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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 101 103
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 -40
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 316 597 674
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.07% 2.96% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 3.32% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 259 498 621
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £86,268 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +7.83% +10.34%
75th Percentile £121,250 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £124,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +13.33%

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 13,960 17,980 20,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.28% 89.12% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,790 10,859 16,513
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,644
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 22 November 2025.

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 57 (18.04%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.90%) IIS
4 3 (0.95%) Apache
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 13 (4.11%) 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%) Quorum
1 1 (0.32%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 129 (40.82%) AWS
2 85 (26.90%) GCP
3 61 (19.30%) SaaS
4 58 (18.35%) dbt
5 42 (13.29%) Azure
6 14 (4.43%) GitHub
7 11 (3.48%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.85%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.58%) PaaS
10 4 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.27%) Figma
10 4 (1.27%) Intacct
10 4 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.27%) Workato
11 3 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (0.95%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) AMQP
1 1 (0.32%) Firewall
1 1 (0.32%) HTTP
1 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (22.47%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (17.72%) Amazon Athena
3 55 (17.41%) Apache Arrow
3 55 (17.41%) Apache Iceberg
3 55 (17.41%) Dremio
4 15 (4.75%) MongoDB
5 13 (4.11%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.48%) Power BI
7 9 (2.85%) Data Hub
7 9 (2.85%) SQL CLR
8 8 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.58%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.95%) Apache Ignite
11 3 (0.95%) Metadata
11 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.63%) Looker
12 2 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Cypress.io
2 8 (2.53%) Selenium
3 6 (1.90%) Git
4 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.95%) JIRA
4 3 (0.95%) Postman
4 3 (0.95%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.63%) Appium
5 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.63%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.32%) Gradle
6 1 (0.32%) Maven
6 1 (0.32%) NUnit
6 1 (0.32%) Storybook
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Xcode
6 1 (0.32%) XCUITest
General
1 232 (73.42%) Finance
2 85 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 67 (21.20%) Front Office
4 57 (18.04%) Banking
5 41 (12.97%) Financial Institution
6 39 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (6.65%) Law
8 20 (6.33%) Back Office
9 19 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (5.70%) Marketing
11 17 (5.38%) Retail
12 10 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (3.16%) Legal
12 10 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Polish Language
14 3 (0.95%) Advertising
14 3 (0.95%) Automotive
14 3 (0.95%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (31.01%) Software Engineer
2 97 (30.70%) Developer
3 63 (19.94%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 57 (18.04%) AWS Engineer
5 56 (17.72%) AWS Software Engineer
6 55 (17.41%) AWS Developer
6 55 (17.41%) Python Engineer
6 55 (17.41%) Python Software Engineer
7 49 (15.51%) Senior
8 47 (14.87%) Python Developer
9 18 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.38%) Lead
11 14 (4.43%) Java Engineer
12 13 (4.11%) Analyst
12 13 (4.11%) Java Developer
13 11 (3.48%) Java Software Engineer
13 11 (3.48%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.85%) .NET Developer
14 9 (2.85%) Architect
15 8 (2.53%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (29.75%) React
2 76 (24.05%) Node.js
3 71 (22.47%) AngularJS
4 69 (21.84%) Vue
5 56 (17.72%) Pandas
6 55 (17.41%) NumPy
6 55 (17.41%) SciPy
7 28 (8.86%) .NET
8 17 (5.38%) .NET Framework
8 17 (5.38%) Spring
8 17 (5.38%) Spring Boot
9 16 (5.06%) .NET Core
9 16 (5.06%) REST
10 15 (4.75%) Kafka
11 13 (4.11%) Entity Framework
12 12 (3.80%) Next.js
13 9 (2.85%) CSS
13 9 (2.85%) Middleware
14 8 (2.53%) ASP.NET
14 8 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 69 (21.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 67 (21.20%) Equities
3 63 (19.94%) Fixed Income
4 18 (5.70%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.80%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.16%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.85%) Blog
9 7 (2.22%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.22%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.90%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.58%) Augmented Reality
11 5 (1.58%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.58%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.58%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.27%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.27%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.70%) Linux
2 16 (5.06%) Windows
3 6 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.58%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) Android
6 2 (0.63%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (40.19%) Agile
1 127 (40.19%) Software Engineering
2 72 (22.78%) Risk Management
3 70 (22.15%) Asset Management
4 65 (20.57%) Investment Management
5 55 (17.41%) Order Management
5 55 (17.41%) Performance Attribution
6 49 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (14.56%) AI
8 39 (12.34%) CI/CD
9 38 (12.03%) Decision-Making
10 37 (11.71%) Analytics
10 37 (11.71%) Microservices
11 34 (10.76%) Roadmaps
12 31 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (8.86%) Collaborative Culture
14 26 (8.23%) Full-Stack Development
14 26 (8.23%) TDD
15 24 (7.59%) Regulatory Compliance
16 23 (7.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 88 (27.85%) TypeScript
2 87 (27.53%) Python
3 84 (26.58%) JavaScript
4 51 (16.14%) SQL
5 44 (13.92%) Java
6 29 (9.18%) C#
7 9 (2.85%) Kotlin
8 8 (2.53%) Go
9 7 (2.22%) PHP
10 6 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.58%) C++
12 4 (1.27%) Swift
12 4 (1.27%) VBA
13 2 (0.63%) Bash
13 2 (0.63%) C
13 2 (0.63%) Ruby
13 2 (0.63%) Rust
14 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.32%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 35 (11.08%) Degree
2 11 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.90%) ACCA
3 6 (1.90%) CIMA
3 6 (1.90%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.27%) CISA
4 4 (1.27%) CREST Certified
4 4 (1.27%) OSCE
4 4 (1.27%) OSCP
5 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.32%) MCSA
6 1 (0.32%) MCSE
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.80%) QA
2 7 (2.22%) GDPR
3 6 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.27%) EU AI Act
5 4 (1.27%) SLA
6 3 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.63%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 20 (6.33%) Docker
2 9 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.48%) Terraform
3 4 (1.27%) Grafana
4 3 (0.95%) Ansible
4 3 (0.95%) Control-M
4 3 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.32%) Kibana
5 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (6.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.16%) Google
2 10 (3.16%) VMware
3 4 (1.27%) Concur
3 4 (1.27%) Sage
3 4 (1.27%) Solace
4 3 (0.95%) Bloomberg
4 3 (0.95%) Calypso
5 2 (0.63%) Adobe
5 2 (0.63%) Ahrefs
5 2 (0.63%) CyberSource
5 2 (0.63%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.63%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.63%) Revolut
5 2 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
5 2 (0.63%) Solarflare
6 1 (0.32%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.32%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (0.32%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.32%) Splunk