Salary surveys rely on self-reported data. Finjobsly's numbers come from the pay ranges employers actually post alongside live vacancies, a smaller sample, but a more honest one.
Start with what the sample is
Only 38.7 percent of the 3,114 active vacancies Finjobsly tracks disclose a salary range at all. Every figure below describes that disclosing minority, and that group is not random: US pay-transparency laws in states like New York, California and Colorado force disclosure that employers elsewhere skip voluntarily. Posted-pay data is therefore closer to a record of where disclosure is mandatory than a picture of what every fintech pays.
The overall averages
Across 985 active US roles with a posted USD range, the average runs from $173,600 at the low end to $227,700 at the high end. Across 76 active UK roles with a posted GBP range, the average runs from £93,300 to £122,400. The gap partly reflects role mix, US postings on Finjobsly skew more senior and more engineering-heavy than UK postings.
Engineering pays a clear premium
Narrow the sample to engineering titles and both numbers climb. US engineering roles average $186,951 to $242,414 across 347 postings. UK engineering roles average £127,912 to £175,659, but across only 17 postings.
That sample gap matters more than the headline difference. 347 US postings support a stable average; 17 UK postings do not. A handful of senior London roles at one well-paying employer would move the UK figure substantially. Read the US engineering number as reliable and the UK engineering number as directional.
A second view on engineering pay
Finjobsly's salary index, which groups roles by experience band rather than raw title, puts US software engineers with 6 to 9 years of experience at a median of $216,000, with a 25th percentile of $206,784 and a 75th of $260,000 (n=59). That is the single best-supported salary cell in our data.
Next steps
See the full UK versus US fintech salary comparison, or check Finjobsly's salary benchmark tool to compare a specific offer against live posted ranges for the same role and location.
All figures: Finjobsly live job market data, 18 September 2026. Based on the 38.7 percent of 3,114 active vacancies that disclose pay, across 33 tracked employers.