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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,877 4,155 6,154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.95% 25.22% 21.12%
As % of the General category 30.17% 34.83% 34.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,588 2,521 4,051
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +0.72% +0.08%
75th Percentile £90,188 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £132,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £66,367 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.71% +2.10% -3.70%

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 12,849 11,928 17,836
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.48% 72.41% 61.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,309 6,671 12,588
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 July 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 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.03%) Confluence
3 30 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.31%) SAS
5 11 (0.28%) Apache
5 11 (0.28%) CMS
6 9 (0.23%) nginx
7 7 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.15%) IIS
8 6 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.10%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.077%) JBoss
12 2 (0.052%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.026%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.026%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 241 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.26%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.13%) Trello
9 4 (0.10%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.10%) Sketch
10 3 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.077%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.077%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.077%) Productboard
11 2 (0.052%) Simulink
11 2 (0.052%) SPSS
12 1 (0.026%) Notion
Business Applications
1 63 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 57 (1.47%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
5 29 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
6 24 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.59%) Elite 3E
8 21 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
9 20 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
11 16 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
12 14 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.34%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
14 12 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 11 (0.28%) SAP CO
15 11 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 843 (21.74%) Azure
2 570 (14.70%) AWS
3 354 (9.13%) SaaS
4 292 (7.53%) Power Platform
5 209 (5.39%) GCP
6 167 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
7 128 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (2.22%) Snowflake
10 76 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (1.86%) Entra ID
12 69 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 66 (1.70%) PaaS
14 65 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
15 63 (1.62%) Azure AI
16 60 (1.55%) Azure Machine Learning
17 51 (1.32%) PowerApps
18 48 (1.24%) GitHub
19 39 (1.01%) Power Automate
20 37 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 85 (2.19%) WAN
2 76 (1.96%) LAN
3 75 (1.93%) Firewall
4 50 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.06%) HTTP
6 40 (1.03%) Network Security
6 40 (1.03%) VPN
7 39 (1.01%) DNS
8 31 (0.80%) DHCP
9 20 (0.52%) BGP
9 20 (0.52%) Broadband
10 19 (0.49%) Wireless
11 18 (0.46%) MPLS
11 18 (0.46%) SD-WAN
11 18 (0.46%) VLAN
12 13 (0.34%) CHAP
12 13 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
13 12 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (4.69%) Power BI
2 167 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 74 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 55 (1.42%) Tableau
6 51 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 37 (0.95%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.72%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (0.62%) Big Data
13 23 (0.59%) MySQL
13 23 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (0.52%) Metadata
15 18 (0.46%) Db2
16 17 (0.44%) Oracle Database
16 17 (0.44%) SAP BW
17 15 (0.39%) Power Query
18 14 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 105 (2.71%) JIRA
2 69 (1.78%) Git
3 49 (1.26%) TeamCity
4 21 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.44%) JUnit
6 16 (0.41%) Selenium
7 13 (0.34%) Maven
8 11 (0.28%) Mockito
9 10 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.15%) GitLab
10 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.10%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.10%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.10%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,282 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 673 (17.36%) Banking
3 506 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 412 (10.63%) Legal
5 341 (8.80%) Retail
6 338 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 313 (8.07%) Law
8 211 (5.44%) Marketing
9 208 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
10 204 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
11 198 (5.11%) Public Sector
12 166 (4.28%) Financial Institution
13 139 (3.59%) Back Office
14 126 (3.25%) Manufacturing
15 109 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
16 74 (1.91%) Front Office
17 72 (1.86%) Telecoms
18 62 (1.60%) Billing
19 54 (1.39%) Investment Banking
20 45 (1.16%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 557 (14.37%) Senior
2 398 (10.27%) Analyst
3 390 (10.06%) Lead
4 354 (9.13%) Developer
5 303 (7.82%) Architect
6 257 (6.63%) Software Engineer
7 212 (5.47%) Consultant
8 154 (3.97%) Finance Manager
9 153 (3.95%) Senior Manager
10 129 (3.33%) Accountant
11 116 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
12 95 (2.45%) IT Manager
13 94 (2.42%) Project Manager
14 93 (2.40%) Engineering Manager
15 92 (2.37%) Business Analyst
16 88 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
17 83 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
18 80 (2.06%) Graduate
18 80 (2.06%) Support Analyst
19 72 (1.86%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (4.18%) .NET
2 154 (3.97%) React
3 115 (2.97%) REST
4 101 (2.61%) Node.js
5 64 (1.65%) CSS
6 62 (1.60%) .NET Core
7 57 (1.47%) ASP.NET
7 57 (1.47%) Kafka
8 55 (1.42%) ASP.NET Core
9 53 (1.37%) Spring
10 47 (1.21%) .NET Framework
11 41 (1.06%) Redux
12 39 (1.01%) AngularJS
12 39 (1.01%) jQuery
13 38 (0.98%) GraphQL
14 37 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (0.93%) HTML
16 34 (0.88%) PyTorch
16 34 (0.88%) RESTful
16 34 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 253 (6.53%) Product Ownership
2 222 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.13%) Virtual Team
4 152 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 147 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 143 (3.69%) Web Conferencing
7 135 (3.48%) Podcast
8 87 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
9 84 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 76 (1.96%) Data Centre
11 70 (1.81%) Fixed Income
12 65 (1.68%) Data Structures
13 59 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
14 48 (1.24%) Driving Licence
15 46 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.16%) Blog
16 45 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
17 43 (1.11%) Credit Risk
18 40 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
18 40 (1.03%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 132 (3.40%) Windows
2 115 (2.97%) Linux
3 43 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.46%) Unix
5 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.31%) Android
7 11 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.026%) AIX
10 1 (0.026%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 816 (21.05%) Agile
2 642 (16.56%) Roadmaps
3 622 (16.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 570 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
5 493 (12.72%) AI
6 461 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 457 (11.79%) Decision-Making
8 439 (11.32%) Software Engineering
9 415 (10.70%) Mentoring
10 389 (10.03%) ERP
11 375 (9.67%) Analytics
12 343 (8.85%) CI/CD
13 331 (8.54%) DevOps
14 304 (7.84%) Project Management
14 304 (7.84%) Risk Management
15 280 (7.22%) Project Delivery
16 270 (6.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 248 (6.40%) Process Improvement
18 239 (6.16%) Coaching
19 235 (6.06%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 573 (14.78%) SQL
2 387 (9.98%) Python
3 319 (8.23%) Java
4 250 (6.45%) C#
5 168 (4.33%) JavaScript
6 148 (3.82%) TypeScript
7 95 (2.45%) C++
8 75 (1.93%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.78%) PHP
10 64 (1.65%) Go
11 29 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 27 (0.70%) C
13 26 (0.67%) Bicep
14 22 (0.57%) Bash
14 22 (0.57%) R
15 19 (0.49%) VBA
16 15 (0.39%) Rust
17 13 (0.34%) T-SQL
18 12 (0.31%) VB.NET
18 12 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 349 (9.00%) Degree
2 255 (6.58%) ACCA
3 217 (5.60%) Security Cleared
4 214 (5.52%) CIMA
5 136 (3.51%) SC Cleared
6 131 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 89 (2.30%) CISSP
8 81 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 59 (1.52%) CISM
10 55 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 44 (1.13%) PMP
12 43 (1.11%) Azure Certification
13 41 (1.06%) CISA
14 37 (0.95%) DV Cleared
15 34 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 32 (0.83%) CRISC
17 30 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (0.64%) AAT
18 25 (0.64%) DBS Check
19 22 (0.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (4.08%) QA
2 137 (3.53%) GDPR
3 135 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 95 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 94 (2.42%) GRC
6 83 (2.14%) NIST
7 69 (1.78%) IFRS
8 66 (1.70%) PMO
9 60 (1.55%) Accessibility
10 56 (1.44%) SLA
11 47 (1.21%) GAAP
12 39 (1.01%) PCI DSS
13 33 (0.85%) COBIT
14 26 (0.67%) SOC 2
15 23 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
16 20 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.39%) FINREP
19 14 (0.36%) COREP
19 14 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 90 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 89 (2.30%) Docker
3 64 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.36%) Firmware
6 14 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.13%) Squid
9 5 (0.13%) vSphere
10 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (0.077%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.077%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 167 (4.31%) Kubernetes
2 162 (4.18%) Terraform
3 60 (1.55%) Grafana
4 43 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (0.95%) Ansible
6 8 (0.21%) Istio
7 6 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.13%) Endace
8 5 (0.13%) QRadar
8 5 (0.13%) SCCM
8 5 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.10%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.077%) Argo
10 3 (0.077%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.077%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.077%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.052%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 705 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 236 (6.09%) Oracle
3 138 (3.56%) SAP
4 115 (2.97%) Databricks
5 79 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.70%) Sage
7 63 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 57 (1.47%) Google
9 47 (1.21%) Cisco
10 41 (1.06%) VMware
11 38 (0.98%) Workday
12 37 (0.95%) Xero
13 28 (0.72%) HubSpot
13 28 (0.72%) IBM
14 27 (0.70%) Adobe
15 26 (0.67%) Aderant
16 21 (0.54%) BMC
17 20 (0.52%) Splunk
18 19 (0.49%) OpenAI
19 18 (0.46%) iManage