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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,276 3,489 7,067
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.07% 25.90% 21.77%
As % of the General category 32.46% 35.93% 35.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,159 2,589 4,910
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,711
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -7.59%

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 10,093 9,710 20,097
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.68% 72.09% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,729 6,471 15,095
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £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 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +9.64% -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 29 April 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 82 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.25%) Confluence
3 32 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.43%) SAS
5 10 (0.31%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.15%) IIS
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.061%) nginx
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.031%) Camunda
12 1 (0.031%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.031%) WordPress
Applications
1 198 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 3 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.092%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.031%) SPSS
9 1 (0.031%) Trello
Business Applications
1 65 (1.98%) Oracle Financials
2 56 (1.71%) NetSuite
3 50 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
4 46 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
5 42 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
6 36 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
8 30 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
10 27 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (0.52%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
15 11 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
15 11 (0.34%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.31%) SAP CO
16 10 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 724 (22.10%) Azure
2 449 (13.71%) AWS
3 296 (9.04%) SaaS
4 219 (6.68%) Power Platform
5 181 (5.53%) GCP
6 150 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 135 (4.12%) GitHub
8 124 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.36%) Snowflake
10 107 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
11 91 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 79 (2.41%) Entra ID
13 76 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
14 67 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
15 64 (1.95%) GitHub Copilot
16 61 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (1.80%) Azure AI
18 46 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
19 42 (1.28%) dbt
20 38 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.77%) Firewall
2 51 (1.56%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.37%) VPN
4 44 (1.34%) WAN
5 41 (1.25%) DNS
6 39 (1.19%) DHCP
7 35 (1.07%) HTTP
8 28 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 27 (0.82%) CHAP
10 24 (0.73%) Network Security
11 19 (0.58%) BGP
12 17 (0.52%) Wireless
13 16 (0.49%) Broadband
13 16 (0.49%) LAN
13 16 (0.49%) MPLS
14 14 (0.43%) VLAN
15 13 (0.40%) Internet
16 11 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
17 9 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
17 9 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.88%) Power BI
1 160 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 71 (2.17%) Tableau
3 70 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (1.65%) Data Lake
5 41 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 31 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 29 (0.89%) Big Data
9 27 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 22 (0.67%) Metadata
10 22 (0.67%) MySQL
11 21 (0.64%) Relational Database
12 18 (0.55%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.52%) DB2
14 14 (0.43%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 14 (0.43%) SAP BW
15 13 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 122 (3.72%) JIRA
2 68 (2.08%) Git
3 36 (1.10%) TeamCity
4 35 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
5 33 (1.01%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.89%) Selenium
7 20 (0.61%) Postman
8 16 (0.49%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.46%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.40%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.34%) GitLab
13 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Subversion
14 7 (0.21%) Storybook
15 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
15 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.12%) ERwin
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,038 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 593 (18.10%) Banking
3 462 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 294 (8.97%) Retail
6 256 (7.81%) Legal
7 238 (7.26%) Law
8 234 (7.14%) Marketing
9 233 (7.11%) Public Sector
10 172 (5.25%) Financial Institution
11 120 (3.66%) Back Office
12 105 (3.21%) Manufacturing
13 103 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
14 102 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
15 96 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 85 (2.59%) Front Office
17 75 (2.29%) Telecoms
18 37 (1.13%) Advertising
18 37 (1.13%) Investment Banking
19 36 (1.10%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 585 (17.86%) Senior
2 393 (12.00%) Analyst
3 269 (8.21%) Developer
4 264 (8.06%) Lead
5 218 (6.65%) Software Engineer
6 175 (5.34%) Consultant
7 160 (4.88%) Architect
8 125 (3.82%) Finance Manager
9 109 (3.33%) Senior Manager
10 108 (3.30%) Business Analyst
11 103 (3.14%) Accountant
12 90 (2.75%) Project Manager
13 87 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
14 83 (2.53%) C# Developer
15 82 (2.50%) Data Engineer
16 76 (2.32%) Financial Analyst
16 76 (2.32%) Senior Software Engineer
16 76 (2.32%) Software Developer
17 72 (2.20%) Graduate
18 68 (2.08%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (3.69%) .NET
2 119 (3.63%) React
3 113 (3.45%) REST
4 67 (2.05%) Kafka
4 67 (2.05%) Node.js
5 59 (1.80%) SOAP
6 55 (1.68%) RESTful
7 52 (1.59%) GraphQL
8 46 (1.40%) JSON
9 45 (1.37%) CSS
10 43 (1.31%) Redux
11 39 (1.19%) Spring
12 38 (1.16%) OAuth
13 33 (1.01%) HTML
14 31 (0.95%) Middleware
15 30 (0.92%) jQuery
15 30 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
15 30 (0.92%) XML
16 25 (0.76%) AngularJS
17 21 (0.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 208 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 206 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 129 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 128 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 72 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 70 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 63 (1.92%) Fixed Income
7 63 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 62 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 61 (1.86%) Data Structures
10 60 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 53 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
12 51 (1.56%) Blog
13 43 (1.31%) Security Posture
14 40 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
15 36 (1.10%) Low-Code
16 35 (1.07%) Driving Licence
17 33 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
18 31 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
19 29 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 117 (3.57%) Windows
2 95 (2.90%) Linux
3 44 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.82%) Unix
5 26 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.55%) Android
7 16 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.092%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.061%) CentOS
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.031%) AIX
12 1 (0.031%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.031%) VMS
12 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (24.66%) Agile
2 501 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 483 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
4 463 (14.13%) Roadmaps
5 406 (12.39%) AI
6 374 (11.42%) DevOps
7 361 (11.02%) Decision-Making
8 360 (10.99%) CI/CD
9 352 (10.74%) Mentoring
10 351 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 345 (10.53%) ERP
12 341 (10.41%) Analytics
13 337 (10.29%) Software Engineering
14 319 (9.74%) Coaching
15 283 (8.64%) Risk Management
16 276 (8.42%) Project Management
17 226 (6.90%) Test Automation
18 219 (6.68%) Business Intelligence
19 212 (6.47%) Fintech
20 201 (6.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 532 (16.24%) SQL
2 340 (10.38%) Python
3 326 (9.95%) Java
4 201 (6.14%) C#
5 122 (3.72%) TypeScript
6 111 (3.39%) JavaScript
7 84 (2.56%) Go
8 83 (2.53%) C++
9 81 (2.47%) PowerShell
10 69 (2.11%) PHP
11 38 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.89%) C
13 22 (0.67%) Apex Code
13 22 (0.67%) Bicep
14 19 (0.58%) Rust
15 18 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.49%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.43%) Bash
17 14 (0.43%) VBA
18 12 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 368 (11.23%) Degree
2 268 (8.18%) ACCA
3 222 (6.78%) CIMA
4 193 (5.89%) Security Cleared
5 152 (4.64%) CISSP
6 110 (3.36%) SC Cleared
7 99 (3.02%) CISA
8 77 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (2.20%) CISM
10 66 (2.01%) CRISC
11 56 (1.71%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.50%) PMI Certification
13 39 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 39 (1.19%) SANS
14 38 (1.16%) DBS Check
15 29 (0.89%) Azure Certification
16 28 (0.85%) PMP
17 27 (0.82%) CGEIT
17 27 (0.82%) FFIEC
17 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (3.88%) NIST
2 126 (3.85%) QA
3 115 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.51%) GDPR
4 90 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 74 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 70 (2.14%) IFRS
7 62 (1.89%) GRC
8 57 (1.74%) Accessibility
9 48 (1.47%) PMO
10 40 (1.22%) GAAP
11 33 (1.01%) COBIT
11 33 (1.01%) SLA
12 23 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 18 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.46%) MiFID
15 14 (0.43%) P3O
16 13 (0.40%) EMIR
17 12 (0.37%) COREP
System Software
1 105 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.23%) Docker
3 70 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
4 48 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.43%) Firmware
5 14 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.31%) 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
Systems Management
1 185 (5.65%) Terraform
2 135 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.47%) Grafana
4 40 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.92%) Ansible
6 29 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.34%) Argo
8 10 (0.31%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.24%) Istio
10 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.15%) Endace
11 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
12 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.092%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.092%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.092%) Puppet
13 3 (0.092%) QRadar
14 2 (0.061%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 537 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 222 (6.78%) Oracle
3 140 (4.27%) SAP
4 133 (4.06%) Databricks
5 83 (2.53%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.89%) Google
7 61 (1.86%) Sage
8 51 (1.56%) VMware
9 44 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 37 (1.13%) Cisco
11 30 (0.92%) Workday
12 27 (0.82%) Xero
13 25 (0.76%) Okta
14 21 (0.64%) Adobe
14 21 (0.64%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.64%) IBM
15 17 (0.52%) Red Hat
16 16 (0.49%) Aderant
16 16 (0.49%) Atlassian
17 12 (0.37%) Splunk