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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 120 140
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -63
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 459 454 579
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 2.75% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.96% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 282 386 461
10th Percentile £45,125 £25,313 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £130,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%

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 19,177 15,355 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.02% 93.03% 87.59%
Number of salaries quoted 13,861 8,958 14,299
10th Percentile £34,674 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

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 30 August 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 (3.05%) Confluence
2 8 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) BambooHR
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 141 (30.72%) AWS
2 100 (21.79%) SaaS
3 89 (19.39%) Azure
4 62 (13.51%) GCP
5 28 (6.10%) GitHub
6 26 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
7 21 (4.58%) GitHub Copilot
8 19 (4.14%) Snowflake
9 17 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (3.49%) Azure Databricks
10 16 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (3.27%) Power Platform
12 13 (2.83%) Figma
13 11 (2.40%) Serverless
14 10 (2.18%) dbt
15 9 (1.96%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
16 8 (1.74%) Anthropic Claude
16 8 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.87%) Firewall
2 3 (0.65%) BGP
2 3 (0.65%) DHCP
2 3 (0.65%) DNS
2 3 (0.65%) HTTP
2 3 (0.65%) LAN
2 3 (0.65%) NetScaler
2 3 (0.65%) OSPF
2 3 (0.65%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.65%) SSL
2 3 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.65%) VPN
2 3 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.44%) Internet
4 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (3.70%) MongoDB
3 16 (3.49%) Data Vault
3 16 (3.49%) Delta Lake
3 16 (3.49%) Metadata
4 15 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (2.61%) Power BI
5 12 (2.61%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.53%) Looker
7 6 (1.31%) Tableau
8 5 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.87%) Big Data
9 4 (0.87%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.87%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.44%) DuckDB
11 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (6.32%) TeamCity
2 17 (3.70%) JIRA
3 6 (1.31%) Git
4 5 (1.09%) GitLab
5 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.87%) JUnit
5 4 (0.87%) Storybook
6 3 (0.65%) Appium
7 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.22%) CMake
8 1 (0.22%) Selenium
8 1 (0.22%) Valgrind
General
1 255 (55.56%) Finance
2 121 (26.36%) Banking
3 111 (24.18%) Social Skills
4 95 (20.70%) Law
5 94 (20.48%) Retail
6 86 (18.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 63 (13.73%) Financial Institution
8 52 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (10.68%) Back Office
10 43 (9.37%) Marketing
11 24 (5.23%) Legal
12 21 (4.58%) Games
13 14 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.96%) Front Office
14 9 (1.96%) Polish Language
15 8 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.09%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.87%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.65%) Billing
18 3 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (17.65%) Senior
2 79 (17.21%) Software Engineer
3 78 (16.99%) Lead
4 61 (13.29%) Developer
5 37 (8.06%) Lead Software Engineer
6 36 (7.84%) Architect
7 28 (6.10%) Python Engineer
8 24 (5.23%) Team Leader
9 22 (4.79%) .NET Developer
10 20 (4.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 19 (4.14%) .NET Software Engineer
11 19 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
11 19 (4.14%) C# Software Engineer
11 19 (4.14%) Software Team Leader
12 18 (3.92%) Data Architect
13 13 (2.83%) Graduate
13 13 (2.83%) Python Software Engineer
13 13 (2.83%) Security Engineer
13 13 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (13.73%) Terraform
2 49 (10.68%) .NET
3 27 (5.88%) Node.js
3 27 (5.88%) React
4 20 (4.36%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.92%) REST
6 17 (3.70%) PySpark
7 16 (3.49%) .NET Core
8 15 (3.27%) .NET Framework
8 15 (3.27%) ASP.NET
8 15 (3.27%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (3.27%) RESTful
8 15 (3.27%) Vue
9 13 (2.83%) OpenAPI
9 13 (2.83%) Swagger
10 10 (2.18%) React Native
11 7 (1.53%) Next.js
12 6 (1.31%) CSS
12 6 (1.31%) GraphQL
12 6 (1.31%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 85 (18.52%) Cloud Native
2 70 (15.25%) Blog
3 40 (8.71%) Product Ownership
4 26 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.79%) Onboarding
6 21 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.05%) AI Agents
7 14 (3.05%) Credit Risk
8 11 (2.40%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.74%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.31%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.31%) Derivative
11 6 (1.31%) Equities
12 5 (1.09%) PKI
12 5 (1.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 16 (3.49%) Android
3 15 (3.27%) Linux
4 9 (1.96%) Windows
5 6 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (28.98%) Software Engineering
2 118 (25.71%) AI
3 90 (19.61%) Machine Learning
4 86 (18.74%) CI/CD
5 69 (15.03%) Agile
5 69 (15.03%) Roadmaps
6 66 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (13.51%) Analytics
8 59 (12.85%) Disruptive Innovation
9 53 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 50 (10.89%) Microservices
11 48 (10.46%) Test Automation
12 47 (10.24%) Mentoring
13 44 (9.59%) Clean Code
14 41 (8.93%) DevOps
15 40 (8.71%) Infrastructure as Code
16 37 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
17 36 (7.84%) Coaching
18 35 (7.63%) Product Roadmap
19 34 (7.41%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 105 (22.88%) Python
2 88 (19.17%) SQL
3 71 (15.47%) C#
4 53 (11.55%) Java
5 49 (10.68%) TypeScript
6 19 (4.14%) Bicep
6 19 (4.14%) JavaScript
7 18 (3.92%) C++
8 16 (3.49%) Scala
9 14 (3.05%) PHP
10 13 (2.83%) Go
11 5 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.65%) Swift
13 2 (0.44%) Bash
13 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.44%) Ruby
13 2 (0.44%) Rust
13 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (8.06%) Degree
2 16 (3.49%) Azure Certification
2 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (3.49%) SnowPro
3 13 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (0.87%) CREST Certified
4 4 (0.87%) OSCP
4 4 (0.87%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.22%) ACCA
6 1 (0.22%) CIMA
6 1 (0.22%) CISA
6 1 (0.22%) CISM
6 1 (0.22%) CISSP
6 1 (0.22%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.66%) QA
3 11 (2.40%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.74%) GDPR
6 6 (1.31%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.44%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.44%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) MiFID
9 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (7.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (15.03%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.41%) Grafana
3 5 (1.09%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.65%) SCCM
5 2 (0.44%) Ansible
5 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 55 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.58%) Databricks
3 15 (3.27%) Google
4 4 (0.87%) Okta
5 3 (0.65%) Cisco
5 3 (0.65%) Citrix
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle
5 3 (0.65%) SolarWinds
5 3 (0.65%) Splunk
5 3 (0.65%) VMware
5 3 (0.65%) Zscaler
6 2 (0.44%) Foundry
6 2 (0.44%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.44%) Screaming Frog
6 2 (0.44%) Sitebulb
6 2 (0.44%) Xero
7 1 (0.22%) Braze
7 1 (0.22%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.22%) Concur
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat