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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 88 112
Rank change year-on-year -35 +24 -40
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 361 485 841
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 3.78% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 3.98% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 251 461 748
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,313 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,750 £59,500
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 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £121,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +9.68% -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 14,184 12,193 28,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.28% 95.04% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,612 8,760 23,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 27 March 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 7 (1.94%) Confluence
2 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.28%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 10 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.55%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.55%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.28%) Quorum
1 1 (0.28%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 112 (31.02%) SaaS
2 107 (29.64%) AWS
3 66 (18.28%) Azure
4 62 (17.17%) GCP
5 32 (8.86%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (3.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 10 (2.77%) Azure Event Grid
8 9 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.94%) Figma
10 6 (1.66%) dbt
10 6 (1.66%) GitHub
11 5 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.11%) BigCommerce
12 4 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.11%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.11%) Serverless
13 3 (0.83%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.83%) Internet
2 2 (0.55%) Firewall
2 2 (0.55%) SSL
3 1 (0.28%) AMQP
3 1 (0.28%) BGP
3 1 (0.28%) DHCP
3 1 (0.28%) DNS
3 1 (0.28%) HTTP
3 1 (0.28%) LAN
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) OSPF
3 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.66%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.39%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.83%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.28%) ClickHouse
7 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.28%) Looker
7 1 (0.28%) MySQL
7 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (8.59%) TeamCity
2 10 (2.77%) JIRA
3 9 (2.49%) Cypress.io
3 9 (2.49%) Selenium
4 7 (1.94%) Postman
5 5 (1.39%) SpecFlow
5 5 (1.39%) WebDriver
6 3 (0.83%) Git
6 3 (0.83%) Gradle
6 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.83%) Maven
7 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.55%) JUnit
7 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.28%) Gatling
8 1 (0.28%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) JMeter
8 1 (0.28%) NUnit
8 1 (0.28%) TestNG
General
1 217 (60.11%) Finance
2 105 (29.09%) Banking
3 87 (24.10%) Retail
4 80 (22.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 78 (21.61%) Law
6 65 (18.01%) Social Skills
7 63 (17.45%) Financial Institution
8 45 (12.47%) Back Office
9 26 (7.20%) Marketing
10 22 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (4.71%) Polish Language
12 13 (3.60%) Games
13 11 (3.05%) Front Office
13 11 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.39%) Legal
16 4 (1.11%) Automotive
17 3 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.83%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.83%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 74 (20.50%) Software Engineer
2 55 (15.24%) Senior
3 52 (14.40%) Lead
4 45 (12.47%) Developer
5 28 (7.76%) Senior Software Engineer
6 27 (7.48%) Python Engineer
7 21 (5.82%) Lead Software Engineer
7 21 (5.82%) QA Engineer
8 19 (5.26%) Analyst
9 16 (4.43%) Python Software Engineer
10 15 (4.16%) Marketing Specialist
10 15 (4.16%) QA Automation Engineer
11 14 (3.88%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.60%) Java Developer
12 13 (3.60%) Java Engineer
13 12 (3.32%) Product Manager
14 11 (3.05%) .NET Developer
14 11 (3.05%) Lead Developer
14 11 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
15 10 (2.77%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.14%) .NET
2 29 (8.03%) REST
3 28 (7.76%) React
4 16 (4.43%) Spring
5 15 (4.16%) Spring Boot
6 13 (3.60%) Kafka
6 13 (3.60%) Node.js
7 9 (2.49%) JSON
8 8 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (2.22%) Redux
8 8 (2.22%) XML
9 7 (1.94%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.94%) Playwright
9 7 (1.94%) Sass
10 6 (1.66%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.66%) RESTful
11 5 (1.39%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.11%) Next.js
12 4 (1.11%) PySpark
12 4 (1.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.07%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 26 (7.20%) Onboarding
4 25 (6.93%) Blog
5 18 (4.99%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (3.05%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.49%) Derivative
8 9 (2.49%) Equities
8 9 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.22%) Fixed Income
10 7 (1.94%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.11%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.11%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.11%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.11%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.83%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.43%) Linux
2 11 (3.05%) Android
2 11 (3.05%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.39%) Windows
4 4 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.53%) Software Engineering
2 74 (20.50%) Test Automation
3 67 (18.56%) Agile
4 65 (18.01%) CI/CD
5 48 (13.30%) Disruptive Innovation
6 43 (11.91%) Microservices
7 39 (10.80%) Decision-Making
8 38 (10.53%) B2B
9 37 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (9.70%) Clean Code
10 35 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (9.14%) Roadmaps
12 31 (8.59%) AI
12 31 (8.59%) Continuous Deployment
12 31 (8.59%) Deployment Automation
12 31 (8.59%) Mentoring
13 25 (6.93%) Full-Stack Development
13 25 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (6.65%) DevOps
14 24 (6.65%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.27%) Java
2 58 (16.07%) Python
3 50 (13.85%) SQL
4 29 (8.03%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.20%) JavaScript
6 22 (6.09%) C#
7 12 (3.32%) C++
8 11 (3.05%) Go
9 6 (1.66%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.11%) PHP
11 2 (0.55%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.28%) Bash
12 1 (0.28%) Bicep
12 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (8.03%) Degree
2 10 (2.77%) CREST Certified
2 10 (2.77%) OSCP
3 9 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.94%) ACCA
4 7 (1.94%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.94%) CIMA
5 4 (1.11%) OSCE
6 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.14%) QA
2 13 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.39%) GDPR
5 5 (1.39%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.11%) EU AI Act
7 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) NIST
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (4.99%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (15.51%) Kubernetes
2 41 (11.36%) Terraform
3 31 (8.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (2.49%) Databricks
2 7 (1.94%) Google
3 5 (1.39%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.39%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.11%) Revolut
5 3 (0.83%) Splunk
5 3 (0.83%) Xero
6 2 (0.55%) CyberSource
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.55%) VMware
7 1 (0.28%) Brio
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco
7 1 (0.28%) Citrix
7 1 (0.28%) SAP
7 1 (0.28%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.28%) Workday