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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,297 3,885 7,026
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.14% 27.94% 21.64%
As % of the General category 32.60% 38.25% 34.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,162 2,614 4,883
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,144
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,893
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 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -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 10,113 10,158 20,103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.64% 73.05% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,732 6,512 15,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 4 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 83 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.15%) Confluence
3 30 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.42%) SAS
5 10 (0.30%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) Apache
9 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.15%) IIS
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.061%) nginx
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.030%) Camunda
12 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.030%) WordPress
Applications
1 199 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.091%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.091%) Sketch
9 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.030%) Productboard
9 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 66 (2.00%) Oracle Financials
2 55 (1.67%) NetSuite
3 50 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
4 46 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
6 35 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
8 28 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
8 28 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.52%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.42%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
14 11 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
14 11 (0.33%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.30%) SAP CO
15 10 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 736 (22.32%) Azure
2 452 (13.71%) AWS
3 290 (8.80%) SaaS
4 218 (6.61%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.43%) GCP
6 148 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
7 131 (3.97%) GitHub
8 120 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.34%) Snowflake
10 105 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
11 91 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 80 (2.43%) Entra ID
13 76 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 67 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
15 63 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
16 61 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (1.79%) Azure AI
18 43 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
19 42 (1.27%) dbt
20 39 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (1.82%) Firewall
2 51 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.40%) VPN
4 45 (1.36%) WAN
5 41 (1.24%) DNS
6 39 (1.18%) DHCP
7 35 (1.06%) HTTP
8 30 (0.91%) SD-WAN
9 27 (0.82%) CHAP
10 25 (0.76%) Network Security
11 19 (0.58%) BGP
12 18 (0.55%) LAN
12 18 (0.55%) Wireless
13 17 (0.52%) MPLS
14 16 (0.49%) Broadband
15 15 (0.45%) VLAN
16 13 (0.39%) Internet
17 12 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
18 10 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
19 9 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 156 (4.73%) Power BI
3 69 (2.09%) Tableau
4 68 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 53 (1.61%) Data Lake
6 40 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (0.88%) Big Data
9 28 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 22 (0.67%) Metadata
11 22 (0.67%) MySQL
11 22 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 18 (0.55%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.52%) DB2
14 14 (0.42%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.42%) SAP BW
15 13 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 118 (3.58%) JIRA
2 68 (2.06%) Git
3 36 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 35 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
5 33 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 28 (0.85%) Selenium
7 20 (0.61%) Postman
8 16 (0.49%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.30%) GitLab
13 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.21%) Storybook
13 7 (0.21%) Subversion
14 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
15 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.12%) ERwin
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,035 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 589 (17.86%) Banking
3 468 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (9.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 291 (8.83%) Retail
6 273 (8.28%) Legal
7 243 (7.37%) Public Sector
8 238 (7.22%) Law
9 232 (7.04%) Marketing
10 171 (5.19%) Financial Institution
11 120 (3.64%) Back Office
12 116 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
13 102 (3.09%) Manufacturing
13 102 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
14 99 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
15 82 (2.49%) Front Office
16 73 (2.21%) Telecoms
17 37 (1.12%) Investment Banking
18 36 (1.09%) Advertising
19 35 (1.06%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 579 (17.56%) Senior
2 393 (11.92%) Analyst
3 276 (8.37%) Developer
4 266 (8.07%) Lead
5 215 (6.52%) Software Engineer
6 174 (5.28%) Architect
6 174 (5.28%) Consultant
7 125 (3.79%) Finance Manager
8 110 (3.34%) Senior Manager
9 103 (3.12%) Accountant
10 101 (3.06%) Business Analyst
11 90 (2.73%) C# Developer
12 89 (2.70%) Project Manager
13 88 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
14 83 (2.52%) Software Developer
15 82 (2.49%) Data Engineer
16 78 (2.37%) Graduate
17 76 (2.31%) Financial Analyst
18 75 (2.27%) Graduate Developer
19 74 (2.24%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (3.67%) .NET
2 117 (3.55%) React
3 111 (3.37%) REST
4 66 (2.00%) Kafka
5 65 (1.97%) Node.js
6 57 (1.73%) SOAP
7 55 (1.67%) RESTful
8 52 (1.58%) GraphQL
9 46 (1.40%) CSS
9 46 (1.40%) JSON
10 43 (1.30%) Redux
11 40 (1.21%) Spring
12 38 (1.15%) OAuth
13 34 (1.03%) jQuery
14 32 (0.97%) HTML
15 31 (0.94%) Middleware
16 29 (0.88%) XML
17 27 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
18 25 (0.76%) AngularJS
19 21 (0.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 210 (6.37%) Cloud Native
2 208 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 127 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 126 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 92 (2.79%) Virtual Team
6 76 (2.31%) Data Centre
7 71 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 63 (1.91%) Public Cloud
9 62 (1.88%) Fixed Income
10 61 (1.85%) Data Structures
11 59 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
12 51 (1.55%) Blog
13 50 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
14 45 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
15 43 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
15 43 (1.30%) Security Posture
16 39 (1.18%) Podcast
17 36 (1.09%) Low-Code
18 35 (1.06%) Driving Licence
19 33 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.61%) Windows
2 96 (2.91%) Linux
3 43 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.82%) Unix
5 26 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.52%) Android
7 16 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.091%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.061%) CentOS
11 2 (0.061%) 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
1 808 (24.51%) Agile
2 498 (15.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 490 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
4 468 (14.19%) Roadmaps
5 415 (12.59%) AI
6 372 (11.28%) DevOps
7 360 (10.92%) Mentoring
8 357 (10.83%) CI/CD
9 354 (10.74%) Decision-Making
10 350 (10.62%) Analytics
11 346 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 345 (10.46%) ERP
13 335 (10.16%) Software Engineering
14 321 (9.74%) Coaching
15 284 (8.61%) Project Management
16 281 (8.52%) Risk Management
17 226 (6.85%) Test Automation
18 212 (6.43%) Business Intelligence
19 210 (6.37%) Fintech
20 206 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 539 (16.35%) SQL
2 343 (10.40%) Python
3 327 (9.92%) Java
4 207 (6.28%) C#
5 121 (3.67%) TypeScript
6 112 (3.40%) JavaScript
7 86 (2.61%) C++
8 83 (2.52%) Go
9 81 (2.46%) PowerShell
10 75 (2.27%) PHP
11 36 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.88%) C
13 23 (0.70%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.67%) Bicep
15 18 (0.55%) Rust
15 18 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.45%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.42%) VBA
18 13 (0.39%) Bash
18 13 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 364 (11.04%) Degree
2 266 (8.07%) ACCA
3 220 (6.67%) CIMA
4 189 (5.73%) Security Cleared
5 153 (4.64%) CISSP
6 108 (3.28%) SC Cleared
7 99 (3.00%) CISA
8 80 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (2.18%) CISM
10 66 (2.00%) CRISC
11 55 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 54 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 50 (1.52%) PMI Certification
14 39 (1.18%) SANS
15 37 (1.12%) DBS Check
16 30 (0.91%) Azure Certification
17 29 (0.88%) PMP
18 27 (0.82%) CGEIT
18 27 (0.82%) FFIEC
18 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (3.85%) NIST
2 125 (3.79%) QA
3 119 (3.61%) GDPR
4 115 (3.49%) Data Quality
5 90 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 75 (2.27%) PCI DSS
7 69 (2.09%) IFRS
8 63 (1.91%) GRC
9 55 (1.67%) Accessibility
10 47 (1.43%) PMO
11 40 (1.21%) GAAP
12 34 (1.03%) SLA
13 33 (1.00%) COBIT
14 23 (0.70%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.45%) MiFID
17 14 (0.42%) P3O
18 13 (0.39%) EMIR
19 12 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 105 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.21%) Docker
3 70 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.39%) Firmware
7 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.15%) vSphere
10 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 186 (5.64%) Terraform
2 135 (4.09%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.46%) Grafana
4 41 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.91%) Ansible
6 28 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.30%) Argo
7 10 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.15%) Endace
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.091%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.091%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.091%) Puppet
12 3 (0.091%) QRadar
13 2 (0.061%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 541 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 224 (6.79%) Oracle
3 139 (4.22%) SAP
4 134 (4.06%) Databricks
5 84 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 59 (1.79%) Sage
7 58 (1.76%) Google
8 52 (1.58%) VMware
9 42 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 38 (1.15%) Cisco
11 30 (0.91%) Workday
12 28 (0.85%) Xero
13 25 (0.76%) Okta
14 22 (0.67%) Adobe
14 22 (0.67%) HubSpot
15 21 (0.64%) IBM
16 18 (0.55%) Red Hat
17 17 (0.52%) Aderant
18 15 (0.45%) Atlassian
19 12 (0.36%) Ab Initio