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 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,253 3,977 5,353
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.23% 24.19% 22.03%
As % of the General category 30.25% 33.91% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,583 2,382 3,264
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,018 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -4.80% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -5.80% -1.43%

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 14,060 11,727 14,972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.27% 71.32% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,811 6,564 9,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 1 September 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
1 111 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.22%) Confluence
3 25 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.40%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.21%) CMS
9 7 (0.16%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.094%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.024%) CICS
12 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 253 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
6 16 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.094%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.094%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.094%) Sketch
12 3 (0.071%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.071%) Productboard
13 2 (0.047%) InDesign
13 2 (0.047%) SPSS
13 2 (0.047%) Weka
14 1 (0.024%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 65 (1.53%) NetSuite
2 48 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
3 30 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 25 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
4 25 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 22 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 20 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
7 18 (0.42%) Elite 3E
8 16 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
8 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
9 15 (0.35%) Primavera
9 15 (0.35%) Workday HCM
10 14 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
10 14 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
11 12 (0.28%) Sage 50
12 11 (0.26%) SAP ERP
13 9 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 866 (20.36%) Azure
2 598 (14.06%) AWS
3 352 (8.28%) SaaS
4 318 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 215 (5.06%) GCP
6 149 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
7 145 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
8 115 (2.70%) Snowflake
9 106 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (2.00%) PaaS
11 75 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
12 70 (1.65%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 68 (1.60%) PowerApps
14 67 (1.58%) Azure AI
14 67 (1.58%) GitHub
15 60 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
16 57 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (1.32%) Serverless
18 53 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.86%) LAN
2 78 (1.83%) WAN
3 59 (1.39%) Firewall
4 41 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.94%) HTTP
6 39 (0.92%) Network Security
7 36 (0.85%) DNS
8 29 (0.68%) VPN
9 27 (0.63%) DHCP
10 21 (0.49%) Broadband
11 16 (0.38%) VLAN
12 15 (0.35%) Wireless
13 14 (0.33%) MPLS
14 12 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
16 10 (0.24%) BGP
16 10 (0.24%) SD-WAN
17 9 (0.21%) NGFW
18 8 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
18 8 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (4.98%) Power BI
2 177 (4.16%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (1.25%) Tableau
7 49 (1.15%) Data Lake
8 40 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 40 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (0.92%) Metadata
10 36 (0.85%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.61%) Big Data
12 23 (0.54%) MySQL
13 21 (0.49%) Power Query
14 20 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 20 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (0.35%) DynamoDB
16 15 (0.35%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.35%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 134 (3.15%) JIRA
2 88 (2.07%) Git
3 46 (1.08%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 27 (0.63%) JUnit
6 22 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
7 21 (0.49%) Maven
8 17 (0.40%) Mockito
9 13 (0.31%) Selenium
10 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.16%) GitLab
10 7 (0.16%) Postman
10 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.14%) Gatling
11 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.094%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.094%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,422 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 696 (16.36%) Banking
3 614 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 504 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 423 (9.95%) Legal
6 326 (7.67%) Retail
7 321 (7.55%) Law
8 266 (6.25%) Marketing
9 259 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
10 239 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
11 212 (4.98%) Public Sector
12 154 (3.62%) Manufacturing
13 147 (3.46%) Aerospace
14 146 (3.43%) Financial Institution
15 128 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
16 125 (2.94%) Back Office
17 82 (1.93%) Billing
18 75 (1.76%) Telecoms
19 53 (1.25%) Investment Banking
20 49 (1.15%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 583 (13.71%) Senior
2 459 (10.79%) Lead
3 434 (10.20%) Analyst
4 364 (8.56%) Architect
5 320 (7.52%) Developer
6 259 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 213 (5.01%) Consultant
8 161 (3.79%) Finance Manager
9 149 (3.50%) Senior Manager
10 134 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
11 122 (2.87%) Accountant
12 111 (2.61%) IT Manager
13 110 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 108 (2.54%) Project Manager
15 103 (2.42%) Azure Engineer
16 102 (2.40%) Business Analyst
17 97 (2.28%) Engineering Manager
18 84 (1.98%) Data Analyst
19 79 (1.86%) Support Analyst
20 75 (1.76%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (4.11%) Terraform
2 156 (3.67%) .NET
3 137 (3.22%) React
4 115 (2.70%) REST
5 70 (1.65%) Node.js
6 66 (1.55%) .NET Core
7 64 (1.50%) Spring
8 62 (1.46%) CSS
9 60 (1.41%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
11 50 (1.18%) .NET Framework
11 50 (1.18%) LangChain
12 43 (1.01%) LangGraph
13 42 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
14 41 (0.96%) AngularJS
15 38 (0.89%) PyTorch
15 38 (0.89%) TensorFlow
16 35 (0.82%) XML
17 34 (0.80%) jQuery
17 34 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 291 (6.84%) Product Ownership
2 216 (5.08%) Cloud Native
3 202 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 175 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 162 (3.81%) Virtual Team
6 156 (3.67%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.43%) Podcast
8 124 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.23%) Blog
10 93 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 64 (1.50%) AI Agents
11 64 (1.50%) Data Centre
12 59 (1.39%) Data Structures
12 59 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
13 54 (1.27%) Credit Risk
14 52 (1.22%) Hedge funds
14 52 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
15 46 (1.08%) Driving Licence
16 44 (1.03%) Social Media
17 42 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 130 (3.06%) Windows
2 112 (2.63%) Linux
3 45 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.45%) Android
5 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.38%) Unix
6 10 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.071%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (20.22%) Agile
2 753 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 725 (17.05%) Roadmaps
4 675 (15.87%) AI
5 665 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
6 581 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 575 (13.52%) Decision-Making
8 493 (11.59%) Software Engineering
9 430 (10.11%) Mentoring
10 415 (9.76%) ERP
11 412 (9.69%) Analytics
12 391 (9.19%) CI/CD
13 361 (8.49%) Risk Management
14 349 (8.21%) DevOps
15 346 (8.14%) Project Delivery
16 321 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 303 (7.12%) Project Management
18 299 (7.03%) Process Improvement
19 287 (6.75%) Customer Service
20 285 (6.70%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 633 (14.88%) SQL
2 410 (9.64%) Python
3 290 (6.82%) Java
4 247 (5.81%) C#
5 150 (3.53%) JavaScript
6 121 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 105 (2.47%) C++
8 84 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 62 (1.46%) PHP
10 30 (0.71%) C
11 29 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 28 (0.66%) Go
13 27 (0.63%) Bash
14 24 (0.56%) Bicep
14 24 (0.56%) R
15 22 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 18 (0.42%) Rust
17 17 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.38%) VBA
19 15 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 418 (9.83%) Degree
2 343 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 262 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 250 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 242 (5.69%) ACCA
6 214 (5.03%) CIMA
7 134 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 85 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (1.60%) CISSP
10 54 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.18%) CISM
12 49 (1.15%) PMP
13 46 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 36 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (0.73%) CISA
16 29 (0.68%) CRISC
16 29 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.56%) ICAEW
19 21 (0.49%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (4.14%) Data Quality
2 175 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 158 (3.72%) QA
4 140 (3.29%) GDPR
5 90 (2.12%) GRC
6 88 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 77 (1.81%) SLA
8 73 (1.72%) PMO
9 65 (1.53%) NIST
10 57 (1.34%) IFRS
11 47 (1.11%) GAAP
12 30 (0.71%) PCI DSS
13 28 (0.66%) COBIT
14 22 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
15 19 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
17 16 (0.38%) MiFID
18 13 (0.31%) Def Stans
18 13 (0.31%) FINREP
18 13 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 108 (2.54%) Docker
2 95 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.18%) Firmware
5 40 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 178 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 71 (1.67%) Grafana
3 43 (1.01%) Ansible
4 33 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.12%) SCCM
7 5 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.094%) QRadar
8 4 (0.094%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.071%) Argo
9 3 (0.071%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.071%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.047%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.047%) Puppet
10 2 (0.047%) Salt
Vendors
1 727 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 215 (5.06%) Oracle
3 139 (3.27%) SAP
4 135 (3.17%) Databricks
5 91 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 63 (1.48%) Sage
7 61 (1.43%) Google
8 56 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.18%) Workday
10 48 (1.13%) VMware
11 41 (0.96%) Xero
12 39 (0.92%) Cisco
13 33 (0.78%) Aderant
14 31 (0.73%) HubSpot
15 28 (0.66%) IBM
16 25 (0.59%) BMC
17 21 (0.49%) Splunk
18 20 (0.47%) Adobe
18 20 (0.47%) Remedy
19 19 (0.45%) Veeam