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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,937 4,139 5,832
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.03% 25.11% 21.30%
As % of the General category 30.25% 34.65% 34.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,595 2,501 3,782
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £140,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -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 13,013 11,945 16,741
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.60% 72.47% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8,364 6,695 11,656
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,928 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 26 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
1 113 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 43 (1.09%) Confluence
3 30 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.38%) Apache
5 13 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.28%) CMS
6 11 (0.28%) SAS
7 10 (0.25%) nginx
8 7 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.10%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.051%) JBoss
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.025%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 251 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
8 6 (0.15%) Simulink
9 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.13%) Trello
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.10%) Sketch
11 3 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.076%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.076%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.076%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.076%) Productboard
12 2 (0.051%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.051%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 66 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 55 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 28 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
7 22 (0.56%) Elite 3E
8 21 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
9 20 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
11 16 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
12 14 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
12 14 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.33%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
15 11 (0.28%) SAP CO
15 11 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 865 (21.97%) Azure
2 573 (14.55%) AWS
3 343 (8.71%) SaaS
4 300 (7.62%) Power Platform
5 206 (5.23%) GCP
6 170 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 138 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
9 92 (2.34%) Snowflake
10 80 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (1.83%) Entra ID
12 69 (1.75%) PaaS
13 67 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 63 (1.60%) Azure AI
15 58 (1.47%) Azure Machine Learning
15 58 (1.47%) GitHub
16 57 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
17 54 (1.37%) PowerApps
18 42 (1.07%) Power Automate
18 42 (1.07%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 84 (2.13%) WAN
2 78 (1.98%) LAN
3 71 (1.80%) Firewall
4 46 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 42 (1.07%) HTTP
6 40 (1.02%) Network Security
7 38 (0.97%) DNS
8 34 (0.86%) VPN
9 29 (0.74%) DHCP
10 21 (0.53%) Broadband
11 18 (0.46%) MPLS
11 18 (0.46%) Wireless
12 17 (0.43%) BGP
13 15 (0.38%) SD-WAN
13 15 (0.38%) VLAN
14 12 (0.30%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.28%) CHAP
15 11 (0.28%) Internet
16 10 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (4.78%) Power BI
2 172 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 72 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 61 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 56 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 56 (1.42%) Tableau
6 44 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
8 38 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 28 (0.71%) Big Data
10 27 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (0.61%) MySQL
13 23 (0.58%) Metadata
13 23 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.43%) Db2
14 17 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 17 (0.43%) Power Query
14 17 (0.43%) SAP BW
15 16 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 113 (2.87%) JIRA
2 76 (1.93%) Git
3 43 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 21 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.51%) JUnit
6 18 (0.46%) Selenium
7 14 (0.36%) Maven
8 12 (0.30%) Mockito
9 10 (0.25%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.15%) GitLab
11 6 (0.15%) Postman
11 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.13%) Gatling
12 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.10%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,294 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 647 (16.43%) Banking
3 517 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 417 (10.59%) Legal
5 354 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 323 (8.20%) Retail
7 294 (7.47%) Law
8 226 (5.74%) Marketing
9 215 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
10 209 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
11 189 (4.80%) Public Sector
12 144 (3.66%) Financial Institution
13 129 (3.28%) Manufacturing
14 120 (3.05%) Back Office
15 116 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
16 77 (1.96%) Front Office
16 77 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 69 (1.75%) Billing
18 55 (1.40%) Investment Banking
19 50 (1.27%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 561 (14.25%) Senior
2 400 (10.16%) Analyst
2 400 (10.16%) Lead
3 358 (9.09%) Developer
4 304 (7.72%) Architect
5 259 (6.58%) Software Engineer
6 216 (5.49%) Consultant
7 156 (3.96%) Finance Manager
8 144 (3.66%) Senior Manager
9 131 (3.33%) Accountant
10 114 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
11 98 (2.49%) IT Manager
12 93 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
12 93 (2.36%) Project Manager
13 92 (2.34%) Business Analyst
14 91 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
15 85 (2.16%) Senior Analyst
16 81 (2.06%) Graduate
17 79 (2.01%) Support Analyst
18 72 (1.83%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (4.14%) React
2 160 (4.06%) .NET
3 120 (3.05%) REST
4 104 (2.64%) Node.js
5 64 (1.63%) CSS
6 62 (1.57%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.50%) ASP.NET
8 57 (1.45%) Kafka
9 55 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
10 54 (1.37%) Spring
11 47 (1.19%) .NET Framework
12 41 (1.04%) AngularJS
12 41 (1.04%) Redux
13 39 (0.99%) GraphQL
13 39 (0.99%) jQuery
14 37 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (0.91%) HTML
16 34 (0.86%) PyTorch
16 34 (0.86%) TensorFlow
17 32 (0.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 254 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 213 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.06%) Virtual Team
4 154 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 151 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 144 (3.66%) Web Conferencing
7 136 (3.45%) Podcast
8 93 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 87 (2.21%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.83%) Data Centre
10 72 (1.83%) Fixed Income
11 66 (1.68%) Data Structures
12 60 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 50 (1.27%) Blog
14 49 (1.24%) Driving Licence
14 49 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (1.09%) Credit Risk
16 41 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
17 40 (1.02%) Derivative
17 40 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 134 (3.40%) Windows
2 114 (2.90%) Linux
3 44 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.46%) Unix
5 15 (0.38%) Android
6 14 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.10%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.025%) AIX
10 1 (0.025%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.025%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (21.36%) Agile
2 651 (16.54%) Roadmaps
3 641 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 595 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
5 544 (13.82%) AI
6 473 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 469 (11.91%) Decision-Making
8 449 (11.40%) Software Engineering
9 406 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 394 (10.01%) Analytics
10 394 (10.01%) ERP
11 349 (8.86%) CI/CD
12 334 (8.48%) DevOps
13 311 (7.90%) Risk Management
14 299 (7.59%) Project Management
15 291 (7.39%) Project Delivery
16 280 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 266 (6.76%) Process Improvement
18 246 (6.25%) CRM
19 243 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 592 (15.04%) SQL
2 399 (10.13%) Python
3 307 (7.80%) Java
4 246 (6.25%) C#
5 178 (4.52%) JavaScript
6 154 (3.91%) TypeScript
7 99 (2.51%) C++
8 79 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 70 (1.78%) PHP
10 61 (1.55%) Go
11 29 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 28 (0.71%) C
13 26 (0.66%) Bicep
14 23 (0.58%) R
15 22 (0.56%) Bash
16 19 (0.48%) VBA
17 14 (0.36%) Rust
17 14 (0.36%) T-SQL
18 11 (0.28%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 362 (9.19%) Degree
2 260 (6.60%) ACCA
3 250 (6.35%) Security Cleared
4 219 (5.56%) CIMA
5 170 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 159 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 85 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 81 (2.06%) CISSP
9 57 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 55 (1.40%) CISM
11 46 (1.17%) PMI Certification
12 45 (1.14%) PMP
13 43 (1.09%) Azure Certification
14 37 (0.94%) CISA
15 35 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (0.76%) CRISC
17 29 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.66%) DBS Check
19 25 (0.64%) AAT
20 21 (0.53%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (3.91%) QA
2 147 (3.73%) Data Quality
3 139 (3.53%) GDPR
4 94 (2.39%) GRC
5 90 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 88 (2.24%) Accessibility
7 79 (2.01%) NIST
8 69 (1.75%) IFRS
9 67 (1.70%) PMO
10 57 (1.45%) SLA
11 49 (1.24%) GAAP
12 33 (0.84%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.79%) COBIT
14 24 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
15 21 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.46%) SOC 2
17 16 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.38%) FINREP
18 15 (0.38%) MiFID
19 14 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 97 (2.46%) Docker
2 91 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 65 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.46%) Firmware
6 16 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
10 5 (0.13%) vSphere
11 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.025%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 168 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 153 (3.89%) Terraform
3 56 (1.42%) Grafana
4 43 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (0.97%) Ansible
6 8 (0.20%) Istio
7 6 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.13%) Endace
9 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.10%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.10%) QRadar
9 4 (0.10%) SCCM
9 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.076%) Argo
10 3 (0.076%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.051%) CASB
11 2 (0.051%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.051%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 720 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 234 (5.94%) Oracle
3 139 (3.53%) SAP
4 118 (3.00%) Databricks
5 83 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.73%) Sage
7 63 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 55 (1.40%) Google
9 45 (1.14%) Cisco
10 43 (1.09%) Workday
11 41 (1.04%) VMware
12 36 (0.91%) Xero
13 31 (0.79%) HubSpot
14 27 (0.69%) Adobe
14 27 (0.69%) IBM
15 26 (0.66%) Aderant
16 21 (0.53%) BMC
17 19 (0.48%) FIS
17 19 (0.48%) Splunk
18 18 (0.46%) iManage