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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,643 4,074 7,090
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.88% 26.04% 20.96%
As % of the General category 30.51% 35.11% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,458 2,482 4,854
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,018 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.20% +10.43% -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 11,939 11,605 20,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.59% 74.19% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,834 6,425 15,049
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
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 26 June 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
1 106 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.04%) Confluence
3 33 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.41%) SAS
5 12 (0.33%) CMS
6 6 (0.16%) IIS
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.14%) JBoss
8 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.082%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.055%) Apache
10 2 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.027%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.027%) WordPress
Applications
1 214 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
7 7 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.11%) Sketch
9 3 (0.082%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.082%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.082%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.082%) Productboard
10 2 (0.055%) SPSS
11 1 (0.027%) Notion
11 1 (0.027%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.027%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (1.62%) Oracle Financials
2 58 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 34 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
4 28 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
4 28 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 26 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
7 24 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
8 21 (0.58%) Elite 3E
9 20 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
10 19 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
10 19 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
12 14 (0.38%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 10 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
15 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
15 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 730 (20.04%) Azure
2 527 (14.47%) AWS
3 331 (9.09%) SaaS
4 251 (6.89%) Power Platform
5 190 (5.22%) GCP
6 135 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
7 107 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 105 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 75 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 73 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 73 (2.00%) Snowflake
11 64 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
12 63 (1.73%) Azure AI
12 63 (1.73%) Azure Machine Learning
13 42 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 41 (1.13%) GitHub
14 41 (1.13%) PaaS
15 39 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
16 35 (0.96%) Serverless
17 33 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 65 (1.78%) Firewall
2 46 (1.26%) TCP/IP
3 38 (1.04%) HTTP
3 38 (1.04%) VPN
4 37 (1.02%) Network Security
5 35 (0.96%) WAN
6 34 (0.93%) DNS
7 33 (0.91%) DHCP
8 22 (0.60%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.58%) Broadband
10 19 (0.52%) BGP
10 19 (0.52%) MPLS
11 18 (0.49%) LAN
12 17 (0.47%) CHAP
12 17 (0.47%) VLAN
13 16 (0.44%) Wireless
14 13 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (4.69%) Power BI
2 165 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 60 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.59%) Tableau
5 44 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (1.10%) MongoDB
8 39 (1.07%) Data Lake
9 27 (0.74%) Big Data
10 26 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 24 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (0.60%) MySQL
14 20 (0.55%) Metadata
15 18 (0.49%) Db2
16 15 (0.41%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.41%) SAP BW
17 12 (0.33%) Looker
17 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 98 (2.69%) JIRA
2 62 (1.70%) Git
3 46 (1.26%) TeamCity
4 21 (0.58%) Selenium
5 17 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.41%) JUnit
7 11 (0.30%) Maven
8 10 (0.27%) Mockito
9 9 (0.25%) Postman
9 9 (0.25%) WebDriver
10 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.16%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.14%) GitLab
12 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.11%) SoapUI
14 3 (0.082%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.082%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.082%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,182 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 650 (17.84%) Banking
3 485 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 404 (11.09%) Legal
5 334 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 320 (8.78%) Retail
7 266 (7.30%) Law
8 218 (5.98%) Marketing
9 203 (5.57%) Public Sector
10 190 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
11 165 (4.53%) Financial Institution
12 131 (3.60%) Back Office
13 130 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
14 111 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
15 108 (2.96%) Manufacturing
16 65 (1.78%) Front Office
17 63 (1.73%) Telecoms
18 53 (1.45%) Billing
19 47 (1.29%) Investment Banking
20 44 (1.21%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 548 (15.04%) Senior
2 381 (10.46%) Analyst
3 337 (9.25%) Lead
4 330 (9.06%) Developer
5 254 (6.97%) Software Engineer
6 224 (6.15%) Architect
7 184 (5.05%) Consultant
8 151 (4.14%) Finance Manager
9 148 (4.06%) Senior Manager
10 115 (3.16%) Accountant
11 103 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
12 92 (2.53%) Business Analyst
13 89 (2.44%) Engineering Manager
13 89 (2.44%) Project Manager
14 86 (2.36%) IT Manager
15 78 (2.14%) Graduate
15 78 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
16 71 (1.95%) Systems Manager
17 70 (1.92%) Support Analyst
18 69 (1.89%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (4.04%) .NET
2 144 (3.95%) React
3 110 (3.02%) REST
4 87 (2.39%) Node.js
5 58 (1.59%) CSS
6 54 (1.48%) Spring
7 53 (1.45%) Kafka
8 49 (1.35%) .NET Core
9 42 (1.15%) Redux
10 40 (1.10%) GraphQL
11 38 (1.04%) ASP.NET
11 38 (1.04%) jQuery
12 37 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
13 36 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
14 34 (0.93%) HTML
15 32 (0.88%) .NET Framework
15 32 (0.88%) AngularJS
15 32 (0.88%) PyTorch
15 32 (0.88%) TensorFlow
16 29 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 247 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 214 (5.87%) Cloud Native
3 156 (4.28%) Virtual Team
4 143 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 141 (3.87%) Web Conferencing
6 139 (3.82%) Management Information System
7 133 (3.65%) Podcast
8 81 (2.22%) Public Cloud
9 78 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 74 (2.03%) Data Centre
11 66 (1.81%) Data Structures
12 59 (1.62%) Fixed Income
13 52 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 44 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 42 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
17 41 (1.13%) Blog
17 41 (1.13%) Driving Licence
18 38 (1.04%) Credit Risk
19 33 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 115 (3.16%) Windows
2 100 (2.74%) Linux
3 33 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.49%) Unix
5 16 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.25%) Android
6 9 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) AIX
9 1 (0.027%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.027%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (21.47%) Agile
2 559 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 551 (15.12%) Roadmaps
4 530 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
5 447 (12.27%) AI
6 427 (11.72%) Decision-Making
7 412 (11.31%) Software Engineering
8 403 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 377 (10.35%) Mentoring
10 364 (9.99%) ERP
11 357 (9.80%) Analytics
12 322 (8.84%) CI/CD
13 315 (8.65%) DevOps
14 305 (8.37%) Project Management
15 262 (7.19%) Risk Management
16 261 (7.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 237 (6.51%) Coaching
18 219 (6.01%) Fintech
19 216 (5.93%) Customer Service
20 212 (5.82%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 544 (14.93%) SQL
2 361 (9.91%) Python
3 315 (8.65%) Java
4 236 (6.48%) C#
5 155 (4.25%) JavaScript
6 133 (3.65%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.36%) C++
8 69 (1.89%) PHP
9 66 (1.81%) Go
9 66 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 27 (0.74%) PL/SQL
11 26 (0.71%) C
12 25 (0.69%) Bicep
13 19 (0.52%) R
14 17 (0.47%) Bash
14 17 (0.47%) Rust
15 15 (0.41%) VBA
16 12 (0.33%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.33%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 370 (10.16%) Degree
2 259 (7.11%) ACCA
3 216 (5.93%) CIMA
4 204 (5.60%) Security Cleared
5 123 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 114 (3.13%) SC Cleared
7 106 (2.91%) CISSP
8 80 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (1.84%) CISM
10 53 (1.45%) PMI Certification
11 51 (1.40%) CISA
12 44 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.07%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.07%) PMP
14 31 (0.85%) CRISC
15 30 (0.82%) DBS Check
15 30 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 30 (0.82%) SANS
16 29 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
17 28 (0.77%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (4.53%) QA
2 131 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 130 (3.57%) GDPR
4 106 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 86 (2.36%) NIST
6 73 (2.00%) IFRS
7 64 (1.76%) PMO
8 49 (1.35%) SLA
9 46 (1.26%) GRC
10 44 (1.21%) Accessibility
11 43 (1.18%) GAAP
12 37 (1.02%) PCI DSS
13 35 (0.96%) COBIT
14 26 (0.71%) SOC 2
15 21 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
16 18 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.41%) MiFID
19 14 (0.38%) COREP
19 14 (0.38%) FINREP
System Software
1 91 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 75 (2.06%) Docker
3 64 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.16%) Firmware
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.027%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.027%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 149 (4.09%) Terraform
2 145 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 54 (1.48%) Grafana
4 45 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.82%) Ansible
6 8 (0.22%) Istio
7 7 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.14%) Endace
9 5 (0.14%) QRadar
9 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.082%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.082%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.055%) Puppet
12 2 (0.055%) Salt
Vendors
1 585 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 229 (6.29%) Oracle
3 131 (3.60%) SAP
4 112 (3.07%) Databricks
5 88 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 71 (1.95%) Sage
7 54 (1.48%) ServiceNow
8 50 (1.37%) Google
9 43 (1.18%) Cisco
10 37 (1.02%) Xero
11 36 (0.99%) VMware
12 27 (0.74%) Adobe
12 27 (0.74%) Workday
13 24 (0.66%) Aderant
14 21 (0.58%) HubSpot
15 20 (0.55%) IBM
16 19 (0.52%) Splunk
17 18 (0.49%) OpenAI
18 15 (0.41%) IFS
18 15 (0.41%) Okta