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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 108 99
Rank change year-on-year -32 -9 -31
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 281 516 685
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.87% 3.13% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 3.35% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 234 444 603
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 £98,750
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 13,165 15,405 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.51% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,370 9,087 16,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £46,000
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 10 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 30 (10.68%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.07%) Apache
3 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.71%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.71%) 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 (32.03%) AWS
2 66 (23.49%) SaaS
3 50 (17.79%) GCP
4 46 (16.37%) Azure
5 29 (10.32%) dbt
6 10 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (2.49%) GitHub
8 6 (2.14%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.42%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (1.42%) Figma
10 4 (1.42%) Intacct
10 4 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.42%) Workato
11 3 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.07%) BigCommerce
11 3 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) AMQP
1 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.81%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (9.25%) Amazon Athena
2 26 (9.25%) Apache Arrow
2 26 (9.25%) Apache Iceberg
2 26 (9.25%) Dremio
3 13 (4.63%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.14%) Power BI
6 5 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.78%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.07%) Apache Ignite
8 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.71%) Tableau
9 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.36%) Big Data
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (2.85%) Cypress.io
2 6 (2.14%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.78%) Postman
3 5 (1.78%) Selenium
4 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.71%) JIRA
4 2 (0.71%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.36%) Appium
5 1 (0.36%) Gatling
5 1 (0.36%) Git
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 (61.57%) Finance
2 59 (21.00%) Social Skills
3 44 (15.66%) Banking
4 33 (11.74%) Financial Institution
5 28 (9.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (9.61%) Front Office
7 26 (9.25%) Retail
8 25 (8.90%) Marketing
9 24 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (7.47%) Law
11 14 (4.98%) Back Office
12 10 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.42%) Automotive
14 4 (1.42%) Polish Language
15 3 (1.07%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.71%) Games
17 1 (0.36%) Billing
17 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (25.27%) Software Engineer
2 58 (20.64%) Developer
3 47 (16.73%) Senior
4 44 (15.66%) Python Engineer
5 40 (14.23%) Python Software Engineer
6 30 (10.68%) AWS Engineer
7 29 (10.32%) AWS Developer
7 29 (10.32%) AWS Software Engineer
8 27 (9.61%) Python Developer
9 26 (9.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 20 (7.12%) Lead
11 17 (6.05%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (4.98%) Marketing Specialist
13 12 (4.27%) Analyst
13 12 (4.27%) Java Engineer
14 11 (3.91%) .NET Developer
14 11 (3.91%) Product Manager
15 10 (3.56%) Product Owner
15 10 (3.56%) QA Automation Engineer
15 10 (3.56%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (18.15%) React
2 37 (13.17%) AngularJS
2 37 (13.17%) Node.js
3 35 (12.46%) Vue
4 27 (9.61%) Pandas
5 26 (9.25%) .NET
5 26 (9.25%) NumPy
5 26 (9.25%) SciPy
6 15 (5.34%) Spring
7 14 (4.98%) REST
7 14 (4.98%) Spring Boot
8 13 (4.63%) Kafka
9 10 (3.56%) .NET Core
9 10 (3.56%) .NET Framework
10 9 (3.20%) Next.js
10 9 (3.20%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.49%) ASP.NET
12 6 (2.14%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (2.14%) Entity Framework
12 6 (2.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 27 (9.61%) Equities
3 26 (9.25%) Fixed Income
4 22 (7.83%) Cloud Native
5 17 (6.05%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.98%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.91%) Blog
8 11 (3.91%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.14%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.78%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.42%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.42%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.07%) Learning Management System
12 3 (1.07%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.07%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.71%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.27%) Linux
2 8 (2.85%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.49%) Windows
4 6 (2.14%) Android
5 4 (1.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.16%) Software Engineering
2 70 (24.91%) Agile
3 44 (15.66%) CI/CD
4 40 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (12.46%) Risk Management
6 34 (12.10%) AI
7 33 (11.74%) Asset Management
8 32 (11.39%) Microservices
9 30 (10.68%) Decision-Making
10 29 (10.32%) Investment Management
10 29 (10.32%) Test Automation
11 28 (9.96%) Order Management
12 27 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (9.25%) Performance Attribution
14 24 (8.54%) Analytics
14 24 (8.54%) B2B
14 24 (8.54%) Collaborative Culture
15 22 (7.83%) Computer Science
16 21 (7.47%) Roadmaps
17 20 (7.12%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.13%) Python
2 50 (17.79%) TypeScript
3 45 (16.01%) Java
4 43 (15.30%) JavaScript
5 39 (13.88%) SQL
6 23 (8.19%) C#
7 8 (2.85%) Go
7 8 (2.85%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.49%) C++
9 5 (1.78%) PHP
10 2 (0.71%) C
10 2 (0.71%) Rust
10 2 (0.71%) Swift
10 2 (0.71%) VBA
11 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.36%) LookML
11 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (8.90%) Degree
2 8 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.14%) ACCA
3 6 (2.14%) CIMA
3 6 (2.14%) CREST Certified
3 6 (2.14%) OSCP
4 5 (1.78%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.42%) CISA
5 4 (1.42%) OSCE
6 3 (1.07%) 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 (7.47%) QA
2 6 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.78%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.78%) GDPR
4 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.42%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.71%) PMO
5 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 22 (7.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (9.96%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.27%) Terraform
3 7 (2.49%) Grafana
4 1 (0.36%) Ansible
4 1 (0.36%) Control-M
4 1 (0.36%) Kibana
4 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (4.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.78%) Google
3 4 (1.42%) Concur
3 4 (1.42%) Sage
4 3 (1.07%) Databricks
4 3 (1.07%) Solace
5 2 (0.71%) Adobe
5 2 (0.71%) CyberSource
5 2 (0.71%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.71%) Solarflare
6 1 (0.36%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.36%) Calypso
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