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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 114 72
Rank change year-on-year -39 -42 -15
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 1,925 2,847 8,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.82% 3.03% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 3.18% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 2,519 4,762
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,125 £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 £116,250 £118,750 £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 88,299 89,649 163,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.45% 95.47% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,362 54,142 83,553
10th Percentile £29,290 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
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% +9.10%

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 4 June 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 4 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 -45 1,679 £77,500 -8.82% 689
London -10 1,096 £85,000 -5.56% 511
Work from Home -48 868 £75,000 -11.76% 374
UK excluding London -33 738 £60,000 -7.69% 207
North of England +62 192 £55,000 -1.79% 56
South West -7 134 £65,000 - 16
North West +32 130 £60,000 +9.09% 44
South East -109 121 £67,500 -10.00% 66
Scotland -51 99 £67,500 +3.85% 23
Midlands -37 79 £60,000 +4.35% 20
Wales +34 52 £47,500 -37.70% 11
East of England -19 43 £62,500 +17.92% 14
Yorkshire +65 41 £50,000 -16.67% 9
West Midlands -53 41 £46,250 -21.28% 6
East Midlands -4 38 £65,000 +23.81% 14
North East -9 21 £42,500 -22.73% 3
Northern Ireland +21 17 £90,000 +16.13% 5
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 57 (2.96%) Confluence
2 54 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (2.55%) Apache
4 19 (0.99%) SAS
5 18 (0.94%) CMS
6 15 (0.78%) nginx
7 10 (0.52%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.47%) Drupal
9 8 (0.42%) WordPress
10 7 (0.36%) Apache Spark
11 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
13 4 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
14 3 (0.16%) Ethereum
14 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
15 2 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
15 2 (0.10%) Hyperledger
15 2 (0.10%) Umbraco
16 1 (0.052%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.78%) SPSS
4 14 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.31%) 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 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.052%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.73%) Aladdin
2 11 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (0.36%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.31%) Ripple
5 4 (0.21%) 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 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.052%) Ringtail
7 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 720 (37.40%) AWS
2 389 (20.21%) Azure
3 240 (12.47%) GCP
4 140 (7.27%) SaaS
5 87 (4.52%) Serverless
6 57 (2.96%) Figma
7 56 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
10 40 (2.08%) dbt
11 32 (1.66%) SurveyMonkey
12 30 (1.56%) Amazon S3
13 25 (1.30%) GitHub
14 21 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
14 21 (1.09%) npm
15 20 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (0.83%) Entra ID
16 16 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.29%) Firewall
2 21 (1.09%) DNS
2 21 (1.09%) TCP/IP
3 20 (1.04%) LAN
4 19 (0.99%) WAN
5 15 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (0.68%) Network Security
7 10 (0.52%) Internet
8 9 (0.47%) PBX
9 7 (0.36%) BGP
9 7 (0.36%) OSPF
9 7 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.31%) AMQP
10 6 (0.31%) Multicast
10 6 (0.31%) OpenVPN
10 6 (0.31%) VPN
11 4 (0.21%) Intranet
11 4 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.21%) VoIP
12 3 (0.16%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
2 99 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 54 (2.81%) MongoDB
4 49 (2.55%) MySQL
5 47 (2.44%) Big Data
6 46 (2.39%) Relational Database
7 42 (2.18%) Apache Ignite
8 39 (2.03%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
9 31 (1.61%) Dremio
10 28 (1.45%) Redis
11 27 (1.40%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.14%) Apache Arrow
14 18 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (0.78%) EDRMS
16 14 (0.73%) Data Lake
17 13 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
18 12 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 117 (6.08%) Git
2 90 (4.68%) Jenkins
2 90 (4.68%) JIRA
3 46 (2.39%) Selenium
4 40 (2.08%) Postman
5 35 (1.82%) Cucumber
5 35 (1.82%) GitLab
6 30 (1.56%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.83%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.78%) Maven
9 14 (0.73%) Storybook
10 12 (0.62%) JMeter
11 11 (0.57%) Appium
11 11 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.57%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.36%) git-flow
13 7 (0.36%) Mocha
13 7 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 921 (47.84%) Finance
2 375 (19.48%) Social Skills
3 279 (14.49%) Banking
4 197 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (9.14%) Law
6 140 (7.27%) Front Office
7 120 (6.23%) Marketing
8 119 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
9 96 (4.99%) Retail
10 68 (3.53%) Financial Institution
11 67 (3.48%) Legal
12 43 (2.23%) Investment Banking
13 34 (1.77%) Games
14 32 (1.66%) Social Science
15 21 (1.09%) Turkish Language
16 19 (0.99%) Publishing
17 13 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.62%) Retail Finance
19 10 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 656 (34.08%) Developer
2 357 (18.55%) Senior
3 267 (13.87%) Lead
3 267 (13.87%) Software Engineer
4 166 (8.62%) Senior Developer
5 139 (7.22%) Java Developer
6 136 (7.06%) .NET Developer
7 131 (6.81%) Analyst
8 95 (4.94%) Software Developer
9 93 (4.83%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 87 (4.52%) Full Stack Developer
11 67 (3.48%) C# Developer
12 65 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
13 63 (3.27%) Lead Developer
14 61 (3.17%) Architect
14 61 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
15 58 (3.01%) .NET Software Developer
15 58 (3.01%) Data Engineer
16 53 (2.75%) Python Developer
17 50 (2.60%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (15.74%) React
2 287 (14.91%) .NET
3 199 (10.34%) AngularJS
4 139 (7.22%) Vue
5 138 (7.17%) Node.js
6 114 (5.92%) CSS
7 113 (5.87%) Redux
8 107 (5.56%) HTML
8 107 (5.56%) REST
9 103 (5.35%) Spring
10 99 (5.14%) Spring Boot
11 86 (4.47%) .NET Core
12 84 (4.36%) ASP.NET
12 84 (4.36%) Kafka
13 77 (4.00%) .NET Framework
14 55 (2.86%) gRPC
15 54 (2.81%) ASP.NET Web API
16 51 (2.65%) RESTful
17 47 (2.44%) Laravel
18 45 (2.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 119 (6.18%) Product Ownership
2 115 (5.97%) Fixed Income
3 111 (5.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 94 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
5 77 (4.00%) Hedge funds
6 74 (3.84%) Equities
7 71 (3.69%) Derivative
8 58 (3.01%) Cloud Native
8 58 (3.01%) Onboarding
9 45 (2.34%) Blog
10 41 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 37 (1.92%) Blockchain
13 33 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
15 27 (1.40%) Market Risk
15 27 (1.40%) Public Cloud
16 25 (1.30%) Data Centre
16 25 (1.30%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.30%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 101 (5.25%) Linux
2 75 (3.90%) Windows
3 40 (2.08%) Android
4 34 (1.77%) Apple iOS
5 26 (1.35%) Unix
6 18 (0.94%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.57%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.42%) CentOS
9 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.10%) Debian
12 1 (0.052%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (30.03%) Agile
2 402 (20.88%) Software Engineering
3 292 (15.17%) DevOps
4 281 (14.60%) CI/CD
5 251 (13.04%) Full Stack Development
6 237 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
7 226 (11.74%) Microservices
8 195 (10.13%) Asset Management
9 179 (9.30%) TDD
10 168 (8.73%) Roadmaps
11 164 (8.52%) Computer Science
12 156 (8.10%) User Experience
13 151 (7.84%) Analytics
14 149 (7.74%) Test Automation
15 140 (7.27%) Mentoring
16 138 (7.17%) SDLC
17 125 (6.49%) Artificial Intelligence
18 120 (6.23%) Investment Management
19 104 (5.40%) Scrum
20 99 (5.14%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 474 (24.62%) Java
2 365 (18.96%) JavaScript
3 345 (17.92%) Python
4 319 (16.57%) C#
5 307 (15.95%) SQL
6 262 (13.61%) TypeScript
7 167 (8.68%) Kotlin
8 68 (3.53%) PHP
9 51 (2.65%) PowerShell
10 49 (2.55%) Scala
11 42 (2.18%) R
12 34 (1.77%) Bash
12 34 (1.77%) Go
13 30 (1.56%) C++
14 18 (0.94%) PL/SQL
14 18 (0.94%) Rust
15 17 (0.88%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.68%) Swift
17 7 (0.36%) Ruby
17 7 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 314 (16.31%) Degree
2 102 (5.30%) Master's Degree
3 93 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 61 (3.17%) PhD
5 27 (1.40%) AWS Certification
6 23 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (0.99%) CISSP
8 16 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (0.62%) CISM
10 11 (0.57%) CCNA
10 11 (0.57%) CISA
10 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
11 9 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (0.47%) CCSP
12 8 (0.42%) OSCP
12 8 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.31%) CREST Certified
13 6 (0.31%) CRISC
13 6 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (6.86%) QA
2 40 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 18 (0.94%) GDPR
4 18 (0.94%) SLA
5 13 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 11 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.52%) NIST
8 8 (0.42%) COBIT
8 8 (0.42%) PSD2
8 8 (0.42%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.36%) MiFID
10 6 (0.31%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.31%) UCITS
11 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.21%) WCAG
12 3 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 215 (11.17%) Docker
2 34 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.16%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.16%) vSphere
8 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.10%) Firmware
9 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 222 (11.53%) Kubernetes
2 220 (11.43%) Terraform
3 61 (3.17%) Ansible
4 30 (1.56%) Grafana
5 15 (0.78%) 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 (0.21%) Istio
9 4 (0.21%) Puppet
10 3 (0.16%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.16%) SCCM
11 2 (0.10%) Core Impact
11 2 (0.10%) Nmap
12 1 (0.052%) Argo
12 1 (0.052%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.052%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 168 (8.73%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.12%) Google
3 40 (2.08%) Oracle
4 38 (1.97%) Qualtrics
5 28 (1.45%) Atlassian
6 21 (1.09%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.09%) VMware
7 16 (0.83%) Bloomberg
8 15 (0.78%) Cisco
9 14 (0.73%) BISAM
9 14 (0.73%) Palo Alto
10 13 (0.68%) Meraki
10 13 (0.68%) Splunk
11 11 (0.57%) Apple
12 8 (0.42%) Adobe
12 8 (0.42%) Fortinet
12 8 (0.42%) Murex
13 6 (0.31%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.31%) F5
13 6 (0.31%) ForgeRock