Fintech Job Trends in the North of England

Financial Technology (FinTech)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Fintech skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 204 198
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 83 77 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.77% 0.85% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.93% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 74 55 85
10th Percentile £29,300 £43,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £50,313 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £99,375 £93,778 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Fintech job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Fintech.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Fintech

Fintech
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fintech in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Fintech in the North of England

Fintech
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North West +11 46 £75,000 +22.45% 65
Yorkshire -1 21 £58,750 +6.82% 62
North East +15 16 £70,000 -8.20% 20
Fintech
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.89%) AWS
2 15 (18.07%) SaaS
3 7 (8.43%) Azure
4 4 (4.82%) GCP
5 2 (2.41%) Figma
5 2 (2.41%) Intacct
5 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.41%) Workato
6 1 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.20%) Collibra
6 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.20%) Serverless
6 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Firewall
1 1 (1.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Cypress.io
1 2 (2.41%) Postman
2 1 (1.20%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.20%) Selenium
2 1 (1.20%) SoapUI
General
1 52 (62.65%) Finance
2 19 (22.89%) Financial Institution
3 16 (19.28%) Banking
4 10 (12.05%) Social Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Billing
5 4 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Automotive
6 2 (2.41%) Marketing
7 1 (1.20%) Electronics
7 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.20%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (36.14%) Software Engineer
2 18 (21.69%) Senior
3 14 (16.87%) Developer
4 9 (10.84%) Senior Software Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) Software Developer
5 6 (7.23%) Java Developer
5 6 (7.23%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.02%) Architect
6 5 (6.02%) Lead
6 5 (6.02%) Python Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Technologist
7 4 (4.82%) Junior
7 4 (4.82%) Junior Developer
7 4 (4.82%) Junior Java Developer
7 4 (4.82%) Lead Software Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Payments Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Python Software Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Software Developer
8 3 (3.61%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.46%) Micronaut
2 9 (10.84%) .NET
3 6 (7.23%) React
4 5 (6.02%) Next.js
4 5 (6.02%) Spring
4 5 (6.02%) Spring Boot
5 2 (2.41%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.41%) Celery
5 2 (2.41%) CSS
5 2 (2.41%) Django
5 2 (2.41%) FastAPI
5 2 (2.41%) Flask
5 2 (2.41%) Framer.js
5 2 (2.41%) Jest
5 2 (2.41%) Middleware
5 2 (2.41%) Node.js
5 2 (2.41%) RESTful
5 2 (2.41%) Vue
6 1 (1.20%) Kafka
6 1 (1.20%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Hedge funds
2 5 (6.02%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.41%) Animation
4 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.20%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.20%) Contactless
5 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.20%) Derivative
5 1 (1.20%) EMV
5 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.01%) Software Engineering
2 16 (19.28%) DevOps
3 15 (18.07%) AI
3 15 (18.07%) CI/CD
4 11 (13.25%) Digital Banking
4 11 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (12.05%) Collaborative Culture
5 10 (12.05%) Technology Transformation
6 9 (10.84%) Clean Code
6 9 (10.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (9.64%) Agile
7 8 (9.64%) People Management
8 7 (8.43%) Front End Development
8 7 (8.43%) Logistics
8 7 (8.43%) OO
8 7 (8.43%) OOP
8 7 (8.43%) Validation
9 6 (7.23%) Microservices
9 6 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (7.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) Java
2 10 (12.05%) TypeScript
3 9 (10.84%) Python
4 7 (8.43%) C#
5 4 (4.82%) SQL
6 1 (1.20%) Go
6 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.20%) PHP
6 1 (1.20%) Scala
6 1 (1.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (8.43%) Degree
2 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.20%) ACCA
3 1 (1.20%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) ISO 20022
1 4 (4.82%) PCI DSS
1 4 (4.82%) QA
1 4 (4.82%) SEPA
1 4 (4.82%) TARGET2
2 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (12.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) Terraform
3 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (2.41%) Concur
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.41%) Sage
2 1 (1.20%) LexisNexis
2 1 (1.20%) Okta
2 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.20%) SAP
2 1 (1.20%) Trend Micro