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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,336 4,023 7,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.19% 27.68% 21.63%
As % of the General category 32.71% 37.03% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 2,514 4,866
10th Percentile £36,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £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 £88,750 £102,500 £87,500
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 10,200 10,863 20,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.62% 74.74% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,788 6,353 15,057
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,450 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 13 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 84 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.14%) Confluence
3 29 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.45%) SAS
5 9 (0.27%) CMS
6 8 (0.24%) JBoss
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.15%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.15%) IIS
9 4 (0.12%) Apache
10 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.030%) Camunda
11 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.030%) nginx
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 200 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 108 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.060%) Productboard
11 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 67 (2.01%) Oracle Financials
2 50 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 49 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
4 45 (1.35%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 33 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
7 31 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
9 26 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.39%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
15 9 (0.27%) SAP FI
16 8 (0.24%) SAP CO
16 8 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 739 (22.15%) Azure
2 460 (13.79%) AWS
3 283 (8.48%) SaaS
4 221 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 170 (5.10%) GCP
6 143 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
8 112 (3.36%) GitHub
9 104 (3.12%) Snowflake
10 90 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 87 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
12 79 (2.37%) Entra ID
13 70 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.98%) Azure Machine Learning
15 61 (1.83%) Azure AI
16 58 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
17 56 (1.68%) GitHub Copilot
18 38 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
18 38 (1.14%) dbt
19 35 (1.05%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (2.01%) Firewall
2 49 (1.47%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.35%) VPN
4 44 (1.32%) WAN
5 39 (1.17%) DNS
6 38 (1.14%) HTTP
7 37 (1.11%) DHCP
8 29 (0.87%) Network Security
8 29 (0.87%) SD-WAN
9 23 (0.69%) CHAP
10 19 (0.57%) BGP
10 19 (0.57%) LAN
10 19 (0.57%) MPLS
11 18 (0.54%) Broadband
12 17 (0.51%) Wireless
13 15 (0.45%) VLAN
14 13 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (4.74%) SQL Server
2 154 (4.62%) Power BI
3 67 (2.01%) Tableau
4 62 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.53%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (0.75%) Big Data
10 24 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 22 (0.66%) MongoDB
13 21 (0.63%) Metadata
14 18 (0.54%) MySQL
15 17 (0.51%) DB2
16 15 (0.45%) NoSQL
17 14 (0.42%) Delta Lake
17 14 (0.42%) SAP BW
18 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
19 12 (0.36%) Looker
Development Applications
1 115 (3.45%) JIRA
2 68 (2.04%) Git
3 34 (1.02%) TeamCity
4 30 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
5 29 (0.87%) Jenkins
6 26 (0.78%) Selenium
7 18 (0.54%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 13 (0.39%) SoapUI
11 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.24%) GitLab
13 7 (0.21%) JUnit
14 6 (0.18%) Maven
14 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.18%) Storybook
15 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.15%) Mockito
15 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,037 (31.09%) Social Skills
2 576 (17.27%) Banking
3 459 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 312 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 309 (9.26%) Legal
6 303 (9.08%) Retail
7 240 (7.19%) Law
8 234 (7.01%) Public Sector
9 222 (6.65%) Marketing
10 164 (4.92%) Financial Institution
11 145 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
12 121 (3.63%) Back Office
13 110 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
14 93 (2.79%) Manufacturing
15 91 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
16 75 (2.25%) Front Office
17 67 (2.01%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.17%) Investment Banking
19 38 (1.14%) Billing
20 36 (1.08%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 577 (17.30%) Senior
2 384 (11.51%) Analyst
3 283 (8.48%) Developer
4 280 (8.39%) Lead
5 219 (6.56%) Software Engineer
6 180 (5.40%) Architect
7 174 (5.22%) Consultant
8 131 (3.93%) Finance Manager
9 117 (3.51%) Senior Manager
10 104 (3.12%) Accountant
11 100 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
13 85 (2.55%) Project Manager
14 84 (2.52%) C# Developer
15 80 (2.40%) Data Engineer
16 75 (2.25%) Software Developer
17 74 (2.22%) Graduate
17 74 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
18 71 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
19 70 (2.10%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (3.96%) .NET
2 127 (3.81%) React
3 116 (3.48%) REST
4 68 (2.04%) Node.js
5 60 (1.80%) Kafka
6 52 (1.56%) RESTful
7 50 (1.50%) SOAP
8 49 (1.47%) GraphQL
9 47 (1.41%) CSS
10 43 (1.29%) Redux
10 43 (1.29%) Spring
11 41 (1.23%) JSON
12 36 (1.08%) HTML
13 34 (1.02%) OAuth
14 32 (0.96%) jQuery
15 31 (0.93%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.87%) Middleware
17 27 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
17 27 (0.81%) XML
18 26 (0.78%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 221 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 199 (5.97%) Cloud Native
3 134 (4.02%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 118 (3.54%) Management Information System
6 75 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 75 (2.25%) Web Conferencing
7 69 (2.07%) Podcast
8 64 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 62 (1.86%) Data Structures
9 62 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
10 60 (1.80%) Fixed Income
11 53 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
12 49 (1.47%) Blog
13 46 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
14 43 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 42 (1.26%) Security Posture
16 36 (1.08%) Low-Code
17 34 (1.02%) Driving Licence
18 33 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.57%) Windows
2 101 (3.03%) Linux
3 39 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.81%) Unix
5 24 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.48%) Android
7 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.030%) AIX
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.030%) VMS
11 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 804 (24.10%) Agile
2 488 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 480 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 478 (14.33%) Roadmaps
5 408 (12.23%) AI
6 368 (11.03%) Mentoring
7 363 (10.88%) DevOps
8 353 (10.58%) CI/CD
9 349 (10.46%) Analytics
9 349 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 339 (10.16%) Software Engineering
11 336 (10.07%) Decision-Making
12 331 (9.92%) ERP
13 303 (9.08%) Coaching
14 281 (8.42%) Project Management
15 258 (7.73%) Risk Management
16 213 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 212 (6.35%) Test Automation
18 207 (6.21%) Fintech
19 196 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 551 (16.52%) SQL
2 340 (10.19%) Python
3 321 (9.62%) Java
4 214 (6.41%) C#
5 127 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 121 (3.63%) TypeScript
7 82 (2.46%) C++
7 82 (2.46%) PowerShell
8 78 (2.34%) Go
9 67 (2.01%) PHP
10 38 (1.14%) PL/SQL
11 30 (0.90%) C
12 24 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 19 (0.57%) Bicep
14 17 (0.51%) Rust
15 16 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.45%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.42%) R
18 13 (0.39%) Bash
19 12 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 363 (10.88%) Degree
2 248 (7.43%) ACCA
3 205 (6.15%) CIMA
4 191 (5.73%) Security Cleared
5 128 (3.84%) CISSP
6 108 (3.24%) SC Cleared
7 88 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 78 (2.34%) CISA
9 77 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 64 (1.92%) CISM
11 53 (1.59%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.50%) PMI Certification
13 49 (1.47%) CRISC
14 39 (1.17%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.05%) SANS
16 31 (0.93%) Azure Certification
16 31 (0.93%) PMP
17 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (0.75%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (3.87%) QA
2 116 (3.48%) Data Quality
3 114 (3.42%) GDPR
4 106 (3.18%) NIST
5 86 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (1.92%) IFRS
7 58 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 56 (1.68%) PCI DSS
9 54 (1.62%) GRC
10 51 (1.53%) PMO
11 40 (1.20%) SLA
12 36 (1.08%) GAAP
13 30 (0.90%) COBIT
14 21 (0.63%) SOC 2
15 19 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.45%) MiFID
17 14 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
18 13 (0.39%) COREP
18 13 (0.39%) FINREP
18 13 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 105 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.28%) Docker
3 70 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.15%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.030%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 176 (5.28%) Terraform
2 134 (4.02%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.38%) Grafana
3 46 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (0.90%) Ansible
5 24 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.24%) Argo
7 8 (0.24%) Istio
8 7 (0.21%) 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 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.090%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.060%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 551 (16.52%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.92%) Oracle
3 133 (3.99%) SAP
4 131 (3.93%) Databricks
5 87 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 58 (1.74%) Sage
7 53 (1.59%) Google
8 50 (1.50%) VMware
9 40 (1.20%) Cisco
10 39 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 30 (0.90%) Workday
11 30 (0.90%) Xero
12 24 (0.72%) Okta
13 23 (0.69%) Adobe
13 23 (0.69%) HubSpot
14 20 (0.60%) IBM
15 19 (0.57%) Aderant
16 17 (0.51%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.39%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.39%) CheckPoint