Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Fintech skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fintech over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 110 71
Rank change year-on-year -44 -39 -14
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 1,954 2,791 8,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.78% 3.02% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 3.16% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 2,467 4,763
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,813 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £83,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +15.28% +2.86%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £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 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90,810 88,242 165,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.65% 95.42% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,635 53,650 83,244
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,818 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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% +8.81%

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 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
Top 17 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 12 June 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 -53 1,703 £77,500 -8.82% 659
London -14 1,102 £85,000 -5.56% 483
Work from Home -52 872 £77,500 -8.82% 370
UK excluding London -23 757 £60,000 -7.69% 205
North of England +54 196 £56,250 -2.17% 59
South West -5 137 £65,000 - 18
North West +22 134 £60,000 +7.14% 51
South East -111 131 £67,500 -10.00% 66
Scotland -51 101 £67,500 +10.20% 20
Midlands -58 81 £58,750 +2.17% 22
Wales +37 52 £47,500 -37.70% 9
East Midlands -3 42 £65,000 +23.81% 14
East of England -19 42 £62,500 +17.92% 13
Yorkshire +65 41 £50,000 -16.67% 6
West Midlands -62 39 £46,250 -22.92% 8
North East -15 21 £42,500 +3.03% 2
Northern Ireland +17 17 £90,000 +16.13% 2

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 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
2 56 (2.87%) Confluence
3 51 (2.61%) Apache
4 19 (0.97%) SAS
5 18 (0.92%) CMS
6 15 (0.77%) nginx
7 10 (0.51%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.46%) Drupal
9 8 (0.41%) WordPress
10 7 (0.36%) Apache Spark
11 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
13 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
14 3 (0.15%) Ethereum
14 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
15 2 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
15 2 (0.10%) Hyperledger
15 2 (0.10%) Umbraco
16 1 (0.051%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.77%) SPSS
4 14 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.31%) UserZoom
6 4 (0.20%) Sketch
7 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.15%) InVision
7 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.15%) S-PLUS
8 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.72%) Aladdin
2 10 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (0.41%) Ripple
4 7 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
4 7 (0.36%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.20%) Relativity
6 2 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.10%) R3 Corda
6 2 (0.10%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.051%) Ringtail
7 1 (0.051%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 729 (37.31%) AWS
2 401 (20.52%) Azure
3 245 (12.54%) GCP
4 142 (7.27%) SaaS
5 86 (4.40%) Serverless
6 57 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (2.81%) Figma
8 44 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (2.20%) dbt
10 40 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
11 32 (1.64%) SurveyMonkey
12 29 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 24 (1.23%) GitHub
14 22 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
15 21 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
15 21 (1.07%) npm
16 20 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
16 20 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (0.82%) Entra ID
17 16 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.25%) Firewall
2 21 (1.07%) DNS
2 21 (1.07%) TCP/IP
3 20 (1.02%) LAN
3 20 (1.02%) WAN
4 15 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (0.67%) Network Security
6 10 (0.51%) Internet
7 8 (0.41%) PBX
8 7 (0.36%) BGP
8 7 (0.36%) OSPF
8 7 (0.36%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.31%) AMQP
9 6 (0.31%) Multicast
9 6 (0.31%) OpenVPN
9 6 (0.31%) VPN
10 4 (0.20%) Intranet
10 4 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.20%) VoIP
11 3 (0.15%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
2 101 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 52 (2.66%) MongoDB
4 47 (2.41%) Big Data
5 46 (2.35%) Relational Database
6 45 (2.30%) MySQL
7 44 (2.25%) Apache Ignite
8 40 (2.05%) NoSQL
9 34 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
9 34 (1.74%) Dremio
10 28 (1.43%) Redis
11 27 (1.38%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.13%) Apache Arrow
14 18 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (0.87%) Data Lake
16 15 (0.77%) EDRMS
17 13 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
18 12 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 116 (5.94%) Git
2 91 (4.66%) Jenkins
3 88 (4.50%) JIRA
4 43 (2.20%) Selenium
5 38 (1.94%) GitLab
6 37 (1.89%) Postman
7 32 (1.64%) Cucumber
8 30 (1.54%) TeamCity
9 16 (0.82%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.72%) Maven
10 14 (0.72%) Storybook
11 11 (0.56%) Appium
11 11 (0.56%) JMeter
12 10 (0.51%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.51%) Visual Studio
13 8 (0.41%) CircleCI
13 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.36%) git-flow
14 7 (0.36%) Mocha
15 6 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 930 (47.59%) Finance
2 372 (19.04%) Social Skills
3 284 (14.53%) Banking
4 195 (9.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (9.11%) Law
6 143 (7.32%) Front Office
7 118 (6.04%) Marketing
8 116 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
9 96 (4.91%) Retail
10 70 (3.58%) Financial Institution
10 70 (3.58%) Legal
11 42 (2.15%) Investment Banking
12 35 (1.79%) Games
13 32 (1.64%) Social Science
14 21 (1.07%) Turkish Language
15 19 (0.97%) Publishing
16 13 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.61%) Retail Finance
18 10 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 663 (33.93%) Developer
2 362 (18.53%) Senior
3 277 (14.18%) Software Engineer
4 265 (13.56%) Lead
5 165 (8.44%) Senior Developer
6 142 (7.27%) Java Developer
7 138 (7.06%) .NET Developer
8 131 (6.70%) Analyst
9 96 (4.91%) Software Developer
10 94 (4.81%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 86 (4.40%) Full Stack Developer
12 68 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
13 67 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
14 65 (3.33%) C# Developer
15 63 (3.22%) Architect
16 61 (3.12%) Lead Developer
17 60 (3.07%) Data Engineer
18 57 (2.92%) .NET Software Developer
19 53 (2.71%) Python Developer
20 51 (2.61%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (15.76%) React
2 287 (14.69%) .NET
3 201 (10.29%) AngularJS
4 141 (7.22%) Vue
5 138 (7.06%) Node.js
6 114 (5.83%) Redux
7 111 (5.68%) CSS
8 107 (5.48%) REST
9 106 (5.42%) Spring
10 103 (5.27%) HTML
11 99 (5.07%) Spring Boot
12 88 (4.50%) .NET Core
13 86 (4.40%) ASP.NET
14 85 (4.35%) Kafka
15 79 (4.04%) .NET Framework
16 57 (2.92%) ASP.NET Web API
16 57 (2.92%) gRPC
17 53 (2.71%) RESTful
18 47 (2.41%) Laravel
19 44 (2.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.14%) Product Ownership
2 116 (5.94%) Fixed Income
3 110 (5.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 90 (4.61%) Greenfield Project
5 76 (3.89%) Hedge funds
6 74 (3.79%) Equities
7 70 (3.58%) Derivative
8 58 (2.97%) Cloud Native
8 58 (2.97%) Onboarding
9 45 (2.30%) Blog
10 41 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (2.05%) Management Information System
12 39 (2.00%) Blockchain
13 33 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.43%) Public Cloud
15 27 (1.38%) Market Risk
16 26 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
17 25 (1.28%) Data Centre
17 25 (1.28%) Mobile App
18 23 (1.18%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 103 (5.27%) Linux
2 74 (3.79%) Windows
3 38 (1.94%) Android
4 32 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 26 (1.33%) Unix
6 17 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 9 (0.46%) CentOS
9 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.15%) Debian
10 3 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (30.09%) Agile
2 411 (21.03%) Software Engineering
3 291 (14.89%) DevOps
4 284 (14.53%) CI/CD
5 258 (13.20%) Full Stack Development
6 239 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
7 228 (11.67%) Microservices
8 200 (10.24%) Asset Management
9 178 (9.11%) TDD
10 172 (8.80%) Roadmaps
11 164 (8.39%) Computer Science
12 156 (7.98%) Analytics
13 155 (7.93%) User Experience
14 148 (7.57%) Test Automation
15 140 (7.16%) Mentoring
16 139 (7.11%) SDLC
17 126 (6.45%) Investment Management
18 124 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence
19 104 (5.32%) Scrum
20 101 (5.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 485 (24.82%) Java
2 369 (18.88%) JavaScript
3 359 (18.37%) Python
4 320 (16.38%) C#
5 301 (15.40%) SQL
6 268 (13.72%) TypeScript
7 167 (8.55%) Kotlin
8 68 (3.48%) PHP
9 50 (2.56%) PowerShell
10 49 (2.51%) Scala
11 42 (2.15%) R
12 36 (1.84%) Bash
13 34 (1.74%) Go
14 30 (1.54%) C++
15 20 (1.02%) Rust
16 18 (0.92%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.82%) T-SQL
18 12 (0.61%) Swift
19 8 (0.41%) Solidity
20 7 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 311 (15.92%) Degree
2 101 (5.17%) Master's Degree
3 93 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 61 (3.12%) PhD
5 28 (1.43%) AWS Certification
6 22 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (0.97%) CISSP
8 17 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (0.67%) CISM
10 12 (0.61%) CISA
10 12 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
12 10 (0.51%) CCNA
13 9 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (0.46%) CCSP
14 8 (0.41%) OSCP
14 8 (0.41%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.36%) MBA
16 6 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (6.70%) QA
2 43 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.48%) Accessibility
4 22 (1.13%) GDPR
5 18 (0.92%) SLA
6 17 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 13 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 11 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.51%) NIST
9 10 (0.51%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.41%) COBIT
10 8 (0.41%) PSD2
11 7 (0.36%) MiFID
12 6 (0.31%) ISO 20022
12 6 (0.31%) UCITS
13 5 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
14 4 (0.20%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.20%) WCAG
15 3 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 216 (11.05%) Docker
2 33 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.15%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.15%) vSphere
8 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.10%) Firmware
9 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 223 (11.41%) Kubernetes
2 221 (11.31%) Terraform
3 62 (3.17%) Ansible
4 29 (1.48%) Grafana
5 15 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.36%) Kibana
6 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.31%) CASB
7 6 (0.31%) logstash
7 6 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.20%) Istio
9 4 (0.20%) Puppet
10 3 (0.15%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.15%) SCCM
11 2 (0.10%) Core Impact
11 2 (0.10%) Nmap
12 1 (0.051%) Argo
12 1 (0.051%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.051%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 168 (8.60%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.02%) Google
3 41 (2.10%) Oracle
4 38 (1.94%) Qualtrics
5 27 (1.38%) Atlassian
6 23 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.02%) VMware
8 16 (0.82%) Bloomberg
9 15 (0.77%) Cisco
10 14 (0.72%) BISAM
11 13 (0.67%) Meraki
11 13 (0.67%) Palo Alto
11 13 (0.67%) Splunk
12 11 (0.56%) Apple
13 8 (0.41%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.41%) Murex
14 6 (0.31%) Adobe
14 6 (0.31%) Amplitude
14 6 (0.31%) F5
14 6 (0.31%) ForgeRock