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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 110 104
Rank change year-on-year -24 -6 -32
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 316 509 788
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 3.12% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 3.31% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 242 438 689
10th Percentile £46,375 £50,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £70,097 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £129,500 £125,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% +3.23%

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 13,635 15,375 23,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.82% 94.35% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,666 9,056 19,660
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 28 January 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 21 (6.65%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.95%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.63%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.63%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.32%) Quorum
1 1 (0.32%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 97 (30.70%) AWS
2 82 (25.95%) SaaS
3 58 (18.35%) GCP
4 49 (15.51%) Azure
5 24 (7.59%) dbt
6 23 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (2.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 8 (2.53%) GitHub
8 7 (2.22%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (2.22%) Figma
9 6 (1.90%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.27%) Intacct
11 4 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.27%) Workato
12 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) AMQP
1 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.08%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (5.38%) Amazon Athena
2 17 (5.38%) Apache Arrow
2 17 (5.38%) Apache Iceberg
2 17 (5.38%) Dremio
3 11 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (3.48%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.22%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.90%) Power BI
6 5 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.58%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.95%) Apache Ignite
7 3 (0.95%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.63%) Tableau
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.32%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (6.01%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.16%) Cypress.io
3 6 (1.90%) Postman
4 5 (1.58%) Selenium
5 4 (1.27%) JIRA
6 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.63%) Git
7 2 (0.63%) Gradle
7 2 (0.63%) Maven
7 2 (0.63%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.32%) Appium
8 1 (0.32%) Gatling
8 1 (0.32%) GitLab
8 1 (0.32%) JMeter
8 1 (0.32%) JUnit
8 1 (0.32%) NUnit
8 1 (0.32%) TestNG
General
1 192 (60.76%) Finance
2 70 (22.15%) Banking
3 65 (20.57%) Social Skills
4 54 (17.09%) Retail
5 53 (16.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (14.87%) Law
7 46 (14.56%) Financial Institution
8 30 (9.49%) Marketing
9 26 (8.23%) Back Office
10 24 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (5.38%) Front Office
12 12 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (3.16%) Polish Language
14 8 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.27%) Automotive
15 4 (1.27%) Games
16 3 (0.95%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.95%) Public Sector
17 2 (0.63%) Legal
18 1 (0.32%) Billing
Job Titles
1 74 (23.42%) Software Engineer
2 55 (17.41%) Developer
3 51 (16.14%) Senior
4 36 (11.39%) Python Engineer
5 31 (9.81%) Python Software Engineer
6 27 (8.54%) Lead
7 21 (6.65%) AWS Engineer
7 21 (6.65%) Senior Software Engineer
8 20 (6.33%) AWS Developer
8 20 (6.33%) AWS Software Engineer
9 18 (5.70%) Python Developer
10 17 (5.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 15 (4.75%) Analyst
11 15 (4.75%) Marketing Specialist
12 13 (4.11%) Java Engineer
12 13 (4.11%) QA Automation Engineer
12 13 (4.11%) QA Engineer
13 12 (3.80%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.80%) Product Manager
14 11 (3.48%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.61%) React
2 27 (8.54%) .NET
2 27 (8.54%) Node.js
3 26 (8.23%) AngularJS
4 24 (7.59%) Vue
5 18 (5.70%) Pandas
6 17 (5.38%) NumPy
6 17 (5.38%) SciPy
7 16 (5.06%) REST
7 16 (5.06%) Spring
8 15 (4.75%) Kafka
8 15 (4.75%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.85%) .NET Core
9 9 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (2.53%) .NET Framework
10 8 (2.53%) Next.js
11 6 (1.90%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.58%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (1.58%) Entity Framework
12 5 (1.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 26 (8.23%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.96%) Blog
4 20 (6.33%) Onboarding
5 18 (5.70%) Equities
6 17 (5.38%) Fixed Income
7 15 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.48%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.90%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.58%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.58%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.27%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.27%) Insider Threat
12 3 (0.95%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.95%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.06%) Linux
2 8 (2.53%) Android
2 8 (2.53%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.90%) Windows
4 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.59%) Software Engineering
2 66 (20.89%) Agile
3 56 (17.72%) CI/CD
4 50 (15.82%) Test Automation
5 43 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (11.71%) Microservices
7 34 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (10.44%) AI
8 33 (10.44%) Decision-Making
9 30 (9.49%) Disruptive Innovation
10 28 (8.86%) B2B
11 25 (7.91%) Analytics
11 25 (7.91%) Risk Management
12 24 (7.59%) Full-Stack Development
13 23 (7.28%) Asset Management
13 23 (7.28%) Clean Code
13 23 (7.28%) Collaborative Culture
13 23 (7.28%) Computer Science
13 23 (7.28%) DevOps
14 22 (6.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (20.89%) Java
2 61 (19.30%) Python
3 44 (13.92%) SQL
4 41 (12.97%) TypeScript
5 37 (11.71%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.70%) C#
7 10 (3.16%) Go
8 9 (2.85%) C++
9 8 (2.53%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.58%) PHP
11 2 (0.63%) C
11 2 (0.63%) Rust
12 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.32%) Bash
12 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (8.54%) Degree
2 9 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.53%) CREST Certified
3 8 (2.53%) OSCP
4 6 (1.90%) ACCA
4 6 (1.90%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.90%) CIMA
5 4 (1.27%) CISA
5 4 (1.27%) OSCE
6 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.32%) PhD
7 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.91%) QA
2 8 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.58%) GDPR
5 4 (1.27%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.63%) PMO
6 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (6.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 46 (14.56%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.86%) Terraform
3 20 (6.33%) Grafana
4 1 (0.32%) Ansible
4 1 (0.32%) Kibana
4 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (3.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.22%) Google
3 5 (1.58%) Databricks
4 4 (1.27%) Concur
4 4 (1.27%) Sage
5 3 (0.95%) OpenAI
5 3 (0.95%) Solace
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe
6 2 (0.63%) CyberSource
6 2 (0.63%) Revolut
6 2 (0.63%) Solarflare
7 1 (0.32%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.32%) Brio
7 1 (0.32%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.32%) SAP
7 1 (0.32%) Splunk
7 1 (0.32%) VMware
7 1 (0.32%) Workday
7 1 (0.32%) Xero