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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,776 4,123 6,865
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.87% 25.36% 20.99%
As % of the General category 30.08% 34.84% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,546 2,520 4,659
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,375 £46,250
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 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £122,861
UK median annual salary £67,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +8.00% -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 12,552 11,833 20,072
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.41% 72.79% 61.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,190 6,621 14,584
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +8.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
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 8 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
1 110 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.03%) Confluence
3 32 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.37%) SAS
5 12 (0.32%) CMS
6 6 (0.16%) Apache
6 6 (0.16%) IIS
7 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.13%) JBoss
8 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.11%) nginx
9 3 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.079%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 224 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 118 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.26%) CorelDRAW
7 7 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.11%) Sketch
8 4 (0.11%) Trello
9 3 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.079%) Productboard
10 2 (0.053%) SPSS
11 1 (0.026%) Notion
11 1 (0.026%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 60 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
4 29 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 27 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
6 25 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.61%) Elite 3E
8 21 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
9 17 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
10 14 (0.37%) SAP ERP
11 13 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
12 12 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 12 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
13 9 (0.24%) SAP CO
13 9 (0.24%) SAP FI
13 9 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 802 (21.24%) Azure
2 546 (14.46%) AWS
3 347 (9.19%) SaaS
4 288 (7.63%) Power Platform
5 195 (5.16%) GCP
6 167 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
7 119 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
8 112 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.09%) Snowflake
10 74 (1.96%) Entra ID
11 71 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 64 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (1.67%) Azure AI
14 62 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
15 55 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
16 53 (1.40%) PaaS
17 49 (1.30%) GitHub
18 45 (1.19%) PowerApps
19 37 (0.98%) Serverless
20 35 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (1.96%) Firewall
2 65 (1.72%) WAN
3 51 (1.35%) LAN
4 49 (1.30%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.09%) VPN
6 39 (1.03%) HTTP
6 39 (1.03%) Network Security
7 38 (1.01%) DNS
8 32 (0.85%) DHCP
9 21 (0.56%) BGP
9 21 (0.56%) Broadband
10 20 (0.53%) SD-WAN
11 19 (0.50%) MPLS
12 18 (0.48%) VLAN
12 18 (0.48%) Wireless
13 15 (0.40%) CHAP
14 13 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (4.74%) Power BI
2 167 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 75 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 56 (1.48%) Tableau
6 49 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
9 37 (0.98%) Data Lake
10 27 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.66%) Big Data
11 25 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (0.61%) MySQL
13 20 (0.53%) Metadata
14 18 (0.48%) Db2
15 15 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 15 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 14 (0.37%) Power Query
17 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 100 (2.65%) JIRA
2 63 (1.67%) Git
3 46 (1.22%) TeamCity
4 19 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.42%) Selenium
6 15 (0.40%) JUnit
7 12 (0.32%) Maven
8 10 (0.26%) Mockito
9 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.16%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.13%) GitLab
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.11%) Postman
12 3 (0.079%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.079%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.079%) SonarQube
General
1 1,245 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 654 (17.32%) Banking
3 495 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 403 (10.67%) Legal
5 333 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 327 (8.66%) Retail
7 303 (8.02%) Law
8 213 (5.64%) Marketing
9 205 (5.43%) Public Sector
10 200 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
11 167 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
12 165 (4.37%) Financial Institution
13 133 (3.52%) Back Office
14 121 (3.20%) Manufacturing
15 108 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
16 69 (1.83%) Front Office
17 67 (1.77%) Telecoms
18 56 (1.48%) Billing
19 54 (1.43%) Investment Banking
20 46 (1.22%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 542 (14.35%) Senior
2 387 (10.25%) Analyst
3 360 (9.53%) Lead
4 349 (9.24%) Developer
5 264 (6.99%) Architect
6 254 (6.73%) Software Engineer
7 198 (5.24%) Consultant
8 153 (4.05%) Finance Manager
9 147 (3.89%) Senior Manager
10 122 (3.23%) Accountant
11 108 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
12 94 (2.49%) Project Manager
13 90 (2.38%) Business Analyst
13 90 (2.38%) IT Manager
14 89 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
15 78 (2.07%) Graduate
16 76 (2.01%) Azure Engineer
16 76 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
16 76 (2.01%) Support Analyst
17 70 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (4.37%) .NET
2 155 (4.10%) React
3 111 (2.94%) REST
4 103 (2.73%) Node.js
5 64 (1.69%) .NET Core
6 63 (1.67%) CSS
7 57 (1.51%) ASP.NET
8 55 (1.46%) ASP.NET Core
8 55 (1.46%) Kafka
9 54 (1.43%) Spring
10 47 (1.24%) .NET Framework
11 42 (1.11%) Redux
12 40 (1.06%) GraphQL
13 39 (1.03%) AngularJS
13 39 (1.03%) jQuery
14 36 (0.95%) HTML
14 36 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
15 33 (0.87%) Vue
16 32 (0.85%) PyTorch
16 32 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 241 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 221 (5.85%) Cloud Native
3 159 (4.21%) Virtual Team
4 149 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 146 (3.87%) Management Information System
6 141 (3.73%) Web Conferencing
7 133 (3.52%) Podcast
8 81 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 80 (2.12%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.96%) Data Centre
11 67 (1.77%) Data Structures
12 65 (1.72%) Fixed Income
13 56 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 46 (1.22%) Driving Licence
15 45 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
15 45 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
16 44 (1.17%) Security Posture
17 43 (1.14%) Blog
18 39 (1.03%) Credit Risk
19 37 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.23%) Windows
2 108 (2.86%) Linux
3 36 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.48%) Unix
5 14 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.29%) Android
7 10 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.19%) 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
1 802 (21.24%) Agile
2 590 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 585 (15.49%) Roadmaps
4 557 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
5 462 (12.24%) AI
6 441 (11.68%) Decision-Making
7 428 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 420 (11.12%) Software Engineering
9 397 (10.51%) Mentoring
10 376 (9.96%) ERP
11 365 (9.67%) Analytics
12 339 (8.98%) CI/CD
13 332 (8.79%) DevOps
14 303 (8.02%) Project Management
15 299 (7.92%) Risk Management
16 259 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 239 (6.33%) Project Delivery
18 237 (6.28%) Coaching
19 226 (5.99%) CRM
20 225 (5.96%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 568 (15.04%) SQL
2 375 (9.93%) Python
3 310 (8.21%) Java
4 255 (6.75%) C#
5 163 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 145 (3.84%) TypeScript
7 91 (2.41%) C++
8 74 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.83%) PHP
10 66 (1.75%) Go
11 28 (0.74%) Bicep
11 28 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 25 (0.66%) C
13 21 (0.56%) Bash
13 21 (0.56%) R
14 17 (0.45%) Rust
15 16 (0.42%) VBA
16 12 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.32%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 356 (9.43%) Degree
2 256 (6.78%) ACCA
3 215 (5.69%) Security Cleared
4 214 (5.67%) CIMA
5 122 (3.23%) SC Cleared
6 121 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 108 (2.86%) CISSP
8 83 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (1.72%) CISM
10 54 (1.43%) PMI Certification
11 45 (1.19%) CISA
11 45 (1.19%) DV Cleared
12 42 (1.11%) Azure Certification
12 42 (1.11%) PMP
13 33 (0.87%) CRISC
14 32 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
16 28 (0.74%) AAT
16 28 (0.74%) DBS Check
16 28 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (4.26%) QA
2 133 (3.52%) GDPR
3 131 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 111 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 90 (2.38%) NIST
6 78 (2.07%) GRC
7 71 (1.88%) IFRS
8 64 (1.69%) PMO
9 52 (1.38%) SLA
10 47 (1.24%) Accessibility
10 47 (1.24%) GAAP
11 41 (1.09%) PCI DSS
12 33 (0.87%) COBIT
13 27 (0.72%) SOC 2
14 22 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.40%) MiFID
18 14 (0.37%) COREP
18 14 (0.37%) FINREP
System Software
1 90 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 86 (2.28%) Docker
3 64 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.19%) Firmware
9 5 (0.13%) vSphere
10 3 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.079%) Squid
10 3 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 159 (4.21%) Kubernetes
1 159 (4.21%) Terraform
2 55 (1.46%) Grafana
3 46 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (0.87%) Ansible
5 8 (0.21%) Istio
6 7 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.13%) Endace
8 5 (0.13%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.13%) QRadar
8 5 (0.13%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.13%) SCCM
9 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.079%) Argo
10 3 (0.079%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.079%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.053%) Salt
Vendors
1 665 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 233 (6.17%) Oracle
3 134 (3.55%) SAP
4 110 (2.91%) Databricks
5 84 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 70 (1.85%) Sage
7 59 (1.56%) ServiceNow
8 53 (1.40%) Google
9 47 (1.24%) Cisco
10 38 (1.01%) VMware
11 37 (0.98%) Xero
12 35 (0.93%) Workday
13 27 (0.72%) Adobe
14 26 (0.69%) Aderant
15 23 (0.61%) HubSpot
16 22 (0.58%) IBM
17 20 (0.53%) OpenAI
17 20 (0.53%) Splunk
18 18 (0.48%) iManage
18 18 (0.48%) Okta
2,487 hybrid/remote Finance jobs