Fintech sits inside a large and growing part of the UK economy. The updated Digital and Technology sector definition now contains 107,082 companies, representing 5.2% of all companies in the UK GOV.UK – Digital and Technologies Sector Economic Statistics. That scale tells you something important: there's a deep base of firms competing for the same technical people, and the arrival of pensions dashboards adds fresh, specific demand on top.
Demand isn't spread evenly, though. Certain technical roles are under real strain. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers, a group of 193,000 workers, are among the occupations in critical demand, with three out of five indicators flagged as critical in 2025 Occupations in demand 2025, Explore Education Statistics, GOV.UK. These are exactly the people who translate complex pensions rules into working systems, so when dashboards land, this pressure is where fintech feels it first.
Pensions dashboards connect scattered pension records into a single view for savers, and that depends on three things working together: clean data, secure integration between systems, and tight compliance with a regulated framework. So the roles in demand cluster there. Think data engineers who can match and reconcile records, API and integration specialists who connect providers, and business analysts who sit between the regulation and the build.
Seniority matters here too. In the Financial Services sector, recruitment has generally been for roles at Regulatory Qualification Framework (RQF) level 6 and above, rather than levels 3 to 5 GOV.UK - Temporary Shortage List: Stage 2 report. In plain terms, firms are reaching for degree-level and more experienced professionals, not entry-level hires. That raises the stakes on getting each hire right, because the people you need are experienced, in demand and hard to replace.
Start with the problem, not the job title. A pensions dashboard project needs people who understand both the data and the rules, so write briefs around outcomes: reconciling records, building secure connections, evidencing compliance. That attracts the right specialists and screens out mismatches early.
Then move quickly. With IT business analysts, architects and systems designers among the occupations in critical demand Occupations in demand 2025, Explore Education Statistics, GOV.UK, the strongest people rarely stay on the market long. Slow, multi-stage processes lose them. Keep your stages lean, give clear feedback fast, and make a decision while interest is high. Widen your search beyond the obvious too: someone who has built integrations in another regulated setting can often transfer those skills into pensions work.
When you're hiring for skills this specific and this contested, the hard part is reaching the right people quickly. We search a database of 15 million candidates to surface and rank people who fit your brief, so you can focus on the ones worth talking to. Our recruitment agent manages recruitment end to end for 8% on a successful hire, with no monthly fee and no upfront cost. Tell Reed.ai what your pensions dashboard team needs, and we'll get started today.
