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

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,104 7,418 9,532
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.08% 20.83% 25.56%
As % of the General category 27.02% 34.56% 39.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,445 4,927 6,389
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,118 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £122,500 £116,250
UK median annual salary £68,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.80% -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 15,191 21,463 24,434
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.03% 60.26% 65.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,579 15,258 16,837
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £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 £105,000
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 14 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
1 287 (6.99%) Confluence
2 210 (5.12%) Apache Airflow
3 142 (3.46%) Apache
4 102 (2.49%) SharePoint
5 86 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 76 (1.85%) Oracle Application Server
7 67 (1.63%) Apache Spark
8 23 (0.56%) Jupyter
9 20 (0.49%) IIS
10 17 (0.41%) CMS
11 12 (0.29%) SAS
12 11 (0.27%) Umbraco
13 8 (0.19%) Appian
14 7 (0.17%) nginx
15 6 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
16 5 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 5 (0.12%) WordPress
17 4 (0.097%) JBoss
17 4 (0.097%) Moodle
18 3 (0.073%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 227 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 177 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.097%) Simulink
9 2 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
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 (0.024%) 1Password
10 1 (0.024%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.024%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.024%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.024%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.024%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 55 (1.34%) Aladdin
2 54 (1.32%) NetSuite
3 45 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 39 (0.95%) thinkFolio
5 30 (0.73%) Sage 200
6 20 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 16 (0.39%) Sage CRM
8 14 (0.34%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
9 13 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
10 12 (0.29%) Sage 50
10 12 (0.29%) SAP CO
10 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
10 12 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
11 11 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
11 11 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
12 10 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
12 10 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
12 10 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
13 8 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 880 (21.44%) Azure
2 760 (18.52%) AWS
3 496 (12.09%) GCP
4 281 (6.85%) Power Platform
5 215 (5.24%) dbt
6 183 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
7 173 (4.22%) SaaS
8 119 (2.90%) Snowflake
9 100 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
10 86 (2.10%) Serverless
11 79 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 78 (1.90%) GitHub
12 78 (1.90%) Miro
13 74 (1.80%) Asana
14 72 (1.75%) OpenShift
15 64 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
16 51 (1.24%) Power Automate
17 47 (1.15%) PowerApps
18 45 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (1.97%) Broadband
2 56 (1.36%) Firewall
3 51 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 34 (0.83%) Network Security
4 34 (0.83%) VPN
5 33 (0.80%) Wireless
6 31 (0.76%) DNS
6 31 (0.76%) WAN
7 26 (0.63%) LAN
8 25 (0.61%) Internet
8 25 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
9 20 (0.49%) DHCP
10 19 (0.46%) SAN
11 17 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (0.37%) HTTP
13 13 (0.32%) Junos
14 12 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (0.27%) BGP
15 11 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 456 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 231 (5.63%) Power BI
3 209 (5.09%) Amazon Athena
4 206 (5.02%) Apache Arrow
4 206 (5.02%) Apache Iceberg
4 206 (5.02%) Dremio
5 182 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
6 169 (4.12%) Data Lake
7 125 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
8 123 (3.00%) Apache Ignite
9 108 (2.63%) Big Data
10 97 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
11 79 (1.92%) Tableau
12 75 (1.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 71 (1.73%) MySQL
14 67 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 59 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 57 (1.39%) NoSQL
17 51 (1.24%) MongoDB
18 41 (1.00%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 437 (10.65%) JIRA
2 282 (6.87%) Maven
3 278 (6.77%) SonarQube
4 276 (6.73%) Cucumber
5 275 (6.70%) GitLab
6 274 (6.68%) Sonatype Nexus
7 261 (6.36%) Selenium
8 252 (6.14%) Bitbucket
9 158 (3.85%) Git
10 111 (2.70%) Jenkins
11 53 (1.29%) Artifactory
12 33 (0.80%) Visual Studio
13 26 (0.63%) JUnit
14 23 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
15 21 (0.51%) webpack
16 20 (0.49%) Cypress.io
17 16 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 15 (0.37%) Mockito
19 13 (0.32%) IntelliJ
20 9 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 1,433 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 1,113 (27.12%) Banking
3 496 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 462 (11.26%) Marketing
5 435 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 426 (10.38%) Front Office
7 380 (9.26%) Public Sector
8 259 (6.31%) Retail
9 200 (4.87%) Investment Banking
10 175 (4.26%) Legal
11 168 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
12 138 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
12 138 (3.36%) Manufacturing
13 118 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
14 95 (2.31%) Corporate Banking
15 91 (2.22%) Military
16 90 (2.19%) Law
17 81 (1.97%) Telecoms
18 58 (1.41%) Electronics
19 57 (1.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 632 (15.40%) Analyst
2 618 (15.06%) Software Engineer
3 612 (14.91%) Senior
4 503 (12.26%) Developer
5 345 (8.41%) Business Manager
6 295 (7.19%) Development Manager
7 286 (6.97%) Business Development Manager
8 281 (6.85%) Lead
9 224 (5.46%) AWS Engineer
10 167 (4.07%) Python Engineer
11 157 (3.83%) AWS Software Engineer
12 148 (3.61%) Business Analyst
13 145 (3.53%) Architect
14 139 (3.39%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 131 (3.19%) Data Analyst
16 121 (2.95%) Data Engineer
17 116 (2.83%) Consultant
18 115 (2.80%) Senior Software Engineer
19 112 (2.73%) Python Software Engineer
20 110 (2.68%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (11.70%) React
2 379 (9.23%) CSS
3 360 (8.77%) HTML
4 356 (8.67%) Kafka
5 324 (7.89%) Spring
5 324 (7.89%) Spring Boot
6 307 (7.48%) Redux
7 252 (6.14%) JPA
8 204 (4.97%) .NET
9 186 (4.53%) Hibernate
10 165 (4.02%) RESTful
11 164 (4.00%) AngularJS
12 161 (3.92%) REST
13 156 (3.80%) Node.js
14 152 (3.70%) Pandas
15 143 (3.48%) NumPy
16 139 (3.39%) SciPy
17 132 (3.22%) HTML5
18 119 (2.90%) CSS3
19 115 (2.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 483 (11.77%) Product Ownership
2 336 (8.19%) Fixed Income
3 274 (6.68%) Enterprise Software
4 256 (6.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 248 (6.04%) Derivative
6 237 (5.77%) Equities
7 232 (5.65%) Hedge funds
8 199 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
9 182 (4.43%) Management Information System
10 102 (2.49%) e-Learning
11 92 (2.24%) Onboarding
12 72 (1.75%) Over-the-Top Content
12 72 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
13 69 (1.68%) Algorithms
14 68 (1.66%) Cloud Native
15 56 (1.36%) Pricing Data
16 55 (1.34%) Public Cloud
17 53 (1.29%) Private Cloud
18 50 (1.22%) Cyberattack
19 47 (1.15%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 196 (4.78%) Linux
2 171 (4.17%) Windows
3 66 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 51 (1.24%) Unix
5 32 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
6 24 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 24 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 21 (0.51%) Android
7 21 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.22%) zOS
10 8 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.17%) AIX
11 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.12%) Solaris
12 5 (0.12%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.073%) CentOS
15 2 (0.049%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,554 (37.87%) Agile
2 874 (21.30%) Software Engineering
3 747 (18.20%) DevOps
4 683 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
5 564 (13.74%) CI/CD
6 551 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 528 (12.87%) Analytics
8 486 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 456 (11.11%) Microservices
10 446 (10.87%) Project Management
11 425 (10.36%) Mentoring
12 399 (9.72%) Test Automation
13 397 (9.67%) Collaborative Working
14 372 (9.06%) Fintech
15 370 (9.02%) Roadmaps
16 362 (8.82%) Asset Management
17 361 (8.80%) Full-Stack Development
18 352 (8.58%) Containerisation
19 350 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
20 346 (8.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 894 (21.78%) SQL
2 693 (16.89%) Java
3 638 (15.55%) JavaScript
4 626 (15.25%) Python
5 347 (8.46%) TypeScript
6 220 (5.36%) C#
7 124 (3.02%) C++
8 90 (2.19%) Go
9 72 (1.75%) PowerShell
10 70 (1.71%) C
11 66 (1.61%) PHP
11 66 (1.61%) T-SQL
12 38 (0.93%) Bash
13 32 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 23 (0.56%) R
15 20 (0.49%) Scala
16 13 (0.32%) Kotlin
16 13 (0.32%) Perl
16 13 (0.32%) X++
17 11 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 554 (13.50%) Degree
2 234 (5.70%) Security Cleared
3 154 (3.75%) DBS Check
4 140 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 100 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 100 (2.44%) DV Cleared
6 65 (1.58%) ACCA
7 62 (1.51%) PMI Certification
8 55 (1.34%) CISSP
9 54 (1.32%) CIMA
10 47 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 44 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
12 41 (1.00%) Master's Degree
13 37 (0.90%) CCNP
13 37 (0.90%) PMP
14 29 (0.71%) Azure Certification
14 29 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
14 29 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
15 24 (0.58%) CISA
16 23 (0.56%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 344 (8.38%) QA
2 285 (6.94%) Accessibility
3 131 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 68 (1.66%) PMO
5 65 (1.58%) GDPR
6 59 (1.44%) SLA
7 58 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 37 (0.90%) NIST
9 29 (0.71%) MiFID
10 22 (0.54%) PCI DSS
11 21 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 20 (0.49%) ITGC
13 17 (0.41%) COBIT
14 15 (0.37%) IFRS
14 15 (0.37%) SOC 2
15 14 (0.34%) GRC
16 12 (0.29%) GAAP
17 11 (0.27%) NCSC
18 10 (0.24%) IFRS 9
19 9 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 478 (11.65%) Docker
2 90 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 61 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (1.12%) Firmware
5 30 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
6 13 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.049%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.049%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.024%) HDFS
11 1 (0.024%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.024%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 486 (11.84%) Kubernetes
2 170 (4.14%) Terraform
3 66 (1.61%) Ansible
4 43 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.63%) SCCM
6 22 (0.54%) Istio
7 20 (0.49%) Progress Chef
8 15 (0.37%) Grafana
8 15 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.34%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
11 12 (0.29%) Nagios
11 12 (0.29%) Puppet
12 9 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
15 4 (0.097%) Argo
15 4 (0.097%) RSA Archer
16 3 (0.073%) Kibana
16 3 (0.073%) logstash
Vendors
1 592 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 251 (6.12%) Solace
3 212 (5.17%) Oracle
4 172 (4.19%) SAP
5 141 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 135 (3.29%) Google
7 82 (2.00%) VMware
8 74 (1.80%) Cisco
9 55 (1.34%) BISAM
10 53 (1.29%) Sage
11 50 (1.22%) Databricks
12 48 (1.17%) ServiceNow
13 45 (1.10%) Charles River
13 45 (1.10%) IBM
14 41 (1.00%) Red Hat
15 39 (0.95%) Calypso
15 39 (0.95%) SimCorp
16 33 (0.80%) Adobe
17 24 (0.58%) Xero
18 21 (0.51%) Apple