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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,969 7,331 10,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.23% 21.34% 25.35%
As % of the General category 27.09% 34.93% 38.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,362 4,888 6,662
10th Percentile £30,050 £37,500 £42,278
25th Percentile £49,029 £46,250 £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 £103,438 £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 14,650 20,988 26,164
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.37% 61.09% 65.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,309 15,136 17,428
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £104,600 £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 29 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
1 289 (7.28%) Confluence
2 201 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
3 148 (3.73%) Apache
4 94 (2.37%) SharePoint
5 78 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 77 (1.94%) Apache Spark
7 76 (1.91%) 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
15 4 (0.10%) NetWeaver
16 3 (0.076%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 214 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 170 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.10%) Simulink
9 2 (0.050%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.050%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.050%) Sketch
9 2 (0.050%) 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
10 1 (0.025%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 58 (1.46%) Aladdin
2 51 (1.28%) NetSuite
3 39 (0.98%) thinkFolio
4 37 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 33 (0.83%) Sage 200
6 18 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 16 (0.40%) Sage 50
7 16 (0.40%) Sage CRM
8 14 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
8 14 (0.35%) SAP FI
9 12 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
10 11 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
10 11 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
10 11 (0.28%) SAP CO
10 11 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
11 10 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
13 7 (0.18%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 848 (21.37%) Azure
2 750 (18.90%) AWS
3 485 (12.22%) GCP
4 262 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 208 (5.24%) dbt
6 168 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
7 160 (4.03%) SaaS
8 112 (2.82%) Snowflake
9 99 (2.49%) Serverless
10 94 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
11 91 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
12 81 (2.04%) OpenShift
13 77 (1.94%) Miro
14 75 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
15 74 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
15 74 (1.86%) Asana
16 70 (1.76%) GitHub
17 44 (1.11%) PaaS
18 42 (1.06%) Power Automate
19 39 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.04%) Broadband
2 60 (1.51%) Firewall
3 55 (1.39%) TCP/IP
4 38 (0.96%) DNS
4 38 (0.96%) Network Security
5 33 (0.83%) Wireless
6 29 (0.73%) VPN
7 26 (0.66%) WAN
8 25 (0.63%) Internet
9 23 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
10 22 (0.55%) DHCP
11 21 (0.53%) LAN
12 20 (0.50%) SAN
13 17 (0.43%) HTTP
14 15 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (0.35%) IPsec
16 12 (0.30%) BGP
16 12 (0.30%) VLAN
17 11 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 437 (11.01%) SQL Server
2 216 (5.44%) Power BI
3 201 (5.06%) Amazon Athena
4 198 (4.99%) Apache Iceberg
4 198 (4.99%) Dremio
5 195 (4.91%) Apache Arrow
6 188 (4.74%) Data Lake
7 174 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
8 127 (3.20%) Apache Ignite
9 108 (2.72%) Big Data
10 106 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
11 96 (2.42%) 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
1 436 (10.99%) JIRA
2 284 (7.16%) Maven
3 282 (7.11%) SonarQube
4 278 (7.00%) Cucumber
4 278 (7.00%) GitLab
5 274 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
6 263 (6.63%) Selenium
7 252 (6.35%) Bitbucket
8 157 (3.96%) Git
9 116 (2.92%) Jenkins
10 61 (1.54%) Artifactory
11 33 (0.83%) Visual Studio
12 28 (0.71%) JUnit
13 23 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
14 19 (0.48%) webpack
15 18 (0.45%) Cypress.io
16 17 (0.43%) Mockito
17 15 (0.38%) IntelliJ
17 15 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 9 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 1,327 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 1,086 (27.36%) Banking
3 477 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 440 (11.09%) Front Office
4 440 (11.09%) Marketing
5 421 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 370 (9.32%) Public Sector
7 249 (6.27%) Retail
8 194 (4.89%) Investment Banking
9 158 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
10 149 (3.75%) Legal
11 130 (3.28%) Manufacturing
12 126 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
13 114 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 95 (2.39%) Corporate Banking
15 91 (2.29%) Military
16 84 (2.12%) Law
17 75 (1.89%) Telecoms
18 56 (1.41%) Advertising
19 55 (1.39%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 629 (15.85%) Analyst
2 599 (15.09%) Software Engineer
3 593 (14.94%) Senior
4 449 (11.31%) Developer
5 342 (8.62%) Business Manager
6 292 (7.36%) Development Manager
7 284 (7.16%) Business Development Manager
8 270 (6.80%) Lead
9 215 (5.42%) AWS Engineer
10 164 (4.13%) Python Engineer
11 145 (3.65%) Business Analyst
12 140 (3.53%) Architect
13 138 (3.48%) AWS Software Engineer
14 128 (3.22%) Data Analyst
15 125 (3.15%) Data Engineer
15 125 (3.15%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 109 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
17 106 (2.67%) Project Manager
18 104 (2.62%) Consultant
19 102 (2.57%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 453 (11.41%) React
2 365 (9.20%) Kafka
3 356 (8.97%) CSS
4 345 (8.69%) HTML
5 323 (8.14%) Spring
5 323 (8.14%) Spring Boot
6 307 (7.73%) Redux
7 252 (6.35%) JPA
8 187 (4.71%) .NET
9 186 (4.69%) Hibernate
10 160 (4.03%) RESTful
11 158 (3.98%) REST
12 144 (3.63%) Node.js
13 140 (3.53%) AngularJS
14 131 (3.30%) Pandas
15 127 (3.20%) HTML5
16 123 (3.10%) NumPy
17 121 (3.05%) SciPy
18 113 (2.85%) Jest
19 111 (2.80%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 498 (12.55%) Product Ownership
2 340 (8.57%) Fixed Income
3 276 (6.95%) Enterprise Software
4 266 (6.70%) Derivative
5 251 (6.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 249 (6.27%) Hedge funds
7 231 (5.82%) Equities
8 186 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
9 184 (4.64%) Management Information System
10 94 (2.37%) e-Learning
11 84 (2.12%) Onboarding
12 72 (1.81%) Over-the-Top Content
12 72 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
13 70 (1.76%) Algorithms
14 66 (1.66%) Cloud Native
15 59 (1.49%) Public Cloud
16 52 (1.31%) Data Centre
17 50 (1.26%) Cyberattack
18 49 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
18 49 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 205 (5.17%) Linux
2 180 (4.54%) Windows
3 68 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.36%) Unix
5 31 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
6 24 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 23 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 22 (0.55%) Android
9 21 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 20 (0.50%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.25%) AIX
12 9 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (0.23%) zOS
13 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.13%) CentOS
14 5 (0.13%) Solaris
14 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.13%) Windows Vista
15 3 (0.076%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,518 (38.25%) Agile
2 865 (21.79%) Software Engineering
3 757 (19.07%) DevOps
4 644 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
5 571 (14.39%) CI/CD
6 510 (12.85%) Analytics
7 492 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 454 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 450 (11.34%) Microservices
10 423 (10.66%) Project Management
11 405 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
12 399 (10.05%) Mentoring
13 393 (9.90%) Test Automation
14 385 (9.70%) Roadmaps
15 359 (9.05%) Containerisation
16 351 (8.84%) Asset Management
17 348 (8.77%) Fintech
18 346 (8.72%) Full-Stack Development
19 337 (8.49%) SDLC
20 336 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 889 (22.40%) SQL
2 679 (17.11%) Java
3 631 (15.90%) Python
4 602 (15.17%) JavaScript
5 321 (8.09%) TypeScript
6 205 (5.17%) C#
7 118 (2.97%) C++
8 98 (2.47%) Go
9 82 (2.07%) PowerShell
10 71 (1.79%) C
11 67 (1.69%) T-SQL
12 57 (1.44%) PHP
13 41 (1.03%) Bash
14 35 (0.88%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.55%) Scala
16 21 (0.53%) R
17 16 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.33%) VB.NET
18 13 (0.33%) X++
19 12 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 529 (13.33%) Degree
2 222 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 161 (4.06%) DBS Check
4 127 (3.20%) SC Cleared
5 95 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 94 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 60 (1.51%) CISSP
8 53 (1.34%) ACCA
8 53 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 44 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 44 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 43 (1.08%) CIMA
10 43 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (0.83%) CCNP
12 29 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
12 29 (0.73%) PMP
13 25 (0.63%) Azure Certification
14 24 (0.60%) CISA
14 24 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
15 21 (0.53%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 333 (8.39%) QA
2 274 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 126 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 62 (1.56%) PMO
5 61 (1.54%) SLA
6 59 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 53 (1.34%) GDPR
8 41 (1.03%) MiFID
9 39 (0.98%) NIST
10 25 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 21 (0.53%) ITGC
11 21 (0.53%) 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
1 486 (12.24%) Docker
2 88 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 57 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 43 (1.08%) Firmware
5 28 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.050%) vSphere
11 1 (0.025%) HDFS
11 1 (0.025%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 504 (12.70%) Kubernetes
2 189 (4.76%) Terraform
3 73 (1.84%) Ansible
4 39 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (0.73%) SCCM
6 24 (0.60%) Istio
7 22 (0.55%) 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
1 561 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 251 (6.32%) Solace
3 207 (5.22%) Oracle
4 161 (4.06%) SAP
5 141 (3.55%) Google
6 138 (3.48%) Salesforce
7 77 (1.94%) VMware
8 66 (1.66%) Cisco
9 58 (1.46%) BISAM
10 55 (1.39%) Sage
11 48 (1.21%) IBM
12 47 (1.18%) ServiceNow
13 45 (1.13%) Charles River
13 45 (1.13%) Databricks
14 39 (0.98%) Calypso
14 39 (0.98%) SimCorp
15 38 (0.96%) Red Hat
16 29 (0.73%) Adobe
17 23 (0.58%) Apple
18 19 (0.48%) Citrix