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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 99 107
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 -32
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 341 521 815
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 3.32% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 3.50% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 255 451 720
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £122,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £82,175 £87,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +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 13,929 14,866 25,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.27% 94.76% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 8,893 21,194
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.09% -7.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £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 13 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 17 (4.99%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.47%) Confluence
3 3 (0.88%) Apache
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.29%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 13 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.59%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.29%) Quorum
1 1 (0.29%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 101 (29.62%) AWS
2 96 (28.15%) SaaS
3 64 (18.77%) GCP
4 53 (15.54%) Azure
5 29 (8.50%) Amazon EKS
6 20 (5.87%) dbt
7 9 (2.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (2.35%) Azure Event Grid
8 8 (2.35%) Figma
9 7 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.05%) GitHub
10 4 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.17%) BigCommerce
10 4 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.17%) Intacct
10 4 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.17%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.17%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.29%) AMQP
1 1 (0.29%) Internet
1 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.11%) Amazon Athena
2 14 (4.11%) Apache Arrow
2 14 (4.11%) Apache Iceberg
2 14 (4.11%) Dremio
3 12 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.93%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.17%) Power BI
8 3 (0.88%) Apache Ignite
8 3 (0.88%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.29%) MySQL
10 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (7.33%) TeamCity
2 10 (2.93%) Cypress.io
3 7 (2.05%) JIRA
3 7 (2.05%) Postman
3 7 (2.05%) Selenium
4 3 (0.88%) Git
4 3 (0.88%) Gradle
4 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.88%) Maven
5 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.59%) JUnit
5 2 (0.59%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.59%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.59%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.29%) Appium
6 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.29%) Gatling
6 1 (0.29%) JMeter
6 1 (0.29%) NUnit
6 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 211 (61.88%) Finance
2 84 (24.63%) Banking
3 71 (20.82%) Retail
4 67 (19.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (18.48%) Social Skills
6 62 (18.18%) Law
7 56 (16.42%) Financial Institution
8 34 (9.97%) Back Office
9 30 (8.80%) Marketing
10 20 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (4.69%) Front Office
12 14 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (3.81%) Polish Language
14 8 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.05%) Games
16 4 (1.17%) Automotive
17 3 (0.88%) Legal
17 3 (0.88%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.88%) Public Sector
18 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (22.87%) Software Engineer
2 57 (16.72%) Developer
3 53 (15.54%) Senior
4 37 (10.85%) Lead
5 35 (10.26%) Python Engineer
6 28 (8.21%) Python Software Engineer
7 23 (6.74%) Senior Software Engineer
8 18 (5.28%) Analyst
8 18 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
9 17 (4.99%) AWS Developer
9 17 (4.99%) AWS Software Engineer
9 17 (4.99%) QA Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Python Developer
11 15 (4.40%) Java Engineer
11 15 (4.40%) Marketing Specialist
11 15 (4.40%) QA Automation Engineer
12 13 (3.81%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.81%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (3.52%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.02%) React
2 31 (9.09%) .NET
3 24 (7.04%) Node.js
4 22 (6.45%) AngularJS
4 22 (6.45%) REST
5 20 (5.87%) Spring
6 19 (5.57%) Spring Boot
6 19 (5.57%) Vue
7 16 (4.69%) Kafka
8 14 (4.11%) NumPy
8 14 (4.11%) Pandas
8 14 (4.11%) SciPy
9 10 (2.93%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (2.35%) .NET Core
10 8 (2.35%) Next.js
11 7 (2.05%) .NET Framework
12 6 (1.76%) Sass
13 5 (1.47%) ASP.NET
13 5 (1.47%) Middleware
13 5 (1.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.08%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.21%) Blog
3 25 (7.33%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.33%) Product Ownership
4 23 (6.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (5.28%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.99%) Equities
7 16 (4.69%) Fixed Income
8 13 (3.81%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.76%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.17%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.17%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.17%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.17%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.88%) Derivative
12 3 (0.88%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.40%) Linux
2 10 (2.93%) Android
2 10 (2.93%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.76%) Windows
4 4 (1.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.38%) Software Engineering
2 69 (20.23%) Agile
3 62 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 62 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 41 (12.02%) Disruptive Innovation
5 40 (11.73%) Microservices
6 39 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (10.26%) Decision-Making
8 34 (9.97%) AI
9 33 (9.68%) B2B
10 30 (8.80%) Clean Code
11 28 (8.21%) Roadmaps
12 26 (7.62%) Mentoring
13 25 (7.33%) Collaborative Culture
13 25 (7.33%) Continuous Deployment
13 25 (7.33%) Deployment Automation
14 24 (7.04%) DevOps
14 24 (7.04%) Full-Stack Development
14 24 (7.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (22.87%) Java
2 60 (17.60%) Python
3 44 (12.90%) SQL
4 40 (11.73%) TypeScript
5 36 (10.56%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.28%) C#
7 10 (2.93%) Go
8 8 (2.35%) C++
8 8 (2.35%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.29%) Rust
10 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (8.80%) Degree
2 9 (2.64%) CREST Certified
2 9 (2.64%) OSCP
3 8 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.76%) ACCA
4 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.76%) CIMA
5 4 (1.17%) OSCE
6 2 (0.59%) CISA
6 2 (0.59%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.09%) QA
2 10 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.47%) GDPR
6 4 (1.17%) EU AI Act
6 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) PMO
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (5.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 53 (15.54%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.97%) Terraform
3 26 (7.62%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (2.93%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.35%) Google
3 7 (2.05%) Databricks
4 5 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.17%) Concur
5 4 (1.17%) Revolut
5 4 (1.17%) Sage
6 3 (0.88%) Solace
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe
7 2 (0.59%) CyberSource
7 2 (0.59%) Xero
8 1 (0.29%) Brio
8 1 (0.29%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.29%) SAP
8 1 (0.29%) Solarflare
8 1 (0.29%) Splunk
8 1 (0.29%) VMware
8 1 (0.29%) Workday