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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,094 3,838 5,878
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.83% 23.52% 22.95%
As % of the General category 33.33% 34.05% 36.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,865 2,454 4,640
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £52,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +12.78% -1.48%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,750 £122,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -7.14%

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 9,282 11,273 15,985
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.50% 69.08% 62.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,843 6,368 12,654
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,900 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.41%

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 January 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 67 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.62%) Confluence
3 43 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (0.94%) Apache
6 18 (0.58%) SAS
7 17 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 17 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.39%) JBoss
9 10 (0.32%) CMS
10 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
10 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
14 3 (0.097%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.097%) WordPress
15 2 (0.065%) IIS
Applications
1 260 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.065%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.065%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
2 58 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
3 47 (1.52%) Oracle Assets
4 45 (1.45%) NetSuite
5 43 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 41 (1.33%) Unit4 Business World
7 40 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
7 40 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
11 18 (0.58%) SAP FI
12 16 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
12 16 (0.52%) SAP CO
12 16 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
13 14 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
14 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 768 (24.82%) Azure
2 410 (13.25%) AWS
3 330 (10.67%) Power Platform
4 277 (8.95%) SaaS
5 242 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
6 205 (6.63%) GitHub
7 178 (5.75%) GCP
8 147 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
9 120 (3.88%) Snowflake
10 108 (3.49%) Entra ID
11 106 (3.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 97 (3.14%) dbt
13 86 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
15 72 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
16 59 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 58 (1.87%) OCI
18 53 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
19 46 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
19 46 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.62%) Firewall
2 61 (1.97%) WAN
3 51 (1.65%) VPN
4 48 (1.55%) SD-WAN
5 47 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 44 (1.42%) LAN
7 41 (1.33%) Wireless
8 36 (1.16%) Wireshark
9 33 (1.07%) DNS
10 28 (0.90%) DHCP
11 21 (0.68%) Network Security
12 18 (0.58%) Internet
13 16 (0.52%) CHAP
14 14 (0.45%) VLAN
15 10 (0.32%) BGP
15 10 (0.32%) HTTP
16 9 (0.29%) SSL
17 8 (0.26%) Telnet
17 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
18 7 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 234 (7.56%) Power BI
2 124 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 112 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (3.17%) Tableau
5 81 (2.62%) Data Lake
6 54 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 54 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
7 48 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 39 (1.26%) Apache Iceberg
9 36 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
9 36 (1.16%) Apache Arrow
9 36 (1.16%) Dremio
10 34 (1.10%) Metadata
11 31 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (0.97%) MySQL
13 27 (0.87%) Big Data
14 25 (0.81%) MongoDB
15 22 (0.71%) Apache Ignite
16 21 (0.68%) Relational Database
17 20 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 157 (5.07%) JIRA
2 70 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
3 69 (2.23%) Git
4 63 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 38 (1.23%) Selenium
6 35 (1.13%) Postman
7 30 (0.97%) TeamCity
8 27 (0.87%) SoapUI
9 24 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (0.71%) WebDriver
11 18 (0.58%) ERwin
12 17 (0.55%) Cypress.io
12 17 (0.55%) GitLab
13 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
14 11 (0.36%) Storybook
15 9 (0.29%) Subversion
16 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.19%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.16%) JMeter
18 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,078 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 537 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
3 435 (14.06%) Banking
4 251 (8.11%) Marketing
5 223 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 222 (7.18%) Retail
7 221 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 177 (5.72%) Financial Institution
9 163 (5.27%) Legal
10 158 (5.11%) Law
11 106 (3.43%) Telecoms
12 104 (3.36%) Back Office
12 104 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
13 97 (3.14%) Manufacturing
14 93 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
15 78 (2.52%) Front Office
16 74 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
17 56 (1.81%) Electronics
18 51 (1.65%) Billing
19 47 (1.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 550 (17.78%) Senior
2 439 (14.19%) Analyst
3 256 (8.27%) Developer
4 216 (6.98%) Lead
5 171 (5.53%) Software Engineer
6 155 (5.01%) Consultant
7 138 (4.46%) Architect
8 101 (3.26%) Business Analyst
9 92 (2.97%) Data Engineer
10 82 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
11 80 (2.59%) Financial Analyst
12 75 (2.42%) Project Manager
13 71 (2.29%) Finance Manager
14 70 (2.26%) Senior Software Engineer
15 65 (2.10%) Senior Manager
16 64 (2.07%) Software Developer
16 64 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
17 63 (2.04%) Accountant
18 59 (1.91%) Applications Engineer
19 57 (1.84%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (5.24%) .NET
2 101 (3.26%) REST
3 97 (3.14%) SOAP
4 95 (3.07%) RESTful
5 85 (2.75%) React
6 56 (1.81%) JSON
7 51 (1.65%) OAuth
8 49 (1.58%) Node.js
9 47 (1.52%) Spring
10 45 (1.45%) Pandas
11 41 (1.33%) AngularJS
11 41 (1.33%) HTML
11 41 (1.33%) NumPy
12 37 (1.20%) Middleware
13 36 (1.16%) CSS
13 36 (1.16%) Kafka
13 36 (1.16%) SciPy
14 32 (1.03%) OAuth2
14 32 (1.03%) XML
15 29 (0.94%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 200 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 185 (5.98%) Cloud Native
3 150 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 124 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
5 123 (3.98%) Onboarding
6 76 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 72 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 72 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
8 65 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 63 (2.04%) e-Learning
10 60 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 56 (1.81%) Security Posture
12 53 (1.71%) Fixed Income
13 51 (1.65%) Blog
14 46 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
14 46 (1.49%) Equities
15 40 (1.29%) Hedge funds
16 38 (1.23%) Virtual Team
17 33 (1.07%) Public Cloud
18 32 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.27%) Linux
2 108 (3.49%) Windows
3 44 (1.42%) Unix
4 39 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.58%) Android
6 18 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.19%) VMS
10 5 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.065%) CentOS
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 842 (27.21%) Agile
2 542 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 534 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
4 470 (15.19%) Coaching
5 463 (14.96%) AI
6 441 (14.25%) DevOps
7 439 (14.19%) Asset Management
8 415 (13.41%) Roadmaps
9 411 (13.28%) Analytics
10 408 (13.19%) CI/CD
11 362 (11.70%) Decision-Making
12 336 (10.86%) Mentoring
13 326 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 311 (10.05%) Software Engineering
15 307 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
15 307 (9.92%) ERP
16 277 (8.95%) Project Management
17 273 (8.82%) Risk Management
18 241 (7.79%) Test Automation
19 194 (6.27%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 585 (18.91%) SQL
2 406 (13.12%) Python
3 300 (9.70%) Java
4 159 (5.14%) C#
5 146 (4.72%) JavaScript
6 125 (4.04%) TypeScript
7 123 (3.98%) PowerShell
8 70 (2.26%) C++
9 55 (1.78%) PHP
10 53 (1.71%) PL/SQL
11 39 (1.26%) Bash
11 39 (1.26%) Go
11 39 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 38 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 32 (1.03%) Bicep
13 32 (1.03%) C
14 28 (0.90%) Apex Code
15 20 (0.65%) T-SQL
16 19 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 19 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 400 (12.93%) Degree
2 200 (6.46%) ACCA
3 181 (5.85%) Security Cleared
4 160 (5.17%) CIMA
5 140 (4.52%) CISSP
6 128 (4.14%) SC Cleared
7 89 (2.88%) CISA
8 72 (2.33%) CISM
9 69 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 68 (2.20%) DV Cleared
11 63 (2.04%) CRISC
12 59 (1.91%) DBS Check
13 42 (1.36%) PMI Certification
14 41 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
15 37 (1.20%) ISTQB
16 35 (1.13%) Azure Certification
17 34 (1.10%) AAT
18 28 (0.90%) CCNP
18 28 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 23 (0.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (4.78%) NIST
2 128 (4.14%) QA
3 127 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 119 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 112 (3.62%) GDPR
6 77 (2.49%) PCI DSS
7 73 (2.36%) Accessibility
8 69 (2.23%) GRC
9 51 (1.65%) PMO
10 50 (1.62%) IFRS
11 31 (1.00%) COBIT
11 31 (1.00%) GAAP
12 30 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 30 (0.97%) SLA
13 25 (0.81%) SOC 2
14 21 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (0.58%) P3O
16 11 (0.36%) SEPA
16 11 (0.36%) WCAG
17 9 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 109 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.13%) Docker
3 39 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (0.81%) Firmware
6 17 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.13%) NFS
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.13%) vSphere
10 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 235 (7.60%) Terraform
2 116 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
4 54 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 44 (1.42%) Ansible
5 44 (1.42%) Grafana
6 16 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.36%) SCCM
8 10 (0.32%) Argo
9 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.13%) QRadar
13 2 (0.065%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.065%) Kibana
13 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 530 (17.13%) Microsoft
2 165 (5.33%) Oracle
3 128 (4.14%) SAP
4 92 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 86 (2.78%) Databricks
6 83 (2.68%) Cisco
7 58 (1.87%) Google
8 52 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.58%) VMware
10 45 (1.45%) Blue Prism
11 43 (1.39%) Sage
12 35 (1.13%) Red Hat
13 32 (1.03%) CheckPoint
13 32 (1.03%) Workday
14 28 (0.90%) Meraki
14 28 (0.90%) SolarWinds
15 27 (0.87%) Okta
15 27 (0.87%) Palo Alto
16 23 (0.74%) IBM
17 18 (0.58%) Ab Initio