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 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,496 3,995 7,150
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.96% 26.47% 20.99%
As % of the General category 31.11% 35.38% 34.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,314 2,405 4,878
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £45,000
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 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £122,500
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 11,237 11,291 20,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.74% 74.80% 60.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7,311 6,202 15,177
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 9 June 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 96 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.00%) Confluence
3 34 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.49%) SAS
5 12 (0.34%) CMS
6 7 (0.20%) IIS
7 6 (0.17%) JBoss
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.086%) Apache
10 3 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.086%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 200 (5.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.14%) Sketch
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) CorelDRAW
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.086%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.086%) Productboard
9 3 (0.086%) SPSS
10 2 (0.057%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.029%) Notion
11 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 64 (1.83%) Oracle Financials
2 52 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 40 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
4 34 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
5 30 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
6 27 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
7 26 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
8 25 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
9 22 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
11 19 (0.54%) Elite 3E
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (0.40%) SAP ERP
15 9 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
15 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 691 (19.77%) Azure
2 489 (13.99%) AWS
3 308 (8.81%) SaaS
4 228 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.12%) GCP
6 132 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
7 105 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
9 80 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 79 (2.26%) Snowflake
11 71 (2.03%) Entra ID
12 65 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
13 61 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
13 61 (1.74%) Azure AI
14 56 (1.60%) GitHub
15 50 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
16 35 (1.00%) PaaS
17 34 (0.97%) PowerApps
18 32 (0.92%) OCI
18 32 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (1.89%) Firewall
2 48 (1.37%) TCP/IP
3 41 (1.17%) VPN
4 38 (1.09%) HTTP
5 36 (1.03%) WAN
6 35 (1.00%) DNS
7 34 (0.97%) DHCP
8 31 (0.89%) Network Security
9 24 (0.69%) SD-WAN
10 22 (0.63%) Broadband
11 21 (0.60%) CHAP
12 19 (0.54%) BGP
12 19 (0.54%) MPLS
13 16 (0.46%) LAN
14 15 (0.43%) Wireless
15 14 (0.40%) VLAN
16 13 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
17 11 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
17 11 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 155 (4.43%) Power BI
3 56 (1.60%) Tableau
4 49 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (1.29%) Data Lake
7 39 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (0.74%) Big Data
8 26 (0.74%) Relational Database
8 26 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 24 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 24 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 22 (0.63%) MySQL
11 17 (0.49%) Db2
11 17 (0.49%) Metadata
12 16 (0.46%) NoSQL
13 14 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.40%) SAP BW
14 13 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 105 (3.00%) JIRA
2 66 (1.89%) Git
3 41 (1.17%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.74%) Selenium
5 17 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.49%) Postman
6 14 (0.40%) JUnit
6 14 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 11 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.29%) Maven
8 10 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 9 (0.26%) Mockito
10 8 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.17%) GitLab
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
11 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.086%) Eclipse
General
1 1,110 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 599 (17.13%) Banking
3 466 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 365 (10.44%) Legal
5 333 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 308 (8.81%) Retail
7 263 (7.52%) Law
8 217 (6.21%) Marketing
9 209 (5.98%) Public Sector
10 186 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
11 175 (5.01%) Financial Institution
12 129 (3.69%) Back Office
13 108 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
14 91 (2.60%) Manufacturing
15 90 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
16 64 (1.83%) Front Office
17 59 (1.69%) Telecoms
18 47 (1.34%) Billing
19 43 (1.23%) Investment Banking
20 40 (1.14%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 559 (15.99%) Senior
2 390 (11.16%) Analyst
3 320 (9.15%) Lead
4 304 (8.70%) Developer
5 244 (6.98%) Software Engineer
6 198 (5.66%) Architect
7 175 (5.01%) Consultant
8 149 (4.26%) Finance Manager
9 146 (4.18%) Senior Manager
10 109 (3.12%) Accountant
11 100 (2.86%) Business Analyst
12 91 (2.60%) Project Manager
13 87 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
14 86 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
15 84 (2.40%) Engineering Manager
16 77 (2.20%) IT Manager
17 69 (1.97%) Graduate
18 68 (1.95%) Data Engineer
19 67 (1.92%) Lead Software Engineer
20 66 (1.89%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (3.89%) .NET
2 132 (3.78%) React
3 113 (3.23%) REST
4 72 (2.06%) Node.js
5 54 (1.54%) CSS
6 52 (1.49%) Kafka
6 52 (1.49%) Spring
7 41 (1.17%) GraphQL
7 41 (1.17%) Redux
8 36 (1.03%) HTML
8 36 (1.03%) jQuery
9 34 (0.97%) .NET Core
9 34 (0.97%) RESTful
10 30 (0.86%) Middleware
10 30 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
10 30 (0.86%) SOAP
11 29 (0.83%) TensorFlow
12 28 (0.80%) AngularJS
12 28 (0.80%) PyTorch
13 26 (0.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 246 (7.04%) Product Ownership
2 194 (5.55%) Cloud Native
3 155 (4.43%) Virtual Team
4 138 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 130 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 108 (3.09%) Web Conferencing
7 100 (2.86%) Podcast
8 74 (2.12%) Public Cloud
8 74 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 72 (2.06%) Data Centre
10 64 (1.83%) Data Structures
11 55 (1.57%) Fixed Income
12 46 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
12 46 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
13 42 (1.20%) Blog
13 42 (1.20%) Security Posture
14 40 (1.14%) Driving Licence
14 40 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
15 33 (0.94%) Social Media
16 32 (0.92%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 116 (3.32%) Windows
2 103 (2.95%) Linux
3 35 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.63%) Unix
5 20 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.34%) Android
7 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 785 (22.45%) Agile
2 535 (15.30%) Roadmaps
3 510 (14.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 510 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
4 427 (12.21%) AI
5 396 (11.33%) Software Engineering
6 385 (11.01%) Decision-Making
7 376 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 375 (10.73%) Mentoring
9 368 (10.53%) Analytics
10 346 (9.90%) ERP
11 320 (9.15%) CI/CD
12 318 (9.10%) DevOps
13 309 (8.84%) Project Management
14 251 (7.18%) Risk Management
15 246 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 234 (6.69%) Coaching
17 207 (5.92%) Customer Service
18 206 (5.89%) Fintech
19 198 (5.66%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 531 (15.19%) SQL
2 364 (10.41%) Python
3 325 (9.30%) Java
4 210 (6.01%) C#
5 139 (3.98%) JavaScript
6 123 (3.52%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.46%) C++
8 76 (2.17%) Go
9 75 (2.15%) PowerShell
10 62 (1.77%) PHP
11 32 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.83%) C
13 20 (0.57%) Bicep
13 20 (0.57%) R
14 17 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 17 (0.49%) Bash
14 17 (0.49%) Rust
15 14 (0.40%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.37%) VBA
17 12 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 374 (10.70%) Degree
2 246 (7.04%) ACCA
3 204 (5.84%) CIMA
4 180 (5.15%) Security Cleared
5 123 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 102 (2.92%) SC Cleared
7 97 (2.77%) CISSP
8 80 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (1.77%) CISM
10 58 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 51 (1.46%) CISA
12 48 (1.37%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.17%) PMP
14 35 (1.00%) Azure Certification
15 34 (0.97%) SANS
16 31 (0.89%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
17 27 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
18 23 (0.66%) CIPFA
18 23 (0.66%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (3.89%) QA
2 126 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 117 (3.35%) GDPR
4 92 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (2.29%) NIST
6 67 (1.92%) IFRS
7 63 (1.80%) PMO
8 58 (1.66%) Accessibility
9 47 (1.34%) GRC
10 45 (1.29%) SLA
11 37 (1.06%) GAAP
12 33 (0.94%) COBIT
13 31 (0.89%) PCI DSS
14 22 (0.63%) 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 98 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.00%) Docker
3 64 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.17%) Firmware
8 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.029%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.029%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 152 (4.35%) Terraform
2 140 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 50 (1.43%) Grafana
4 48 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.77%) Ansible
6 11 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
8 7 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.14%) Endace
10 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
11 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.11%) Argo
11 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.11%) QRadar
11 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.086%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.057%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 563 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 228 (6.52%) Oracle
3 128 (3.66%) SAP
4 120 (3.43%) Databricks
5 88 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.89%) Sage
7 53 (1.52%) Google
8 47 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 42 (1.20%) Cisco
10 41 (1.17%) VMware
11 36 (1.03%) Xero
12 28 (0.80%) Workday
13 26 (0.74%) Adobe
14 24 (0.69%) HubSpot
15 22 (0.63%) Aderant
16 19 (0.54%) IBM
17 17 (0.49%) Okta
18 16 (0.46%) Splunk
19 13 (0.37%) Meraki
19 13 (0.37%) OpenAI