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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,078 3,600 6,301
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.22% 26.52% 20.99%
As % of the General category 31.88% 37.05% 34.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,954 2,519 4,853
10th Percentile £32,825 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -5.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £114,625 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -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 9,654 9,717 18,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.15% 71.57% 61.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,184 6,281 14,717
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £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 £78,750 £83,000 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 17 March 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 75 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.20%) Confluence
3 35 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.62%) SAS
5 13 (0.42%) JBoss
5 13 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.39%) Apache
6 12 (0.39%) CMS
7 11 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 10 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.097%) WordPress
13 2 (0.065%) nginx
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.065%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 235 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
5 11 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 4 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 56 (1.82%) NetSuite
1 56 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
2 45 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
3 44 (1.43%) Oracle Financials
4 41 (1.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 32 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
6 31 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
7 30 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
8 23 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
9 18 (0.58%) SAP FI
10 17 (0.55%) SAP CO
10 17 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
11 16 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
12 12 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
12 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
13 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
13 10 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
14 9 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 711 (23.10%) Azure
2 428 (13.91%) AWS
3 289 (9.39%) SaaS
4 269 (8.74%) Power Platform
5 200 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (5.59%) GCP
7 170 (5.52%) GitHub
8 139 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
9 111 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 94 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
11 84 (2.73%) Entra ID
12 82 (2.66%) Snowflake
13 74 (2.40%) GitHub Copilot
14 70 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
15 59 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 59 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
16 54 (1.75%) dbt
17 45 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
18 41 (1.33%) OCI
19 39 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.21%) Firewall
2 50 (1.62%) VPN
2 50 (1.62%) WAN
3 48 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.17%) SD-WAN
5 34 (1.10%) DNS
6 32 (1.04%) DHCP
7 26 (0.84%) Wireless
8 25 (0.81%) LAN
9 23 (0.75%) CHAP
9 23 (0.75%) Network Security
10 16 (0.52%) BGP
10 16 (0.52%) Wireshark
11 15 (0.49%) HTTP
11 15 (0.49%) VLAN
12 14 (0.45%) Internet
13 11 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 10 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (0.32%) MPLS
15 9 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (6.47%) Power BI
2 110 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 96 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
4 79 (2.57%) Tableau
5 56 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 53 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 53 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 46 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
8 38 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (0.97%) Big Data
10 26 (0.84%) Metadata
11 22 (0.71%) MySQL
12 19 (0.62%) DB2
12 19 (0.62%) Relational Database
13 18 (0.58%) NoSQL
14 16 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 16 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
15 15 (0.49%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
17 12 (0.39%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 121 (3.93%) JIRA
2 63 (2.05%) Git
3 53 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 50 (1.62%) Oracle Forms
5 43 (1.40%) TeamCity
6 33 (1.07%) Selenium
7 23 (0.75%) Postman
8 19 (0.62%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.62%) WebDriver
9 17 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.42%) ERwin
11 13 (0.42%) GitLab
12 11 (0.36%) ER Studio
13 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.29%) Storybook
13 9 (0.29%) Subversion
14 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
15 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,045 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 512 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
3 489 (15.89%) Banking
4 288 (9.36%) Retail
5 285 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 245 (7.96%) Public Sector
7 226 (7.34%) Marketing
8 221 (7.18%) Law
9 210 (6.82%) Legal
10 206 (6.69%) Financial Institution
11 135 (4.39%) Back Office
12 120 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
13 102 (3.31%) Manufacturing
13 102 (3.31%) Telecoms
14 89 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
15 85 (2.76%) Front Office
16 82 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
17 47 (1.53%) Electronics
18 39 (1.27%) Billing
19 38 (1.23%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 568 (18.45%) Senior
2 398 (12.93%) Analyst
3 257 (8.35%) Lead
4 251 (8.15%) Developer
5 200 (6.50%) Software Engineer
6 158 (5.13%) Architect
7 155 (5.04%) Consultant
8 102 (3.31%) Business Analyst
9 90 (2.92%) Data Engineer
10 88 (2.86%) Project Manager
11 83 (2.70%) Senior Manager
12 81 (2.63%) Finance Manager
13 75 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
14 74 (2.40%) Accountant
15 72 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
16 71 (2.31%) Senior Software Engineer
17 67 (2.18%) Financial Analyst
18 65 (2.11%) IT Manager
19 56 (1.82%) C# Developer
20 55 (1.79%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (4.09%) .NET
2 113 (3.67%) React
3 107 (3.48%) REST
4 84 (2.73%) RESTful
5 81 (2.63%) SOAP
6 71 (2.31%) Kafka
7 68 (2.21%) Node.js
8 59 (1.92%) GraphQL
9 57 (1.85%) JSON
10 46 (1.49%) OAuth
11 43 (1.40%) Redux
12 41 (1.33%) Spring
13 35 (1.14%) Middleware
14 33 (1.07%) HTML
15 31 (1.01%) CSS
15 31 (1.01%) XML
16 25 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
16 25 (0.81%) OAuth2
17 24 (0.78%) .NET Core
17 24 (0.78%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 216 (7.02%) Cloud Native
2 188 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 123 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 119 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 101 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 78 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 69 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 60 (1.95%) Blog
8 60 (1.95%) Fixed Income
9 57 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 55 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 50 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
12 48 (1.56%) Security Posture
13 42 (1.36%) Data Structures
14 38 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 37 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.10%) Public Cloud
18 29 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 29 (0.94%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 118 (3.83%) Windows
2 104 (3.38%) Linux
3 39 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 29 (0.94%) Unix
5 26 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.62%) Android
7 15 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.065%) CentOS
10 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 771 (25.05%) Agile
2 534 (17.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 509 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 411 (13.35%) DevOps
5 404 (13.13%) AI
5 404 (13.13%) Analytics
5 404 (13.13%) Coaching
6 398 (12.93%) CI/CD
7 368 (11.96%) Decision-Making
8 360 (11.70%) Mentoring
9 352 (11.44%) Roadmaps
10 331 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 303 (9.84%) Software Engineering
12 295 (9.58%) Asset Management
13 279 (9.06%) Project Management
14 272 (8.84%) ERP
15 268 (8.71%) Risk Management
16 265 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
17 246 (7.99%) Test Automation
18 211 (6.86%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 511 (16.60%) SQL
2 355 (11.53%) Python
3 312 (10.14%) Java
4 174 (5.65%) C#
5 117 (3.80%) JavaScript
6 111 (3.61%) TypeScript
7 95 (3.09%) PowerShell
8 85 (2.76%) Go
9 64 (2.08%) C++
10 59 (1.92%) PHP
11 49 (1.59%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 27 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 27 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 26 (0.84%) C
15 25 (0.81%) Bicep
16 24 (0.78%) Bash
17 16 (0.52%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.45%) Rust
19 13 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 380 (12.35%) Degree
2 214 (6.95%) ACCA
3 176 (5.72%) Security Cleared
4 173 (5.62%) CIMA
5 148 (4.81%) CISSP
6 106 (3.44%) SC Cleared
7 94 (3.05%) CISA
8 70 (2.27%) CISM
9 64 (2.08%) CRISC
10 63 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 54 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 47 (1.53%) PMI Certification
13 45 (1.46%) DBS Check
14 38 (1.23%) Azure Certification
15 35 (1.14%) AAT
16 32 (1.04%) SANS
17 27 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
17 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
18 23 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 23 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (4.42%) NIST
2 120 (3.90%) QA
3 115 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 114 (3.70%) GDPR
5 108 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.50%) PCI DSS
7 71 (2.31%) GRC
8 65 (2.11%) IFRS
9 60 (1.95%) Accessibility
10 42 (1.36%) PMO
11 34 (1.10%) GAAP
12 33 (1.07%) SLA
13 30 (0.97%) COBIT
14 29 (0.94%) SOC 2
15 27 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
16 20 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.58%) P3O
18 12 (0.39%) SEPA
19 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
19 9 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 96 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 72 (2.34%) Docker
3 37 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.68%) Firmware
4 21 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.032%) vCloud
9 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 223 (7.24%) Terraform
2 132 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.79%) Grafana
4 46 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
6 35 (1.14%) Ansible
7 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.32%) Argo
9 9 (0.29%) SCCM
10 8 (0.26%) Istio
11 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.16%) Endace
11 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.13%) QRadar
13 3 (0.097%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.065%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 485 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 177 (5.75%) Oracle
3 127 (4.13%) SAP
4 92 (2.99%) Salesforce
5 87 (2.83%) Databricks
6 62 (2.01%) Google
7 60 (1.95%) Cisco
8 47 (1.53%) Sage
9 46 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 43 (1.40%) VMware
11 29 (0.94%) Workday
12 26 (0.84%) IBM
12 26 (0.84%) Okta
13 24 (0.78%) CheckPoint
14 23 (0.75%) HubSpot
15 20 (0.65%) Adobe
15 20 (0.65%) Meraki
16 18 (0.58%) Palo Alto
17 17 (0.55%) Ab Initio
17 17 (0.55%) Blue Prism