Finance Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,958 7,303 10,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.26% 21.36% 25.33%
As % of the General category 27.13% 34.94% 38.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 4,872 6,715
10th Percentile £30,100 £37,500 £42,261
25th Percentile £49,250 £45,832 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £120,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14,591 20,902 26,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.36% 61.15% 65.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,261 15,103 17,567
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £41,252 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Finance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Finance trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Finance
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Finance.

Finance salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Finance over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Finance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 288 (7.28%) Confluence
2 205 (5.18%) Apache Airflow
3 152 (3.84%) Apache
4 94 (2.37%) SharePoint
5 78 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 77 (1.95%) Apache Spark
7 76 (1.92%) Oracle Application Server
8 23 (0.58%) Jupyter
9 15 (0.38%) IIS
10 14 (0.35%) CMS
10 14 (0.35%) SAS
11 11 (0.28%) Umbraco
12 8 (0.20%) nginx
13 6 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.10%) Apache Solr
15 4 (0.10%) JBoss
15 4 (0.10%) Moodle
16 3 (0.076%) OpenEdge
16 3 (0.076%) Tomcat
Applications
1 210 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 168 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 12 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.10%) Simulink
8 2 (0.051%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.051%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.051%) Sketch
8 2 (0.051%) Trello
9 1 (0.025%) 1Password
9 1 (0.025%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.025%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.025%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.025%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.025%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 59 (1.49%) Aladdin
2 51 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 39 (0.99%) thinkFolio
4 37 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 35 (0.88%) Sage 200
6 18 (0.45%) Sage 50
6 18 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 16 (0.40%) Sage CRM
8 14 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
9 13 (0.33%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
10 11 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
10 11 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
11 10 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
11 10 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
11 10 (0.25%) SAP CO
11 10 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
12 8 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
13 7 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 846 (21.37%) Azure
2 755 (19.08%) AWS
3 483 (12.20%) GCP
4 260 (6.57%) Power Platform
5 212 (5.36%) dbt
6 168 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
7 160 (4.04%) SaaS
8 116 (2.93%) Snowflake
9 105 (2.65%) Serverless
10 97 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
11 93 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
12 81 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
12 81 (2.05%) OpenShift
13 77 (1.95%) Miro
14 75 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
15 74 (1.87%) Asana
16 71 (1.79%) GitHub
17 46 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
18 44 (1.11%) PaaS
19 41 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.05%) Broadband
2 58 (1.47%) Firewall
3 53 (1.34%) TCP/IP
4 39 (0.99%) DNS
5 37 (0.93%) Network Security
6 32 (0.81%) Wireless
7 25 (0.63%) Internet
7 25 (0.63%) VPN
8 23 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
9 22 (0.56%) DHCP
9 22 (0.56%) WAN
10 20 (0.51%) SAN
11 17 (0.43%) HTTP
11 17 (0.43%) LAN
12 14 (0.35%) IPsec
13 13 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (0.25%) BGP
15 10 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 436 (11.02%) SQL Server
2 214 (5.41%) Power BI
3 205 (5.18%) Amazon Athena
4 202 (5.10%) Apache Iceberg
4 202 (5.10%) Dremio
5 199 (5.03%) Apache Arrow
6 192 (4.85%) Data Lake
7 173 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
8 131 (3.31%) Apache Ignite
9 108 (2.73%) Big Data
10 105 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
11 96 (2.43%) Oracle Reports
12 80 (2.02%) Tableau
13 75 (1.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 67 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 63 (1.59%) MySQL
16 61 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 54 (1.36%) NoSQL
18 46 (1.16%) MongoDB
19 36 (0.91%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 435 (10.99%) JIRA
2 284 (7.18%) Maven
3 282 (7.12%) SonarQube
4 278 (7.02%) Cucumber
4 278 (7.02%) GitLab
5 274 (6.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 263 (6.64%) Selenium
7 251 (6.34%) Bitbucket
8 153 (3.87%) Git
9 116 (2.93%) Jenkins
10 61 (1.54%) Artifactory
11 34 (0.86%) Visual Studio
12 28 (0.71%) JUnit
13 23 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
14 17 (0.43%) Mockito
14 17 (0.43%) webpack
15 16 (0.40%) Cypress.io
16 15 (0.38%) IntelliJ
16 15 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 1,322 (33.40%) Social Skills
2 1,097 (27.72%) Banking
3 476 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 450 (11.37%) Front Office
5 439 (11.09%) Marketing
6 419 (10.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 373 (9.42%) Public Sector
8 248 (6.27%) Retail
9 197 (4.98%) Investment Banking
10 158 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
11 150 (3.79%) Legal
12 129 (3.26%) Manufacturing
13 124 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
14 116 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
15 94 (2.37%) Corporate Banking
16 91 (2.30%) Military
17 85 (2.15%) Law
18 75 (1.89%) Telecoms
19 56 (1.41%) Electronics
20 55 (1.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 621 (15.69%) Analyst
2 601 (15.18%) Software Engineer
3 599 (15.13%) Senior
4 446 (11.27%) Developer
5 342 (8.64%) Business Manager
6 292 (7.38%) Development Manager
7 284 (7.18%) Business Development Manager
8 270 (6.82%) Lead
9 225 (5.68%) AWS Engineer
10 173 (4.37%) Python Engineer
11 142 (3.59%) AWS Software Engineer
12 140 (3.54%) Business Analyst
13 136 (3.44%) Architect
14 126 (3.18%) Data Analyst
15 125 (3.16%) Data Engineer
15 125 (3.16%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 113 (2.85%) Senior Software Engineer
17 108 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
18 106 (2.68%) Project Manager
19 103 (2.60%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 452 (11.42%) React
2 363 (9.17%) Kafka
3 353 (8.92%) CSS
4 342 (8.64%) HTML
5 322 (8.14%) Spring
6 321 (8.11%) Spring Boot
7 307 (7.76%) Redux
8 252 (6.37%) JPA
9 187 (4.72%) .NET
10 186 (4.70%) Hibernate
11 159 (4.02%) RESTful
12 157 (3.97%) REST
13 143 (3.61%) Node.js
14 138 (3.49%) AngularJS
15 135 (3.41%) Pandas
16 127 (3.21%) HTML5
16 127 (3.21%) NumPy
17 125 (3.16%) SciPy
18 111 (2.80%) Jest
19 109 (2.75%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 498 (12.58%) Product Ownership
2 345 (8.72%) Fixed Income
3 276 (6.97%) Enterprise Software
4 271 (6.85%) Derivative
5 255 (6.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 254 (6.42%) Hedge funds
7 235 (5.94%) Equities
8 186 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
9 178 (4.50%) Management Information System
10 94 (2.37%) e-Learning
11 83 (2.10%) Onboarding
12 72 (1.82%) Algorithms
12 72 (1.82%) Over-the-Top Content
12 72 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
13 66 (1.67%) Cloud Native
14 59 (1.49%) Public Cloud
15 51 (1.29%) Data Centre
15 51 (1.29%) Pricing Data
16 50 (1.26%) Cyberattack
17 49 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 204 (5.15%) Linux
2 181 (4.57%) Windows
3 68 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.36%) Unix
5 31 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
6 25 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 23 (0.58%) Android
7 23 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 20 (0.51%) Windows 10
10 10 (0.25%) AIX
11 9 (0.23%) zOS
12 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.13%) CentOS
13 5 (0.13%) Solaris
13 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.13%) Windows Vista
14 3 (0.076%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,525 (38.53%) Agile
2 871 (22.01%) Software Engineering
3 761 (19.23%) DevOps
4 645 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
5 575 (14.53%) CI/CD
6 514 (12.99%) Analytics
7 486 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 451 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 448 (11.32%) Microservices
10 423 (10.69%) Project Management
11 408 (10.31%) Collaborative Working
12 399 (10.08%) Mentoring
13 389 (9.83%) Test Automation
14 384 (9.70%) Roadmaps
15 362 (9.15%) Asset Management
16 358 (9.04%) Containerisation
17 352 (8.89%) Fintech
18 342 (8.64%) Full-Stack Development
19 340 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
20 335 (8.46%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 887 (22.41%) SQL
2 680 (17.18%) Java
3 640 (16.17%) Python
4 610 (15.41%) JavaScript
5 322 (8.14%) TypeScript
6 206 (5.20%) C#
7 117 (2.96%) C++
8 97 (2.45%) Go
9 82 (2.07%) PowerShell
10 70 (1.77%) C
11 66 (1.67%) T-SQL
12 56 (1.41%) PHP
13 41 (1.04%) Bash
14 35 (0.88%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.56%) Scala
16 20 (0.51%) R
17 16 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.33%) VB.NET
18 13 (0.33%) X++
19 12 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 524 (13.24%) Degree
2 221 (5.58%) Security Cleared
3 160 (4.04%) DBS Check
4 124 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 96 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 94 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 61 (1.54%) CISSP
8 53 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 50 (1.26%) ACCA
10 43 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 42 (1.06%) Master's Degree
12 40 (1.01%) CIMA
13 37 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
14 29 (0.73%) PMP
15 28 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
16 27 (0.68%) CCNP
17 25 (0.63%) Azure Certification
17 25 (0.63%) CISA
18 24 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
19 21 (0.53%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 331 (8.36%) QA
2 275 (6.95%) Accessibility
3 127 (3.21%) Data Quality
4 61 (1.54%) SLA
5 60 (1.52%) PMO
6 58 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 53 (1.34%) GDPR
8 41 (1.04%) MiFID
9 39 (0.99%) NIST
10 26 (0.66%) PCI DSS
11 22 (0.56%) ITGC
11 22 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 16 (0.40%) COBIT
13 15 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 14 (0.35%) IFRS
15 13 (0.33%) GRC
16 11 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.28%) GAAP
16 11 (0.28%) NCSC
17 10 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 490 (12.38%) Docker
2 90 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 57 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 43 (1.09%) Firmware
5 28 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.15%) Hyper-V
10 5 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.051%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.051%) vSphere
12 1 (0.025%) HDFS
12 1 (0.025%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 511 (12.91%) Kubernetes
2 195 (4.93%) Terraform
3 72 (1.82%) Ansible
4 39 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (0.73%) SCCM
6 24 (0.61%) Istio
7 22 (0.56%) Progress Chef
8 16 (0.40%) Grafana
9 15 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.35%) Nagios
10 14 (0.35%) Puppet
11 13 (0.33%) Prometheus
12 12 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
14 5 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
15 4 (0.10%) Argo
15 4 (0.10%) RSA Archer
16 3 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.076%) logstash
Vendors
1 560 (14.15%) Microsoft
2 251 (6.34%) Solace
3 207 (5.23%) Oracle
4 160 (4.04%) SAP
5 140 (3.54%) Google
6 139 (3.51%) Salesforce
7 76 (1.92%) VMware
8 60 (1.52%) Cisco
9 59 (1.49%) BISAM
10 53 (1.34%) Sage
11 48 (1.21%) IBM
12 47 (1.19%) ServiceNow
13 45 (1.14%) Charles River
14 44 (1.11%) Databricks
15 39 (0.99%) Calypso
15 39 (0.99%) SimCorp
16 38 (0.96%) Red Hat
17 29 (0.73%) Adobe
18 23 (0.58%) Apple
19 19 (0.48%) Citrix