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 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,182 4,041 5,358
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.31% 24.36% 21.71%
As % of the General category 30.43% 33.87% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 2,386 3,393
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,799 £37,577
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,436 £98,474 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

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 13,745 11,932 15,076
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.19% 71.94% 61.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 6,604 10,076
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,075 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,793 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -8.33%

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 16 August 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
1 109 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.34%) Confluence
3 29 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.41%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) CMS
9 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.096%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) JBoss
13 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 256 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) Simulink
5 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
8 6 (0.14%) Trello
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.096%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.096%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.096%) Sketch
11 3 (0.072%) Productboard
12 2 (0.048%) InDesign
12 2 (0.048%) SPSS
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 67 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 51 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
7 21 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.45%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
11 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
12 15 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
12 15 (0.36%) Primavera
13 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.33%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.29%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
16 10 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 886 (21.19%) Azure
2 601 (14.37%) AWS
3 337 (8.06%) SaaS
4 312 (7.46%) Power Platform
5 210 (5.02%) GCP
6 159 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
7 145 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 107 (2.56%) Snowflake
10 81 (1.94%) PaaS
11 78 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
12 72 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 69 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (1.58%) Azure AI
14 66 (1.58%) GitHub
15 60 (1.43%) PowerApps
16 57 (1.36%) Azure Machine Learning
17 54 (1.29%) Serverless
18 52 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
19 47 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.91%) LAN
1 80 (1.91%) WAN
2 63 (1.51%) Firewall
3 42 (1.00%) Network Security
3 42 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 39 (0.93%) HTTP
5 38 (0.91%) DNS
6 30 (0.72%) VPN
7 29 (0.69%) DHCP
8 21 (0.50%) Broadband
9 15 (0.36%) MPLS
9 15 (0.36%) VLAN
9 15 (0.36%) Wireless
10 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
11 11 (0.26%) BGP
11 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.24%) Internet
12 10 (0.24%) NGFW
13 8 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (4.81%) Power BI
2 182 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 70 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.34%) Tableau
7 43 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 42 (1.00%) Data Lake
9 40 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (0.86%) Metadata
11 33 (0.79%) Relational Database
12 28 (0.67%) Big Data
13 26 (0.62%) MySQL
14 22 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.45%) Power Query
16 19 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 16 (0.38%) Looker
17 16 (0.38%) Oracle Database
17 16 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 140 (3.35%) JIRA
2 86 (2.06%) Git
3 39 (0.93%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.60%) JUnit
5 23 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.45%) Claude Code
7 19 (0.45%) Maven
8 17 (0.41%) Mockito
9 16 (0.38%) Selenium
10 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.17%) GitLab
11 7 (0.17%) Postman
12 6 (0.14%) Gatling
12 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.096%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.096%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.096%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,367 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 655 (15.66%) Banking
3 571 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 459 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 435 (10.40%) Legal
6 305 (7.29%) Retail
7 289 (6.91%) Law
8 263 (6.29%) Marketing
9 246 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
10 216 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
11 209 (5.00%) Public Sector
12 150 (3.59%) Manufacturing
13 144 (3.44%) Aerospace
14 131 (3.13%) Financial Institution
15 112 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
16 111 (2.65%) Back Office
17 82 (1.96%) Billing
18 79 (1.89%) Telecoms
19 65 (1.55%) Front Office
20 54 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 587 (14.04%) Senior
2 458 (10.95%) Lead
3 424 (10.14%) Analyst
4 346 (8.27%) Developer
5 339 (8.11%) Architect
6 268 (6.41%) Software Engineer
7 217 (5.19%) Consultant
8 163 (3.90%) Finance Manager
9 151 (3.61%) Senior Manager
10 120 (2.87%) Accountant
10 120 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
11 110 (2.63%) Project Manager
12 107 (2.56%) IT Manager
13 101 (2.42%) Business Analyst
14 100 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
15 99 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
16 95 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
17 83 (1.98%) Graduate
18 78 (1.87%) Data Analyst
19 74 (1.77%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (3.85%) React
2 160 (3.83%) .NET
3 117 (2.80%) REST
4 90 (2.15%) Node.js
5 68 (1.63%) CSS
6 67 (1.60%) .NET Core
7 61 (1.46%) Spring
8 60 (1.43%) ASP.NET
9 54 (1.29%) ASP.NET Core
10 50 (1.20%) .NET Framework
11 44 (1.05%) AngularJS
12 42 (1.00%) LangChain
13 41 (0.98%) Kafka
14 39 (0.93%) jQuery
15 36 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (0.86%) PyTorch
15 36 (0.86%) TensorFlow
16 35 (0.84%) HTML
16 35 (0.84%) LangGraph
17 32 (0.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 269 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 206 (4.93%) Cloud Native
3 181 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 163 (3.90%) Virtual Team
5 159 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 149 (3.56%) Web Conferencing
7 141 (3.37%) Podcast
8 115 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 94 (2.25%) Blog
10 91 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 70 (1.67%) Data Centre
12 62 (1.48%) Data Structures
12 62 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 58 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
14 53 (1.27%) AI Agents
14 53 (1.27%) Fixed Income
15 51 (1.22%) Credit Risk
16 50 (1.20%) Driving Licence
17 45 (1.08%) Hedge funds
18 41 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 139 (3.32%) Windows
2 120 (2.87%) Linux
3 45 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.45%) Unix
5 17 (0.41%) Android
6 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.072%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (21.23%) Agile
2 718 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 696 (16.64%) Roadmaps
4 644 (15.40%) AI
5 643 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 535 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 526 (12.58%) Decision-Making
8 496 (11.86%) Software Engineering
9 427 (10.21%) Analytics
9 427 (10.21%) Mentoring
10 404 (9.66%) ERP
11 379 (9.06%) CI/CD
12 353 (8.44%) DevOps
13 341 (8.15%) Risk Management
14 329 (7.87%) Project Delivery
15 310 (7.41%) Project Management
15 310 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 295 (7.05%) Process Improvement
17 272 (6.50%) Machine Learning
18 265 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 631 (15.09%) SQL
2 420 (10.04%) Python
3 295 (7.05%) Java
4 253 (6.05%) C#
5 168 (4.02%) JavaScript
6 143 (3.42%) TypeScript
7 113 (2.70%) C++
8 84 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.72%) PHP
10 43 (1.03%) Go
11 32 (0.77%) C
12 28 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 27 (0.65%) Bash
14 24 (0.57%) Bicep
14 24 (0.57%) R
15 22 (0.53%) MATLAB
16 19 (0.45%) VBA
17 18 (0.43%) Rust
18 14 (0.33%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 418 (10.00%) Degree
2 356 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 272 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 251 (6.00%) ACCA
5 249 (5.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 217 (5.19%) CIMA
7 134 (3.20%) DV Cleared
8 88 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 75 (1.79%) CISSP
10 52 (1.24%) CISM
11 50 (1.20%) PMI Certification
12 49 (1.17%) PMP
13 44 (1.05%) Azure Certification
14 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (0.77%) CISA
16 29 (0.69%) CRISC
16 29 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 28 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.57%) ICAEW
19 23 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (4.16%) Accessibility
2 168 (4.02%) QA
3 164 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 145 (3.47%) GDPR
5 91 (2.18%) GRC
6 90 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 75 (1.79%) PMO
8 73 (1.75%) NIST
9 72 (1.72%) SLA
10 62 (1.48%) IFRS
11 48 (1.15%) GAAP
12 30 (0.72%) COBIT
12 30 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 23 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.41%) MiFID
16 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.36%) FINREP
17 14 (0.33%) COREP
17 14 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 108 (2.58%) Docker
2 100 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.17%) Firmware
5 42 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 4 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 168 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 163 (3.90%) Terraform
3 58 (1.39%) Grafana
4 44 (1.05%) Ansible
5 40 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) SCCM
8 6 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.096%) QRadar
10 4 (0.096%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.072%) Argo
11 3 (0.072%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.048%) CASB
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.048%) Puppet
Vendors
1 729 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 223 (5.33%) Oracle
3 147 (3.52%) SAP
4 129 (3.08%) Databricks
5 90 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.58%) Google
7 64 (1.53%) Sage
8 60 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.17%) Workday
10 47 (1.12%) VMware
11 43 (1.03%) Cisco
12 37 (0.88%) Xero
13 33 (0.79%) HubSpot
14 31 (0.74%) IBM
15 30 (0.72%) Aderant
16 25 (0.60%) BMC
17 22 (0.53%) Adobe
18 21 (0.50%) Splunk
19 20 (0.48%) Remedy
20 19 (0.45%) Veeam