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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,007 4,153 5,687
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.19% 25.23% 21.33%
As % of the General category 30.53% 34.74% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,624 2,506 3,669
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% 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 13,126 11,954 16,318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 72.62% 61.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,455 6,690 11,272
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,679 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,751
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 30 July 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
1 114 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.15%) Confluence
3 30 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.40%) Apache
5 13 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) CMS
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.25%) SAS
8 8 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.100%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.100%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.050%) JBoss
12 2 (0.050%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.025%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 251 (6.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.20%) Simulink
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.12%) Trello
10 4 (0.100%) Sketch
11 3 (0.075%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.075%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.075%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.075%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.075%) Productboard
12 2 (0.050%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 54 (1.35%) Oracle Financials
3 31 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
5 29 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
6 24 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
7 22 (0.55%) Elite 3E
8 20 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
8 20 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
9 18 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
9 18 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
10 16 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
12 14 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.32%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
15 11 (0.27%) SAP CO
15 11 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 870 (21.71%) Azure
2 584 (14.57%) AWS
3 348 (8.68%) SaaS
4 302 (7.54%) Power Platform
5 210 (5.24%) GCP
6 170 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
7 138 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
8 108 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 98 (2.45%) Snowflake
10 80 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
11 74 (1.85%) PaaS
12 73 (1.82%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 63 (1.57%) Azure AI
15 60 (1.50%) GitHub
16 58 (1.45%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
18 54 (1.35%) PowerApps
19 42 (1.05%) Power Automate
19 42 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 80 (2.00%) WAN
2 77 (1.92%) LAN
3 67 (1.67%) Firewall
4 44 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 40 (1.00%) HTTP
5 40 (1.00%) Network Security
6 38 (0.95%) DNS
7 30 (0.75%) VPN
8 29 (0.72%) DHCP
9 21 (0.52%) Broadband
10 16 (0.40%) Wireless
11 15 (0.37%) MPLS
12 13 (0.32%) BGP
12 13 (0.32%) VLAN
13 12 (0.30%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.27%) Internet
15 10 (0.25%) CHAP
15 10 (0.25%) NGFW
15 10 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (4.72%) Power BI
2 174 (4.34%) SQL Server
3 72 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 58 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 57 (1.42%) Tableau
7 46 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.70%) Big Data
10 28 (0.70%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.65%) Metadata
11 26 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (0.60%) MySQL
13 22 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.45%) Power Query
15 17 (0.42%) Db2
15 17 (0.42%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 116 (2.89%) JIRA
2 79 (1.97%) Git
3 43 (1.07%) TeamCity
4 23 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.55%) JUnit
6 18 (0.45%) Selenium
7 16 (0.40%) Maven
8 14 (0.35%) Mockito
9 13 (0.32%) Claude Code
10 12 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.15%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.15%) GitLab
12 6 (0.15%) Postman
12 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.12%) Gatling
13 5 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.12%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.100%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,310 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 647 (16.15%) Banking
3 522 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 419 (10.46%) Legal
5 372 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 321 (8.01%) Retail
7 295 (7.36%) Law
8 233 (5.81%) Marketing
9 218 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
10 214 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
11 198 (4.94%) Public Sector
12 142 (3.54%) Financial Institution
13 135 (3.37%) Manufacturing
14 120 (2.99%) Back Office
15 117 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
16 78 (1.95%) Front Office
17 77 (1.92%) Telecoms
18 72 (1.80%) Billing
19 64 (1.60%) Aerospace
20 54 (1.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 571 (14.25%) Senior
2 420 (10.48%) Lead
3 406 (10.13%) Analyst
4 359 (8.96%) Developer
5 314 (7.84%) Architect
6 264 (6.59%) Software Engineer
7 222 (5.54%) Consultant
8 159 (3.97%) Finance Manager
9 149 (3.72%) Senior Manager
10 127 (3.17%) Accountant
11 114 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
12 101 (2.52%) IT Manager
12 101 (2.52%) Project Manager
13 96 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
14 94 (2.35%) Business Analyst
14 94 (2.35%) Engineering Manager
15 89 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
16 81 (2.02%) Graduate
17 77 (1.92%) Support Analyst
18 73 (1.82%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (4.14%) React
2 161 (4.02%) .NET
3 121 (3.02%) REST
4 105 (2.62%) Node.js
5 65 (1.62%) CSS
6 64 (1.60%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.47%) ASP.NET
8 57 (1.42%) Kafka
9 56 (1.40%) Spring
10 55 (1.37%) ASP.NET Core
11 47 (1.17%) .NET Framework
12 41 (1.02%) AngularJS
12 41 (1.02%) GraphQL
12 41 (1.02%) Redux
13 39 (0.97%) jQuery
14 38 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
15 35 (0.87%) HTML
16 34 (0.85%) PyTorch
16 34 (0.85%) TensorFlow
17 33 (0.82%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 257 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 213 (5.32%) Cloud Native
3 161 (4.02%) Virtual Team
4 159 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 150 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.64%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.42%) Podcast
8 98 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
9 88 (2.20%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.80%) Fixed Income
11 70 (1.75%) Data Centre
12 65 (1.62%) Data Structures
13 61 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
14 56 (1.40%) Blog
15 52 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
16 51 (1.27%) Driving Licence
17 44 (1.10%) Credit Risk
18 41 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
19 40 (1.00%) Derivative
20 38 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 137 (3.42%) Windows
2 116 (2.89%) Linux
3 46 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.47%) Unix
5 16 (0.40%) Android
6 15 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.100%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.025%) AIX
10 1 (0.025%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.025%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (21.34%) Agile
2 664 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 664 (16.57%) Roadmaps
3 599 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
4 568 (14.18%) AI
5 488 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 486 (12.13%) Decision-Making
7 462 (11.53%) Software Engineering
8 422 (10.53%) Mentoring
9 404 (10.08%) Analytics
10 401 (10.01%) ERP
11 358 (8.93%) CI/CD
12 337 (8.41%) DevOps
13 316 (7.89%) Risk Management
14 301 (7.51%) Project Management
15 295 (7.36%) Project Delivery
16 290 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 268 (6.69%) Process Improvement
18 245 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
18 245 (6.11%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 598 (14.92%) SQL
2 409 (10.21%) Python
3 309 (7.71%) Java
4 249 (6.21%) C#
5 181 (4.52%) JavaScript
6 155 (3.87%) TypeScript
7 103 (2.57%) C++
8 81 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.77%) PHP
10 60 (1.50%) Go
11 30 (0.75%) C
12 29 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.65%) Bicep
14 24 (0.60%) R
15 23 (0.57%) Bash
16 20 (0.50%) VBA
17 15 (0.37%) Rust
18 14 (0.35%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.27%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 366 (9.13%) Degree
2 265 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 258 (6.44%) ACCA
4 219 (5.47%) CIMA
5 181 (4.52%) SC Cleared
6 174 (4.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 84 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 82 (2.05%) CISSP
9 69 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 55 (1.37%) CISM
11 47 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 47 (1.17%) PMP
12 43 (1.07%) Azure Certification
13 36 (0.90%) CISA
13 36 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
14 31 (0.77%) CRISC
15 27 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 26 (0.65%) DBS Check
17 24 (0.60%) AAT
18 23 (0.57%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (3.89%) QA
2 152 (3.79%) Data Quality
3 140 (3.49%) GDPR
4 104 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 94 (2.35%) GRC
6 92 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 79 (1.97%) NIST
8 67 (1.67%) IFRS
8 67 (1.67%) PMO
9 59 (1.47%) SLA
10 49 (1.22%) GAAP
11 33 (0.82%) PCI DSS
12 31 (0.77%) COBIT
13 24 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
14 21 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
16 15 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.37%) FINREP
16 15 (0.37%) MiFID
17 14 (0.35%) COREP
System Software
1 100 (2.50%) Docker
2 93 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (0.55%) Firmware
6 17 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
9 6 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 3 (0.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.025%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 170 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 156 (3.89%) Terraform
3 59 (1.47%) Grafana
4 43 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (1.00%) Ansible
6 8 (0.20%) Istio
7 6 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.12%) SCCM
9 4 (0.100%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.100%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.100%) QRadar
9 4 (0.100%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.075%) Argo
10 3 (0.075%) Endace
10 3 (0.075%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.050%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.050%) Puppet
11 2 (0.050%) Salt
Vendors
1 722 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 234 (5.84%) Oracle
3 142 (3.54%) SAP
4 123 (3.07%) Databricks
5 82 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.67%) Sage
7 64 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 59 (1.47%) Google
9 44 (1.10%) Workday
10 42 (1.05%) Cisco
10 42 (1.05%) VMware
11 37 (0.92%) Xero
12 31 (0.77%) HubSpot
13 28 (0.70%) IBM
14 26 (0.65%) Aderant
14 26 (0.65%) Adobe
15 23 (0.57%) BMC
16 19 (0.47%) FIS
16 19 (0.47%) Splunk
17 18 (0.45%) iManage