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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,492 3,877 7,081
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.22% 26.59% 21.50%
As % of the General category 32.06% 35.44% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,296 2,342 4,872
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,151 £45,832
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 10,893 10,941 20,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.84% 75.03% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,217 5,996 15,103
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,252
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 28 May 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 90 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.06%) Confluence
3 32 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.52%) SAS
5 10 (0.29%) CMS
6 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.20%) IIS
8 6 (0.17%) JBoss
9 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.086%) Apache
12 2 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.029%) Camunda
Applications
1 203 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
8 5 (0.14%) Sketch
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.086%) Productboard
10 3 (0.086%) SPSS
11 1 (0.029%) Notion
11 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 71 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
2 54 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 48 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
5 41 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
6 30 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
7 29 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
8 28 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
9 27 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
10 23 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
11 18 (0.52%) Elite 3E
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
14 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
15 12 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
16 10 (0.29%) SAP CO
16 10 (0.29%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 729 (20.88%) Azure
2 481 (13.77%) AWS
3 312 (8.93%) SaaS
4 227 (6.50%) Power Platform
5 178 (5.10%) GCP
6 133 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 132 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (2.66%) Snowflake
9 87 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 87 (2.49%) GitHub
10 84 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
11 78 (2.23%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.92%) Azure Machine Learning
13 66 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 65 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (1.75%) Azure AI
16 41 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
17 38 (1.09%) OCI
18 36 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
19 32 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.00%) Firewall
2 48 (1.37%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.29%) VPN
4 41 (1.17%) WAN
5 37 (1.06%) HTTP
6 36 (1.03%) DNS
7 35 (1.00%) DHCP
8 31 (0.89%) Network Security
9 26 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.60%) Broadband
10 21 (0.60%) CHAP
11 19 (0.54%) BGP
11 19 (0.54%) MPLS
12 17 (0.49%) LAN
13 16 (0.46%) VLAN
13 16 (0.46%) Wireless
14 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.34%) Internet
16 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 157 (4.50%) Power BI
3 62 (1.78%) Tableau
4 57 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (1.49%) Data Lake
6 49 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (0.80%) Big Data
9 27 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 26 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.72%) MongoDB
11 25 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (0.57%) Metadata
13 18 (0.52%) MySQL
14 17 (0.49%) DB2
14 17 (0.49%) NoSQL
15 14 (0.40%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 13 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 115 (3.29%) JIRA
2 74 (2.12%) Git
3 42 (1.20%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.80%) Selenium
5 23 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 20 (0.57%) Postman
7 16 (0.46%) WebDriver
8 14 (0.40%) JUnit
8 14 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (0.37%) SoapUI
10 10 (0.29%) Maven
11 9 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.26%) Mockito
12 8 (0.23%) GitLab
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.14%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.11%) ER Studio
15 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,111 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 577 (16.52%) Banking
3 479 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 366 (10.48%) Legal
5 331 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 321 (9.19%) Retail
7 267 (7.65%) Law
8 228 (6.53%) Marketing
9 219 (6.27%) Public Sector
10 175 (5.01%) Organisational Skills
11 174 (4.98%) Financial Institution
12 131 (3.75%) Back Office
13 113 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
14 91 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
15 86 (2.46%) Manufacturing
16 71 (2.03%) Front Office
17 63 (1.80%) Telecoms
18 47 (1.35%) Billing
19 40 (1.15%) Investment Banking
20 38 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 574 (16.44%) Senior
2 395 (11.31%) Analyst
3 309 (8.85%) Lead
4 300 (8.59%) Developer
5 231 (6.62%) Software Engineer
6 189 (5.41%) Architect
7 181 (5.18%) Consultant
8 141 (4.04%) Finance Manager
9 135 (3.87%) Senior Manager
10 107 (3.06%) Accountant
11 103 (2.95%) Business Analyst
12 90 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
13 89 (2.55%) Project Manager
14 78 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
15 77 (2.21%) Data Engineer
15 77 (2.21%) Engineering Manager
16 72 (2.06%) C# Developer
17 71 (2.03%) IT Manager
18 66 (1.89%) Senior Software Engineer
18 66 (1.89%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (3.92%) .NET
2 135 (3.87%) React
3 114 (3.26%) REST
4 71 (2.03%) Node.js
5 58 (1.66%) Kafka
6 50 (1.43%) Spring
7 49 (1.40%) CSS
8 44 (1.26%) GraphQL
8 44 (1.26%) RESTful
9 43 (1.23%) SOAP
10 42 (1.20%) Redux
11 40 (1.15%) HTML
12 35 (1.00%) JSON
13 32 (0.92%) .NET Core
13 32 (0.92%) jQuery
14 31 (0.89%) Middleware
15 28 (0.80%) OAuth
15 28 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
16 27 (0.77%) AngularJS
17 25 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 241 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 201 (5.76%) Cloud Native
3 152 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 142 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 127 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 103 (2.95%) Web Conferencing
7 97 (2.78%) Podcast
8 72 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 71 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 70 (2.00%) Public Cloud
11 69 (1.98%) Data Structures
12 58 (1.66%) Fixed Income
13 47 (1.35%) Blog
13 47 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
14 46 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 44 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (1.20%) Security Posture
17 41 (1.17%) Driving Licence
18 34 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
18 34 (0.97%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 123 (3.52%) Windows
2 101 (2.89%) Linux
3 39 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 24 (0.69%) Unix
5 22 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) Android
7 12 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.086%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.029%) AIX
10 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 813 (23.28%) Agile
2 515 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
3 503 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 499 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 431 (12.34%) AI
6 387 (11.08%) Mentoring
7 371 (10.62%) Analytics
8 369 (10.57%) Decision-Making
9 367 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 363 (10.40%) Software Engineering
11 358 (10.25%) DevOps
11 358 (10.25%) ERP
12 353 (10.11%) CI/CD
13 304 (8.71%) Project Management
14 281 (8.05%) Coaching
15 243 (6.96%) Risk Management
16 237 (6.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 207 (5.93%) Test Automation
18 205 (5.87%) Customer Service
18 205 (5.87%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 561 (16.07%) SQL
2 365 (10.45%) Python
3 329 (9.42%) Java
4 211 (6.04%) C#
5 142 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 122 (3.49%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.46%) PowerShell
8 81 (2.32%) C++
9 79 (2.26%) Go
10 58 (1.66%) PHP
11 39 (1.12%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.83%) C
13 22 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 22 (0.63%) Bicep
14 18 (0.52%) R
15 17 (0.49%) Rust
16 16 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 15 (0.43%) Bash
18 13 (0.37%) VBA
19 12 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 372 (10.65%) Degree
2 246 (7.04%) ACCA
3 203 (5.81%) CIMA
4 187 (5.36%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 104 (2.98%) SC Cleared
7 97 (2.78%) CISSP
8 77 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (1.78%) CISM
10 59 (1.69%) PMI Certification
11 51 (1.46%) CISA
12 50 (1.43%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.17%) PMP
14 36 (1.03%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.00%) Azure Certification
16 33 (0.95%) SANS
17 29 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.69%) CIPFA
20 23 (0.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (3.95%) QA
2 125 (3.58%) Data Quality
3 120 (3.44%) GDPR
4 89 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.23%) NIST
6 65 (1.86%) IFRS
7 62 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 60 (1.72%) PMO
9 51 (1.46%) GRC
10 44 (1.26%) SLA
11 38 (1.09%) GAAP
12 31 (0.89%) COBIT
13 30 (0.86%) PCI DSS
14 21 (0.60%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.43%) MiFID
18 14 (0.40%) COREP
18 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
18 14 (0.40%) FINREP
System Software
1 108 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 78 (2.23%) Docker
3 68 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 41 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.29%) Firmware
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.057%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 177 (5.07%) Terraform
2 147 (4.21%) Kubernetes
3 53 (1.52%) Grafana
4 49 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.74%) Ansible
6 17 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
7 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.20%) Argo
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.14%) Endace
9 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.11%) QRadar
10 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.086%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.057%) Puppet
Vendors
1 571 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 244 (6.99%) Oracle
3 135 (3.87%) SAP
4 126 (3.61%) Databricks
5 95 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.95%) Sage
7 53 (1.52%) Google
8 44 (1.26%) VMware
9 43 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 42 (1.20%) Cisco
11 35 (1.00%) Xero
12 29 (0.83%) Workday
13 25 (0.72%) Adobe
13 25 (0.72%) HubSpot
14 22 (0.63%) Okta
15 21 (0.60%) Aderant
15 21 (0.60%) IBM
16 14 (0.40%) Splunk
17 13 (0.37%) CheckPoint
17 13 (0.37%) Meraki