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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,192 3,867 5,012
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.07% 22.59% 24.65%
As % of the General category 34.28% 33.17% 39.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,956 2,471 3,928
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,439
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £91,934
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.10% +2.84% -

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 9,312 11,659 12,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.47% 68.11% 63.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 6,708 9,965
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £62,500 £62,400
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +0.16% -0.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

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 31 December 2025.

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 72 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
2 70 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 50 (1.57%) Confluence
4 47 (1.47%) Apache
5 40 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 17 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 14 (0.44%) SAS
7 14 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 11 (0.34%) CMS
9 9 (0.28%) JBoss
9 9 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
13 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
14 3 (0.094%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.094%) IIS
14 3 (0.094%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 318 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 157 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
7 7 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) Trello
9 4 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.063%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.031%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.031%) SPSS
11 1 (0.031%) TeamGantt
Business Applications
1 62 (1.94%) Oracle ERP
2 56 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
3 51 (1.60%) NetSuite
4 45 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
5 44 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 44 (1.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 37 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 36 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
8 33 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
10 22 (0.69%) SAP FI
10 22 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 20 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
12 17 (0.53%) SAP CO
12 17 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
13 16 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
14 14 (0.44%) Hyperion Planning
15 13 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
16 12 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
16 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 757 (23.72%) Azure
2 413 (12.94%) AWS
3 350 (10.96%) Power Platform
4 248 (7.77%) SaaS
5 242 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
6 204 (6.39%) GitHub
7 173 (5.42%) GCP
8 143 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
9 140 (4.39%) Snowflake
10 123 (3.85%) dbt
11 105 (3.29%) Entra ID
12 98 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 98 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
13 81 (2.54%) GitHub Copilot
14 71 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
15 56 (1.75%) OCI
16 55 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 45 (1.41%) Power Automate
18 40 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
18 40 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.54%) Firewall
2 56 (1.75%) WAN
3 52 (1.63%) Wireless
4 48 (1.50%) LAN
5 46 (1.44%) SD-WAN
6 45 (1.41%) VPN
7 42 (1.32%) Network Security
7 42 (1.32%) TCP/IP
8 38 (1.19%) Wireshark
9 27 (0.85%) DNS
10 22 (0.69%) DHCP
11 18 (0.56%) Internet
12 13 (0.41%) Software-Defined Radio
13 12 (0.38%) CHAP
14 11 (0.34%) VLAN
15 9 (0.28%) BGP
15 9 (0.28%) HTTP
15 9 (0.28%) SSL
15 9 (0.28%) WLAN
16 8 (0.25%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (7.83%) Power BI
2 129 (4.04%) SQL Server
3 108 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (3.07%) Data Lake
5 89 (2.79%) Tableau
6 69 (2.16%) Apache Iceberg
7 66 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
7 66 (2.07%) Apache Arrow
7 66 (2.07%) Dremio
8 58 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
9 52 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 50 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 40 (1.25%) Apache Ignite
12 34 (1.07%) Metadata
13 32 (1.00%) MySQL
14 31 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 27 (0.85%) Big Data
15 27 (0.85%) MongoDB
16 23 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
17 22 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 161 (5.04%) JIRA
2 72 (2.26%) Git
3 70 (2.19%) Oracle Forms
4 61 (1.91%) Jenkins
5 41 (1.28%) Selenium
6 38 (1.19%) Postman
7 30 (0.94%) SoapUI
8 29 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
9 25 (0.78%) WebDriver
10 20 (0.63%) TeamCity
11 18 (0.56%) ERwin
12 16 (0.50%) ER Studio
12 16 (0.50%) GitLab
13 15 (0.47%) Cypress.io
14 11 (0.34%) Storybook
15 9 (0.28%) Subversion
16 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.19%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.16%) JMeter
19 4 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1,071 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 573 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 404 (12.66%) Banking
4 282 (8.83%) Marketing
5 216 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 207 (6.48%) Retail
7 193 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 160 (5.01%) Legal
9 143 (4.48%) Financial Institution
10 127 (3.98%) Manufacturing
10 127 (3.98%) Telecoms
11 126 (3.95%) Law
12 124 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
13 121 (3.79%) Front Office
14 105 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
15 85 (2.66%) Back Office
16 77 (2.41%) Electronics
17 75 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
18 65 (2.04%) Investment Banking
19 52 (1.63%) Billing
Job Titles
1 551 (17.26%) Senior
2 456 (14.29%) Analyst
3 282 (8.83%) Developer
4 208 (6.52%) Lead
5 192 (6.02%) Consultant
6 187 (5.86%) Software Engineer
7 129 (4.04%) Architect
8 105 (3.29%) Financial Analyst
9 104 (3.26%) Business Analyst
10 89 (2.79%) Accountant
11 87 (2.73%) Python Engineer
12 82 (2.57%) AWS Engineer
12 82 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
13 77 (2.41%) Data Engineer
14 76 (2.38%) Project Manager
15 74 (2.32%) Finance Manager
16 73 (2.29%) Senior Software Engineer
17 72 (2.26%) Python Software Engineer
18 69 (2.16%) Java Engineer
19 68 (2.13%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (5.01%) .NET
2 103 (3.23%) React
3 97 (3.04%) RESTful
3 97 (3.04%) SOAP
4 96 (3.01%) REST
5 79 (2.47%) Pandas
6 71 (2.22%) NumPy
7 68 (2.13%) Node.js
8 66 (2.07%) SciPy
9 58 (1.82%) AngularJS
10 56 (1.75%) JSON
11 49 (1.54%) HTML
11 49 (1.54%) OAuth
12 44 (1.38%) Spring
13 43 (1.35%) gRPC
14 42 (1.32%) CSS
14 42 (1.32%) Kafka
15 38 (1.19%) Protocol Buffers
16 37 (1.16%) Vue
17 36 (1.13%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 171 (5.36%) Product Ownership
2 153 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 149 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 126 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 117 (3.67%) Onboarding
6 99 (3.10%) e-Learning
7 95 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 92 (2.88%) Fixed Income
9 85 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 79 (2.47%) Equities
11 72 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
12 71 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
13 68 (2.13%) Data Centre
14 54 (1.69%) Hedge funds
15 45 (1.41%) Derivative
16 41 (1.28%) Security Posture
17 38 (1.19%) Blog
18 37 (1.16%) Pricing Data
18 37 (1.16%) Virtual Team
19 36 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 148 (4.64%) Linux
2 112 (3.51%) Windows
3 52 (1.63%) Unix
4 38 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.56%) Android
8 13 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.25%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.19%) VMS
12 3 (0.094%) CentOS
13 2 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.031%) AIX
14 1 (0.031%) MVS
14 1 (0.031%) Solaris
14 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 898 (28.13%) Agile
2 559 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
3 508 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 467 (14.63%) Asset Management
5 452 (14.16%) AI
6 427 (13.38%) Coaching
7 425 (13.31%) DevOps
8 393 (12.31%) Analytics
9 389 (12.19%) Roadmaps
10 372 (11.65%) CI/CD
11 362 (11.34%) Decision-Making
12 350 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
13 341 (10.68%) Mentoring
14 340 (10.65%) ERP
15 324 (10.15%) Software Engineering
16 320 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 275 (8.62%) Risk Management
18 273 (8.55%) Project Management
19 219 (6.86%) Test Automation
20 206 (6.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 602 (18.86%) SQL
2 431 (13.50%) Python
3 302 (9.46%) Java
4 183 (5.73%) JavaScript
5 162 (5.08%) TypeScript
6 161 (5.04%) C#
7 124 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.32%) C++
9 59 (1.85%) PHP
10 51 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 42 (1.32%) Bash
11 42 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 42 (1.32%) Go
12 41 (1.28%) C
13 39 (1.22%) Shell Script
14 27 (0.85%) Bicep
15 26 (0.81%) Apex Code
16 22 (0.69%) T-SQL
17 20 (0.63%) Scala
18 19 (0.60%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 415 (13.00%) Degree
2 247 (7.74%) ACCA
3 212 (6.64%) Security Cleared
4 196 (6.14%) CIMA
5 158 (4.95%) SC Cleared
6 133 (4.17%) CISSP
7 76 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 75 (2.35%) CISA
9 67 (2.10%) DV Cleared
10 65 (2.04%) CISM
11 63 (1.97%) CRISC
12 56 (1.75%) DBS Check
13 47 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
14 43 (1.35%) AAT
15 42 (1.32%) ISTQB
16 37 (1.16%) CCNP
17 34 (1.07%) Azure Certification
17 34 (1.07%) CEH
18 32 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
19 31 (0.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (5.14%) NIST
2 123 (3.85%) QA
3 121 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 119 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 106 (3.32%) GDPR
6 92 (2.88%) PCI DSS
7 84 (2.63%) Accessibility
8 60 (1.88%) GRC
9 50 (1.57%) PMO
10 48 (1.50%) IFRS
11 39 (1.22%) GAAP
12 34 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 31 (0.97%) SLA
14 26 (0.81%) COBIT
15 22 (0.69%) SOC 2
16 21 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
17 12 (0.38%) SEPA
18 11 (0.34%) WCAG
19 10 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
20 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 107 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 60 (1.88%) Docker
3 38 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (0.97%) Firmware
5 30 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.19%) NFS
9 6 (0.19%) vSphere
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.031%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.031%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 206 (6.45%) Terraform
2 100 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 54 (1.69%) Ansible
5 51 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 33 (1.03%) Grafana
7 16 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.38%) SCCM
9 11 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
10 10 (0.31%) Argo
11 7 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.19%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.13%) Cilium
13 4 (0.13%) Control-M
13 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.094%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.094%) QRadar
15 2 (0.063%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.063%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 2 (0.063%) Suricata
Vendors
1 575 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 174 (5.45%) Oracle
3 171 (5.36%) SAP
4 95 (2.98%) Cisco
5 86 (2.69%) Databricks
6 80 (2.51%) Salesforce
7 57 (1.79%) Google
8 56 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 48 (1.50%) VMware
9 48 (1.50%) Workday
10 45 (1.41%) Blue Prism
11 44 (1.38%) Sage
12 42 (1.32%) Red Hat
13 30 (0.94%) SolarWinds
14 29 (0.91%) CheckPoint
14 29 (0.91%) Palo Alto
15 27 (0.85%) Meraki
16 25 (0.78%) IBM
16 25 (0.78%) Xero
17 22 (0.69%) Sparx