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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,069 3,807 6,095
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.19% 24.13% 22.01%
As % of the General category 32.64% 34.76% 35.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,892 2,462 4,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,875 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £74,870 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +15.07% -3.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -6.54%

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 9,403 10,953 17,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.79% 69.42% 62.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,923 6,197 13,665
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 9 February 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 69 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.56%) Confluence
3 43 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 34 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (0.78%) Apache
6 20 (0.65%) SAS
7 17 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 15 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 13 (0.42%) JBoss
10 12 (0.39%) CMS
11 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
12 6 (0.20%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
13 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 4 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
15 3 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.098%) HCL Domino
15 3 (0.098%) HCL Notes
15 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.098%) WordPress
Applications
1 255 (8.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 132 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
9 4 (0.13%) Trello
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.033%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.033%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.033%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.033%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (2.05%) Oracle ERP
2 59 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
3 47 (1.53%) Oracle Assets
4 46 (1.50%) NetSuite
5 44 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 41 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
6 41 (1.34%) Unit4 Business World
7 40 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
8 25 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
9 22 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
10 20 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
11 16 (0.52%) SAP FI
12 15 (0.49%) SAP CO
12 15 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
13 14 (0.46%) Hyperion Planning
13 14 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
14 13 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
15 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
16 11 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
16 11 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 768 (25.02%) Azure
2 404 (13.16%) AWS
3 324 (10.56%) Power Platform
4 275 (8.96%) SaaS
5 233 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
6 199 (6.48%) GitHub
7 172 (5.60%) GCP
8 151 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
9 112 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 110 (3.58%) Snowflake
11 109 (3.55%) Entra ID
12 84 (2.74%) dbt
13 83 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
14 80 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
15 66 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
16 59 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 57 (1.86%) OCI
18 53 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
19 47 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
20 46 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.64%) Firewall
2 63 (2.05%) WAN
3 55 (1.79%) VPN
4 50 (1.63%) SD-WAN
5 47 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 41 (1.34%) LAN
7 36 (1.17%) Wireless
8 33 (1.08%) DNS
8 33 (1.08%) Wireshark
9 28 (0.91%) DHCP
10 21 (0.68%) Network Security
11 18 (0.59%) CHAP
12 16 (0.52%) VLAN
13 15 (0.49%) Internet
14 13 (0.42%) BGP
14 13 (0.42%) HTTP
15 8 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (0.26%) NX-OS
15 8 (0.26%) Telnet
15 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (7.43%) Power BI
2 113 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 112 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
4 94 (3.06%) Tableau
5 74 (2.41%) Data Lake
6 56 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 53 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 34 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 31 (1.01%) Apache Iceberg
10 31 (1.01%) Metadata
11 29 (0.94%) Big Data
12 28 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
12 28 (0.91%) Apache Arrow
12 28 (0.91%) Dremio
13 27 (0.88%) MySQL
14 26 (0.85%) MongoDB
15 20 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 20 (0.65%) Relational Database
16 17 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 145 (4.72%) JIRA
2 70 (2.28%) Oracle Forms
3 62 (2.02%) Git
3 62 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.08%) Selenium
5 31 (1.01%) TeamCity
6 28 (0.91%) Postman
7 23 (0.75%) SoapUI
8 20 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
8 20 (0.65%) WebDriver
9 18 (0.59%) ERwin
10 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
10 16 (0.52%) GitLab
11 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.33%) Storybook
13 9 (0.29%) Subversion
14 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.20%) SpecFlow
16 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
16 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,060 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 519 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
3 431 (14.04%) Banking
4 245 (7.98%) Marketing
5 234 (7.62%) Retail
6 225 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 221 (7.20%) Public Sector
8 186 (6.06%) Financial Institution
9 162 (5.28%) Law
10 160 (5.21%) Legal
11 106 (3.45%) Back Office
12 105 (3.42%) Telecoms
13 101 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
14 96 (3.13%) Manufacturing
15 92 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
16 80 (2.61%) Front Office
17 79 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
18 53 (1.73%) Electronics
19 47 (1.53%) Billing
20 46 (1.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 549 (17.89%) Senior
2 426 (13.88%) Analyst
3 272 (8.86%) Developer
4 221 (7.20%) Lead
5 172 (5.60%) Software Engineer
6 150 (4.89%) Consultant
7 139 (4.53%) Architect
8 100 (3.26%) Business Analyst
9 90 (2.93%) Data Engineer
10 79 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
11 76 (2.48%) Project Manager
12 70 (2.28%) Financial Analyst
13 69 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
14 68 (2.22%) Finance Manager
15 66 (2.15%) Accountant
16 65 (2.12%) Senior Manager
17 64 (2.09%) Software Developer
17 64 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
18 56 (1.82%) Cloud Engineer
19 54 (1.76%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (5.31%) .NET
2 104 (3.39%) REST
3 95 (3.10%) RESTful
4 94 (3.06%) React
5 93 (3.03%) SOAP
6 59 (1.92%) JSON
7 57 (1.86%) Node.js
8 51 (1.66%) OAuth
9 49 (1.60%) Spring
10 44 (1.43%) Kafka
11 40 (1.30%) AngularJS
12 37 (1.21%) GraphQL
12 37 (1.21%) HTML
13 36 (1.17%) Middleware
14 33 (1.08%) XML
15 32 (1.04%) CSS
15 32 (1.04%) OAuth2
15 32 (1.04%) Pandas
16 29 (0.94%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 206 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 193 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 141 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 119 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 112 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 81 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
7 76 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
8 75 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 65 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 55 (1.79%) Fixed Income
11 54 (1.76%) Blog
11 54 (1.76%) Security Posture
12 51 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 49 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
14 40 (1.30%) Equities
15 38 (1.24%) e-Learning
16 37 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 35 (1.14%) Hedge funds
18 33 (1.08%) Low-Code
18 33 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (3.71%) Linux
2 109 (3.55%) Windows
3 40 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.14%) Unix
5 25 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.59%) Android
7 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.16%) VMS
11 2 (0.065%) CentOS
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.033%) AIX
12 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 828 (26.98%) Agile
2 549 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 517 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
4 476 (15.51%) Coaching
5 470 (15.31%) AI
6 426 (13.88%) DevOps
7 422 (13.75%) Asset Management
7 422 (13.75%) Roadmaps
8 413 (13.46%) Analytics
9 406 (13.23%) CI/CD
10 362 (11.80%) Decision-Making
11 343 (11.18%) Mentoring
12 335 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 306 (9.97%) ERP
13 306 (9.97%) Software Engineering
14 299 (9.74%) Business Intelligence
15 275 (8.96%) Project Management
16 261 (8.50%) Risk Management
17 243 (7.92%) Test Automation
18 203 (6.61%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 578 (18.83%) SQL
2 397 (12.94%) Python
3 303 (9.87%) Java
4 156 (5.08%) C#
5 152 (4.95%) JavaScript
6 128 (4.17%) TypeScript
7 121 (3.94%) PowerShell
8 63 (2.05%) C++
9 55 (1.79%) PL/SQL
10 52 (1.69%) PHP
11 49 (1.60%) Go
12 39 (1.27%) Shell Script
13 37 (1.21%) Bash
14 35 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 31 (1.01%) Bicep
16 28 (0.91%) Apex Code
17 27 (0.88%) C
18 20 (0.65%) T-SQL
19 19 (0.62%) Kotlin
20 15 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 375 (12.22%) Degree
2 190 (6.19%) ACCA
3 159 (5.18%) Security Cleared
4 155 (5.05%) CIMA
5 139 (4.53%) CISSP
6 104 (3.39%) SC Cleared
7 90 (2.93%) CISA
8 72 (2.35%) CISM
9 64 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 62 (2.02%) CRISC
11 58 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.63%) DBS Check
13 44 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 37 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
15 36 (1.17%) Azure Certification
16 33 (1.08%) AAT
17 28 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 28 (0.91%) ISTQB
18 24 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
18 24 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (4.72%) NIST
2 123 (4.01%) QA
3 120 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 114 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 112 (3.65%) GDPR
6 75 (2.44%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.28%) GRC
8 65 (2.12%) Accessibility
9 52 (1.69%) IFRS
10 47 (1.53%) PMO
11 32 (1.04%) COBIT
12 31 (1.01%) SLA
13 28 (0.91%) GAAP
14 26 (0.85%) SOC 2
15 25 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
16 22 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.59%) P3O
18 11 (0.36%) SEPA
19 10 (0.33%) WCAG
20 8 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 109 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 67 (2.18%) Docker
3 38 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (0.65%) Firmware
6 17 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.065%) NFS
10 2 (0.065%) vSphere
11 1 (0.033%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 234 (7.62%) Terraform
2 116 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 56 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
4 45 (1.47%) Grafana
5 39 (1.27%) Ansible
6 15 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.36%) SCCM
8 10 (0.33%) Argo
9 7 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (0.20%) 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 3 (0.098%) Endace
14 2 (0.065%) Kibana
14 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 518 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 170 (5.54%) Oracle
3 119 (3.88%) SAP
4 91 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 86 (2.80%) Databricks
6 79 (2.57%) Cisco
7 52 (1.69%) Google
8 51 (1.66%) ServiceNow
9 48 (1.56%) VMware
10 45 (1.47%) Blue Prism
10 45 (1.47%) Sage
11 33 (1.08%) CheckPoint
12 32 (1.04%) Workday
13 29 (0.94%) Meraki
13 29 (0.94%) Red Hat
14 28 (0.91%) Okta
15 27 (0.88%) SolarWinds
16 25 (0.81%) Palo Alto
17 21 (0.68%) IBM
18 18 (0.59%) Ab Initio