Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Fintech skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 149 148
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 -43
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 1,298 1,007 1,940
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.40% 2.27% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.45% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 734 1,531
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,313 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,563 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +6.45% -6.06%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% -12.50% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,714 41,116 86,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 92.78% 82.65%
Number of salaries quoted 45,466 21,844 61,953
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,490
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,890 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.16% +1.78% -9.09%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Fintech job vacancy trend in the UK

Fintech
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fintech.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fintech

Fintech
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
England +25 1,235 £90,000 +9.09% 566
London +5 790 £95,000 - 414
UK excluding London 0 455 £75,000 +42.86% 235
Work from Home -9 386 £85,000 +3.03% 289
North of England +34 233 £80,000 +56.86% 68
North West +63 138 £80,000 +14.29% 41
South East +26 110 £75,000 +7.14% 100
North East +4 66 £100,000 - 13
Midlands -41 38 £90,000 +60.00% 18
South West -43 36 £90,000 +251.22% 18
Yorkshire -57 29 £55,000 +114.63% 14
East of England -14 22 £55,000 +33.33% 11
West Midlands -31 21 £41,000 -36.92% 13
East Midlands -38 17 £100,000 +122.22% 5
Scotland -39 10 £42,500 -15.00% 5
Northern Ireland -37 5 £40,000 - 12
Wales -45 1 £80,000 +48.84% 3

Fintech
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 20 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.31%) Confluence
3 13 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.85%) SAS
5 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.39%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.31%) IIS
8 3 (0.23%) Apache
9 2 (0.15%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.077%) CMS
10 1 (0.077%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.077%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.077%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 36 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.85%) SPSS
3 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.077%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.077%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.077%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.077%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.077%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.077%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.077%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.077%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 249 (19.18%) SaaS
2 226 (17.41%) AWS
3 145 (11.17%) Azure
4 112 (8.63%) GCP
5 46 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
6 20 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (1.39%) dbt
8 17 (1.31%) Serverless
9 16 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (1.16%) Datadog
11 14 (1.08%) GitHub
12 12 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (0.85%) Dropbox
13 11 (0.85%) Power Platform
14 10 (0.77%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (0.77%) Snowflake
15 9 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (0.69%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.69%) Firewall
2 8 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.54%) LAN
3 7 (0.54%) Network Security
4 4 (0.31%) VPN
4 4 (0.31%) WAN
5 3 (0.23%) BGP
5 3 (0.23%) DHCP
5 3 (0.23%) DNS
5 3 (0.23%) HTTP
5 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.23%) Internet
5 3 (0.23%) OSPF
5 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.23%) SSL
5 3 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.077%) Intranet
6 1 (0.077%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (2.39%) Big Data
2 31 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.08%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.08%) MySQL
5 12 (0.92%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.85%) EDRMS
7 10 (0.77%) Power BI
8 8 (0.62%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.54%) Looker
9 7 (0.54%) Spark SQL
10 4 (0.31%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.23%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.23%) Tableau
12 2 (0.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (3.00%) TeamCity
2 25 (1.93%) JIRA
3 16 (1.23%) GitLab
4 14 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.92%) Git
6 9 (0.69%) CircleCI
7 7 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.46%) Selenium
9 5 (0.39%) JUnit
9 5 (0.39%) SpecFlow
9 5 (0.39%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.23%) fastlane
10 3 (0.23%) Postman
11 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.15%) CMake
11 2 (0.15%) Gradle
11 2 (0.15%) JMeter
11 2 (0.15%) Maven
General
1 709 (54.62%) Finance
2 211 (16.26%) Banking
3 171 (13.17%) Social Skills
4 136 (10.48%) Retail
5 122 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (8.01%) Law
7 89 (6.86%) Financial Institution
8 76 (5.86%) Marketing
9 66 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
10 56 (4.31%) Back Office
11 55 (4.24%) Legal
12 34 (2.62%) Games
13 32 (2.47%) Front Office
14 31 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (2.23%) Polish Language
16 19 (1.46%) Advertising
17 15 (1.16%) French Language
17 15 (1.16%) German Language
18 14 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
19 10 (0.77%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 245 (18.88%) Senior
2 214 (16.49%) Developer
3 182 (14.02%) Software Engineer
4 151 (11.63%) Lead
5 68 (5.24%) Python Engineer
6 58 (4.47%) Software Developer
7 55 (4.24%) Senior Software Engineer
8 48 (3.70%) Analyst
9 44 (3.39%) Data Engineer
9 44 (3.39%) Lead Software Engineer
10 43 (3.31%) Sales Manager
11 40 (3.08%) Python Software Engineer
12 36 (2.77%) Senior Developer
13 34 (2.62%) Graduate
14 32 (2.47%) Team Leader
15 31 (2.39%) AWS Engineer
15 31 (2.39%) Platform Engineer
16 30 (2.31%) Architect
16 30 (2.31%) Lead Developer
16 30 (2.31%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (8.78%) .NET
2 64 (4.93%) React
3 58 (4.47%) REST
4 50 (3.85%) Kafka
5 39 (3.00%) RESTful
6 36 (2.77%) Node.js
7 24 (1.85%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.62%) Spring Boot
9 20 (1.54%) Spring
10 19 (1.46%) Redux
11 17 (1.31%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.31%) OAuth
12 15 (1.16%) JSON
13 14 (1.08%) Vue
14 13 (1.00%) JWT
15 11 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
15 11 (0.85%) OpenID
15 11 (0.85%) SAML
15 11 (0.85%) XML
16 10 (0.77%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.16%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.08%) Hedge funds
3 51 (3.93%) Onboarding
4 48 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 37 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (2.54%) Blog
7 25 (1.93%) Derivative
7 25 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.54%) Fixed Income
8 20 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
9 18 (1.39%) Equities
10 14 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
11 13 (1.00%) Management Information System
12 12 (0.92%) Podcast
13 11 (0.85%) Cybercrime
13 11 (0.85%) Social Media
14 9 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.69%) Blockchain
14 9 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 70 (5.39%) Linux
2 35 (2.70%) Windows
3 20 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.31%) Android
5 10 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.69%) Unix
7 4 (0.31%) CentOS
7 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.077%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (22.80%) Software Engineering
2 137 (10.55%) CI/CD
3 124 (9.55%) Agile
3 124 (9.55%) AI
4 121 (9.32%) Microservices
5 98 (7.55%) Computer Science
6 89 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (6.86%) Test Automation
7 87 (6.70%) Mentoring
8 78 (6.01%) B2B
9 77 (5.93%) Analytics
10 75 (5.78%) DevOps
11 71 (5.47%) Roadmaps
12 70 (5.39%) Decision-Making
12 70 (5.39%) SDLC
13 68 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (5.01%) Disruptive Innovation
15 61 (4.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 58 (4.47%) Full-Stack Development
16 58 (4.47%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 237 (18.26%) Python
2 194 (14.95%) SQL
3 123 (9.48%) Java
4 116 (8.94%) C#
5 90 (6.93%) C++
6 81 (6.24%) TypeScript
7 44 (3.39%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.31%) Go
9 29 (2.23%) PHP
10 18 (1.39%) C
11 11 (0.85%) Bash
12 4 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.31%) Bicep
13 3 (0.23%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.23%) Ruby
13 3 (0.23%) Swift
14 1 (0.077%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.077%) Scala
14 1 (0.077%) Solidity
14 1 (0.077%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (7.94%) Degree
2 39 (3.00%) ACCA
3 37 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (2.54%) CIMA
5 12 (0.92%) ICAEW
6 9 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 8 (0.62%) CREST Certified
7 8 (0.62%) OSCP
8 5 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (0.31%) MCDST
9 4 (0.31%) MCITP
9 4 (0.31%) MCSA
9 4 (0.31%) PMP
9 4 (0.31%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.23%) CISM
11 2 (0.15%) MBA
11 2 (0.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.39%) QA
2 21 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 18 (1.39%) GDPR
5 16 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.23%) SOC 2
6 14 (1.08%) IFRS
7 13 (1.00%) GAAP
8 12 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.69%) MiFID
10 8 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.54%) NIST
12 4 (0.31%) EMIR
12 4 (0.31%) GRC
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.23%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) SEPA
14 2 (0.15%) TARGET2
15 1 (0.077%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 49 (3.78%) Docker
2 7 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.15%) vSphere
4 1 (0.077%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.077%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 122 (9.40%) Kubernetes
2 100 (7.70%) Terraform
3 51 (3.93%) Grafana
4 18 (1.39%) Ansible
5 11 (0.85%) EnCase
5 11 (0.85%) FTK
5 11 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.39%) Argo
6 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.31%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.15%) Control-M
8 2 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.077%) Graylog
9 1 (0.077%) Istio
9 1 (0.077%) Kibana
9 1 (0.077%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 42 (3.24%) Microsoft
2 14 (1.08%) Databricks
3 12 (0.92%) Google
4 11 (0.85%) Cellebrite
4 11 (0.85%) Salesforce
5 10 (0.77%) Monzo
6 9 (0.69%) Splunk
7 8 (0.62%) Apple
7 8 (0.62%) Cisco
8 7 (0.54%) Oracle
8 7 (0.54%) SolarWinds
8 7 (0.54%) Xero
9 6 (0.46%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.39%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.31%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.31%) Dell
11 4 (0.31%) HP
11 4 (0.31%) Meraki
11 4 (0.31%) Remedy
11 4 (0.31%) Reuters