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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,603 3,889 4,967
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.46% 23.14% 22.72%
As % of the General category 30.11% 32.78% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,662 2,201 2,818
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £96,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £63,406 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.46% -9.42% -

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 15,286 11,865 13,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.31% 70.59% 62.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,223 6,180 7,651
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 7 October 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 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.17%) Confluence
3 29 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 15 (0.33%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.22%) SAS
10 6 (0.13%) IIS
11 5 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.087%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.043%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.043%) Hedera
13 2 (0.043%) WordPress
14 1 (0.022%) CICS
14 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
14 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.022%) Moodle
Applications
1 280 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 12 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 7 (0.15%) Notion
10 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 6 (0.13%) Trello
11 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.11%) InDesign
12 4 (0.087%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.087%) Sketch
13 3 (0.065%) Acrobat
13 3 (0.065%) Productboard
14 2 (0.043%) SPSS
14 2 (0.043%) Weka
Business Applications
1 55 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 37 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 35 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
4 33 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
5 32 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
6 30 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
7 21 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (0.43%) Primavera
8 20 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
9 19 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
10 17 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
10 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
11 16 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 16 (0.35%) Workday HCM
12 13 (0.28%) Sage X3
13 12 (0.26%) Actimize
13 12 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
13 12 (0.26%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 832 (18.08%) Azure
2 620 (13.47%) AWS
3 404 (8.78%) SaaS
4 355 (7.71%) Power Platform
5 247 (5.37%) GCP
6 161 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
7 155 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
8 114 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 100 (2.17%) Snowflake
10 90 (1.96%) PaaS
11 87 (1.89%) GitHub
12 84 (1.82%) Entra ID
13 80 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
13 80 (1.74%) PowerApps
14 77 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
15 62 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 62 (1.35%) Serverless
16 60 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
17 49 (1.06%) Amazon Bedrock
18 40 (0.87%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 76 (1.65%) LAN
1 76 (1.65%) WAN
2 63 (1.37%) Firewall
3 45 (0.98%) TCP/IP
4 40 (0.87%) VPN
5 39 (0.85%) Network Security
6 34 (0.74%) DNS
7 33 (0.72%) HTTP
8 26 (0.56%) Broadband
9 25 (0.54%) 5G
10 23 (0.50%) DHCP
11 20 (0.43%) VLAN
12 17 (0.37%) Internet
13 15 (0.33%) BGP
13 15 (0.33%) Wireless
14 13 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
16 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
17 10 (0.22%) MPLS
18 9 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (5.30%) Power BI
2 128 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 72 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.43%) MongoDB
5 62 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.24%) Tableau
7 52 (1.13%) Data Lake
8 47 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
9 44 (0.96%) Metadata
10 39 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
11 36 (0.78%) Relational Database
12 28 (0.61%) Big Data
13 22 (0.48%) MySQL
13 22 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
14 21 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 21 (0.46%) Power Query
15 20 (0.43%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 18 (0.39%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.37%) Looker
Development Applications
1 133 (2.89%) JIRA
2 90 (1.96%) Git
3 74 (1.61%) TeamCity
4 44 (0.96%) Claude Code
5 35 (0.76%) JUnit
6 25 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.50%) Maven
8 21 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.41%) Mockito
10 11 (0.24%) Selenium
11 10 (0.22%) GitLab
12 8 (0.17%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.15%) Postman
13 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.13%) Gatling
14 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
14 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
15 4 (0.087%) Android Studio
15 4 (0.087%) MLflow
General
1 1,642 (35.67%) Social Skills
2 747 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
3 727 (15.79%) Banking
4 599 (13.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 500 (10.86%) Legal
6 402 (8.73%) Retail
7 379 (8.23%) Law
8 333 (7.23%) Marketing
9 326 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
10 275 (5.97%) Public Sector
11 252 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
12 186 (4.04%) Manufacturing
13 178 (3.87%) Financial Institution
14 163 (3.54%) Back Office
15 162 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
16 159 (3.45%) Aerospace
17 112 (2.43%) Telecoms
18 91 (1.98%) Billing
19 69 (1.50%) General Ledger
20 66 (1.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 650 (14.12%) Senior
2 514 (11.17%) Lead
3 438 (9.52%) Analyst
4 414 (8.99%) Architect
5 343 (7.45%) Developer
6 290 (6.30%) Software Engineer
7 232 (5.04%) Consultant
8 178 (3.87%) Senior Manager
9 160 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
10 144 (3.13%) Finance Manager
11 131 (2.85%) Accountant
12 119 (2.59%) IT Manager
13 104 (2.26%) Project Manager
14 102 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
15 100 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
16 94 (2.04%) Business Analyst
17 90 (1.96%) Data Analyst
17 90 (1.96%) Enterprise Architect
18 84 (1.82%) Business Manager
19 78 (1.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (4.26%) Terraform
2 166 (3.61%) .NET
3 135 (2.93%) React
4 108 (2.35%) REST
5 73 (1.59%) Spring
6 71 (1.54%) Node.js
7 65 (1.41%) LangChain
8 61 (1.33%) .NET Core
9 59 (1.28%) ASP.NET
10 58 (1.26%) LangGraph
11 53 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
11 53 (1.15%) CSS
12 50 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
13 49 (1.06%) .NET Framework
14 48 (1.04%) RESTful
14 48 (1.04%) XML
15 42 (0.91%) AngularJS
15 42 (0.91%) PyTorch
15 42 (0.91%) TensorFlow
16 37 (0.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 311 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 256 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 249 (5.41%) Cloud Native
4 222 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 180 (3.91%) Web Conferencing
6 175 (3.80%) Podcast
7 159 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 152 (3.30%) Virtual Team
9 102 (2.22%) Blog
10 93 (2.02%) AI Agents
11 76 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 75 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
13 73 (1.59%) Hedge funds
14 72 (1.56%) Social Media
15 68 (1.48%) Credit Risk
16 65 (1.41%) Data Centre
17 54 (1.17%) Data Structures
18 47 (1.02%) Mobile App
19 44 (0.96%) Driving Licence
20 43 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 119 (2.59%) Windows
2 93 (2.02%) Linux
3 48 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 24 (0.52%) Android
5 21 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.17%) Unix
8 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.065%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.022%) AIX
10 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 880 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
2 792 (17.21%) AI
3 788 (17.12%) Agile
4 761 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
5 741 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 719 (15.62%) Roadmaps
7 695 (15.10%) Decision-Making
8 532 (11.56%) Software Engineering
9 499 (10.84%) Mentoring
10 465 (10.10%) Analytics
11 446 (9.69%) ERP
12 440 (9.56%) CI/CD
13 384 (8.34%) Risk Management
14 372 (8.08%) Coaching
15 365 (7.93%) Process Improvement
16 361 (7.84%) DevOps
17 357 (7.76%) Project Delivery
18 354 (7.69%) Customer Service
19 332 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 322 (7.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 660 (14.34%) SQL
2 449 (9.75%) Python
3 321 (6.97%) Java
4 241 (5.24%) C#
5 152 (3.30%) JavaScript
6 118 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 86 (1.87%) C++
8 83 (1.80%) PowerShell
9 44 (0.96%) PHP
10 40 (0.87%) R
11 37 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 32 (0.70%) Bicep
13 31 (0.67%) Bash
14 30 (0.65%) Go
15 24 (0.52%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.50%) C
17 22 (0.48%) MATLAB
18 17 (0.37%) VBA
19 15 (0.33%) Rust
19 15 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 409 (8.89%) Degree
2 391 (8.49%) Security Cleared
3 302 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 273 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 231 (5.02%) ACCA
6 208 (4.52%) CIMA
7 129 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 75 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 73 (1.59%) CISSP
10 64 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 59 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 55 (1.19%) CISM
13 47 (1.02%) PMI Certification
14 40 (0.87%) PMP
15 39 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (0.72%) CISA
16 33 (0.72%) CRISC
17 29 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
19 25 (0.54%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (4.89%) Accessibility
2 192 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 166 (3.61%) QA
4 154 (3.35%) GDPR
5 107 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 95 (2.06%) GRC
7 78 (1.69%) PMO
7 78 (1.69%) SLA
8 68 (1.48%) NIST
9 49 (1.06%) IFRS
10 42 (0.91%) PCI DSS
11 36 (0.78%) GAAP
12 32 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 29 (0.63%) COBIT
14 22 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
15 17 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.35%) NCSC
17 15 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
18 14 (0.30%) Def Stans
19 12 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 112 (2.43%) Docker
2 92 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.09%) Firmware
4 32 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.13%) Squid
8 6 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.065%) vSphere
10 2 (0.043%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.022%) HDFS
11 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 205 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 108 (2.35%) Grafana
3 39 (0.85%) Ansible
4 31 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.087%) SCCM
9 3 (0.065%) Cilium
9 3 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.065%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.065%) QRadar
9 3 (0.065%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.043%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.043%) Argo
10 2 (0.043%) CASB
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.043%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.043%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 758 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 232 (5.04%) Oracle
3 150 (3.26%) SAP
4 109 (2.37%) Databricks
5 105 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 84 (1.82%) Google
7 74 (1.61%) Sage
8 67 (1.46%) Workday
9 55 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 41 (0.89%) VMware
11 38 (0.83%) HubSpot
12 37 (0.80%) Xero
13 33 (0.72%) Cisco
14 30 (0.65%) YouTube
15 29 (0.63%) Adobe
16 25 (0.54%) Aderant
17 24 (0.52%) BMC
17 24 (0.52%) Dynatrace
18 21 (0.46%) IFS
19 20 (0.43%) Splunk