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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 146 131
Rank change year-on-year +33 -15 -44
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 570 355 549
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 2.14% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.28% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 326 298 435
10th Percentile £46,875 £48,750 £53,000
25th Percentile £69,063 £61,563 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £94,625 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% +11.32% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% -2.94% -

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 20,041 15,592 19,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.56% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,414 11,252
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 11 October 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 9 (1.58%) Confluence
2 7 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.35%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.35%) Hedera
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) BambooHR
2 2 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 183 (32.11%) AWS
2 156 (27.37%) SaaS
3 105 (18.42%) GCP
4 98 (17.19%) Azure
5 58 (10.18%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (4.91%) GitHub
7 23 (4.04%) Snowflake
8 20 (3.51%) GitHub Copilot
8 20 (3.51%) Power Platform
9 17 (2.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (2.81%) Azure Databricks
10 16 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 16 (2.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 16 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (2.46%) Figma
11 14 (2.46%) Google Compute Engine
12 13 (2.28%) BigCommerce
12 13 (2.28%) Google Workspace
13 11 (1.93%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.63%) BGP
1 15 (2.63%) TCP/IP
1 15 (2.63%) VPN
2 10 (1.75%) Network Security
3 9 (1.58%) Firewall
3 9 (1.58%) VLAN
4 3 (0.53%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.35%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) DHCP
6 1 (0.18%) DNS
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) OSPF
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (9.82%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (2.98%) MongoDB
3 17 (2.98%) Power BI
4 16 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.81%) Data Vault
4 16 (2.81%) Delta Lake
4 16 (2.81%) Metadata
4 16 (2.81%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.05%) Tableau
8 5 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.70%) Big Data
9 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.70%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.70%) Looker
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.53%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 65 (11.40%) TeamCity
2 13 (2.28%) JIRA
2 13 (2.28%) JUnit
3 11 (1.93%) Git
4 7 (1.23%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.88%) GitLab
6 4 (0.70%) Storybook
7 3 (0.53%) Appium
8 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.35%) Hardhat
9 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.18%) CMake
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 314 (55.09%) Finance
2 176 (30.88%) Banking
3 162 (28.42%) Social Skills
4 161 (28.25%) Law
5 148 (25.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 148 (25.96%) Retail
6 97 (17.02%) Financial Institution
7 83 (14.56%) Back Office
8 74 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
9 59 (10.35%) Marketing
10 29 (5.09%) Legal
11 11 (1.93%) Games
12 10 (1.75%) French Language
12 10 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.40%) Polish Language
14 5 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.53%) Billing
16 3 (0.53%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 118 (20.70%) Senior
2 97 (17.02%) Software Engineer
3 90 (15.79%) Developer
4 89 (15.61%) Lead
5 44 (7.72%) Lead Software Engineer
6 42 (7.37%) Architect
7 32 (5.61%) Team Leader
8 30 (5.26%) Analyst
9 27 (4.74%) .NET Developer
10 25 (4.39%) Senior Software Engineer
11 24 (4.21%) Python Engineer
11 24 (4.21%) Software Team Leader
12 22 (3.86%) .NET Software Engineer
12 22 (3.86%) C# Software Engineer
13 20 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (3.33%) Data Architect
14 19 (3.33%) Security Engineer
14 19 (3.33%) Senior Developer
15 17 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
15 17 (2.98%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (18.77%) Terraform
2 62 (10.88%) .NET
3 33 (5.79%) RESTful
4 28 (4.91%) React
5 26 (4.56%) Node.js
6 21 (3.68%) OpenAPI
6 21 (3.68%) Swagger
7 19 (3.33%) AngularJS
8 17 (2.98%) PySpark
9 16 (2.81%) .NET Core
10 15 (2.63%) REST
11 14 (2.46%) .NET Framework
11 14 (2.46%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.46%) ASP.NET Core
11 14 (2.46%) OpenTelemetry
11 14 (2.46%) Vue
12 13 (2.28%) Dagger
12 13 (2.28%) RxJava
13 12 (2.11%) XML
14 10 (1.75%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 119 (20.88%) Cloud Native
2 95 (16.67%) Blog
3 55 (9.65%) Product Ownership
4 38 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (4.74%) Mobile App
6 20 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.81%) Credit Risk
9 14 (2.46%) AI Agents
9 14 (2.46%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.40%) Replication
12 7 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.05%) Social Media
14 5 (0.88%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.96%) Apple iOS
2 27 (4.74%) Android
3 19 (3.33%) Linux
4 15 (2.63%) Windows
5 12 (2.11%) macOS
6 1 (0.18%) CentOS
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (28.42%) Software Engineering
2 141 (24.74%) AI
3 127 (22.28%) CI/CD
4 126 (22.11%) Disruptive Innovation
5 91 (15.96%) Machine Learning
6 73 (12.81%) Clean Code
6 73 (12.81%) Roadmaps
7 71 (12.46%) Analytics
7 71 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (11.93%) Microservices
8 68 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 65 (11.40%) Agile
10 64 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
11 60 (10.53%) Test Automation
12 57 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
13 54 (9.47%) Mentoring
14 48 (8.42%) DevOps
15 47 (8.25%) Decision-Making
16 41 (7.19%) Product Roadmap
17 40 (7.02%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 139 (24.39%) Python
2 111 (19.47%) SQL
3 100 (17.54%) Java
4 82 (14.39%) C#
5 48 (8.42%) TypeScript
6 38 (6.67%) Go
7 20 (3.51%) Bash
8 19 (3.33%) JavaScript
9 17 (2.98%) Bicep
10 16 (2.81%) Scala
11 14 (2.46%) PHP
12 13 (2.28%) C++
13 10 (1.75%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.23%) Rust
15 5 (0.88%) Swift
16 4 (0.70%) Clojure
16 4 (0.70%) Haskell
16 4 (0.70%) Lisp
16 4 (0.70%) OCaml
17 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (6.14%) Degree
2 16 (2.81%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (2.81%) SnowPro
3 12 (2.11%) CISM
3 12 (2.11%) CISSP
4 10 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.05%) CCSP
6 6 (1.05%) GCFA
6 6 (1.05%) GIAC
7 5 (0.88%) CISA
7 5 (0.88%) CRISC
8 4 (0.70%) CREST Certified
8 4 (0.70%) OSCP
9 2 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.49%) QA
2 30 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.68%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.51%) PCI DSS
6 19 (3.33%) SOC 2
7 11 (1.93%) NIST
8 7 (1.23%) GDPR
9 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 41 (7.19%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.18%) LXC
Systems Management
1 117 (20.53%) Kubernetes
2 71 (12.46%) Grafana
3 18 (3.16%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.05%) Cilium
6 3 (0.53%) Ansible
6 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.53%) SCCM
6 3 (0.53%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 56 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.79%) Google
3 24 (4.21%) Databricks
4 10 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 5 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 4 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (0.70%) Foundry
6 4 (0.70%) Okta
6 4 (0.70%) Splunk
7 3 (0.53%) Citrix
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle
7 3 (0.53%) RedGate
7 3 (0.53%) VMware
7 3 (0.53%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.35%) Apple
8 2 (0.35%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.35%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.35%) Sitebulb
9 1 (0.18%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.18%) HubSpot