Financial Institution
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Financial Institution over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 377 416
Rank change year-on-year -37 +39 +77
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 609 907 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.87% 0.87%
As % of the General category 1.03% 1.28% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 249 479 681
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £119,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.58% +4.35% +9.52%

All General Skills
UK

Financial Institution is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,028 70,875 99,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.29% 63.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 38,205 51,280
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,269 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Institution as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution.

Salary trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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
UK excluding London -1 373 £68,750 +14.58% 27
England -167 324 £80,000 +10.34% 176
Scotland +70 264 £120,000 +100.00% 1
London -42 222 £87,610 -2.66% 146
Work from Home -69 115 £80,000 +23.08% 60
South West -60 43 £73,750 +13.46% 10
South East -103 25 £62,500 +13.64% 4
North of England -26 17 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Midlands -6 12 £44,500 -28.23% 3
West Midlands +16 10 £44,500 -30.20% 3
North East -25 9 - -
Wales +9 6 £52,500 -9.19% 1
Yorkshire +61 5 £57,500 -4.17% 3
Channel Islands - 4 £60,000 -
North West -31 3 £55,000 -15.38% 2
East Midlands -23 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £66,250 - 2

Financial Institution
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 72 (11.82%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.15%) nginx
4 4 (0.66%) SAS
5 2 (0.33%) Appian
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
6 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 217 (35.63%) AWS
2 63 (10.34%) Azure
3 35 (5.75%) GCP
4 27 (4.43%) SaaS
5 15 (2.46%) npm
6 13 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.31%) Power Platform
8 6 (0.99%) BlazeMeter
9 5 (0.82%) Azure Stack
9 5 (0.82%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.66%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.66%) Firebase
10 4 (0.66%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.66%) IaaS
11 3 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.33%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.96%) DSL
1 18 (2.96%) Firewall
2 9 (1.48%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.15%) DNS
3 7 (1.15%) OpenVPN
4 6 (0.99%) DHCP
5 5 (0.82%) VPN
6 4 (0.66%) BGP
6 4 (0.66%) BIG-IP
6 4 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 4 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 4 (0.66%) Network Security
6 4 (0.66%) OSPF
6 4 (0.66%) SMS
7 2 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.33%) VLAN
7 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (19.21%) NoSQL
2 79 (12.97%) Big Data
3 35 (5.75%) MongoDB
4 34 (5.58%) Data Lake
4 34 (5.58%) SQL Server
5 30 (4.93%) DB2
6 29 (4.76%) Tableau
7 17 (2.79%) BigQuery
8 13 (2.13%) Metadata
9 12 (1.97%) Data Hub
9 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.97%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (1.31%) CockroachDB
12 5 (0.82%) MySQL
12 5 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.66%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.13%) Storybook
3 9 (1.48%) JUnit
4 8 (1.31%) Jaeger
4 8 (1.31%) JIRA
4 8 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (1.15%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.15%) Selenium
5 7 (1.15%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.99%) Maven
7 5 (0.82%) Git
8 4 (0.66%) Crashlytics
9 3 (0.49%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.33%) Postman
11 1 (0.16%) GDB
11 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 609 (100.00%) Finance
2 307 (50.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 297 (48.77%) Law
4 253 (41.54%) Marketing
5 220 (36.12%) Banking
6 126 (20.69%) Investment Banking
7 107 (17.57%) Social Skills
8 63 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
9 54 (8.87%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (5.09%) Legal
11 26 (4.27%) Games
12 22 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (3.28%) Front Office
14 14 (2.30%) Retail Banking
15 12 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.97%) Retail
16 9 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.99%) Private Banking
18 4 (0.66%) Public Sector
19 3 (0.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 168 (27.59%) Engineering Manager
1 168 (27.59%) Software Engineering Manager
2 91 (14.94%) Software Engineer
3 66 (10.84%) Lead
4 59 (9.69%) Senior
5 55 (9.03%) Analyst
6 53 (8.70%) Big Data Manager
7 45 (7.39%) Architect
8 44 (7.22%) AWS Engineer
8 44 (7.22%) AWS Software Engineer
9 42 (6.90%) Developer
10 39 (6.40%) Python Engineer
10 39 (6.40%) Python Software Engineer
11 28 (4.60%) Lead Software Engineer
12 24 (3.94%) Java Engineer
13 23 (3.78%) Java Software Engineer
13 23 (3.78%) Principal Engineer
13 23 (3.78%) Principal Software Engineer
14 21 (3.45%) Data Engineer
15 20 (3.28%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (14.12%) Spring Boot
2 79 (12.97%) Spring
3 60 (9.85%) NumPy
3 60 (9.85%) Pandas
4 54 (8.87%) RESTful
5 45 (7.39%) Kafka
6 37 (6.08%) AngularJS
7 32 (5.25%) REST
8 24 (3.94%) HTML
9 23 (3.78%) CSS
9 23 (3.78%) React
10 22 (3.61%) Middleware
11 17 (2.79%) JPA
11 17 (2.79%) JSON
12 13 (2.13%) Node.js
12 13 (2.13%) Sass
13 11 (1.81%) Redux
14 9 (1.48%) .NET
14 9 (1.48%) Web Services
15 8 (1.31%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 187 (30.71%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.69%) Market Risk
3 50 (8.21%) Distributed Applications
4 45 (7.39%) Public Cloud
5 44 (7.22%) Management Information System
6 33 (5.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 25 (4.11%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.45%) Cyberattack
9 20 (3.28%) Data Fabric
9 20 (3.28%) Hedge funds
10 17 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (2.13%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.97%) Equities
14 11 (1.81%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (1.48%) Low-Code
16 8 (1.31%) Replication
17 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
18 6 (0.99%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.72%) Linux
2 39 (6.40%) Windows
3 20 (3.28%) zOS
4 19 (3.12%) Unix
5 16 (2.63%) CentOS
6 10 (1.64%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.48%) Solaris
8 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.66%) Android
9 4 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.33%) Debian
10 2 (0.33%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.16%) VMS
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (53.86%) Agile
2 294 (48.28%) Software Engineering
3 263 (43.19%) CI/CD
4 250 (41.05%) SDLC
5 181 (29.72%) Computer Science
6 155 (25.45%) Continuous Delivery
7 151 (24.79%) Mathematics
8 139 (22.82%) Analytics
9 138 (22.66%) Coaching
10 123 (20.20%) Asset Management
11 110 (18.06%) Microservices
12 93 (15.27%) Machine Learning
13 89 (14.61%) Mentoring
14 88 (14.45%) Artificial Intelligence
15 82 (13.46%) Operational Stability
16 74 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
17 71 (11.66%) Performance Tuning
18 66 (10.84%) Fintech
19 53 (8.70%) Data Analysis
20 50 (8.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 222 (36.45%) Java
2 204 (33.50%) SQL
3 152 (24.96%) Python
4 72 (11.82%) Scala
5 68 (11.17%) JavaScript
6 41 (6.73%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.12%) C#
8 18 (2.96%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.48%) R
10 8 (1.31%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.15%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.99%) Bash
13 5 (0.82%) C++
14 4 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.66%) PHP
14 4 (0.66%) Swift
15 2 (0.33%) C
15 2 (0.33%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.33%) VBA
16 1 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (10.34%) Degree
2 17 (2.79%) Azure Certification
3 15 (2.46%) AWS Certification
4 12 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.99%) AAT
6 6 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (0.99%) CISSP
6 6 (0.99%) ICAEW
7 5 (0.82%) CCNP
7 5 (0.82%) CISM
8 4 (0.66%) CCIE
8 4 (0.66%) CISA
8 4 (0.66%) CRISC
8 4 (0.66%) PhD
8 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.66%) PMP
9 3 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.33%) CFA
10 2 (0.33%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.40%) Accessibility
2 31 (5.09%) SLA
3 17 (2.79%) QA
4 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.66%) GDPR
5 4 (0.66%) ISO 14001
5 4 (0.66%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.66%) PMO
6 2 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) AIFMD
7 1 (0.16%) COBIT
7 1 (0.16%) COSO
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.16%) PSD2
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (7.06%) Docker
2 11 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.64%) Ansible
3 8 (1.31%) Kiali
4 7 (1.15%) Grafana
5 4 (0.66%) Control-M
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.66%) SafeCom
5 4 (0.66%) SCCM
6 2 (0.33%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) Puppet
7 1 (0.16%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.16%) Terraform
7 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (6.73%) Microsoft
1 41 (6.73%) Oracle
2 32 (5.25%) Databricks
3 19 (3.12%) Alteryx
3 19 (3.12%) Sybase
4 18 (2.96%) Cognos
4 18 (2.96%) F5
5 14 (2.30%) Splunk
6 12 (1.97%) VMware
7 10 (1.64%) AppDynamics
7 10 (1.64%) Cisco
7 10 (1.64%) IBM
8 8 (1.31%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.99%) Adobe
10 6 (0.99%) CA
10 6 (0.99%) Google
11 5 (0.82%) CheckPoint
11 5 (0.82%) Murex
11 5 (0.82%) TIBCO