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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,041 7,383 9,791
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.07% 21.02% 25.64%
As % of the General category 26.89% 34.77% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 4,904 6,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,189 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,029 £46,161 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,250 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +11.15% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £122,500 £116,250
UK median annual salary £69,018 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.43% -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 15,027 21,231 25,078
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.36% 60.45% 65.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,554 15,194 17,087
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,254 £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 £102,500 £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 7 June 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
1 289 (7.15%) Confluence
2 209 (5.17%) Apache Airflow
3 146 (3.61%) Apache
4 98 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 77 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 76 (1.88%) Oracle Application Server
7 72 (1.78%) Apache Spark
8 23 (0.57%) Jupyter
9 16 (0.40%) CMS
9 16 (0.40%) IIS
10 13 (0.32%) SAS
11 11 (0.27%) Umbraco
12 9 (0.22%) nginx
13 8 (0.20%) Appian
14 6 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
15 5 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 5 (0.12%) WordPress
16 4 (0.099%) Apache Solr
16 4 (0.099%) JBoss
16 4 (0.099%) Moodle
Applications
1 218 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 174 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.099%) Simulink
9 2 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.049%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.049%) Elementor
9 2 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.049%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.049%) Sketch
9 2 (0.049%) Trello
10 1 (0.025%) 1Password
10 1 (0.025%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.025%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.025%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.025%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 57 (1.41%) Aladdin
2 53 (1.31%) NetSuite
3 41 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 39 (0.97%) thinkFolio
5 30 (0.74%) Sage 200
6 19 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 16 (0.40%) Sage CRM
8 15 (0.37%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.32%) Sage 50
9 13 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
10 12 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
10 12 (0.30%) SAP CO
10 12 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
11 11 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
11 11 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
12 10 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
13 9 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
13 9 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
13 9 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
14 8 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 870 (21.53%) Azure
2 759 (18.78%) AWS
3 492 (12.18%) GCP
4 267 (6.61%) Power Platform
5 214 (5.30%) dbt
6 171 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
7 163 (4.03%) SaaS
8 117 (2.90%) Snowflake
9 97 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
10 93 (2.30%) Serverless
11 85 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
12 77 (1.91%) Miro
12 77 (1.91%) OpenShift
13 76 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
14 75 (1.86%) GitHub
15 74 (1.83%) Asana
16 69 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
17 48 (1.19%) Power Automate
18 45 (1.11%) PaaS
19 44 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.00%) Broadband
2 57 (1.41%) Firewall
3 53 (1.31%) TCP/IP
4 35 (0.87%) Network Security
5 33 (0.82%) DNS
6 32 (0.79%) Wireless
7 30 (0.74%) VPN
8 27 (0.67%) WAN
9 25 (0.62%) Internet
10 24 (0.59%) Software-Defined Radio
11 23 (0.57%) LAN
12 19 (0.47%) DHCP
12 19 (0.47%) SAN
13 16 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (0.37%) HTTP
15 12 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.30%) IPsec
16 11 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (0.27%) Junos
16 11 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 448 (11.09%) SQL Server
2 218 (5.39%) Power BI
3 208 (5.15%) Amazon Athena
4 205 (5.07%) Apache Iceberg
4 205 (5.07%) Dremio
5 203 (5.02%) Apache Arrow
6 176 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
7 175 (4.33%) Data Lake
8 125 (3.09%) Apache Ignite
9 120 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
10 109 (2.70%) Big Data
11 96 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
12 79 (1.95%) Tableau
13 75 (1.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 74 (1.83%) MySQL
15 66 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 59 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 57 (1.41%) NoSQL
18 49 (1.21%) MongoDB
19 36 (0.89%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 436 (10.79%) JIRA
2 283 (7.00%) Maven
3 281 (6.95%) SonarQube
4 277 (6.85%) Cucumber
4 277 (6.85%) GitLab
5 274 (6.78%) Sonatype Nexus
6 263 (6.51%) Selenium
7 252 (6.24%) Bitbucket
8 161 (3.98%) Git
9 115 (2.85%) Jenkins
10 57 (1.41%) Artifactory
11 33 (0.82%) Visual Studio
12 27 (0.67%) JUnit
13 22 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
14 21 (0.52%) webpack
15 20 (0.49%) Cypress.io
16 16 (0.40%) Mockito
16 16 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 14 (0.35%) IntelliJ
18 9 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 1,388 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 1,101 (27.25%) Banking
3 479 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
4 450 (11.14%) Marketing
5 434 (10.74%) Front Office
6 429 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 370 (9.16%) Public Sector
8 256 (6.34%) Retail
9 197 (4.88%) Investment Banking
10 162 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
11 155 (3.84%) Legal
12 134 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
12 134 (3.32%) Manufacturing
13 113 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 95 (2.35%) Corporate Banking
15 91 (2.25%) Military
16 88 (2.18%) Law
17 78 (1.93%) Telecoms
18 56 (1.39%) Advertising
18 56 (1.39%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 622 (15.39%) Analyst
2 612 (15.14%) Software Engineer
3 601 (14.87%) Senior
4 495 (12.25%) Developer
5 344 (8.51%) Business Manager
6 293 (7.25%) Development Manager
7 285 (7.05%) Business Development Manager
8 278 (6.88%) Lead
9 223 (5.52%) AWS Engineer
10 167 (4.13%) Python Engineer
11 150 (3.71%) AWS Software Engineer
12 146 (3.61%) Business Analyst
13 142 (3.51%) Architect
14 134 (3.32%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 130 (3.22%) Data Analyst
16 122 (3.02%) Data Engineer
17 114 (2.82%) Consultant
18 113 (2.80%) Senior Software Engineer
19 108 (2.67%) AWS Developer
19 108 (2.67%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 474 (11.73%) React
2 377 (9.33%) CSS
3 361 (8.93%) Kafka
4 358 (8.86%) HTML
5 325 (8.04%) Spring
5 325 (8.04%) Spring Boot
6 307 (7.60%) Redux
7 252 (6.24%) JPA
8 198 (4.90%) .NET
9 186 (4.60%) Hibernate
10 164 (4.06%) RESTful
11 161 (3.98%) REST
12 157 (3.89%) AngularJS
13 151 (3.74%) Node.js
14 144 (3.56%) Pandas
15 136 (3.37%) NumPy
16 132 (3.27%) SciPy
17 131 (3.24%) HTML5
18 118 (2.92%) CSS3
19 115 (2.85%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 482 (11.93%) Product Ownership
2 337 (8.34%) Fixed Income
3 275 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
4 256 (6.34%) Derivative
5 253 (6.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 237 (5.86%) Hedge funds
7 234 (5.79%) Equities
8 194 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
9 183 (4.53%) Management Information System
10 98 (2.43%) e-Learning
11 93 (2.30%) Onboarding
12 72 (1.78%) Over-the-Top Content
12 72 (1.78%) Video\Live Streaming
13 69 (1.71%) Cloud Native
14 68 (1.68%) Algorithms
15 56 (1.39%) Public Cloud
16 52 (1.29%) Pricing Data
17 50 (1.24%) Cyberattack
18 49 (1.21%) Data Centre
19 48 (1.19%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 200 (4.95%) Linux
2 170 (4.21%) Windows
3 64 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 52 (1.29%) Unix
5 31 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
6 23 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 22 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 22 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (0.52%) Android
9 18 (0.45%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.22%) zOS
11 8 (0.20%) AIX
11 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.12%) Solaris
12 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.12%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.099%) CentOS
14 2 (0.049%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,541 (38.13%) Agile
2 870 (21.53%) Software Engineering
3 756 (18.71%) DevOps
4 662 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
5 572 (14.15%) CI/CD
6 526 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 516 (12.77%) Analytics
8 462 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 454 (11.23%) Microservices
10 424 (10.49%) Project Management
11 407 (10.07%) Mentoring
12 398 (9.85%) Collaborative Working
12 398 (9.85%) Test Automation
13 373 (9.23%) Roadmaps
14 359 (8.88%) Asset Management
14 359 (8.88%) Fintech
15 355 (8.78%) Containerisation
16 354 (8.76%) Full-Stack Development
17 345 (8.54%) SDLC
18 339 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 890 (22.02%) SQL
2 690 (17.07%) Java
3 630 (15.59%) Python
4 628 (15.54%) JavaScript
5 337 (8.34%) TypeScript
6 213 (5.27%) C#
7 125 (3.09%) C++
8 93 (2.30%) Go
9 75 (1.86%) PowerShell
10 70 (1.73%) C
11 68 (1.68%) PHP
12 64 (1.58%) T-SQL
13 40 (0.99%) Bash
14 34 (0.84%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.54%) R
16 21 (0.52%) Scala
17 13 (0.32%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.32%) Perl
17 13 (0.32%) X++
18 12 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 540 (13.36%) Degree
2 226 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 163 (4.03%) DBS Check
4 133 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 101 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 96 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 57 (1.41%) ACCA
7 57 (1.41%) CISSP
7 57 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 47 (1.16%) CIMA
9 46 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 43 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 41 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 34 (0.84%) CCNP
13 32 (0.79%) PMP
14 29 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
15 26 (0.64%) Azure Certification
15 26 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
16 25 (0.62%) CISA
17 21 (0.52%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 341 (8.44%) QA
2 272 (6.73%) Accessibility
3 126 (3.12%) Data Quality
4 63 (1.56%) PMO
5 60 (1.48%) SLA
6 59 (1.46%) GDPR
6 59 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 38 (0.94%) NIST
8 32 (0.79%) MiFID
9 23 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 21 (0.52%) ITGC
10 21 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 16 (0.40%) COBIT
12 15 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.35%) GRC
13 14 (0.35%) IFRS
14 11 (0.27%) GAAP
14 11 (0.27%) NCSC
15 10 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 487 (12.05%) Docker
2 84 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 56 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (1.11%) Firmware
5 29 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
6 14 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.049%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.049%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.025%) HDFS
11 1 (0.025%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.025%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 500 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 178 (4.40%) Terraform
3 72 (1.78%) Ansible
4 40 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.67%) SCCM
6 23 (0.57%) Istio
7 21 (0.52%) Progress Chef
8 16 (0.40%) Grafana
9 14 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (0.32%) Nagios
10 13 (0.32%) Puppet
11 12 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
12 9 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
15 4 (0.099%) Argo
15 4 (0.099%) RSA Archer
16 3 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.074%) logstash
Vendors
1 562 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 251 (6.21%) Solace
3 207 (5.12%) Oracle
4 167 (4.13%) SAP
5 139 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 133 (3.29%) Google
7 77 (1.91%) VMware
8 68 (1.68%) Cisco
9 57 (1.41%) BISAM
10 52 (1.29%) Sage
11 47 (1.16%) Databricks
11 47 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 45 (1.11%) Charles River
13 44 (1.09%) IBM
14 39 (0.97%) Calypso
14 39 (0.97%) Red Hat
14 39 (0.97%) SimCorp
15 31 (0.77%) Adobe
16 22 (0.54%) Apple
17 21 (0.52%) Xero