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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 420 371 423
Rank change year-on-year -49 +52 +70
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 592 877 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.89% 0.86%
As % of the General category 0.99% 1.31% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 231 453 680
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £68,200
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +9.97% +4.92%
75th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £120,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.58% +4.35% +6.48%

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 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £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 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Top 16 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 23 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 -13 367 £68,750 +14.58% 35
England -181 306 £80,000 +6.67% 178
Scotland +73 265 £101,000 +58.05% 2
London -53 208 £87,610 -2.66% 142
Work from Home -68 118 £80,000 +23.08% 63
South West -46 43 £73,750 +13.46% 9
South East -99 23 £65,000 +18.18% 11
North of England -36 15 £55,000 -8.33% 6
Midlands -27 12 £44,500 -27.35% 5
West Midlands +9 10 £44,500 -28.23% 5
North East -26 9 - -
Wales +10 5 £52,500 -9.19%
Yorkshire +64 4 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Channel Islands - 4 £60,000 -
East Midlands -24 2 - -
North West -37 2 £45,000 -30.77% 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 (12.16%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.01%) nginx
3 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.68%) SAS
5 2 (0.34%) Appian
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.17%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.17%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 218 (36.82%) AWS
2 59 (9.97%) Azure
3 38 (6.42%) GCP
4 25 (4.22%) SaaS
5 15 (2.53%) npm
6 11 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.01%) BlazeMeter
8 5 (0.84%) Azure Stack
8 5 (0.84%) Power Platform
8 5 (0.84%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.68%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.68%) Firebase
9 4 (0.68%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.51%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.34%) WeChat
12 1 (0.17%) GitHub
12 1 (0.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.04%) DSL
2 16 (2.70%) Firewall
3 8 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.01%) OpenVPN
5 5 (0.84%) DNS
6 4 (0.68%) BGP
6 4 (0.68%) BIG-IP
6 4 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (0.68%) DHCP
6 4 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 4 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 4 (0.68%) OSPF
6 4 (0.68%) SMS
7 3 (0.51%) Network Security
7 3 (0.51%) VPN
8 2 (0.34%) PPP
8 2 (0.34%) WAN
9 1 (0.17%) HTTP
9 1 (0.17%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (19.76%) NoSQL
2 78 (13.18%) Big Data
3 35 (5.91%) Data Lake
4 34 (5.74%) MongoDB
5 32 (5.41%) SQL Server
6 30 (5.07%) DB2
7 27 (4.56%) Tableau
8 17 (2.87%) BigQuery
9 16 (2.70%) Metadata
10 12 (2.03%) Data Hub
10 12 (2.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.03%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (1.35%) CockroachDB
13 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.68%) MySQL
14 4 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.68%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (3.38%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.20%) Storybook
3 9 (1.52%) JUnit
4 8 (1.35%) Jaeger
4 8 (1.35%) JIRA
4 8 (1.35%) Selenium
4 8 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (1.18%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.18%) WebDriver
6 5 (0.84%) Git
6 5 (0.84%) Maven
7 4 (0.68%) Crashlytics
8 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.34%) Postman
10 1 (0.17%) GDB
10 1 (0.17%) JMeter
10 1 (0.17%) Mockito
General
1 592 (100.00%) Finance
2 311 (52.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 297 (50.17%) Law
4 249 (42.06%) Marketing
5 221 (37.33%) Banking
6 123 (20.78%) Investment Banking
7 98 (16.55%) Social Skills
8 68 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
9 54 (9.12%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (5.24%) Legal
11 26 (4.39%) Games
12 21 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (3.21%) Front Office
14 17 (2.87%) Retail Banking
15 10 (1.69%) Retail
16 9 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.01%) Private Banking
18 5 (0.84%) Public Sector
19 2 (0.34%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 168 (28.38%) Engineering Manager
1 168 (28.38%) Software Engineering Manager
2 90 (15.20%) Software Engineer
3 64 (10.81%) Lead
4 59 (9.97%) Senior
5 54 (9.12%) Analyst
6 53 (8.95%) Big Data Manager
7 47 (7.94%) Architect
8 44 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
8 44 (7.43%) AWS Software Engineer
9 39 (6.59%) Developer
9 39 (6.59%) Python Engineer
9 39 (6.59%) Python Software Engineer
10 28 (4.73%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (3.89%) Java Engineer
11 23 (3.89%) Java Software Engineer
12 22 (3.72%) Data Architect
12 22 (3.72%) Principal Engineer
12 22 (3.72%) Principal Software Engineer
13 20 (3.38%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (14.36%) Spring Boot
2 77 (13.01%) Spring
3 60 (10.14%) NumPy
3 60 (10.14%) Pandas
4 53 (8.95%) RESTful
5 45 (7.60%) Kafka
6 36 (6.08%) AngularJS
7 32 (5.41%) REST
8 23 (3.89%) HTML
9 22 (3.72%) CSS
9 22 (3.72%) Middleware
9 22 (3.72%) React
10 16 (2.70%) JPA
10 16 (2.70%) JSON
11 13 (2.20%) Node.js
11 13 (2.20%) Sass
12 10 (1.69%) Redux
12 10 (1.69%) Web Services
13 8 (1.35%) OpenTelemetry
14 7 (1.18%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 187 (31.59%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.97%) Market Risk
3 50 (8.45%) Distributed Applications
4 45 (7.60%) Public Cloud
5 44 (7.43%) Management Information System
6 27 (4.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 23 (3.89%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.55%) Cyberattack
9 20 (3.38%) Data Fabric
10 16 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (2.36%) Data Centre
13 12 (2.03%) Hedge funds
14 11 (1.86%) Equities
15 9 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (1.52%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.52%) Onboarding
16 8 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.35%) Replication
17 6 (1.01%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.09%) Linux
2 36 (6.08%) Windows
3 20 (3.38%) zOS
4 15 (2.53%) CentOS
5 13 (2.20%) Unix
6 10 (1.69%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.35%) Solaris
8 6 (1.01%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.68%) Android
11 2 (0.34%) Debian
11 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (55.07%) Agile
2 292 (49.32%) Software Engineering
3 265 (44.76%) CI/CD
4 251 (42.40%) SDLC
5 180 (30.41%) Computer Science
6 155 (26.18%) Continuous Delivery
7 150 (25.34%) Mathematics
8 140 (23.65%) Coaching
9 137 (23.14%) Analytics
10 125 (21.11%) Asset Management
11 109 (18.41%) Microservices
12 92 (15.54%) Machine Learning
13 88 (14.86%) Mentoring
14 87 (14.70%) Artificial Intelligence
15 82 (13.85%) Operational Stability
16 71 (11.99%) Performance Tuning
17 66 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
18 63 (10.64%) Fintech
19 52 (8.78%) Test Automation
20 51 (8.61%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 215 (36.32%) Java
2 200 (33.78%) SQL
3 148 (25.00%) Python
4 72 (12.16%) Scala
5 66 (11.15%) JavaScript
6 40 (6.76%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.04%) PL/SQL
8 16 (2.70%) C#
9 9 (1.52%) R
10 8 (1.35%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.01%) Bash
13 5 (0.84%) C++
14 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.68%) PHP
14 4 (0.68%) Swift
15 2 (0.34%) C
16 1 (0.17%) Go
16 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (10.30%) Degree
2 18 (3.04%) AWS Certification
2 18 (3.04%) Azure Certification
3 9 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.35%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.01%) AAT
5 6 (1.01%) CISSP
5 6 (1.01%) ICAEW
6 5 (0.84%) CISM
7 4 (0.68%) CCIE
7 4 (0.68%) CCNP
7 4 (0.68%) CISA
7 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.68%) CRISC
7 4 (0.68%) PhD
7 4 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.68%) PMP
8 3 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.34%) MOS
10 1 (0.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.59%) Accessibility
2 32 (5.41%) SLA
3 18 (3.04%) QA
4 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.68%) GDPR
5 4 (0.68%) ISO 14001
5 4 (0.68%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.68%) PMO
6 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.17%) AIFMD
7 1 (0.17%) COBIT
7 1 (0.17%) COSO
7 1 (0.17%) MiFID
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) PSD2
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (6.93%) Docker
2 7 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.52%) Ansible
3 8 (1.35%) Kiali
4 6 (1.01%) Grafana
5 4 (0.68%) SCCM
6 2 (0.34%) Terraform
6 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.17%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.17%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.17%) Puppet
7 1 (0.17%) SafeCom
7 1 (0.17%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (7.60%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.42%) Oracle
3 32 (5.41%) Databricks
4 19 (3.21%) Sybase
5 18 (3.04%) Alteryx
5 18 (3.04%) Cognos
6 17 (2.87%) F5
7 14 (2.36%) Splunk
8 11 (1.86%) VMware
9 10 (1.69%) IBM
10 9 (1.52%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.52%) Cisco
11 7 (1.18%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.01%) Adobe
12 6 (1.01%) CA
12 6 (1.01%) Google
13 5 (0.84%) Automation Anywhere
13 5 (0.84%) eFront
13 5 (0.84%) iManage
13 5 (0.84%) Salesforce