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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 102 102
Rank change year-on-year -39 0 -34
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 282 557 625
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 3.12% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 3.39% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 239 464 568
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £62,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £138,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% +13.33%

All Process and 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 13,609 16,433 19,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.33% 92.17% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,723 10,018 15,359
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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% - -1.64%

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 14 December 2025.

Fintech salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 38 (13.48%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.06%) Apache
3 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.35%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.71%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.71%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.35%) Quorum
1 1 (0.35%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 98 (34.75%) AWS
2 61 (21.63%) SaaS
3 56 (19.86%) GCP
4 40 (14.18%) Azure
5 38 (13.48%) dbt
6 9 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (2.13%) GitHub
7 6 (2.13%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (1.42%) Figma
8 4 (1.42%) Intacct
8 4 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.42%) PaaS
8 4 (1.42%) Workato
9 3 (1.06%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (1.06%) BigCommerce
9 3 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) AMQP
1 1 (0.35%) HTTP
1 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (16.31%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (12.41%) Amazon Athena
2 35 (12.41%) Apache Arrow
2 35 (12.41%) Apache Iceberg
2 35 (12.41%) Dremio
3 13 (4.61%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.13%) Power BI
6 5 (1.77%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.77%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.06%) Apache Ignite
8 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.71%) Tableau
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.35%) Big Data
9 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) Looker
9 1 (0.35%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (3.19%) Cypress.io
2 6 (2.13%) Selenium
3 5 (1.77%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.42%) Git
4 4 (1.42%) Postman
5 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) Appium
6 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.71%) GitLab
6 2 (0.71%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) Maven
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Storybook
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.35%) Xcode
7 1 (0.35%) XCUITest
General
1 187 (66.31%) Finance
2 63 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.25%) Banking
4 39 (13.83%) Front Office
5 34 (12.06%) Financial Institution
6 29 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (7.80%) Retail
9 19 (6.74%) Marketing
10 17 (6.03%) Law
11 15 (5.32%) Back Office
12 11 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.42%) Automotive
14 4 (1.42%) Polish Language
15 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.35%) Billing
17 1 (0.35%) Danish Language
17 1 (0.35%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 79 (28.01%) Software Engineer
2 64 (22.70%) Developer
3 50 (17.73%) Senior
4 48 (17.02%) Python Engineer
5 47 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
6 37 (13.12%) AWS Engineer
7 36 (12.77%) AWS Developer
7 36 (12.77%) AWS Software Engineer
8 35 (12.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 35 (12.41%) Python Developer
9 20 (7.09%) Senior Software Engineer
10 18 (6.38%) Lead
11 13 (4.61%) Analyst
12 11 (3.90%) .NET Developer
13 10 (3.55%) Product Manager
13 10 (3.55%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.19%) Architect
14 9 (3.19%) Java Engineer
15 8 (2.84%) Product Owner
15 8 (2.84%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (21.63%) React
2 47 (16.67%) Node.js
3 46 (16.31%) AngularJS
4 44 (15.60%) Vue
5 36 (12.77%) Pandas
6 35 (12.41%) NumPy
6 35 (12.41%) SciPy
7 23 (8.16%) .NET
8 17 (6.03%) REST
9 16 (5.67%) Spring
10 15 (5.32%) Spring Boot
11 13 (4.61%) Kafka
12 11 (3.90%) .NET Core
13 10 (3.55%) .NET Framework
14 9 (3.19%) Next.js
15 8 (2.84%) Middleware
15 8 (2.84%) RabbitMQ
16 7 (2.48%) ASP.NET
17 6 (2.13%) Entity Framework
17 6 (2.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 39 (13.83%) Equities
3 35 (12.41%) Fixed Income
4 20 (7.09%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.96%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.61%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.90%) Mobile App
8 10 (3.55%) Blog
9 6 (2.13%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.77%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.42%) Augmented Reality
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 (1.06%) Credit Risk
12 3 (1.06%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.38%) Linux
2 9 (3.19%) Windows
3 7 (2.48%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.42%) Android
5 4 (1.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.71%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (35.82%) Software Engineering
2 83 (29.43%) Agile
3 45 (15.96%) Risk Management
4 42 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (14.54%) Asset Management
5 41 (14.54%) CI/CD
6 37 (13.12%) Investment Management
7 36 (12.77%) Microservices
8 35 (12.41%) AI
8 35 (12.41%) Order Management
8 35 (12.41%) Performance Attribution
9 28 (9.93%) Decision-Making
10 26 (9.22%) Collaborative Culture
10 26 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (9.22%) Test Automation
11 25 (8.87%) Analytics
12 24 (8.51%) DevOps
12 24 (8.51%) Roadmaps
13 23 (8.16%) Computer Science
14 22 (7.80%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.47%) Python
2 57 (20.21%) TypeScript
3 52 (18.44%) JavaScript
4 39 (13.83%) Java
5 37 (13.12%) SQL
6 24 (8.51%) C#
7 9 (3.19%) Kotlin
8 8 (2.84%) Go
9 6 (2.13%) C++
9 6 (2.13%) PHP
10 4 (1.42%) Swift
10 4 (1.42%) VBA
11 2 (0.71%) Bash
11 2 (0.71%) C
11 2 (0.71%) Rust
11 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.35%) LookML
12 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 30 (10.64%) Degree
2 10 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.13%) ACCA
3 6 (2.13%) CIMA
4 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.42%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.42%) CISA
5 4 (1.42%) CREST Certified
5 4 (1.42%) OSCE
5 4 (1.42%) OSCP
6 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.74%) QA
2 6 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.77%) GDPR
4 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.42%) EU AI Act
4 4 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.71%) PMO
5 2 (0.71%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (6.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.61%) Terraform
3 6 (2.13%) Grafana
4 3 (1.06%) Ansible
4 3 (1.06%) Control-M
5 1 (0.35%) Kibana
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.13%) Google
3 4 (1.42%) Concur
3 4 (1.42%) Sage
3 4 (1.42%) Solace
4 3 (1.06%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.06%) Calypso
5 2 (0.71%) Adobe
5 2 (0.71%) CyberSource
5 2 (0.71%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.71%) Revolut
5 2 (0.71%) Solarflare
6 1 (0.35%) Ahrefs
6 1 (0.35%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.35%) SAP
6 1 (0.35%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (0.35%) Splunk
6 1 (0.35%) Workday