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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 103 101
Rank change year-on-year -42 -2 -33
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 282 541 641
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 3.15% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.39% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 237 456 575
10th Percentile £45,300 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £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 & 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 13,498 15,959 19,353
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.40% 92.95% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,596 9,592 15,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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% - -4.00%

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

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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 28 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 32 (11.35%) 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 11 (3.90%) 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 92 (32.62%) AWS
2 62 (21.99%) SaaS
3 53 (18.79%) GCP
4 43 (15.25%) Azure
5 32 (11.35%) dbt
6 10 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (2.48%) GitHub
8 6 (2.13%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.42%) Figma
9 4 (1.42%) Intacct
9 4 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.42%) Workato
10 3 (1.06%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (1.06%) BigCommerce
10 3 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.06%) PaaS
11 2 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) AMQP
1 1 (0.35%) HTTP
1 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.83%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (10.28%) Amazon Athena
2 29 (10.28%) Apache Arrow
2 29 (10.28%) Apache Iceberg
2 29 (10.28%) Dremio
3 13 (4.61%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.84%) 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%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (2.84%) Cypress.io
2 6 (2.13%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.77%) Postman
3 5 (1.77%) Selenium
4 4 (1.42%) Git
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%) Gatling
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) JMeter
7 1 (0.35%) JUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Maven
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) TestNG
7 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 178 (63.12%) Finance
2 61 (21.63%) Social Skills
3 45 (15.96%) Banking
4 33 (11.70%) Financial Institution
5 32 (11.35%) Front Office
6 27 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (9.22%) Retail
8 24 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (7.45%) Law
9 21 (7.45%) Marketing
10 16 (5.67%) Back Office
11 10 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.42%) Automotive
13 4 (1.42%) Polish Language
14 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.71%) Games
16 1 (0.35%) Billing
16 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.35%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 74 (26.24%) Software Engineer
2 60 (21.28%) Developer
3 51 (18.09%) Senior
4 44 (15.60%) Python Engineer
5 41 (14.54%) Python Software Engineer
6 33 (11.70%) AWS Engineer
7 32 (11.35%) AWS Software Engineer
8 30 (10.64%) AWS Developer
8 30 (10.64%) Python Developer
9 29 (10.28%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 20 (7.09%) Lead
11 19 (6.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (4.26%) Java Engineer
13 11 (3.90%) .NET Developer
13 11 (3.90%) Analyst
13 11 (3.90%) Product Manager
14 10 (3.55%) QA Automation Engineer
14 10 (3.55%) QA Engineer
14 10 (3.55%) Senior Developer
15 9 (3.19%) Marketing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (19.15%) React
2 41 (14.54%) AngularJS
3 40 (14.18%) Node.js
4 38 (13.48%) Vue
5 30 (10.64%) Pandas
6 29 (10.28%) NumPy
6 29 (10.28%) SciPy
7 23 (8.16%) .NET
8 16 (5.67%) REST
9 15 (5.32%) Spring
10 14 (4.96%) Spring Boot
11 13 (4.61%) Kafka
12 10 (3.55%) .NET Core
12 10 (3.55%) .NET Framework
13 9 (3.19%) Next.js
13 9 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (2.48%) ASP.NET
14 7 (2.48%) Middleware
15 6 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (2.13%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 32 (11.35%) Equities
3 29 (10.28%) Fixed Income
4 21 (7.45%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.32%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.61%) Onboarding
7 12 (4.26%) Mobile App
8 11 (3.90%) Blog
9 6 (2.13%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.77%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
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%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (1.06%) Learning Management System
12 3 (1.06%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.74%) Linux
2 10 (3.55%) Apple iOS
3 9 (3.19%) Windows
4 7 (2.48%) Android
5 5 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.42%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.71%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.04%) Software Engineering
2 76 (26.95%) Agile
3 44 (15.60%) CI/CD
4 39 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (13.83%) Risk Management
5 35 (12.41%) Asset Management
6 34 (12.06%) AI
6 34 (12.06%) Microservices
7 31 (10.99%) Investment Management
8 30 (10.64%) Test Automation
9 29 (10.28%) Order Management
9 29 (10.28%) Performance Attribution
10 27 (9.57%) Decision-Making
11 26 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (8.87%) Collaborative Culture
13 22 (7.80%) Analytics
13 22 (7.80%) DevOps
14 21 (7.45%) B2B
14 21 (7.45%) Computer Science
14 21 (7.45%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.05%) Python
2 51 (18.09%) TypeScript
3 47 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 44 (15.60%) Java
5 38 (13.48%) SQL
6 25 (8.87%) C#
7 10 (3.55%) Go
8 9 (3.19%) Kotlin
9 7 (2.48%) C++
10 6 (2.13%) PHP
11 4 (1.42%) Swift
11 4 (1.42%) VBA
12 2 (0.71%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.71%) Bash
12 2 (0.71%) C
12 2 (0.71%) Rust
13 1 (0.35%) LookML
13 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.35%) SOQL
13 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (8.87%) Degree
2 8 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.13%) ACCA
3 6 (2.13%) CIMA
3 6 (2.13%) CREST Certified
3 6 (2.13%) OSCP
4 5 (1.77%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.42%) CISA
5 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.42%) OSCE
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 22 (7.80%) 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
5 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.71%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 21 (7.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (9.93%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.96%) Terraform
3 7 (2.48%) 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 5 (1.77%) Google
3 4 (1.42%) Concur
3 4 (1.42%) Sage
4 3 (1.06%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.06%) Calypso
4 3 (1.06%) Solace
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%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.71%) Solarflare
6 1 (0.35%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.35%) Databricks
6 1 (0.35%) Revolut
6 1 (0.35%) SAP
6 1 (0.35%) Splunk
6 1 (0.35%) VMware
6 1 (0.35%) Workday