Manchester has 5 active fintech vacancies on Finjobsly as of 20 October 2026, all at one employer, Zopa. That is a small number next to London, where Finjobsly tracked 359 active roles at 21 employers on the same date, and it says as much about how fintechs post jobs as it does about Manchester itself. This guide sets out exactly which roles are open, how Manchester compares with other UK cities in Finjobsly's data, what UK fintech roles advertise for pay, and how to search for Manchester work when the city-tagged listings run thin.
Key findings
- Finjobsly data shows 5 active Manchester-based fintech roles, from 1 employer (Zopa), on 20 October 2026.
- Zopa has 39 active roles in total on Finjobsly: 34 in London and 5 in Manchester, so Manchester is about 13% of its board.
- The Manchester roles lean toward risk and operations: fraud operations, financial crime and customer service make up three of the five.
- London has 359 active roles at 21 employers, Leeds 4 at 1, Birmingham 2 at 2, and Edinburgh and Bristol none, in Finjobsly's tracked panel.
- None of the 5 Manchester roles, and none of Zopa's 39 roles, disclose a salary range.
- Across the UK, 89 active roles advertise a GBP range, with a median midpoint of £105,000.
How many fintech jobs are there in Manchester right now?
On 20 October 2026 Finjobsly shows 5 active fintech vacancies with Manchester as the stated location. The count comes from Finjobsly's tracked employer panel of 36 fintech employers, collected from the career pages of those employers, so it describes the roles those employers are advertising rather than every fintech job in Greater Manchester. For wider context, the Finjobsly Hiring Index shows 187 active roles in the United Kingdom as a whole on the same date, which means Manchester-tagged roles are a very small slice of an already modest UK sample.
Which companies are hiring fintech roles in Manchester?
Only Zopa. Every one of the five active Manchester listings is a Zopa role. Zopa lists 39 active vacancies in total on Finjobsly, 34 of them in London and 5 in Manchester. In practice, that makes the Manchester office a secondary hiring site for the company rather than its centre of gravity, and it means one hiring plan, rather than a spread of employers, explains the whole Manchester picture.
What types of fintech roles are open in Manchester?
The five current Manchester roles are Fraud Operations Specialist (Fraud Prevention), Financial Crime Specialist (Transaction Monitoring), Customer Service Team Leader, Platform Engineer and Java/Kotlin Software Engineer. Two are in risk and financial crime, one is customer-facing, and two are engineering. The fraud operations and financial crime roles are tagged hybrid; the other three do not state a work arrangement.
That mix matters for candidates. Fraud prevention and transaction monitoring sit in the compliance and risk family, which is one of the broadest areas of fintech demand: across the whole Finjobsly panel, Compliance is tagged as a skill on 25.9% of active roles, ahead of Python (16.8%) and SQL (14.6%). If you have an operations, financial crime or customer service background, Manchester's current listings are closer to your profile than a pure software search would suggest.
How does Manchester compare with London and other UK cities?
In Finjobsly's live data on 20 October 2026, London has 359 active roles across 21 employers, Leeds has 4 roles at one employer, Birmingham has 2 roles across 2 employers, and Edinburgh and Bristol have none. Manchester's 5 roles at one employer put it second among UK cities by count, but the gap to London is roughly seventy to one. Treat these as counts of what tracked employers advertise by city, not as a ranking of the cities' real fintech sectors, which also include employers outside the panel.
What do UK fintech jobs pay?
No Manchester role in the current data discloses pay, so there is no Manchester-specific figure to quote. UK-wide, 89 active roles on Finjobsly advertise a GBP salary range, and the median of their range midpoints is £105,000 (Finjobsly data, n=89). That is an advertised figure from a small, engineering-heavy panel rather than a paid-salary survey, and it is not a Manchester number, since London roles dominate the UK sample. Use it as a ceiling-style reference point, then check the salary benchmark for cells with enough data before negotiating.
Why does the Manchester count look thin?
Three reasons explain most of it. First, job-board data reflects what companies post through the applicant tracking systems we track, and many fintechs run distributed or remote-first hiring that does not tag a specific secondary city, even when Manchester-based employees sit on those teams. Second, roles are often posted as "UK-remote" or "London or Manchester" rather than Manchester alone, so they may not appear under a Manchester filter. Third, Finjobsly's panel is 36 employers, so employers outside it are not counted. A thin city count therefore does not mean thin opportunity.
How can you widen a Manchester fintech job search?
Start with remote and hybrid listings, because many will accept Manchester-based candidates without naming the city. The remote fintech jobs page lists current remote openings, and Finjobsly's UK data shows remote is the most common stated arrangement among UK-tagged roles. Next, read the London fintech jobs breakdown to see what UK fintechs hire for, since many London postings allow multi-city working. Then check fintech jobs by city for the locations that have dedicated pages, and browse all fintech openings for roles you can do from Manchester. Finally, run your CV through the resume analyzer so your application matches the skills these listings ask for.
Frequently asked questions
Are there fintech jobs in Manchester?
Yes, but few are city-tagged. Finjobsly shows 5 active Manchester fintech roles on 20 October 2026, all at Zopa, plus a larger pool of UK-remote roles that Manchester-based candidates can apply for.
Which fintech companies hire in Manchester?
In Finjobsly's tracked panel of 36 employers, Zopa is the only one with active Manchester-tagged vacancies right now.
What fintech roles are available in Manchester?
Current openings are fraud operations, financial crime (transaction monitoring), customer service team leadership, platform engineering and Java/Kotlin software engineering.
Does Finjobsly show salaries for Manchester fintech jobs?
Not for the current Manchester roles, because none of them disclose a range. UK-wide, 89 active roles advertise GBP pay with a median midpoint of £105,000.
Methodology
All figures come from Finjobsly's live job market data on 20 October 2026, covering active vacancies at 36 tracked employers. City counts match roles whose stated location contains the city name. Salary figures use roles with a GBP range and take the midpoint of the advertised minimum and maximum. The panel is a set of tracked employers, not the whole market, and counts will change as roles open and close. Last updated: 20 October 2026.