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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 79 117
Rank change year-on-year -40 +38 -50
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 381 521 852
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 3.86% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 4.07% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 267 477 717
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,313 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £136,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +6.45% -3.13%

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 14,981 12,789 29,731
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.95% 94.78% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,485 8,897 23,598
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,690 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 26 April 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 13 (3.41%) Confluence
2 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.26%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.26%) Quorum
1 1 (0.26%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 113 (29.66%) AWS
2 107 (28.08%) SaaS
3 74 (19.42%) Azure
4 62 (16.27%) GCP
5 33 (8.66%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (2.62%) Azure Event Grid
7 9 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (2.36%) dbt
8 7 (1.84%) Figma
9 6 (1.57%) Serverless
10 5 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.31%) GitHub
10 5 (1.31%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.05%) BigCommerce
11 4 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.05%) Firewall
2 3 (0.79%) BGP
2 3 (0.79%) DHCP
2 3 (0.79%) DNS
2 3 (0.79%) HTTP
2 3 (0.79%) Internet
2 3 (0.79%) LAN
2 3 (0.79%) OSPF
2 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.79%) SSL
2 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.79%) VPN
2 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.26%) AMQP
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.35%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.05%) Looker
5 4 (1.05%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 32 (8.40%) TeamCity
2 16 (4.20%) JIRA
3 8 (2.10%) Selenium
4 7 (1.84%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.57%) Postman
6 5 (1.31%) SpecFlow
6 5 (1.31%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.79%) Git
7 3 (0.79%) Gradle
7 3 (0.79%) Maven
8 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.52%) JUnit
8 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.26%) Gatling
9 1 (0.26%) GitLab
9 1 (0.26%) JMeter
9 1 (0.26%) TestNG
General
1 213 (55.91%) Finance
2 111 (29.13%) Banking
3 89 (23.36%) Retail
4 82 (21.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 81 (21.26%) Law
6 69 (18.11%) Social Skills
7 55 (14.44%) Financial Institution
8 45 (11.81%) Back Office
9 29 (7.61%) Marketing
10 21 (5.51%) Games
11 20 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (4.20%) Polish Language
13 13 (3.41%) Front Office
13 13 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.36%) Legal
15 6 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.79%) Public Sector
18 2 (0.52%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 76 (19.95%) Software Engineer
2 60 (15.75%) Lead
3 55 (14.44%) Developer
3 55 (14.44%) Senior
4 28 (7.35%) Python Engineer
5 26 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
6 25 (6.56%) Lead Software Engineer
7 20 (5.25%) QA Engineer
8 15 (3.94%) Analyst
8 15 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (3.94%) Marketing Specialist
9 14 (3.67%) Data Engineer
9 14 (3.67%) Java Developer
9 14 (3.67%) Java Engineer
9 14 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (3.67%) Python Software Engineer
9 14 (3.67%) QA Automation Engineer
10 13 (3.41%) Software Developer
10 13 (3.41%) Team Leader
11 12 (3.15%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.66%) .NET
2 29 (7.61%) REST
3 25 (6.56%) React
4 16 (4.20%) Spring
5 15 (3.94%) Spring Boot
6 12 (3.15%) Node.js
7 11 (2.89%) Kafka
8 10 (2.62%) JSON
9 9 (2.36%) XML
10 8 (2.10%) Redux
11 7 (1.84%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (1.84%) Sass
12 6 (1.57%) Playwright
12 6 (1.57%) RESTful
13 5 (1.31%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.31%) SOAP
14 4 (1.05%) .NET Framework
14 4 (1.05%) AngularJS
14 4 (1.05%) PySpark
14 4 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.22%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.35%) Blog
2 28 (7.35%) Onboarding
2 28 (7.35%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.89%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.36%) Derivative
6 9 (2.36%) Equities
6 9 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.10%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.84%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.31%) PMI
9 5 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (1.05%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.05%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.67%) Linux
2 12 (3.15%) Android
2 12 (3.15%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (26.77%) Software Engineering
2 75 (19.69%) Test Automation
3 66 (17.32%) Agile
4 55 (14.44%) CI/CD
5 53 (13.91%) Disruptive Innovation
6 41 (10.76%) Microservices
7 38 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (9.45%) Clean Code
9 35 (9.19%) B2B
10 34 (8.92%) Mentoring
11 33 (8.66%) Decision-Making
12 32 (8.40%) Continuous Deployment
12 32 (8.40%) Deployment Automation
12 32 (8.40%) Roadmaps
13 31 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (6.82%) AI
14 26 (6.82%) DevOps
14 26 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 25 (6.56%) Analytics
15 25 (6.56%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 87 (22.83%) Java
2 66 (17.32%) Python
3 52 (13.65%) SQL
4 32 (8.40%) C#
5 28 (7.35%) TypeScript
6 24 (6.30%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.41%) C++
7 13 (3.41%) Go
8 11 (2.89%) PHP
9 3 (0.79%) Bicep
10 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.26%) Bash
11 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (9.19%) Degree
2 14 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.84%) CREST Certified
3 7 (1.84%) OSCP
4 5 (1.31%) ACCA
4 5 (1.31%) CIMA
4 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
5 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.26%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.40%) QA
2 13 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.31%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.79%) SLA
6 2 (0.52%) GDPR
6 2 (0.52%) NIST
6 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (4.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (14.44%) Kubernetes
2 45 (11.81%) Terraform
3 32 (8.40%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (2.62%) Databricks
2 8 (2.10%) Google
3 7 (1.84%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.31%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.05%) Revolut
5 4 (1.05%) Xero
6 3 (0.79%) Cisco
6 3 (0.79%) SolarWinds
6 3 (0.79%) Splunk
7 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.26%) Brio
8 1 (0.26%) Citrix
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.26%) SAP
8 1 (0.26%) VMware
8 1 (0.26%) Workday