
5 11 (0.31%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.085%) Apache
10 3 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.085%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 204 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.14%) Sketch
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) CorelDRAW
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.085%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.085%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.085%) Productboard
9 3 (0.085%) SPSS
10 2 (0.057%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.028%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 63 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
2 53 (1.51%) NetSuite
3 38 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 32 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
4 32 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
5 26 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
5 26 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
6 24 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
7 22 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
8 21 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
9 19 (0.54%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
11 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
13 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
13 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
13 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
14 8 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 708 (20.11%) Azure
2 496 (14.09%) AWS
3 311 (8.83%) SaaS
4 232 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.08%) GCP
6 133 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
7 111 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
9 80 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 80 (2.27%) Snowflake
10 72 (2.04%) Entra ID
11 64 (1.82%) Azure Machine Learning
12 61 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
12 61 (1.73%) Azure AI
13 54 (1.53%) GitHub
14 49 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
15 36 (1.02%) PaaS
16 34 (0.97%) PowerApps
17 32 (0.91%) Serverless
18 31 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.90%) Firewall
2 48 (1.36%) TCP/IP
3 41 (1.16%) VPN
4 38 (1.08%) HTTP
5 36 (1.02%) WAN
6 35 (0.99%) DNS
7 34 (0.97%) DHCP
8 33 (0.94%) Network Security
9 24 (0.68%) SD-WAN
10 22 (0.62%) Broadband
11 20 (0.57%) BGP
11 20 (0.57%) CHAP
11 20 (0.57%) MPLS
12 16 (0.45%) LAN
13 15 (0.43%) VLAN
13 15 (0.43%) Wireless
14 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 156 (4.43%) Power BI
3 58 (1.65%) Tableau
4 50 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 49 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 26 (0.74%) Big Data
9 26 (0.74%) Relational Database
9 26 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (0.62%) MySQL
12 18 (0.51%) Metadata
13 17 (0.48%) Db2
13 17 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (0.43%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.40%) NoSQL
15 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 106 (3.01%) JIRA
2 64 (1.82%) Git
3 41 (1.16%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.71%) Selenium
5 17 (0.48%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.45%) Postman
7 14 (0.40%) JUnit
8 13 (0.37%) WebDriver
9 10 (0.28%) Maven
9 10 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (0.26%) Mockito
10 9 (0.26%) SoapUI
11 8 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.14%) GitLab
13 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
15 3 (0.085%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 3 (0.085%) Eclipse
General
1 1,118 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 605 (17.18%) Banking
3 466 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 366 (10.39%) Legal
5 332 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 309 (8.78%) Retail
7 259 (7.36%) Law
8 219 (6.22%) Marketing
9 204 (5.79%) Public Sector
10 185 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
11 171 (4.86%) Financial Institution
12 128 (3.64%) Back Office
13 109 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
14 94 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
15 91 (2.58%) Manufacturing
16 66 (1.87%) Front Office
17 60 (1.70%) Telecoms
18 51 (1.45%) Billing
19 45 (1.28%) Investment Banking
20 41 (1.16%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 569 (16.16%) Senior
2 385 (10.93%) Analyst
3 322 (9.15%) Lead
4 311 (8.83%) Developer
5 248 (7.04%) Software Engineer
6 202 (5.74%) Architect
7 178 (5.06%) Consultant
8 149 (4.23%) Finance Manager
9 147 (4.17%) Senior Manager
10 109 (3.10%) Accountant
11 95 (2.70%) Business Analyst
12 92 (2.61%) Project Manager
13 89 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
14 87 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
15 85 (2.41%) Engineering Manager
16 77 (2.19%) IT Manager
17 73 (2.07%) Graduate
18 67 (1.90%) Lead Software Engineer
19 66 (1.87%) C# Developer
19 66 (1.87%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (4.03%) .NET
2 138 (3.92%) React
3 113 (3.21%) REST
4 77 (2.19%) Node.js
5 55 (1.56%) CSS
6 53 (1.51%) Spring
7 52 (1.48%) Kafka
8 42 (1.19%) Redux
9 41 (1.16%) GraphQL
10 39 (1.11%) .NET Core
11 36 (1.02%) HTML
11 36 (1.02%) jQuery
12 34 (0.97%) RESTful
13 32 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
14 30 (0.85%) TensorFlow
15 29 (0.82%) PyTorch
15 29 (0.82%) SOAP
16 28 (0.80%) AngularJS
16 28 (0.80%) Middleware
17 26 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 245 (6.96%) Product Ownership
2 203 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.40%) Virtual Team
4 139 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 132 (3.75%) Management Information System
6 108 (3.07%) Web Conferencing
7 100 (2.84%) Podcast
8 75 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 73 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 73 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 65 (1.85%) Data Structures
11 56 (1.59%) Fixed Income
12 48 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
13 46 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
14 43 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 42 (1.19%) Blog
16 41 (1.16%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
17 33 (0.94%) Credit Risk
17 33 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 118 (3.35%) Windows
2 103 (2.93%) Linux
3 36 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 21 (0.60%) Unix
5 20 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.34%) Android
7 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.028%) AIX
10 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (22.49%) Agile
2 540 (15.34%) Roadmaps
3 519 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 517 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
5 431 (12.24%) AI
6 402 (11.42%) Software Engineering
7 388 (11.02%) Decision-Making
8 378 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 373 (10.59%) Mentoring
10 365 (10.37%) Analytics
11 353 (10.03%) ERP
12 322 (9.15%) CI/CD
12 322 (9.15%) DevOps
13 306 (8.69%) Project Management
14 251 (7.13%) Risk Management
14 251 (7.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 231 (6.56%) Coaching
16 209 (5.94%) Customer Service
16 209 (5.94%) Fintech
17 199 (5.65%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 537 (15.25%) SQL
2 363 (10.31%) Python
3 326 (9.26%) Java
4 218 (6.19%) C#
5 145 (4.12%) JavaScript
6 127 (3.61%) TypeScript
7 85 (2.41%) C++
8 74 (2.10%) Go
8 74 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 64 (1.82%) PHP
10 32 (0.91%) PL/SQL
11 28 (0.80%) C
12 22 (0.62%) Bicep
13 19 (0.54%) R
14 17 (0.48%) Apex Code
14 17 (0.48%) Rust
15 16 (0.45%) Bash
16 14 (0.40%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.37%) VBA
18 12 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 374 (10.62%) Degree
2 248 (7.04%) ACCA
3 206 (5.85%) CIMA
4 182 (5.17%) Security Cleared
5 123 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 104 (2.95%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.81%) CISSP
8 82 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (1.85%) CISM
10 57 (1.62%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.39%) CISA
12 46 (1.31%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.16%) PMP
14 35 (0.99%) Azure Certification
15 33 (0.94%) SANS
16 31 (0.88%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
17 27 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
18 24 (0.68%) CRISC
19 23 (0.65%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (3.92%) QA
2 125 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.41%) GDPR
4 94 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 83 (2.36%) NIST
6 67 (1.90%) IFRS
7 64 (1.82%) PMO
8 53 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 45 (1.28%) GRC
9 45 (1.28%) SLA
10 38 (1.08%) GAAP
11 35 (0.99%) COBIT
12 34 (0.97%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.62%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
16 15 (0.43%) MiFID
17 14 (0.40%) COREP
17 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 98 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 72 (2.04%) Docker
3 64 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 36 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) Firmware
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 153 (4.35%) Terraform
2 140 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 50 (1.42%) Grafana
4 48 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.77%) Ansible
6 10 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.11%) Argo
11 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.11%) QRadar
11 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.085%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.085%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.057%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 570 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 230 (6.53%) Oracle
3 129 (3.66%) SAP
4 120 (3.41%) Databricks
5 91 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.93%) Sage
7 51 (1.45%) Google
8 49 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.22%) Cisco
10 40 (1.14%) VMware
11 36 (1.02%) Xero
12 28 (0.80%) Workday
13 26 (0.74%) Adobe
14 23 (0.65%) HubSpot
15 22 (0.62%) Aderant
16 19 (0.54%) IBM
17 18 (0.51%) Splunk
18 17 (0.48%) Okta
19 14 (0.40%) Meraki
19 14 (0.40%) OpenAI
1,542 hybrid/remote Finance jobs