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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 99 109
Rank change year-on-year -27 +10 -36
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 351 520 809
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 3.46% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.64% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 257 455 717
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,450
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,253 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.16% +13.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -

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 14,124 14,280 25,656
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.08% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,724 21,327
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,000 £34,756
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 25 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 14 (3.99%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.42%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.28%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.57%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.57%) Sketch
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.28%) Quorum
1 1 (0.28%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 106 (30.20%) AWS
2 100 (28.49%) SaaS
3 69 (19.66%) GCP
4 59 (16.81%) Azure
5 32 (9.12%) Amazon EKS
6 17 (4.84%) dbt
7 11 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 10 (2.85%) Azure Event Grid
9 9 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (2.28%) Figma
11 6 (1.71%) GitHub
12 4 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.14%) BigCommerce
12 4 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (0.85%) Stripe
14 2 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.57%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.57%) Internet
2 1 (0.28%) AMQP
2 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
3 11 (3.13%) Apache Arrow
3 11 (3.13%) Apache Iceberg
3 11 (3.13%) Dremio
4 9 (2.56%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.71%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.42%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.85%) Apache Ignite
7 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.57%) Power BI
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.28%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (7.98%) TeamCity
2 10 (2.85%) Cypress.io
3 9 (2.56%) Selenium
4 7 (1.99%) JIRA
4 7 (1.99%) Postman
5 4 (1.14%) SpecFlow
5 4 (1.14%) WebDriver
6 3 (0.85%) Git
6 3 (0.85%) Gradle
6 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.85%) Maven
7 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.57%) JUnit
7 2 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.28%) Appium
8 1 (0.28%) Gatling
8 1 (0.28%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) JMeter
8 1 (0.28%) NUnit
8 1 (0.28%) TestNG
General
1 216 (61.54%) Finance
2 91 (25.93%) Banking
3 76 (21.65%) Retail
4 72 (20.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (19.66%) Law
6 62 (17.66%) Social Skills
7 59 (16.81%) Financial Institution
8 38 (10.83%) Back Office
9 28 (7.98%) Marketing
10 19 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (4.84%) Front Office
12 15 (4.27%) Polish Language
13 10 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (2.28%) Games
14 8 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.14%) Automotive
15 4 (1.14%) Legal
16 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.85%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 83 (23.65%) Software Engineer
2 55 (15.67%) Developer
2 55 (15.67%) Senior
3 47 (13.39%) Lead
4 35 (9.97%) Python Engineer
5 27 (7.69%) Python Software Engineer
6 26 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (5.70%) QA Engineer
8 18 (5.13%) Analyst
8 18 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
9 17 (4.84%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) QA Automation Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) AWS Software Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Java Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Marketing Specialist
11 15 (4.27%) Python Developer
12 14 (3.99%) AWS Developer
12 14 (3.99%) Data Engineer
13 13 (3.70%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (11.40%) React
2 34 (9.69%) .NET
3 24 (6.84%) REST
4 23 (6.55%) Node.js
5 21 (5.98%) Spring
6 20 (5.70%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.84%) AngularJS
8 16 (4.56%) Kafka
9 15 (4.27%) Vue
10 11 (3.13%) NumPy
10 11 (3.13%) Pandas
10 11 (3.13%) SciPy
11 10 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (1.99%) .NET Core
12 7 (1.99%) Sass
13 6 (1.71%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.71%) JSON
13 6 (1.71%) Next.js
13 6 (1.71%) Playwright
13 6 (1.71%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.98%) Blog
3 27 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 25 (7.12%) Onboarding
5 21 (5.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (5.13%) Equities
8 17 (4.84%) Fixed Income
9 12 (3.42%) Mobile App
10 8 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.99%) Derivative
11 7 (1.99%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.14%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.14%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.14%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.85%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.85%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.27%) Linux
2 11 (3.13%) Android
2 11 (3.13%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.71%) Windows
4 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 74 (21.08%) Agile
3 72 (20.51%) Test Automation
4 66 (18.80%) CI/CD
5 44 (12.54%) Disruptive Innovation
6 42 (11.97%) Microservices
7 40 (11.40%) Decision-Making
8 39 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (9.97%) AI
11 34 (9.69%) B2B
12 33 (9.40%) Clean Code
13 31 (8.83%) Mentoring
14 30 (8.55%) Roadmaps
15 28 (7.98%) Continuous Deployment
15 28 (7.98%) Deployment Automation
16 25 (7.12%) DevOps
16 25 (7.12%) Full-Stack Development
17 24 (6.84%) Analytics
17 24 (6.84%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.93%) Java
2 64 (18.23%) Python
3 47 (13.39%) SQL
4 40 (11.40%) TypeScript
5 37 (10.54%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.41%) C#
7 11 (3.13%) Go
8 7 (1.99%) C++
8 7 (1.99%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.28%) Bash
10 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (8.26%) Degree
2 10 (2.85%) CREST Certified
2 10 (2.85%) OSCP
3 8 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.71%) ACCA
4 6 (1.71%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.71%) CIMA
5 4 (1.14%) OSCE
6 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.40%) QA
2 10 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.42%) GDPR
5 4 (1.14%) EU AI Act
5 4 (1.14%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.57%) NIST
7 2 (0.57%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (5.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (16.24%) Kubernetes
2 37 (10.54%) Terraform
3 29 (8.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (2.56%) Databricks
2 8 (2.28%) Google
3 7 (1.99%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.42%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.14%) Revolut
6 3 (0.85%) Solace
7 2 (0.57%) Concur
7 2 (0.57%) CyberSource
7 2 (0.57%) Sage
7 2 (0.57%) VMware
7 2 (0.57%) Xero
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe
8 1 (0.28%) Brio
8 1 (0.28%) Citrix
8 1 (0.28%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.28%) SAP
8 1 (0.28%) Splunk
8 1 (0.28%) Workday