Fintech Job Trends in England

Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Fintech skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 157 147
Rank change year-on-year +26 -10 -46
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 1,232 852 1,626
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 2.17% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.32% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 967 691 1,352
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £43,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +6.45% -8.82%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £137,500 £117,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +6.45% -6.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Fintech falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,622 36,670 71,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.76% 93.39% 84.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,997 20,119 53,763
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fintech relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Fintech job vacancy trend in England

Fintech
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fintech.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fintech

Fintech
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fintech in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Fintech in England

Fintech
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +14 805 £100,000 +5.26% 500
North of England +25 219 £80,000 +54.59% 66
North West +58 127 £75,000 +11.11% 34
South East +33 106 £72,500 +3.57% 103
North East +5 62 £100,000 - 13
Midlands -24 44 £90,000 +56.52% 20
South West -53 35 £90,000 +207.04% 18
Yorkshire -60 30 £55,000 +114.63% 19
West Midlands -38 24 £61,250 -5.77% 14
East Midlands -19 20 £100,000 +122.22% 6
East of England -4 16 £55,000 +37.50% 11
Fintech
UK

Fintech
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 25 (2.03%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.38%) Confluence
3 16 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.81%) SAS
5 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.32%) Apache
6 4 (0.32%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.24%) IIS
8 1 (0.081%) CMS
8 1 (0.081%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.081%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.081%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 34 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.81%) SPSS
3 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.081%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.081%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.081%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.081%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 223 (18.10%) SaaS
2 219 (17.78%) AWS
3 136 (11.04%) Azure
4 111 (9.01%) GCP
5 44 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (1.54%) dbt
7 16 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (1.30%) Serverless
8 15 (1.22%) Datadog
9 12 (0.97%) GitHub
10 11 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.81%) Amazon S3
11 10 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (0.81%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (0.81%) Dropbox
11 10 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 9 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (0.73%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.65%) Figma
13 8 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.65%) Firewall
2 7 (0.57%) LAN
2 7 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.49%) Network Security
4 4 (0.32%) VPN
4 4 (0.32%) WAN
5 3 (0.24%) BGP
5 3 (0.24%) DHCP
5 3 (0.24%) DNS
5 3 (0.24%) HTTP
5 3 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.24%) OSPF
5 3 (0.24%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.24%) SSL
5 3 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.081%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (2.84%) Big Data
3 31 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.46%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.38%) MySQL
5 17 (1.38%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.81%) EDRMS
10 8 (0.65%) Looker
10 8 (0.65%) Power BI
11 7 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.49%) Spark SQL
13 5 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (0.41%) DataStage
13 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.41%) Neo4j
13 5 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 38 (3.08%) TeamCity
2 25 (2.03%) JIRA
3 15 (1.22%) GitLab
4 13 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.89%) Git
6 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
7 7 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.49%) Selenium
9 5 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.41%) SpecFlow
9 5 (0.41%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.32%) JUnit
10 4 (0.32%) Postman
11 3 (0.24%) fastlane
12 2 (0.16%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.16%) Gradle
12 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 673 (54.63%) Finance
2 211 (17.13%) Banking
3 164 (13.31%) Social Skills
4 136 (11.04%) Retail
5 120 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 108 (8.77%) Law
7 85 (6.90%) Financial Institution
8 79 (6.41%) Marketing
9 65 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
10 55 (4.46%) Back Office
11 49 (3.98%) Legal
12 31 (2.52%) Games
13 30 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (2.35%) Front Office
15 19 (1.54%) Advertising
15 19 (1.54%) Polish Language
16 11 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.41%) French Language
18 5 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (19.89%) Senior
2 215 (17.45%) Developer
3 188 (15.26%) Software Engineer
4 132 (10.71%) Lead
5 72 (5.84%) Python Engineer
6 59 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 54 (4.38%) Software Developer
8 45 (3.65%) Analyst
8 45 (3.65%) Python Software Engineer
9 41 (3.33%) Lead Software Engineer
9 41 (3.33%) Senior Developer
10 39 (3.17%) Sales Manager
11 37 (3.00%) Data Engineer
12 34 (2.76%) Python Developer
13 30 (2.44%) AWS Engineer
13 30 (2.44%) Java Engineer
14 29 (2.35%) Team Leader
15 28 (2.27%) Accountant
15 28 (2.27%) Lead Developer
16 27 (2.19%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (9.09%) .NET
2 64 (5.19%) React
3 60 (4.87%) REST
4 52 (4.22%) Kafka
5 44 (3.57%) RESTful
6 35 (2.84%) Node.js
7 25 (2.03%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.87%) Spring Boot
9 22 (1.79%) Spring
10 21 (1.70%) Redux
11 15 (1.22%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.14%) JSON
13 12 (0.97%) OAuth
13 12 (0.97%) PySpark
14 11 (0.89%) .NET Framework
14 11 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
14 11 (0.89%) Vue
15 10 (0.81%) XML
16 9 (0.73%) JWT
16 9 (0.73%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.74%) Cloud Native
2 51 (4.14%) Hedge funds
3 50 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 37 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (2.68%) Blog
7 25 (2.03%) Derivative
8 24 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 20 (1.62%) Fixed Income
9 20 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
10 17 (1.38%) Equities
10 17 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 15 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
11 15 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.97%) Podcast
13 11 (0.89%) Social Media
14 10 (0.81%) Cybercrime
14 10 (0.81%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.73%) Blockchain
16 8 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 58 (4.71%) Linux
2 28 (2.27%) Windows
3 20 (1.62%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.38%) Android
5 9 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.32%) CentOS
6 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.32%) Unix
6 4 (0.32%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (23.86%) Software Engineering
2 128 (10.39%) Microservices
3 120 (9.74%) CI/CD
4 116 (9.42%) Agile
5 102 (8.28%) AI
6 91 (7.39%) Computer Science
6 91 (7.39%) Test Automation
7 83 (6.74%) Mentoring
8 81 (6.57%) B2B
9 76 (6.17%) Problem-Solving
10 71 (5.76%) Analytics
11 69 (5.60%) DevOps
11 69 (5.60%) Roadmaps
12 68 (5.52%) SDLC
13 66 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (5.19%) Disruptive Innovation
15 61 (4.95%) Full-Stack Development
16 58 (4.71%) Decision-Making
17 57 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
18 52 (4.22%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 236 (19.16%) Python
2 175 (14.20%) SQL
3 133 (10.80%) Java
4 108 (8.77%) C#
5 87 (7.06%) C++
6 79 (6.41%) TypeScript
7 43 (3.49%) JavaScript
8 29 (2.35%) Go
9 20 (1.62%) C
10 16 (1.30%) PHP
11 10 (0.81%) Bash
12 5 (0.41%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.24%) Bicep
13 3 (0.24%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.24%) Ruby
13 3 (0.24%) Swift
14 1 (0.081%) Delphi
14 1 (0.081%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.081%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.081%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 90 (7.31%) Degree
2 33 (2.68%) ACCA
3 27 (2.19%) CIMA
3 27 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (1.14%) ICAEW
5 9 (0.73%) PMI Certification
6 8 (0.65%) CREST Certified
6 8 (0.65%) OSCP
7 5 (0.41%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (0.32%) MCDST
8 4 (0.32%) MCITP
8 4 (0.32%) MCSA
8 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.32%) PMP
8 4 (0.32%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.24%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.24%) CISM
10 2 (0.16%) MBA
10 2 (0.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.57%) QA
2 20 (1.62%) PCI DSS
3 16 (1.30%) GDPR
3 16 (1.30%) IFRS
3 16 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.22%) GAAP
4 15 (1.22%) SOC 2
5 11 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.73%) MiFID
7 8 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.57%) NIST
9 6 (0.49%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.41%) EMIR
11 3 (0.24%) GRC
11 3 (0.24%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.16%) SEPA
12 2 (0.16%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 50 (4.06%) Docker
2 7 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.16%) vSphere
4 1 (0.081%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.081%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 120 (9.74%) Kubernetes
2 94 (7.63%) Terraform
3 49 (3.98%) Grafana
4 18 (1.46%) Ansible
5 10 (0.81%) EnCase
5 10 (0.81%) FTK
5 10 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.41%) Argo
7 4 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.32%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.16%) Control-M
9 2 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.081%) Istio
10 1 (0.081%) Kibana
10 1 (0.081%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 35 (2.84%) Microsoft
2 15 (1.22%) Salesforce
3 10 (0.81%) Cellebrite
3 10 (0.81%) Google
3 10 (0.81%) Oracle
4 9 (0.73%) Apple
5 8 (0.65%) Splunk
6 7 (0.57%) Cisco
6 7 (0.57%) OpenAI
6 7 (0.57%) SolarWinds
7 6 (0.49%) Monzo
7 6 (0.49%) Xero
8 5 (0.41%) Informatica
8 5 (0.41%) Talend
9 4 (0.32%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.32%) Dell
9 4 (0.32%) HP
9 4 (0.32%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.32%) Remedy
9 4 (0.32%) Reuters