Hybrid/Remote Fintech Job Trends

Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Fintech skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 104 102
Rank change year-on-year -43 -2 -33
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 279 527 663
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.84% 3.17% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.39% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 234 449 585
10th Percentile £46,100 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £138,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% +6.06% +10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,320 15,533 19,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 93.33% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,203 15,873
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,669 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fintech and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Fintech job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Fintech
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fintech.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fintech

Fintech
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fintech over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Fintech salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Fintech
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 29 (10.39%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.08%) Apache
3 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.72%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.72%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.36%) Quorum
1 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 90 (32.26%) AWS
2 62 (22.22%) SaaS
3 50 (17.92%) GCP
4 46 (16.49%) Azure
5 29 (10.39%) dbt
6 10 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (2.51%) GitHub
8 6 (2.15%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.43%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (1.43%) Figma
10 4 (1.43%) Intacct
10 4 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.43%) Workato
11 3 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.08%) BigCommerce
11 3 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) AMQP
1 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (9.32%) Amazon Athena
2 26 (9.32%) Apache Arrow
2 26 (9.32%) Apache Iceberg
2 26 (9.32%) Dremio
3 13 (4.66%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.15%) Power BI
6 5 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.79%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.08%) Apache Ignite
8 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.72%) Tableau
9 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.36%) Big Data
9 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (2.87%) Cypress.io
2 6 (2.15%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.79%) Postman
3 5 (1.79%) Selenium
4 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.72%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.72%) Git
4 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) JIRA
4 2 (0.72%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.36%) Appium
5 1 (0.36%) Gatling
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) JMeter
5 1 (0.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Maven
5 1 (0.36%) NUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Storybook
5 1 (0.36%) TestNG
General
1 173 (62.01%) Finance
2 59 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.41%) Banking
4 33 (11.83%) Financial Institution
5 28 (10.04%) Front Office
6 27 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (9.32%) Retail
8 24 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (8.24%) Marketing
10 21 (7.53%) Law
11 15 (5.38%) Back Office
12 10 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.43%) Automotive
14 4 (1.43%) Polish Language
15 3 (1.08%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.72%) Games
17 1 (0.36%) Billing
17 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (25.45%) Software Engineer
2 58 (20.79%) Developer
3 48 (17.20%) Senior
4 42 (15.05%) Python Engineer
5 39 (13.98%) Python Software Engineer
6 30 (10.75%) AWS Engineer
7 29 (10.39%) AWS Developer
7 29 (10.39%) AWS Software Engineer
8 27 (9.68%) Python Developer
9 26 (9.32%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 21 (7.53%) Lead
11 18 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (4.30%) Analyst
12 12 (4.30%) Java Engineer
12 12 (4.30%) Marketing Specialist
13 11 (3.94%) .NET Developer
13 11 (3.94%) Product Manager
14 10 (3.58%) QA Automation Engineer
14 10 (3.58%) QA Engineer
15 9 (3.23%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (18.28%) React
2 37 (13.26%) AngularJS
2 37 (13.26%) Node.js
3 35 (12.54%) Vue
4 27 (9.68%) Pandas
5 26 (9.32%) NumPy
5 26 (9.32%) SciPy
6 25 (8.96%) .NET
7 15 (5.38%) Spring
8 14 (5.02%) REST
8 14 (5.02%) Spring Boot
9 13 (4.66%) Kafka
10 10 (3.58%) .NET Core
10 10 (3.58%) .NET Framework
11 9 (3.23%) Next.js
11 9 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (2.51%) ASP.NET
13 6 (2.15%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (2.15%) Entity Framework
13 6 (2.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 28 (10.04%) Equities
3 26 (9.32%) Fixed Income
4 22 (7.89%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.73%) Product Ownership
6 14 (5.02%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.66%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.94%) Blog
8 11 (3.94%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.15%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.79%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.43%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.43%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.08%) Learning Management System
12 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.38%) Linux
2 8 (2.87%) Apple iOS
2 8 (2.87%) Windows
3 6 (2.15%) Android
4 4 (1.43%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.41%) Software Engineering
2 69 (24.73%) Agile
3 44 (15.77%) CI/CD
4 40 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (12.54%) Risk Management
6 34 (12.19%) AI
7 33 (11.83%) Asset Management
7 33 (11.83%) Microservices
8 30 (10.75%) Decision-Making
9 29 (10.39%) Investment Management
9 29 (10.39%) Test Automation
10 27 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (9.68%) Order Management
11 26 (9.32%) Performance Attribution
12 25 (8.96%) Collaborative Culture
13 23 (8.24%) Analytics
13 23 (8.24%) B2B
14 21 (7.53%) Computer Science
14 21 (7.53%) Event-Driven
14 21 (7.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 64 (22.94%) Python
2 49 (17.56%) TypeScript
3 46 (16.49%) Java
4 43 (15.41%) JavaScript
5 39 (13.98%) SQL
6 24 (8.60%) C#
7 9 (3.23%) Go
8 8 (2.87%) Kotlin
9 7 (2.51%) C++
10 6 (2.15%) PHP
11 3 (1.08%) VBA
12 2 (0.72%) C
12 2 (0.72%) Rust
12 2 (0.72%) Swift
13 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.36%) Bash
13 1 (0.36%) LookML
13 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (8.60%) Degree
2 8 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.15%) ACCA
3 6 (2.15%) CIMA
3 6 (2.15%) CREST Certified
3 6 (2.15%) OSCP
4 5 (1.79%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.43%) CISA
5 4 (1.43%) OSCE
6 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.53%) QA
2 6 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.43%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.72%) PMO
5 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 21 (7.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (10.04%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.66%) Terraform
3 7 (2.51%) Grafana
4 2 (0.72%) Ansible
4 2 (0.72%) Control-M
5 1 (0.36%) Kibana
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (4.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.79%) Google
3 4 (1.43%) Concur
3 4 (1.43%) Sage
4 3 (1.08%) Databricks
4 3 (1.08%) Solace
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe
5 2 (0.72%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.72%) Calypso
5 2 (0.72%) CyberSource
5 2 (0.72%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.72%) Solarflare
6 1 (0.36%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.36%) Revolut
6 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.36%) SAP
6 1 (0.36%) Splunk
6 1 (0.36%) VMware
6 1 (0.36%) Workday