Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Fintech skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fintech over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 153 109
Rank change year-on-year -7 -44 -40
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 997 1,869 3,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.91% 1.90% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.21% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 807 1,520 2,776
10th Percentile £31,050 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £55,375 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -6.06% +17.86%
75th Percentile £110,000 £99,063 £102,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £117,500 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +18.18%

All Process and 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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fintech as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fintech.

Salary trend for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -8 879 £85,000 +6.25% 1,399
London -6 611 £95,000 +11.76% 1,111
Work from Home +29 501 £84,250 +12.33% 744
UK excluding London -2 336 £52,500 -12.50% 339
North of England +23 131 £45,000 -18.18% 143
Scotland +100 66 £50,000 -28.57% 36
North West -38 62 £70,000 +16.67% 102
Yorkshire +87 58 £25,625 -48.75% 22
South East +57 45 £65,000 -3.70% 67
South West +28 36 £43,750 -30.00% 20
Midlands +21 35 £58,750 +6.82% 37
West Midlands +20 17 £70,000 +55.56% 22
East Midlands +38 16 £45,000 -30.77% 15
North East +43 11 £100,000 +86.05% 19
East of England +23 8 £40,000 -36.00% 17
Wales +3 8 £52,500 +10.53% 13
Northern Ireland +23 7 £90,000 +20.00% 11

Fintech
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 72 (7.22%) Apache Airflow
2 32 (3.21%) Apache
3 19 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.81%) Confluence
5 10 (1.00%) nginx
6 6 (0.60%) CMS
7 5 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.40%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.10%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.10%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.10%) Luigi
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.10%) SAS
11 1 (0.10%) Solana
Applications
1 13 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.60%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.40%) Sketch
5 3 (0.30%) UserZoom
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.10%) InDesign
7 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.20%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.10%) Finacle
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 337 (33.80%) AWS
2 173 (17.35%) GCP
3 167 (16.75%) Azure
4 104 (10.43%) SaaS
5 77 (7.72%) dbt
6 59 (5.92%) Serverless
7 47 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
8 39 (3.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 39 (3.91%) Power Platform
9 37 (3.71%) Amazon S3
10 35 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
11 32 (3.21%) GitHub
12 30 (3.01%) Amazon ECS
13 29 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
14 23 (2.31%) Figma
15 20 (2.01%) Pulumi
16 17 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
17 12 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
18 11 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.51%) Firewall
2 22 (2.21%) Network Security
3 10 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.80%) HTTP
5 5 (0.50%) DHCP
5 5 (0.50%) DNS
5 5 (0.50%) NAS
5 5 (0.50%) SAN
5 5 (0.50%) VPN
5 5 (0.50%) VSAN
6 4 (0.40%) LAN
6 4 (0.40%) WAN
7 3 (0.30%) Internet
7 3 (0.30%) Multicast
8 2 (0.20%) SSL
9 1 (0.10%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.10%) SWIFTNet
9 1 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (10.73%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (6.52%) Amazon Athena
3 64 (6.42%) Apache Iceberg
3 64 (6.42%) Dremio
4 57 (5.72%) Apache Arrow
5 46 (4.61%) SQL Server
6 45 (4.51%) MySQL
7 34 (3.41%) Power BI
8 33 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
9 30 (3.01%) Relational Database
10 28 (2.81%) NoSQL
11 27 (2.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 27 (2.71%) Apache Ignite
12 26 (2.61%) MongoDB
13 16 (1.60%) DynamoDB
13 16 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (1.40%) Tableau
15 12 (1.20%) Data Hub
15 12 (1.20%) Looker
15 12 (1.20%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 50 (5.02%) JIRA
2 42 (4.21%) Git
3 26 (2.61%) Selenium
4 21 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.71%) Postman
6 16 (1.60%) Appium
7 12 (1.20%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.90%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.80%) JMeter
9 8 (0.80%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.80%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.70%) Maven
11 5 (0.50%) GitLab
11 5 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.40%) Fiddler
12 4 (0.40%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.40%) Spinnaker
13 3 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.30%) MLflow
General
1 666 (66.80%) Finance
2 258 (25.88%) Banking
3 207 (20.76%) Social Skills
4 150 (15.05%) Front Office
5 87 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (7.32%) Marketing
7 58 (5.82%) Legal
8 53 (5.32%) Financial Institution
9 27 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (1.71%) Back Office
12 15 (1.50%) Mandarin Language
13 14 (1.40%) Investment Banking
14 13 (1.30%) Cantonese Language
14 13 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.30%) Law
14 13 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.20%) Retail
16 9 (0.90%) Advertising
17 7 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 274 (27.48%) Developer
2 219 (21.97%) Software Engineer
3 196 (19.66%) Senior
4 103 (10.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 92 (9.23%) AWS Engineer
6 88 (8.83%) Lead
7 84 (8.43%) Python Engineer
8 59 (5.92%) AWS Software Engineer
9 58 (5.82%) Analyst
9 58 (5.82%) AWS Developer
10 55 (5.52%) Python Developer
11 52 (5.22%) Java Engineer
12 48 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
12 48 (4.81%) Python Software Engineer
12 48 (4.81%) Senior Developer
13 47 (4.71%) React Developer
14 46 (4.61%) Java Software Engineer
15 44 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
16 36 (3.61%) Java Developer
17 35 (3.51%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (19.06%) React
2 120 (12.04%) Node.js
3 116 (11.63%) AngularJS
4 83 (8.32%) Vue
5 75 (7.52%) .NET
6 69 (6.92%) Redux
7 67 (6.72%) Pandas
8 65 (6.52%) NumPy
9 62 (6.22%) SciPy
10 60 (6.02%) Software Packaging
11 59 (5.92%) HTML
12 55 (5.52%) CSS
13 43 (4.31%) Kafka
14 42 (4.21%) Spring
15 30 (3.01%) Spring Boot
16 27 (2.71%) .NET Core
16 27 (2.71%) .NET Framework
16 27 (2.71%) gRPC
16 27 (2.71%) Protocol Buffers
16 27 (2.71%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 102 (10.23%) Fixed Income
2 53 (5.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 38 (3.81%) Equities
3 38 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 32 (3.21%) Cloud Native
5 32 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
6 30 (3.01%) Mobile App
7 27 (2.71%) Algorithms
8 22 (2.21%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (2.01%) Hackathon
9 20 (2.01%) Hedge funds
10 19 (1.91%) Management Information System
11 17 (1.71%) Learning Management System
12 15 (1.50%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.30%) Social Media
14 12 (1.20%) Mainframe
14 12 (1.20%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 88 (8.83%) Linux
2 59 (5.92%) Windows
3 17 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.30%) Unix
5 11 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.90%) Android
7 2 (0.20%) VMS
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (36.91%) Software Engineering
2 350 (35.11%) Agile
3 160 (16.05%) Asset Management
4 154 (15.45%) CI/CD
5 152 (15.25%) DevOps
6 147 (14.74%) Artificial Intelligence
7 141 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
8 108 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
8 108 (10.83%) Investment Management
8 108 (10.83%) User Experience
9 93 (9.33%) Mathematics
10 90 (9.03%) Microservices
11 89 (8.93%) Analytics
12 77 (7.72%) Line Management
13 72 (7.22%) Risk Management
14 68 (6.82%) Full-Stack Development
15 67 (6.72%) Mentoring
16 65 (6.52%) Low Latency
17 64 (6.42%) Test Automation
18 62 (6.22%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 305 (30.59%) Python
2 251 (25.18%) JavaScript
3 174 (17.45%) TypeScript
4 172 (17.25%) Java
5 157 (15.75%) SQL
6 97 (9.73%) C#
7 44 (4.41%) C++
8 41 (4.11%) PHP
9 40 (4.01%) Go
10 32 (3.21%) C
11 29 (2.91%) PowerShell
12 23 (2.31%) Kotlin
13 22 (2.21%) Bash
14 20 (2.01%) Bicep
15 17 (1.71%) T-SQL
16 14 (1.40%) Ruby
17 8 (0.80%) Rust
18 7 (0.70%) Perl
19 4 (0.40%) Dart
19 4 (0.40%) Jython
Qualifications
1 191 (19.16%) Degree
2 32 (3.21%) Master's Degree
3 26 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (2.51%) PhD
5 12 (1.20%) ISTQB
6 5 (0.50%) AWS Certification
6 5 (0.50%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.50%) CCSP
6 5 (0.50%) CEH
6 5 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (0.50%) CISSP
6 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.50%) OSCP
6 5 (0.50%) PMI Certification
6 5 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (0.40%) GCIH
7 4 (0.40%) PMP
8 3 (0.30%) CISM
8 3 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.21%) QA
2 19 (1.91%) GDPR
3 16 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.50%) NIST
5 13 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.90%) GAAP
8 5 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.40%) SLA
10 3 (0.30%) COBIT
10 3 (0.30%) PMO
11 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.20%) GRC
11 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.20%) PSD2
12 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.10%) ITGC
System Software
1 137 (13.74%) Docker
2 20 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.50%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.30%) HDFS
5 3 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.30%) vSphere
6 2 (0.20%) KVM
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 133 (13.34%) Kubernetes
2 96 (9.63%) Terraform
3 29 (2.91%) Ansible
4 25 (2.51%) Progress Chef
5 20 (2.01%) Podman
5 20 (2.01%) Puppet
6 16 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.00%) CASB
8 9 (0.90%) SCCM
9 8 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (0.80%) Grafana
10 4 (0.40%) Argo
10 4 (0.40%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.30%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.20%) Graylog
12 2 (0.20%) Kibana
12 2 (0.20%) logstash
13 1 (0.10%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (6.82%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.81%) Google
3 34 (3.41%) Oracle
3 34 (3.41%) VMware
4 18 (1.81%) Adobe
4 18 (1.81%) IBM
5 15 (1.50%) Palo Alto
6 11 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.70%) Databricks
9 5 (0.50%) Arista
9 5 (0.50%) Cisco
9 5 (0.50%) Citrix
10 4 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (0.40%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.40%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.30%) Alibaba
11 3 (0.30%) Revolut
12 2 (0.20%) Refinitiv
12 2 (0.20%) Splunk