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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,383 4,140 5,427
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.12% 21.07% 25.49%
As % of the General category 33.73% 33.48% 39.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,184 2,640 4,286
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,475 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,875 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £90,579
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +0.80%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,030 12,365 13,915
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.58% 62.94% 65.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6,404 7,040 10,932
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,219 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +3.36% +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 November 2025.

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
1 122 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
2 95 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 69 (2.04%) Apache
4 55 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 50 (1.48%) Confluence
6 12 (0.35%) CMS
6 12 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.33%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.24%) Appian
10 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
10 7 (0.21%) JBoss
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
11 6 (0.18%) WordPress
12 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.089%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 365 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 166 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.18%) Civil 3D
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.15%) Trello
10 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.089%) Sketch
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.059%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.059%) Elementor
13 1 (0.030%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.80%) Unit4 Business World
2 52 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 43 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
6 36 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
7 31 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
7 31 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 30 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
9 23 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
10 21 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
10 21 (0.62%) SAP FI
11 20 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
12 17 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
12 17 (0.50%) SAP CO
12 17 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
13 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
14 14 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
15 13 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
16 12 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 693 (20.48%) Azure
2 475 (14.04%) AWS
3 389 (11.50%) Power Platform
4 252 (7.45%) SaaS
5 203 (6.00%) GCP
6 186 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
7 169 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 152 (4.49%) dbt
9 148 (4.37%) GitHub
10 143 (4.23%) Snowflake
11 101 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (2.63%) Entra ID
13 77 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
14 57 (1.68%) Power Automate
15 50 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
15 50 (1.48%) PowerApps
16 47 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
16 47 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
16 47 (1.39%) OCI
17 45 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 79 (2.34%) Firewall
2 60 (1.77%) LAN
2 60 (1.77%) WAN
2 60 (1.77%) Wireless
3 47 (1.39%) VPN
4 45 (1.33%) Network Security
5 41 (1.21%) SD-WAN
6 39 (1.15%) Wireshark
7 35 (1.03%) TCP/IP
8 22 (0.65%) Software-Defined Radio
9 19 (0.56%) Internet
10 17 (0.50%) DNS
11 15 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (0.38%) DHCP
13 11 (0.33%) VLAN
14 10 (0.30%) BGP
15 9 (0.27%) Junos
15 9 (0.27%) SSL
15 9 (0.27%) WLAN
16 8 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 291 (8.60%) Power BI
2 157 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 119 (3.52%) Apache Iceberg
4 116 (3.43%) Amazon Athena
4 116 (3.43%) Apache Arrow
4 116 (3.43%) Dremio
5 108 (3.19%) Data Lake
6 107 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
7 93 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
8 85 (2.51%) Tableau
9 64 (1.89%) Apache Ignite
10 56 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 45 (1.33%) MySQL
13 35 (1.03%) MongoDB
13 35 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 32 (0.95%) Metadata
15 26 (0.77%) Big Data
16 23 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
17 22 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 135 (3.99%) JIRA
2 70 (2.07%) Git
3 52 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 47 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.80%) Selenium
6 23 (0.68%) Postman
7 20 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (0.56%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.56%) TeamCity
9 16 (0.47%) GitLab
9 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
10 15 (0.44%) ER Studio
11 14 (0.41%) ERwin
12 13 (0.38%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.24%) webpack
14 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.18%) Storybook
15 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.15%) JMeter
General
1 1,177 (34.79%) Social Skills
2 564 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 420 (12.42%) Banking
4 295 (8.72%) Marketing
5 202 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 201 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 201 (5.94%) Retail
7 191 (5.65%) Front Office
7 191 (5.65%) Legal
8 137 (4.05%) Manufacturing
9 133 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
10 130 (3.84%) Financial Institution
11 128 (3.78%) Telecoms
12 113 (3.34%) Law
13 111 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
14 94 (2.78%) Investment Banking
15 88 (2.60%) Back Office
16 80 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
17 72 (2.13%) Electronics
18 48 (1.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 524 (15.49%) Senior
2 487 (14.40%) Analyst
3 385 (11.38%) Developer
4 247 (7.30%) Software Engineer
5 235 (6.95%) Lead
6 211 (6.24%) Consultant
7 148 (4.37%) Architect
8 131 (3.87%) Financial Analyst
9 126 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
9 126 (3.72%) Python Engineer
10 116 (3.43%) AWS Software Engineer
11 114 (3.37%) Python Software Engineer
12 109 (3.22%) Business Analyst
13 104 (3.07%) Java Engineer
14 97 (2.87%) Accountant
15 94 (2.78%) Java Software Engineer
16 90 (2.66%) Senior Software Engineer
17 87 (2.57%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 85 (2.51%) Project Manager
19 81 (2.39%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (4.85%) .NET
2 162 (4.79%) React
3 135 (3.99%) Pandas
4 122 (3.61%) NumPy
5 116 (3.43%) SciPy
6 114 (3.37%) Node.js
7 106 (3.13%) AngularJS
8 85 (2.51%) REST
9 84 (2.48%) RESTful
10 76 (2.25%) Vue
11 75 (2.22%) CSS
12 70 (2.07%) SOAP
13 65 (1.92%) gRPC
14 62 (1.83%) Protocol Buffers
15 61 (1.80%) HTML
16 54 (1.60%) Kafka
17 48 (1.42%) Spring
18 45 (1.33%) GraphQL
19 43 (1.27%) ASP.NET
20 40 (1.18%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 167 (4.94%) Fixed Income
2 160 (4.73%) Management Information System
3 156 (4.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 145 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 140 (4.14%) e-Learning
6 137 (4.05%) Equities
7 133 (3.93%) Product Ownership
8 116 (3.43%) Cloud Native
9 110 (3.25%) Onboarding
10 86 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 86 (2.54%) Hedge funds
11 83 (2.45%) Derivative
12 68 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
13 64 (1.89%) Data Centre
14 63 (1.86%) Pricing Data
15 62 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
16 42 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 39 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
18 37 (1.09%) Social Media
19 36 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 170 (5.03%) Linux
2 116 (3.43%) Windows
3 47 (1.39%) Unix
4 36 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 22 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
6 21 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.33%) Android
8 11 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.15%) VMS
11 3 (0.089%) CentOS
12 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) MVS
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
13 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 953 (28.17%) Agile
2 602 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
3 544 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 436 (12.89%) Asset Management
5 420 (12.42%) AI
6 399 (11.79%) Analytics
7 389 (11.50%) Decision-Making
8 386 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
9 383 (11.32%) Software Engineering
10 369 (10.91%) DevOps
11 355 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 354 (10.46%) ERP
12 354 (10.46%) Roadmaps
13 327 (9.67%) Coaching
13 327 (9.67%) Mentoring
14 321 (9.49%) Project Management
15 305 (9.02%) Risk Management
16 297 (8.78%) CI/CD
17 233 (6.89%) Fintech
18 210 (6.21%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 566 (16.73%) SQL
2 480 (14.19%) Python
3 329 (9.73%) Java
4 270 (7.98%) JavaScript
5 235 (6.95%) TypeScript
6 156 (4.61%) C#
7 101 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 87 (2.57%) C++
9 63 (1.86%) PHP
10 51 (1.51%) Go
11 49 (1.45%) Bash
12 48 (1.42%) C
13 46 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 40 (1.18%) PL/SQL
15 27 (0.80%) T-SQL
16 26 (0.77%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.56%) Bicep
18 18 (0.53%) R
19 17 (0.50%) Scala
19 17 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 439 (12.98%) Degree
2 263 (7.77%) ACCA
3 253 (7.48%) Security Cleared
4 208 (6.15%) CIMA
5 205 (6.06%) SC Cleared
6 104 (3.07%) CISSP
7 90 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 82 (2.42%) DV Cleared
9 65 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 58 (1.71%) CCNP
11 57 (1.68%) DBS Check
12 50 (1.48%) CISA
13 49 (1.45%) CISM
14 47 (1.39%) AAT
15 43 (1.27%) CRISC
15 43 (1.27%) Master's Degree
16 37 (1.09%) Azure Certification
16 37 (1.09%) CCNA
16 37 (1.09%) CEH
16 37 (1.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (4.23%) NIST
2 135 (3.99%) QA
3 116 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 107 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 106 (3.13%) GDPR
6 101 (2.99%) Accessibility
7 76 (2.25%) PCI DSS
8 70 (2.07%) PMO
9 47 (1.39%) IFRS
10 45 (1.33%) GRC
11 40 (1.18%) GAAP
12 38 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 28 (0.83%) SLA
14 21 (0.62%) COBIT
15 20 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
16 18 (0.53%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.35%) SEPA
18 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
19 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
20 8 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 90 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.54%) Docker
3 35 (1.03%) Firmware
3 35 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 24 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.18%) NFS
8 6 (0.18%) vSphere
9 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.030%) vCloud
9 1 (0.030%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 159 (4.70%) Terraform
2 83 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.63%) Ansible
4 52 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (0.86%) Grafana
7 13 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.38%) SCCM
8 12 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
9 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.12%) Argo
12 4 (0.12%) Cilium
13 3 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.089%) Control-M
13 3 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.089%) QRadar
14 2 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.059%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 596 (17.62%) Microsoft
2 181 (5.35%) SAP
3 163 (4.82%) Oracle
4 122 (3.61%) Cisco
5 74 (2.19%) Databricks
5 74 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 63 (1.86%) Google
7 60 (1.77%) ServiceNow
8 51 (1.51%) VMware
9 48 (1.42%) Workday
10 47 (1.39%) Red Hat
10 47 (1.39%) Sage
11 45 (1.33%) Blue Prism
12 35 (1.03%) Xero
13 31 (0.92%) Sparx
14 30 (0.89%) Palo Alto
14 30 (0.89%) SolarWinds
15 29 (0.86%) CheckPoint
15 29 (0.86%) Meraki
16 25 (0.74%) IBM