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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 106 107
Rank change year-on-year -26 +1 -36
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 320 506 816
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.03% 3.13% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 3.32% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 246 435 715
10th Percentile £45,875 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £70,097 £58,750
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 £127,500 £124,000 £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 13,672 15,244 24,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.61% 94.44% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 8,971 20,549
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +5.41% -4.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,751
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.62% -10.80%

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 1 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 21 (6.56%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.94%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.63%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.63%) 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 96 (30.00%) AWS
2 83 (25.94%) SaaS
3 58 (18.13%) GCP
4 50 (15.63%) Azure
5 24 (7.50%) dbt
6 23 (7.19%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 8 (2.50%) GitHub
8 7 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (2.19%) Figma
9 6 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.88%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.25%) Intacct
10 4 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.25%) Workato
11 3 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.31%) AMQP
1 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.94%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (5.31%) Amazon Athena
2 17 (5.31%) Apache Arrow
2 17 (5.31%) Apache Iceberg
2 17 (5.31%) Dremio
3 12 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (3.44%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.88%) Power BI
7 5 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.56%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.94%) Apache Ignite
8 3 (0.94%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.63%) Tableau
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.31%) Mixpanel
10 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (5.94%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.13%) Cypress.io
3 6 (1.88%) Postman
3 6 (1.88%) Selenium
4 4 (1.25%) JIRA
5 3 (0.94%) Git
5 3 (0.94%) Gradle
5 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.94%) Maven
6 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.63%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.31%) Appium
7 1 (0.31%) Gatling
7 1 (0.31%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) JUnit
7 1 (0.31%) NUnit
7 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.31%) TestNG
7 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 195 (60.94%) Finance
2 71 (22.19%) Banking
3 61 (19.06%) Social Skills
4 55 (17.19%) Retail
5 53 (16.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (15.00%) Law
7 46 (14.38%) Financial Institution
8 30 (9.38%) Marketing
9 27 (8.44%) Back Office
10 21 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (5.31%) Front Office
12 12 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.44%) Polish Language
14 8 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.56%) Games
16 4 (1.25%) Automotive
17 3 (0.94%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.94%) Public Sector
18 2 (0.63%) Legal
19 1 (0.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 74 (23.13%) Software Engineer
2 57 (17.81%) Developer
3 52 (16.25%) Senior
4 37 (11.56%) Python Engineer
5 31 (9.69%) Python Software Engineer
6 29 (9.06%) Lead
7 21 (6.56%) AWS Engineer
7 21 (6.56%) Senior Software Engineer
8 20 (6.25%) AWS Developer
8 20 (6.25%) AWS Software Engineer
9 18 (5.63%) Python Developer
10 17 (5.31%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 15 (4.69%) Marketing Specialist
11 15 (4.69%) QA Engineer
12 14 (4.38%) Analyst
12 14 (4.38%) QA Automation Engineer
13 13 (4.06%) .NET Developer
13 13 (4.06%) Java Engineer
14 12 (3.75%) Product Manager
15 11 (3.44%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.44%) React
2 29 (9.06%) .NET
3 27 (8.44%) Node.js
4 26 (8.13%) AngularJS
5 24 (7.50%) Vue
6 18 (5.63%) Pandas
6 18 (5.63%) REST
7 17 (5.31%) NumPy
7 17 (5.31%) SciPy
7 17 (5.31%) Spring
8 16 (5.00%) Spring Boot
9 15 (4.69%) Kafka
10 9 (2.81%) .NET Core
10 9 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (2.50%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.50%) Next.js
12 6 (1.88%) ASP.NET
13 5 (1.56%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (1.56%) Entity Framework
13 5 (1.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 23 (7.19%) Product Ownership
4 22 (6.88%) Blog
5 19 (5.94%) Onboarding
6 18 (5.63%) Equities
7 17 (5.31%) Fixed Income
8 16 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (3.44%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.56%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.25%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.25%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.25%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.94%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.94%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.00%) Linux
2 8 (2.50%) Android
2 8 (2.50%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.88%) Windows
4 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.19%) Software Engineering
2 66 (20.63%) Agile
3 57 (17.81%) CI/CD
4 52 (16.25%) Test Automation
5 39 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (11.56%) Microservices
7 34 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (10.63%) Decision-Making
8 33 (10.31%) AI
9 30 (9.38%) B2B
9 30 (9.38%) Disruptive Innovation
10 26 (8.13%) Analytics
11 25 (7.81%) Risk Management
12 24 (7.50%) Full-Stack Development
13 23 (7.19%) Asset Management
13 23 (7.19%) Clean Code
13 23 (7.19%) DevOps
14 22 (6.88%) Collaborative Culture
14 22 (6.88%) Event-Driven
14 22 (6.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (21.25%) Java
2 63 (19.69%) Python
3 46 (14.38%) SQL
4 41 (12.81%) TypeScript
5 37 (11.56%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.94%) C#
7 10 (3.13%) Go
8 9 (2.81%) C++
9 8 (2.50%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.56%) PHP
11 2 (0.63%) C
11 2 (0.63%) Rust
12 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.31%) Bash
12 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (8.44%) Degree
2 9 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.50%) CREST Certified
3 8 (2.50%) OSCP
4 6 (1.88%) ACCA
4 6 (1.88%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.88%) CIMA
5 4 (1.25%) CISA
5 4 (1.25%) OSCE
6 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.31%) PhD
7 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.31%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.44%) QA
2 8 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.56%) GDPR
4 4 (1.25%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.63%) PMO
5 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (6.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 46 (14.38%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.75%) Terraform
3 20 (6.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.31%) Ansible
4 1 (0.31%) Kibana
4 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (3.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.19%) Google
3 6 (1.88%) Databricks
4 4 (1.25%) Concur
4 4 (1.25%) Sage
5 3 (0.94%) OpenAI
5 3 (0.94%) Solace
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe
6 2 (0.63%) CyberSource
6 2 (0.63%) Revolut
6 2 (0.63%) Solarflare
7 1 (0.31%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.31%) Brio
7 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.31%) SAP
7 1 (0.31%) Splunk
7 1 (0.31%) VMware
7 1 (0.31%) Workday
7 1 (0.31%) Xero