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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 135 77
Rank change year-on-year +4 -58 -19
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 390 567 981
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.41% 2.44% 3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.78% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 325 428 909
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £132,500 £105,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £117,875 £130,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% +18.73%

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 15,081 20,416 23,917
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 87.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,561 12,566 19,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Fintech
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Fintech as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Fintech trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Fintech
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Fintech.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Fintech

Fintech
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Fintech over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Fintech salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Fintech
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 97 (24.87%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.33%) IIS
4 4 (1.03%) Confluence
5 3 (0.77%) Apache
5 3 (0.77%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Magento
1 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 180 (46.15%) AWS
2 132 (33.85%) GCP
3 100 (25.64%) dbt
4 67 (17.18%) SaaS
5 55 (14.10%) Azure
6 23 (5.90%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.62%) GitHub
8 6 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (1.54%) Azure Event Grid
9 5 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.28%) PaaS
10 4 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.03%) Intacct
10 4 (1.03%) Workato
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.77%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.77%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.77%) Serverless
11 3 (0.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.77%) Internet
2 1 (0.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.26%) HTTP
2 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (29.23%) PostgreSQL
2 97 (24.87%) Amazon Athena
3 95 (24.36%) Apache Arrow
3 95 (24.36%) Apache Iceberg
3 95 (24.36%) Dremio
4 33 (8.46%) SQL Server
5 26 (6.67%) Data Hub
5 26 (6.67%) SQL CLR
6 23 (5.90%) Power BI
7 15 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 15 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (3.33%) Metadata
8 13 (3.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.79%) Looker
10 7 (1.79%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.28%) MySQL
11 5 (1.28%) Tableau
12 4 (1.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (3.85%) Git
2 11 (2.82%) Selenium
3 9 (2.31%) JIRA
4 6 (1.54%) Appium
5 5 (1.28%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.03%) PHPUnit
7 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.51%) GitLab
7 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.26%) Postman
8 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.26%) Storybook
8 1 (0.26%) Xcode
8 1 (0.26%) XCUITest
General
1 299 (76.67%) Finance
2 122 (31.28%) Front Office
3 94 (24.10%) Social Skills
4 57 (14.62%) Banking
5 41 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (8.72%) Back Office
7 29 (7.44%) Marketing
8 27 (6.92%) Financial Institution
9 21 (5.38%) Legal
10 16 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (2.82%) Law
15 9 (2.31%) Mandarin Language
16 6 (1.54%) Advertising
17 5 (1.28%) Cantonese Language
17 5 (1.28%) Retail
18 4 (1.03%) Brand Awareness
19 3 (0.77%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 167 (42.82%) Developer
2 144 (36.92%) Software Engineer
3 118 (30.26%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 95 (24.36%) AWS Developer
4 95 (24.36%) AWS Engineer
4 95 (24.36%) AWS Software Engineer
5 72 (18.46%) Python Engineer
5 72 (18.46%) Python Software Engineer
6 71 (18.21%) Python Developer
7 63 (16.15%) Senior
8 35 (8.97%) Java Developer
9 31 (7.95%) Java Engineer
10 29 (7.44%) Java Software Engineer
11 25 (6.41%) Lead
12 24 (6.15%) Java Software Developer
13 21 (5.38%) Senior Developer
14 19 (4.87%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (4.62%) React Developer
16 17 (4.36%) SaaS Developer
17 16 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (40.00%) React
2 124 (31.79%) Node.js
3 116 (29.74%) AngularJS
4 114 (29.23%) Vue
5 96 (24.62%) Pandas
6 95 (24.36%) NumPy
6 95 (24.36%) SciPy
7 38 (9.74%) .NET
8 26 (6.67%) .NET Core
9 25 (6.41%) .NET Framework
10 23 (5.90%) Redux
11 20 (5.13%) Entity Framework
11 20 (5.13%) REST
12 15 (3.85%) Middleware
13 13 (3.33%) Dapper ORM
14 12 (3.08%) CSS
14 12 (3.08%) HTML
14 12 (3.08%) RESTful
14 12 (3.08%) Spring
15 11 (2.82%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 121 (31.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 119 (30.51%) Fixed Income
3 118 (30.26%) Equities
4 26 (6.67%) Private Cloud
5 17 (4.36%) Cloud Native
6 15 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (3.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 12 (3.08%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.82%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.56%) Hedge funds
11 8 (2.05%) Data Structures
11 8 (2.05%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.79%) Derivative
12 7 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.79%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.54%) Reinsurance
14 5 (1.28%) Augmented Reality
14 5 (1.28%) Credit Risk
14 5 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
15 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.38%) Linux
2 19 (4.87%) Windows
3 13 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.51%) Android
5 2 (0.51%) CentOS
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (48.21%) Agile
2 173 (44.36%) Software Engineering
3 125 (32.05%) Asset Management
4 119 (30.51%) Investment Management
5 113 (28.97%) Risk Management
6 95 (24.36%) Order Management
6 95 (24.36%) Performance Attribution
7 65 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (12.05%) Analytics
9 44 (11.28%) Microservices
10 42 (10.77%) Artificial Intelligence
10 42 (10.77%) Full-Stack Development
11 40 (10.26%) TDD
12 37 (9.49%) Decision-Making
12 37 (9.49%) Wealth Management
13 35 (8.97%) Roadmaps
13 35 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (8.46%) Data Privacy
14 33 (8.46%) Performance Tuning
15 32 (8.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 153 (39.23%) JavaScript
2 145 (37.18%) TypeScript
3 130 (33.33%) Python
4 78 (20.00%) SQL
5 66 (16.92%) Java
6 33 (8.46%) C#
7 17 (4.36%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.82%) PHP
9 9 (2.31%) C++
10 8 (2.05%) C
10 8 (2.05%) Go
11 4 (1.03%) Swift
12 3 (0.77%) VBA
13 2 (0.51%) Bash
13 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.51%) Ruby
13 2 (0.51%) Rust
14 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.26%) LookML
14 1 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 26 (6.67%) Degree
2 6 (1.54%) Master's Degree
3 4 (1.03%) CISA
3 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.03%) ISTQB
4 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.51%) CISSP
4 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.26%) CEH
5 1 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (0.26%) MCSA
5 1 (0.26%) MCSE
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.26%) OSCP
5 1 (0.26%) PhD
5 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.26%) PMP
5 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.62%) QA
2 8 (2.05%) GAAP
3 6 (1.54%) SLA
4 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.03%) GDPR
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) NIST
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.51%) PMO
6 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (6.92%) Docker
2 26 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.33%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (1.79%) Terraform
4 3 (0.77%) Control-M
4 3 (0.77%) Kibana
5 2 (0.51%) Ansible
5 2 (0.51%) Grafana
5 2 (0.51%) logstash
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.67%) VMware
3 12 (3.08%) Oracle
4 11 (2.82%) Google
5 5 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.03%) Concur
6 4 (1.03%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.03%) Sage
7 3 (0.77%) Bloomberg
7 3 (0.77%) Calypso
7 3 (0.77%) Solace
8 2 (0.51%) Adobe
8 2 (0.51%) Ahrefs
8 2 (0.51%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.51%) Revolut
8 2 (0.51%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.51%) Solarflare
9 1 (0.26%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.26%) OneTrust