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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,629 3,953 5,203
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.68% 23.93% 22.71%
As % of the General category 30.43% 33.54% 36.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,705 2,255 2,985
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,348 £47,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -6.88% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,500 £97,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -

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 15,214 11,787 14,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 71.36% 62.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 6,281 8,147
10th Percentile £32,260 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%

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 26 September 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
1 113 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.10%) Confluence
3 27 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 14 (0.30%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (0.19%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.13%) IIS
12 3 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.043%) Hedera
13 2 (0.043%) WordPress
14 1 (0.022%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.022%) CICS
14 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
14 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.022%) Moodle
Applications
1 289 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 12 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.13%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.11%) InDesign
11 4 (0.086%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.086%) Sketch
12 3 (0.065%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.065%) Notion
12 3 (0.065%) Productboard
13 2 (0.043%) SPSS
13 2 (0.043%) Weka
Business Applications
1 60 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 40 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
3 35 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
4 34 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
5 33 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 30 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
7 24 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
9 19 (0.41%) Primavera
10 18 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
10 18 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
12 16 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
12 16 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 15 (0.32%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
15 12 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 862 (18.62%) Azure
2 631 (13.63%) AWS
3 399 (8.62%) SaaS
4 350 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 242 (5.23%) GCP
6 158 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
6 158 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
7 115 (2.48%) Snowflake
8 114 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
9 87 (1.88%) PaaS
10 84 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 82 (1.77%) GitHub
12 80 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
13 77 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 72 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (1.32%) Serverless
16 60 (1.30%) Power Automate
17 58 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
18 54 (1.17%) Azure AI
19 51 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 78 (1.69%) LAN
2 77 (1.66%) WAN
3 59 (1.27%) Firewall
4 43 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.86%) HTTP
6 37 (0.80%) Network Security
7 36 (0.78%) DNS
8 33 (0.71%) VPN
9 26 (0.56%) DHCP
10 25 (0.54%) 5G
10 25 (0.54%) Broadband
11 18 (0.39%) Internet
11 18 (0.39%) VLAN
12 15 (0.32%) Wireless
13 12 (0.26%) BGP
13 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
13 12 (0.26%) MPLS
14 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (5.12%) Power BI
2 150 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 67 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (1.38%) MongoDB
6 57 (1.23%) Tableau
7 54 (1.17%) Data Lake
8 44 (0.95%) Metadata
9 42 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (0.89%) Relational Database
11 39 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
12 27 (0.58%) Big Data
13 22 (0.48%) MySQL
13 22 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
14 21 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 21 (0.45%) Power Query
15 20 (0.43%) NoSQL
16 18 (0.39%) DynamoDB
17 17 (0.37%) Looker
17 17 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 131 (2.83%) JIRA
2 93 (2.01%) Git
3 67 (1.45%) TeamCity
4 42 (0.91%) Claude Code
5 33 (0.71%) JUnit
6 23 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.50%) Maven
7 22 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (0.41%) Mockito
9 12 (0.26%) Selenium
10 9 (0.19%) GitLab
11 8 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.15%) Postman
12 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.13%) Gatling
13 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.086%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.086%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,622 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 745 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
3 730 (15.77%) Banking
4 584 (12.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 487 (10.52%) Legal
6 380 (8.21%) Retail
7 375 (8.10%) Law
8 329 (7.11%) Marketing
9 325 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
10 267 (5.77%) Public Sector
11 250 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
12 180 (3.89%) Manufacturing
13 166 (3.59%) Financial Institution
14 157 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
15 155 (3.35%) Aerospace
16 151 (3.26%) Back Office
17 105 (2.27%) Telecoms
18 93 (2.01%) Billing
19 69 (1.49%) General Ledger
20 63 (1.36%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 637 (13.76%) Senior
2 514 (11.10%) Lead
3 450 (9.72%) Analyst
4 409 (8.84%) Architect
5 334 (7.22%) Developer
6 287 (6.20%) Software Engineer
7 229 (4.95%) Consultant
8 169 (3.65%) Senior Manager
9 160 (3.46%) Finance Manager
10 152 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
11 145 (3.13%) Accountant
12 117 (2.53%) IT Manager
13 107 (2.31%) Project Manager
13 107 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
14 104 (2.25%) Azure Engineer
15 99 (2.14%) Business Analyst
16 90 (1.94%) Data Analyst
17 89 (1.92%) Engineering Manager
18 88 (1.90%) Enterprise Architect
19 81 (1.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (4.08%) Terraform
2 159 (3.43%) .NET
3 143 (3.09%) React
4 116 (2.51%) REST
5 72 (1.56%) Node.js
6 71 (1.53%) Spring
7 63 (1.36%) .NET Core
8 61 (1.32%) LangChain
9 59 (1.27%) ASP.NET
10 57 (1.23%) CSS
11 54 (1.17%) LangGraph
12 53 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
13 52 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
14 49 (1.06%) .NET Framework
14 49 (1.06%) XML
15 43 (0.93%) RESTful
16 41 (0.89%) AngularJS
17 40 (0.86%) PyTorch
17 40 (0.86%) TensorFlow
18 37 (0.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 310 (6.70%) Product Ownership
2 248 (5.36%) Management Information System
3 241 (5.21%) Cloud Native
4 219 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 174 (3.76%) Web Conferencing
6 169 (3.65%) Podcast
7 156 (3.37%) Virtual Team
8 149 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
9 97 (2.10%) Blog
10 87 (1.88%) AI Agents
10 87 (1.88%) Public Cloud
11 77 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
12 71 (1.53%) Hedge funds
13 64 (1.38%) Credit Risk
14 63 (1.36%) Data Centre
15 59 (1.27%) Social Media
16 56 (1.21%) Data Structures
17 44 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
17 44 (0.95%) Driving Licence
18 43 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 126 (2.72%) Windows
2 100 (2.16%) Linux
3 49 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.50%) Android
5 19 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.24%) Unix
7 9 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.065%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.022%) AIX
11 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 867 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 816 (17.63%) Agile
3 803 (17.35%) AI
4 762 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
5 739 (15.96%) Roadmaps
6 724 (15.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 704 (15.21%) Decision-Making
8 536 (11.58%) Software Engineering
9 497 (10.74%) Mentoring
10 459 (9.92%) Analytics
11 453 (9.79%) ERP
12 436 (9.42%) CI/CD
13 381 (8.23%) Risk Management
14 372 (8.04%) Process Improvement
15 364 (7.86%) Project Delivery
16 360 (7.78%) DevOps
17 347 (7.50%) Coaching
18 339 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 335 (7.24%) Customer Service
20 321 (6.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 662 (14.30%) SQL
2 436 (9.42%) Python
3 319 (6.89%) Java
4 242 (5.23%) C#
5 159 (3.43%) JavaScript
6 123 (2.66%) TypeScript
7 93 (2.01%) C++
8 84 (1.81%) PowerShell
9 49 (1.06%) PHP
10 37 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 36 (0.78%) R
12 30 (0.65%) Bash
13 28 (0.60%) Bicep
14 26 (0.56%) C
15 23 (0.50%) Go
16 22 (0.48%) MATLAB
17 21 (0.45%) Kotlin
18 17 (0.37%) VBA
19 15 (0.32%) Rust
19 15 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 422 (9.12%) Degree
2 388 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 297 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 263 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 259 (5.60%) ACCA
6 233 (5.03%) CIMA
7 130 (2.81%) DV Cleared
8 74 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (1.56%) DBS Check
10 69 (1.49%) CISSP
11 52 (1.12%) Azure Certification
12 51 (1.10%) CISM
12 51 (1.10%) PMI Certification
13 44 (0.95%) PMP
14 40 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
15 33 (0.71%) CISA
16 31 (0.67%) CRISC
17 28 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (0.54%) ICAEW
18 25 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (4.69%) Accessibility
2 193 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 171 (3.69%) QA
4 151 (3.26%) GDPR
5 97 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 91 (1.97%) GRC
7 82 (1.77%) PMO
8 80 (1.73%) SLA
9 63 (1.36%) NIST
10 55 (1.19%) IFRS
11 39 (0.84%) GAAP
12 35 (0.76%) PCI DSS
13 27 (0.58%) COBIT
14 23 (0.50%) SOC 2
15 21 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
16 18 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.32%) NCSC
19 14 (0.30%) Def Stans
20 12 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 107 (2.31%) Docker
2 98 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.08%) Firmware
4 43 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 36 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
9 8 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.13%) Squid
11 5 (0.11%) vSphere
12 3 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.022%) HDFS
13 1 (0.022%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 196 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 99 (2.14%) Grafana
3 40 (0.86%) Ansible
4 33 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.32%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.086%) QRadar
8 4 (0.086%) SCCM
9 3 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.065%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.065%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.043%) CASB
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.043%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.022%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.022%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.022%) WSUS
Vendors
1 774 (16.72%) Microsoft
2 237 (5.12%) Oracle
3 151 (3.26%) SAP
4 127 (2.74%) Databricks
5 100 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 75 (1.62%) Sage
7 70 (1.51%) Google
8 66 (1.43%) Workday
9 63 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 45 (0.97%) VMware
11 41 (0.89%) Xero
12 37 (0.80%) HubSpot
13 34 (0.73%) Cisco
14 30 (0.65%) Aderant
15 26 (0.56%) Adobe
16 25 (0.54%) BMC
17 24 (0.52%) YouTube
18 22 (0.48%) Dynatrace
18 22 (0.48%) Splunk
19 21 (0.45%) IBM