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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 136 130
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -52
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 522 388 576
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 2.34% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.50% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 303 325 433
10th Percentile £46,500 £48,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
% change year-on-year +3.03% -1.49% -1.47%

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 20,082 15,514 20,012
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.02% 93.49% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,336 8,545 11,983
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 September 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 12 (2.30%) Confluence
2 8 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.38%) Hedera
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.57%) BambooHR
2 2 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 164 (31.42%) AWS
2 130 (24.90%) SaaS
3 91 (17.43%) Azure
3 91 (17.43%) GCP
4 44 (8.43%) Amazon EKS
5 28 (5.36%) GitHub
6 21 (4.02%) Snowflake
7 20 (3.83%) GitHub Copilot
8 17 (3.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (3.26%) Power Platform
9 16 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (3.07%) Azure Databricks
9 16 (3.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (2.49%) Figma
11 11 (2.11%) dbt
12 10 (1.92%) Serverless
13 9 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
13 9 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.96%) BGP
1 5 (0.96%) TCP/IP
1 5 (0.96%) VPN
2 4 (0.77%) Firewall
2 4 (0.77%) Network Security
3 3 (0.57%) NetScaler
4 2 (0.38%) DHCP
4 2 (0.38%) DNS
4 2 (0.38%) HTTP
4 2 (0.38%) Internet
4 2 (0.38%) LAN
4 2 (0.38%) OSPF
4 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.38%) VLAN
4 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.66%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.26%) MongoDB
3 16 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (3.07%) Data Vault
3 16 (3.07%) Delta Lake
3 16 (3.07%) Metadata
4 14 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (2.68%) Power BI
5 13 (2.49%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.15%) Looker
7 6 (1.15%) Tableau
8 4 (0.77%) Big Data
8 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.57%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.38%) DuckDB
Development Applications
1 50 (9.58%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.87%) JIRA
3 9 (1.72%) Git
3 9 (1.72%) JUnit
4 6 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.96%) GitLab
6 4 (0.77%) Storybook
7 3 (0.57%) Appium
8 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.38%) Hardhat
9 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.19%) CMake
9 1 (0.19%) Selenium
9 1 (0.19%) Valgrind
General
1 291 (55.75%) Finance
2 154 (29.50%) Banking
3 146 (27.97%) Social Skills
4 138 (26.44%) Law
5 126 (24.14%) Retail
6 124 (23.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (14.94%) Financial Institution
8 67 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
9 64 (12.26%) Back Office
10 57 (10.92%) Marketing
11 30 (5.75%) Legal
12 16 (3.07%) Games
13 11 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.34%) Polish Language
15 5 (0.96%) French Language
15 5 (0.96%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.77%) Front Office
16 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.57%) Billing
Job Titles
1 95 (18.20%) Senior
2 88 (16.86%) Software Engineer
3 82 (15.71%) Lead
4 75 (14.37%) Developer
5 40 (7.66%) Lead Software Engineer
6 38 (7.28%) Architect
7 31 (5.94%) Team Leader
8 25 (4.79%) .NET Developer
8 25 (4.79%) Python Engineer
9 24 (4.60%) Software Team Leader
10 21 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
11 20 (3.83%) .NET Software Engineer
11 20 (3.83%) Analyst
11 20 (3.83%) C# Software Engineer
12 19 (3.64%) Data Architect
13 17 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (3.07%) Lead Developer
14 16 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (2.87%) Senior Developer
16 14 (2.68%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (16.86%) Terraform
2 54 (10.34%) .NET
3 26 (4.98%) Node.js
3 26 (4.98%) React
4 22 (4.21%) RESTful
5 19 (3.64%) AngularJS
6 17 (3.26%) PySpark
7 16 (3.07%) .NET Core
7 16 (3.07%) OpenAPI
7 16 (3.07%) Swagger
8 15 (2.87%) REST
9 14 (2.68%) .NET Framework
9 14 (2.68%) ASP.NET
9 14 (2.68%) ASP.NET Core
9 14 (2.68%) Vue
10 10 (1.92%) React Native
11 9 (1.72%) Dagger
11 9 (1.72%) RxJava
11 9 (1.72%) XML
12 7 (1.34%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 100 (19.16%) Cloud Native
2 82 (15.71%) Blog
3 50 (9.58%) Product Ownership
4 29 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 15 (2.87%) Credit Risk
8 14 (2.68%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.53%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.34%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.34%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.34%) Replication
11 7 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.15%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.15%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 23 (4.41%) Android
3 18 (3.45%) Linux
4 14 (2.68%) Windows
5 11 (2.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (27.97%) Software Engineering
2 135 (25.86%) AI
3 111 (21.26%) CI/CD
4 100 (19.16%) Disruptive Innovation
5 91 (17.43%) Machine Learning
6 72 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 69 (13.22%) Analytics
7 69 (13.22%) Roadmaps
8 65 (12.45%) Agile
9 64 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 62 (11.88%) Microservices
11 61 (11.69%) Clean Code
12 58 (11.11%) Test Automation
13 53 (10.15%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (9.96%) Mentoring
15 48 (9.20%) DevOps
16 45 (8.62%) Decision-Making
16 45 (8.62%) Infrastructure as Code
17 37 (7.09%) Coaching
17 37 (7.09%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 125 (23.95%) Python
2 96 (18.39%) SQL
3 84 (16.09%) Java
4 73 (13.98%) C#
5 46 (8.81%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.17%) Go
7 19 (3.64%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.45%) Bicep
9 16 (3.07%) Scala
10 14 (2.68%) PHP
11 13 (2.49%) C++
12 12 (2.30%) Bash
13 8 (1.53%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.96%) Rust
15 4 (0.77%) Swift
16 2 (0.38%) Clojure
16 2 (0.38%) Haskell
16 2 (0.38%) Lisp
16 2 (0.38%) Ruby
16 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (7.09%) Degree
2 16 (3.07%) Azure Certification
2 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (3.07%) SnowPro
3 11 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.34%) CISM
4 7 (1.34%) CISSP
5 5 (0.96%) CISA
5 5 (0.96%) CREST Certified
5 5 (0.96%) CRISC
5 5 (0.96%) GCFA
5 5 (0.96%) GIAC
5 5 (0.96%) OSCP
6 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.19%) CCSP
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.13%) QA
2 31 (5.94%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.26%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.53%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.53%) SOC 2
6 7 (1.34%) GDPR
7 5 (0.96%) NIST
8 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.38%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.19%) MiFID
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (7.47%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 100 (19.16%) Kubernetes
2 56 (10.73%) Grafana
3 11 (2.11%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.57%) SCCM
6 2 (0.38%) Ansible
7 1 (0.19%) Cilium
7 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 56 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.21%) Databricks
3 20 (3.83%) Google
4 8 (1.53%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.77%) Foundry
5 4 (0.77%) Okta
5 4 (0.77%) Splunk
6 3 (0.57%) Citrix
6 3 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle
6 3 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 3 (0.57%) VMware
6 3 (0.57%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.38%) Cisco
7 2 (0.38%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.38%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (0.38%) Sitebulb
7 2 (0.38%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.19%) Braze
8 1 (0.19%) Xero