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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 105 108
Rank change year-on-year -25 +3 -37
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 326 510 811
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 3.20% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.38% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 252 441 712
10th Percentile £45,050 £49,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £124,250 £122,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% +3.23%

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 13,845 15,075 25,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.66% 94.54% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,824 8,952 21,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,751
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 6 February 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 17 (5.21%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.92%) Apache
2 3 (0.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.61%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.61%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.31%) Quorum
1 1 (0.31%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 94 (28.83%) AWS
2 86 (26.38%) SaaS
3 55 (16.87%) GCP
4 52 (15.95%) Azure
5 23 (7.06%) Amazon EKS
6 20 (6.13%) dbt
7 9 (2.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (2.45%) Azure Event Grid
8 8 (2.45%) GitHub
9 7 (2.15%) Figma
10 6 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.53%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.23%) BigCommerce
12 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.23%) Intacct
12 4 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.23%) Workato
13 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.31%) AMQP
1 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.74%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.29%) Amazon Athena
2 14 (4.29%) Apache Arrow
2 14 (4.29%) Apache Iceberg
2 14 (4.29%) Dremio
3 12 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (3.37%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.53%) Power BI
6 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.92%) Apache Ignite
7 3 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.31%) MySQL
9 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.31%) Redis
9 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (5.83%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.07%) Cypress.io
3 7 (2.15%) Postman
4 6 (1.84%) Selenium
5 5 (1.53%) JIRA
6 3 (0.92%) Git
6 3 (0.92%) Gradle
6 3 (0.92%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.92%) Maven
7 2 (0.61%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.61%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.31%) Appium
8 1 (0.31%) Gatling
8 1 (0.31%) GitLab
8 1 (0.31%) JUnit
8 1 (0.31%) NUnit
8 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.31%) TestNG
8 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 201 (61.66%) Finance
2 71 (21.78%) Banking
3 60 (18.40%) Social Skills
4 56 (17.18%) Retail
5 53 (16.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (14.72%) Law
7 47 (14.42%) Financial Institution
8 30 (9.20%) Marketing
9 27 (8.28%) Back Office
10 20 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (4.91%) Front Office
12 12 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.37%) Polish Language
14 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.53%) Games
16 4 (1.23%) Automotive
17 3 (0.92%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.92%) Public Sector
18 2 (0.61%) Legal
19 1 (0.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 73 (22.39%) Software Engineer
2 58 (17.79%) Developer
3 54 (16.56%) Senior
4 34 (10.43%) Python Engineer
5 32 (9.82%) Lead
6 28 (8.59%) Python Software Engineer
7 22 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
8 18 (5.52%) AWS Engineer
9 17 (5.21%) AWS Developer
9 17 (5.21%) AWS Software Engineer
10 16 (4.91%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 16 (4.91%) Python Developer
11 15 (4.60%) Analyst
11 15 (4.60%) Marketing Specialist
11 15 (4.60%) QA Engineer
12 14 (4.29%) Java Engineer
12 14 (4.29%) QA Automation Engineer
13 13 (3.99%) .NET Developer
14 12 (3.68%) Java Developer
14 12 (3.68%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.88%) React
2 30 (9.20%) .NET
3 26 (7.98%) Node.js
4 23 (7.06%) AngularJS
5 20 (6.13%) REST
5 20 (6.13%) Spring
5 20 (6.13%) Vue
6 19 (5.83%) Spring Boot
7 16 (4.91%) Kafka
8 14 (4.29%) NumPy
8 14 (4.29%) Pandas
8 14 (4.29%) SciPy
9 10 (3.07%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (2.76%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.45%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.45%) Next.js
12 6 (1.84%) ASP.NET
13 5 (1.53%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (1.53%) Entity Framework
13 5 (1.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.88%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 23 (7.06%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.75%) Blog
4 21 (6.44%) Onboarding
5 17 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (5.21%) Equities
6 16 (4.91%) Fixed Income
7 13 (3.99%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.53%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.53%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.23%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.23%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.23%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.92%) Derivative
10 3 (0.92%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.92%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.91%) Linux
2 8 (2.45%) Android
2 8 (2.45%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.84%) Windows
4 4 (1.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (31.29%) Software Engineering
2 67 (20.55%) Agile
3 56 (17.18%) CI/CD
4 53 (16.26%) Test Automation
5 41 (12.58%) Microservices
6 40 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (10.43%) Decision-Making
9 33 (10.12%) AI
10 30 (9.20%) B2B
10 30 (9.20%) Disruptive Innovation
11 24 (7.36%) Analytics
11 24 (7.36%) Collaborative Culture
11 24 (7.36%) Full-Stack Development
12 23 (7.06%) Clean Code
12 23 (7.06%) Mentoring
12 23 (7.06%) Roadmaps
13 22 (6.75%) Asset Management
13 22 (6.75%) DevOps
13 22 (6.75%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.78%) Java
2 60 (18.40%) Python
3 44 (13.50%) SQL
4 41 (12.58%) TypeScript
5 36 (11.04%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.83%) C#
7 10 (3.07%) Go
8 9 (2.76%) C++
9 8 (2.45%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.53%) PHP
11 2 (0.61%) C
11 2 (0.61%) Rust
12 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.31%) Bash
12 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (7.67%) Degree
2 8 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (2.45%) CREST Certified
2 8 (2.45%) OSCP
3 6 (1.84%) ACCA
3 6 (1.84%) Azure Certification
3 6 (1.84%) CIMA
4 4 (1.23%) CISA
4 4 (1.23%) OSCE
5 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.31%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.59%) QA
2 8 (2.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.53%) GDPR
5 4 (1.23%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.61%) PMO
6 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (6.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 46 (14.11%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.59%) Terraform
3 20 (6.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.31%) Ansible
4 1 (0.31%) Kibana
4 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.45%) Google
3 6 (1.84%) Databricks
4 5 (1.53%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.23%) Concur
5 4 (1.23%) Revolut
5 4 (1.23%) Sage
6 3 (0.92%) Solace
7 2 (0.61%) Adobe
7 2 (0.61%) CyberSource
7 2 (0.61%) Solarflare
7 2 (0.61%) Xero
8 1 (0.31%) Brio
8 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.31%) SAP
8 1 (0.31%) Splunk
8 1 (0.31%) VMware
8 1 (0.31%) Workday