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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,325 3,495 7,068
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.61% 26.19% 21.85%
As % of the General category 33.08% 36.49% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,158 2,588 4,915
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,022
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,772
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £112,500
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 10,051 9,577 20,049
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.27% 71.77% 61.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6,673 6,514 15,093
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,075 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 21 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 76 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.17%) Confluence
3 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.45%) SAS
5 12 (0.36%) JBoss
6 10 (0.30%) CMS
6 10 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
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%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.12%) IIS
12 2 (0.060%) nginx
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.060%) WordPress
13 1 (0.030%) Camunda
13 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 226 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
5 11 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.15%) Sketch
7 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.030%) SPSS
9 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (2.02%) Oracle Financials
2 59 (1.77%) NetSuite
3 55 (1.65%) Oracle Payables
4 50 (1.50%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 42 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 37 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 30 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
10 27 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 15 (0.45%) SAP FI
14 14 (0.42%) SAP CO
14 14 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
15 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.36%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.30%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 757 (22.77%) Azure
2 459 (13.80%) AWS
3 324 (9.74%) SaaS
4 244 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 192 (5.77%) GCP
6 162 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
7 151 (4.54%) GitHub
8 126 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
9 118 (3.55%) Snowflake
10 116 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 108 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 98 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
13 73 (2.20%) Entra ID
14 72 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
15 71 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
16 70 (2.11%) Azure Machine Learning
17 58 (1.74%) Azure AI
18 54 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (1.47%) dbt
20 38 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.74%) Firewall
2 51 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.35%) VPN
4 42 (1.26%) WAN
5 40 (1.20%) DNS
6 38 (1.14%) DHCP
7 31 (0.93%) HTTP
8 26 (0.78%) CHAP
8 26 (0.78%) Network Security
8 26 (0.78%) SD-WAN
9 20 (0.60%) BGP
10 17 (0.51%) Wireless
11 15 (0.45%) Broadband
11 15 (0.45%) VLAN
12 14 (0.42%) LAN
12 14 (0.42%) MPLS
13 13 (0.39%) Internet
14 10 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (5.77%) Power BI
2 183 (5.50%) SQL Server
3 74 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (2.23%) Tableau
4 61 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 59 (1.77%) Data Lake
6 50 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 42 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 28 (0.84%) Big Data
10 25 (0.75%) Metadata
11 23 (0.69%) MySQL
12 22 (0.66%) Relational Database
13 19 (0.57%) NoSQL
14 17 (0.51%) DB2
15 16 (0.48%) SAP BW
16 15 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 13 (0.39%) Delta Lake
17 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
18 12 (0.36%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 122 (3.67%) JIRA
2 72 (2.17%) Git
3 45 (1.35%) TeamCity
4 39 (1.17%) Oracle Forms
5 35 (1.05%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.87%) Selenium
7 19 (0.57%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.36%) GitLab
13 9 (0.27%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.27%) Storybook
13 9 (0.27%) Subversion
14 7 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.18%) ERwin
15 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,085 (32.63%) Social Skills
2 588 (17.68%) Banking
3 512 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
4 318 (9.56%) Retail
5 317 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 258 (7.76%) Law
7 250 (7.52%) Public Sector
8 249 (7.49%) Legal
9 241 (7.25%) Marketing
10 192 (5.77%) Financial Institution
11 139 (4.18%) Back Office
12 128 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
13 107 (3.22%) Manufacturing
14 93 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
14 93 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
15 86 (2.59%) Front Office
16 77 (2.32%) Telecoms
17 45 (1.35%) Billing
18 39 (1.17%) Advertising
19 38 (1.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 589 (17.71%) Senior
2 402 (12.09%) Analyst
3 264 (7.94%) Developer
4 257 (7.73%) Lead
5 224 (6.74%) Software Engineer
6 177 (5.32%) Architect
7 170 (5.11%) Consultant
8 122 (3.67%) Finance Manager
9 109 (3.28%) Business Analyst
10 101 (3.04%) Accountant
10 101 (3.04%) Senior Manager
11 91 (2.74%) Project Manager
12 87 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
13 84 (2.53%) Data Engineer
14 81 (2.44%) C# Developer
15 80 (2.41%) Senior Software Engineer
16 77 (2.32%) Financial Analyst
16 77 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
17 74 (2.23%) Software Developer
18 71 (2.14%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (3.76%) React
2 124 (3.73%) .NET
3 118 (3.55%) REST
4 69 (2.08%) Node.js
5 68 (2.05%) Kafka
6 63 (1.89%) SOAP
7 61 (1.83%) RESTful
8 57 (1.71%) GraphQL
9 50 (1.50%) JSON
10 45 (1.35%) CSS
10 45 (1.35%) Spring
11 43 (1.29%) OAuth
11 43 (1.29%) Redux
12 35 (1.05%) Middleware
13 32 (0.96%) HTML
14 31 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
15 30 (0.90%) jQuery
15 30 (0.90%) XML
16 25 (0.75%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 226 (6.80%) Cloud Native
2 214 (6.44%) Product Ownership
3 133 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 127 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 96 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 69 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 67 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 63 (1.89%) Fixed Income
9 62 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 60 (1.80%) Data Structures
11 57 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 57 (1.71%) Public Cloud
12 56 (1.68%) Blog
12 56 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
13 47 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 41 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
15 40 (1.20%) Low-Code
16 34 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
17 32 (0.96%) Driving Licence
18 29 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.58%) Windows
2 97 (2.92%) Linux
3 43 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 28 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 27 (0.81%) Unix
6 20 (0.60%) Android
7 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.060%) CentOS
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.030%) VMS
12 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (24.78%) Agile
2 536 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
3 535 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 447 (13.44%) AI
5 440 (13.23%) Roadmaps
6 396 (11.91%) Decision-Making
7 389 (11.70%) CI/CD
8 388 (11.67%) DevOps
9 378 (11.37%) Analytics
10 355 (10.68%) Mentoring
11 351 (10.56%) Coaching
12 350 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 349 (10.50%) Software Engineering
14 334 (10.05%) ERP
15 287 (8.63%) Risk Management
16 282 (8.48%) Project Management
17 254 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
18 248 (7.46%) Test Automation
19 223 (6.71%) Asset Management
20 222 (6.68%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 554 (16.66%) SQL
2 343 (10.32%) Python
3 332 (9.98%) Java
4 200 (6.02%) C#
5 125 (3.76%) TypeScript
6 111 (3.34%) JavaScript
7 90 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 89 (2.68%) Go
9 79 (2.38%) C++
10 74 (2.23%) PHP
11 39 (1.17%) PL/SQL
12 30 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 27 (0.81%) C
14 24 (0.72%) Apex Code
15 23 (0.69%) Bicep
16 19 (0.57%) Bash
16 19 (0.57%) Rust
17 18 (0.54%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.51%) T-SQL
19 13 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 391 (11.76%) Degree
2 271 (8.15%) ACCA
3 223 (6.71%) CIMA
4 191 (5.74%) Security Cleared
5 153 (4.60%) CISSP
6 110 (3.31%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.98%) CISA
8 79 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (2.14%) CISM
10 66 (1.98%) CRISC
11 56 (1.68%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.50%) PMI Certification
13 38 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 38 (1.14%) SANS
14 33 (0.99%) Azure Certification
15 31 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
16 28 (0.84%) AAT
17 27 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
17 27 (0.81%) PMP
18 26 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (3.97%) NIST
2 128 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.49%) GDPR
4 114 (3.43%) QA
5 101 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 78 (2.35%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.11%) IFRS
8 65 (1.95%) GRC
9 61 (1.83%) Accessibility
10 48 (1.44%) PMO
11 40 (1.20%) GAAP
12 35 (1.05%) SLA
13 32 (0.96%) COBIT
14 29 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
15 28 (0.84%) SOC 2
16 19 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.48%) MiFID
17 16 (0.48%) P3O
18 14 (0.42%) EMIR
19 12 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 98 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.20%) Docker
3 72 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 46 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.48%) Firmware
6 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 206 (6.20%) Terraform
2 147 (4.42%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.71%) Grafana
4 40 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (0.99%) Ansible
6 30 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.36%) Argo
7 12 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 6 (0.18%) QRadar
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 (0.090%) Cilium
13 3 (0.090%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.090%) Puppet
Vendors
1 534 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 218 (6.56%) Oracle
3 143 (4.30%) SAP
4 136 (4.09%) Databricks
5 87 (2.62%) Salesforce
6 63 (1.89%) Sage
7 62 (1.86%) Google
8 49 (1.47%) VMware
9 45 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 36 (1.08%) Cisco
11 29 (0.87%) Workday
12 27 (0.81%) Xero
13 25 (0.75%) Okta
14 21 (0.63%) Adobe
14 21 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.63%) IBM
15 17 (0.51%) Atlassian
16 16 (0.48%) Aderant
16 16 (0.48%) Red Hat
17 15 (0.45%) Splunk