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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 157 111
Rank change year-on-year -16 -46 -39
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 987 1,860 3,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.79% 1.87% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.19% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 794 1,492 2,650
10th Percentile £29,175 £42,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,813 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -6.06% +13.79%
75th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £137,500 £117,500 £117,236
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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -25 875 £85,000 +9.68% 2,394
London -8 597 £95,000 +11.76% 2,015
Work from Home +2 496 £85,000 +13.33% 1,384
UK excluding London -25 341 £52,500 -12.50% 890
North of England +9 134 £55,000 - 177
North West -55 65 £70,000 +16.67% 129
Scotland +84 62 £48,750 -25.00% 37
Yorkshire +88 56 £25,625 -48.75% 24
South East +50 50 £70,000 +3.70% 533
Midlands +34 39 £57,500 +4.55% 59
South West +9 34 £33,000 -47.20% 31
West Midlands +34 20 £65,000 +44.44% 34
East Midlands +31 17 £45,000 -30.77% 22
North East +39 13 £100,000 +86.05% 24
East of England +10 8 £40,000 -36.00% 29
Wales +3 8 £52,500 +10.53% 15
Northern Ireland +26 6 £90,000 +16.13% 18

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 75 (7.60%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (2.74%) Apache
3 23 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.03%) Confluence
5 10 (1.01%) nginx
6 6 (0.61%) CMS
6 6 (0.61%) IIS
7 5 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.10%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.10%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.10%) Luigi
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.10%) SAS
10 1 (0.10%) Solana
Applications
1 14 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.71%) Adobe XD
3 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.51%) Sketch
5 4 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.30%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.20%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.10%) Finacle
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 337 (34.14%) AWS
2 173 (17.53%) GCP
3 162 (16.41%) Azure
4 111 (11.25%) SaaS
5 82 (8.31%) dbt
6 53 (5.37%) Serverless
7 41 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
8 40 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 33 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
10 31 (3.14%) GitHub
11 29 (2.94%) Amazon S3
12 27 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
13 24 (2.43%) Amazon ECS
13 24 (2.43%) Figma
14 22 (2.23%) Amazon SQS
15 18 (1.82%) Pulumi
16 16 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
17 11 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (1.01%) Azure AKS
18 10 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.33%) Firewall
2 22 (2.23%) Network Security
3 8 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.71%) HTTP
5 5 (0.51%) DHCP
5 5 (0.51%) DNS
5 5 (0.51%) NAS
5 5 (0.51%) SAN
5 5 (0.51%) VSAN
6 4 (0.41%) VPN
7 3 (0.30%) Internet
7 3 (0.30%) LAN
7 3 (0.30%) WAN
8 2 (0.20%) Multicast
8 2 (0.20%) SSL
9 1 (0.10%) SWIFTNet
9 1 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (11.45%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (7.19%) Amazon Athena
3 69 (6.99%) Apache Iceberg
3 69 (6.99%) Dremio
4 63 (6.38%) Apache Arrow
5 50 (5.07%) SQL Server
6 46 (4.66%) MySQL
7 35 (3.55%) Power BI
8 29 (2.94%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.74%) MongoDB
9 27 (2.74%) NoSQL
10 25 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (2.13%) Apache Ignite
12 20 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 16 (1.62%) Data Hub
14 16 (1.62%) DynamoDB
14 16 (1.62%) SQL CLR
15 14 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 14 (1.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (5.07%) JIRA
2 44 (4.46%) Git
3 26 (2.63%) Selenium
4 21 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.72%) Appium
5 17 (1.72%) Postman
6 12 (1.22%) Cucumber
7 9 (0.91%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.81%) JMeter
8 8 (0.81%) SoapUI
8 8 (0.81%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.71%) Maven
10 5 (0.51%) GitLab
10 5 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.41%) Fiddler
11 4 (0.41%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.41%) PHPUnit
12 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.30%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 660 (66.87%) Finance
2 246 (24.92%) Banking
3 211 (21.38%) Social Skills
4 144 (14.59%) Front Office
5 92 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (7.50%) Marketing
7 58 (5.88%) Financial Institution
8 56 (5.67%) Legal
9 27 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.23%) Back Office
12 17 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
13 15 (1.52%) Law
14 14 (1.42%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.42%) Retail
15 13 (1.32%) Cantonese Language
16 12 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (1.01%) Advertising
19 7 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 273 (27.66%) Developer
2 227 (23.00%) Software Engineer
3 192 (19.45%) Senior
4 107 (10.84%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 90 (9.12%) AWS Engineer
6 88 (8.92%) Lead
7 76 (7.70%) Python Engineer
8 65 (6.59%) AWS Software Engineer
9 64 (6.48%) AWS Developer
10 58 (5.88%) Python Developer
11 57 (5.78%) Analyst
11 57 (5.78%) Java Engineer
12 51 (5.17%) Java Software Engineer
13 50 (5.07%) Python Software Engineer
14 47 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
15 45 (4.56%) Senior Developer
16 44 (4.46%) React Developer
17 40 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
18 39 (3.95%) Java Developer
19 37 (3.75%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (19.96%) React
2 125 (12.66%) Node.js
3 124 (12.56%) AngularJS
4 90 (9.12%) Vue
5 74 (7.50%) .NET
6 73 (7.40%) Pandas
7 70 (7.09%) NumPy
8 67 (6.79%) SciPy
9 63 (6.38%) Redux
10 60 (6.08%) Software Packaging
11 59 (5.98%) HTML
12 56 (5.67%) CSS
13 44 (4.46%) Spring
14 42 (4.26%) Kafka
15 31 (3.14%) Spring Boot
16 29 (2.94%) .NET Framework
16 29 (2.94%) RESTful
17 28 (2.84%) .NET Core
18 27 (2.74%) REST
19 23 (2.33%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 106 (10.74%) Fixed Income
2 66 (6.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 51 (5.17%) Equities
4 39 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.44%) Cloud Native
6 33 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (3.34%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (2.63%) Algorithms
8 26 (2.63%) Mobile App
9 22 (2.23%) Hedge funds
10 20 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (2.03%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.82%) Management Information System
12 17 (1.72%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.62%) Hackathon
14 15 (1.52%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.32%) Learning Management System
15 13 (1.32%) Social Media
16 12 (1.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 81 (8.21%) Linux
2 58 (5.88%) Windows
3 19 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.01%) Unix
6 9 (0.91%) 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
1 364 (36.88%) Software Engineering
2 342 (34.65%) Agile
3 152 (15.40%) Asset Management
4 146 (14.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 145 (14.69%) CI/CD
6 144 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (14.18%) DevOps
8 112 (11.35%) Investment Management
9 106 (10.74%) User Experience
10 102 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
11 93 (9.42%) Mathematics
12 91 (9.22%) Analytics
13 88 (8.92%) Microservices
14 81 (8.21%) Risk Management
15 77 (7.80%) Line Management
16 71 (7.19%) Full-Stack Development
17 68 (6.89%) Mentoring
17 68 (6.89%) Test Automation
18 66 (6.69%) Performance Attribution
19 65 (6.59%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 289 (29.28%) Python
2 246 (24.92%) JavaScript
3 182 (18.44%) TypeScript
4 174 (17.63%) Java
5 167 (16.92%) SQL
6 92 (9.32%) C#
7 44 (4.46%) PHP
8 41 (4.15%) Go
9 40 (4.05%) C++
10 29 (2.94%) C
11 27 (2.74%) PowerShell
12 21 (2.13%) Bash
13 19 (1.93%) Kotlin
14 18 (1.82%) Bicep
14 18 (1.82%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.22%) Ruby
16 8 (0.81%) Rust
17 6 (0.61%) Perl
18 5 (0.51%) R
19 3 (0.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 185 (18.74%) Degree
2 27 (2.74%) Master's Degree
3 23 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (2.13%) PhD
5 12 (1.22%) ISTQB
6 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
6 5 (0.51%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.51%) CCSP
6 5 (0.51%) CEH
6 5 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.51%) OSCP
6 5 (0.51%) PMI Certification
6 5 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (0.41%) CISSP
7 4 (0.41%) GCIH
7 4 (0.41%) PMP
8 3 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.20%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.36%) QA
2 18 (1.82%) GDPR
3 16 (1.62%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.22%) NIST
4 12 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.81%) GAAP
7 6 (0.61%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.61%) SLA
8 5 (0.51%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.30%) PMO
10 2 (0.20%) COBIT
10 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.20%) GRC
10 2 (0.20%) PSD2
11 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 131 (13.27%) Docker
2 23 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.51%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
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%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.20%) KVM
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 122 (12.36%) Kubernetes
2 89 (9.02%) Terraform
3 26 (2.63%) Ansible
4 23 (2.33%) Progress Chef
5 18 (1.82%) Podman
5 18 (1.82%) Puppet
6 15 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.01%) CASB
7 10 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.91%) SCCM
9 8 (0.81%) Grafana
10 4 (0.41%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.30%) Argo
11 3 (0.30%) Kibana
11 3 (0.30%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.30%) logstash
12 2 (0.20%) Graylog
13 1 (0.10%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.10%) OpenNebula
Vendors
1 63 (6.38%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.46%) Google
3 36 (3.65%) Oracle
3 36 (3.65%) VMware
4 19 (1.93%) Adobe
5 14 (1.42%) IBM
5 14 (1.42%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.01%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.61%) Databricks
9 5 (0.51%) Citrix
10 4 (0.41%) Arista
10 4 (0.41%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (0.41%) Cisco
10 4 (0.41%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.30%) Alibaba
11 3 (0.30%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.30%) Revolut
12 2 (0.20%) Cribl.io
12 2 (0.20%) Refinitiv