Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Fintech skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fintech over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 116 73
Rank change year-on-year -40 -43 -17
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 1,861 2,966 8,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.84% 3.01% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 3.15% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,484 2,567 4,685
10th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,813 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +13.79% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £117,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Fintech is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fintech as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fintech.

Salary trend for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -47 1,629 £77,500 -8.82% 653
London -9 1,073 £85,000 -5.56% 467
Work from Home -50 843 £75,000 -9.09% 379
UK excluding London -32 704 £60,000 -7.69% 222
North of England +63 185 £55,000 -4.35% 65
South West +4 132 £65,000 - 23
North West +25 126 £60,000 +4.35% 45
South East -111 107 £67,500 -10.00% 69
Scotland -54 95 £67,788 +4.29% 20
Midlands -39 75 £57,250 -0.43% 19
Wales +28 48 £47,500 -44.12% 11
West Midlands -37 44 £45,000 -21.74% 6
East of England -3 43 £62,500 +13.64% 11
Yorkshire +77 38 £50,000 -16.67% 17
East Midlands +7 31 £65,000 +23.81% 13
North East -4 21 £42,500 -24.44% 3
Northern Ireland +25 18 £80,000 +3.23% 7
Channel Islands - 1 £120,000 -

Fintech
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 59 (3.17%) Confluence
2 40 (2.15%) Apache
2 40 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (1.02%) SAS
4 17 (0.91%) CMS
5 15 (0.81%) nginx
6 10 (0.54%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.48%) Drupal
8 8 (0.43%) WordPress
9 6 (0.32%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.16%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.11%) Hyperledger
12 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.054%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.81%) SPSS
4 14 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.32%) UserZoom
6 4 (0.21%) Sketch
7 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.16%) InVision
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.16%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.054%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.75%) Aladdin
2 13 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (0.38%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.21%) Relativity
5 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.11%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.054%) Ringtail
6 1 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 691 (37.13%) AWS
2 378 (20.31%) Azure
3 225 (12.09%) GCP
4 141 (7.58%) SaaS
5 86 (4.62%) Serverless
6 57 (3.06%) Figma
7 56 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (1.72%) SurveyMonkey
11 30 (1.61%) dbt
12 29 (1.56%) Amazon S3
13 25 (1.34%) GitHub
14 21 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
14 21 (1.13%) npm
15 20 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (0.86%) Entra ID
18 15 (0.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.42%) Firewall
2 21 (1.13%) DNS
2 21 (1.13%) TCP/IP
3 19 (1.02%) LAN
4 17 (0.91%) WAN
5 15 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (0.70%) PBX
7 12 (0.64%) Network Security
8 10 (0.54%) Internet
9 7 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.32%) AMQP
10 6 (0.32%) BGP
10 6 (0.32%) Multicast
10 6 (0.32%) OpenVPN
10 6 (0.32%) OSPF
11 5 (0.27%) VPN
12 4 (0.21%) Intranet
12 4 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.21%) VoIP
13 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
2 98 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 56 (3.01%) MySQL
4 55 (2.96%) MongoDB
5 46 (2.47%) Big Data
6 45 (2.42%) Relational Database
7 42 (2.26%) NoSQL
8 34 (1.83%) Apache Ignite
9 28 (1.50%) Redis
10 26 (1.40%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
12 21 (1.13%) Dremio
13 18 (0.97%) Apache Arrow
14 17 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (0.81%) EDRMS
16 13 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.70%) Power BI
17 12 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 120 (6.45%) Git
2 96 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 92 (4.94%) JIRA
4 51 (2.74%) Selenium
5 42 (2.26%) Postman
6 40 (2.15%) Cucumber
7 33 (1.77%) GitLab
8 31 (1.67%) TeamCity
9 18 (0.97%) Maven
10 14 (0.75%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.75%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.70%) Storybook
12 12 (0.64%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.59%) Appium
14 10 (0.54%) JMeter
15 8 (0.43%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.38%) git-flow
16 7 (0.38%) SonarQube
17 6 (0.32%) Crashlytics
General
1 898 (48.25%) Finance
2 381 (20.47%) Social Skills
3 269 (14.45%) Banking
4 193 (10.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (8.92%) Law
6 134 (7.20%) Front Office
7 128 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
8 120 (6.45%) Marketing
9 95 (5.10%) Retail
10 63 (3.39%) Financial Institution
11 59 (3.17%) Legal
12 44 (2.36%) Investment Banking
13 35 (1.88%) Games
14 32 (1.72%) Social Science
15 21 (1.13%) Turkish Language
16 19 (1.02%) Publishing
17 12 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (0.54%) Advertising
18 10 (0.54%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 637 (34.23%) Developer
2 353 (18.97%) Senior
3 255 (13.70%) Lead
4 246 (13.22%) Software Engineer
5 169 (9.08%) Senior Developer
6 135 (7.25%) Java Developer
7 134 (7.20%) Analyst
8 132 (7.09%) .NET Developer
9 96 (5.16%) Full Stack Developer
10 93 (5.00%) Software Developer
11 90 (4.84%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 69 (3.71%) C# Developer
13 63 (3.39%) Lead Developer
14 60 (3.22%) .NET Software Developer
15 59 (3.17%) Architect
16 58 (3.12%) DevOps Engineer
17 56 (3.01%) React Developer
18 55 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
19 53 (2.85%) Data Engineer
20 51 (2.74%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (16.17%) React
2 282 (15.15%) .NET
3 200 (10.75%) AngularJS
4 136 (7.31%) Vue
5 133 (7.15%) Node.js
6 119 (6.39%) CSS
7 112 (6.02%) REST
8 111 (5.96%) HTML
9 110 (5.91%) Redux
10 102 (5.48%) Spring
11 101 (5.43%) Spring Boot
12 87 (4.67%) ASP.NET
13 86 (4.62%) .NET Core
14 84 (4.51%) Kafka
15 76 (4.08%) .NET Framework
16 53 (2.85%) ASP.NET Web API
17 51 (2.74%) RESTful
18 47 (2.53%) JSON
18 47 (2.53%) Laravel
19 46 (2.47%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 119 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 113 (6.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 112 (6.02%) Fixed Income
4 94 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
5 80 (4.30%) Hedge funds
6 75 (4.03%) Equities
7 73 (3.92%) Derivative
8 59 (3.17%) Onboarding
9 53 (2.85%) Cloud Native
10 45 (2.42%) Blog
11 41 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (2.10%) Management Information System
13 34 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
14 33 (1.77%) Blockchain
15 32 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
16 27 (1.45%) Market Risk
17 26 (1.40%) Public Cloud
18 25 (1.34%) Data Centre
19 24 (1.29%) Data Structures
19 24 (1.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 100 (5.37%) Linux
2 79 (4.25%) Windows
3 41 (2.20%) Android
4 35 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.29%) Unix
6 22 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.59%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.32%) CentOS
9 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (30.04%) Agile
2 372 (19.99%) Software Engineering
3 290 (15.58%) DevOps
4 283 (15.21%) CI/CD
5 252 (13.54%) Full Stack Development
6 239 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
7 220 (11.82%) Microservices
8 185 (9.94%) TDD
9 181 (9.73%) Asset Management
10 167 (8.97%) Roadmaps
11 163 (8.76%) Computer Science
12 157 (8.44%) User Experience
13 151 (8.11%) Test Automation
14 150 (8.06%) Analytics
15 139 (7.47%) Mentoring
16 133 (7.15%) SDLC
17 126 (6.77%) Artificial Intelligence
18 112 (6.02%) Investment Management
19 104 (5.59%) Scrum
20 97 (5.21%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 460 (24.72%) Java
2 356 (19.13%) JavaScript
3 333 (17.89%) Python
4 313 (16.82%) C#
5 306 (16.44%) SQL
6 265 (14.24%) TypeScript
7 166 (8.92%) Kotlin
8 68 (3.65%) PHP
9 56 (3.01%) PowerShell
10 47 (2.53%) Scala
11 42 (2.26%) R
12 33 (1.77%) Bash
12 33 (1.77%) Go
13 31 (1.67%) C++
14 18 (0.97%) T-SQL
15 15 (0.81%) Swift
16 14 (0.75%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.64%) Rust
18 8 (0.43%) Ruby
19 7 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 328 (17.62%) Degree
2 104 (5.59%) Master's Degree
3 94 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 61 (3.28%) PhD
5 28 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (1.34%) AWS Certification
7 18 (0.97%) CISSP
8 15 (0.81%) CCNA
9 14 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (0.64%) CISM
11 11 (0.59%) CISA
11 11 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
12 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (0.48%) CCSP
14 8 (0.43%) OSCP
14 8 (0.43%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.32%) CREST Certified
15 6 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.25%) QA
2 40 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 18 (0.97%) GDPR
5 17 (0.91%) SLA
6 14 (0.75%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.54%) NIST
9 8 (0.43%) COBIT
9 8 (0.43%) PSD2
9 8 (0.43%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.32%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.32%) MiFID
11 5 (0.27%) UCITS
12 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.21%) WCAG
13 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 211 (11.34%) Docker
2 38 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.16%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.16%) vSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 220 (11.82%) Kubernetes
2 208 (11.18%) Terraform
3 59 (3.17%) Ansible
4 30 (1.61%) Grafana
5 15 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.38%) Kibana
6 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.32%) logstash
7 6 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.27%) CASB
9 4 (0.21%) Istio
9 4 (0.21%) Puppet
10 3 (0.16%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.16%) SCCM
11 2 (0.11%) Core Impact
11 2 (0.11%) Nmap
12 1 (0.054%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.054%) HP SiteScope
12 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 171 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 61 (3.28%) Google
3 38 (2.04%) Qualtrics
4 35 (1.88%) Oracle
5 32 (1.72%) Atlassian
6 25 (1.34%) VMware
7 18 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.91%) Palo Alto
9 16 (0.86%) Bloomberg
9 16 (0.86%) Cisco
10 14 (0.75%) BISAM
11 13 (0.70%) Meraki
11 13 (0.70%) Splunk
12 11 (0.59%) Apple
13 10 (0.54%) Adobe
14 8 (0.43%) Murex
15 7 (0.38%) Fortinet
16 6 (0.32%) Amplitude
16 6 (0.32%) F5
16 6 (0.32%) ForgeRock