Investment Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Investment Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Investment Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 395 383
Rank change year-on-year +98 -12 -76
Permanent jobs citing Investment Management 986 790 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.81% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.85% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 853 670 1,355
10th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £72,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £93,750 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -1.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £142,500 £120,000 £128,750
90th Percentile £148,750 £150,000 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Investment Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Investment Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Investment Management.

Salary trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +94 895 £105,000 +10.53% 169
London +87 880 £110,000 +10.00% 149
Work from Home +132 565 £112,500 +7.14% 46
UK excluding London +23 106 £50,000 -23.08% 25
Scotland +22 89 £48,750 -35.00% 7
West Midlands +13 8 £40,000 -46.67% 2
Midlands -2 8 £40,000 -46.67% 3
North of England +40 5 £66,250 +76.67% 4
North West -1 5 £66,250 +60.61% 2
Wales +4 2 £70,000 +3.70% 2
South East -15 1 £77,500 +19.23% 4
South West -40 1 £75,000 +39.53% 4

Investment Management
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
1 428 (43.41%) Apache Airflow
2 373 (37.83%) Apache
3 21 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.91%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.20%) Appian
7 1 (0.10%) Confluence
7 1 (0.10%) Drupal
7 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.10%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (2.43%) Aladdin
2 14 (1.42%) thinkFolio
3 10 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.41%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 726 (73.63%) AWS
2 351 (35.60%) GCP
3 318 (32.25%) dbt
4 282 (28.60%) Azure
5 273 (27.69%) Snowflake
6 28 (2.84%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.03%) BlazeMeter
8 14 (1.42%) Dagster
9 13 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (1.32%) AWS Step Functions
10 12 (1.22%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.01%) Amazon EMR
12 9 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (0.91%) Serverless
13 8 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (0.61%) Amazon EventBridge
15 6 (0.61%) Prefect
16 5 (0.51%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.12%) DHCP
1 11 (1.12%) DNS
2 7 (0.71%) SAN
3 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.20%) LAN
4 2 (0.20%) SSH
4 2 (0.20%) WAN
5 1 (0.10%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) Internet
5 1 (0.10%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.10%) NAS
5 1 (0.10%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 359 (36.41%) Apache Ignite
2 313 (31.74%) Dremio
3 308 (31.24%) Amazon Athena
4 304 (30.83%) Apache Arrow
5 280 (28.40%) Data Lake
6 107 (10.85%) PostgreSQL
7 81 (8.22%) Big Data
8 48 (4.87%) SQL Server
9 25 (2.54%) NoSQL
10 22 (2.23%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.83%) Power BI
12 16 (1.62%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.52%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (1.22%) Apache Hive
14 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.01%) Redis
15 10 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (0.91%) Tableau
17 7 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 68 (6.90%) Cypress.io
2 37 (3.75%) Git
3 24 (2.43%) JUnit
4 16 (1.62%) Jasmine
5 14 (1.42%) Karma Test Runner
5 14 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 9 (0.91%) JIRA
7 7 (0.71%) Moq
8 3 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.30%) Maven
9 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.20%) Selenium
10 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.10%) ERwin
10 1 (0.10%) GitLab
10 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.10%) Subversion
10 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 891 (90.37%) Finance
2 644 (65.31%) Front Office
3 508 (51.52%) Banking
4 257 (26.06%) Investment Banking
5 117 (11.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 108 (10.95%) Law
7 106 (10.75%) Back Office
8 87 (8.82%) Private Banking
9 56 (5.68%) Social Skills
10 29 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (0.81%) Billing
11 8 (0.81%) Financial Institution
11 8 (0.81%) Legal
12 6 (0.61%) French Language
12 6 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.20%) Marketing
15 1 (0.10%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 453 (45.94%) Software Engineer
2 382 (38.74%) Developer
3 282 (28.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 214 (21.70%) Python Engineer
5 208 (21.10%) Senior
6 200 (20.28%) Python Software Engineer
7 180 (18.26%) Python Developer
8 167 (16.94%) AWS Engineer
9 153 (15.52%) Analyst
10 147 (14.91%) Java Engineer
11 143 (14.50%) Java Software Engineer
12 136 (13.79%) Senior Software Engineer
13 131 (13.29%) React Developer
14 127 (12.88%) Lead
15 110 (11.16%) AWS Software Engineer
16 96 (9.74%) .NET Software Engineer
17 93 (9.43%) Full Stack Engineer
17 93 (9.43%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 88 (8.92%) Finance Manager
19 85 (8.62%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 413 (41.89%) gRPC
2 411 (41.68%) Protocol Buffers
3 269 (27.28%) React
4 251 (25.46%) Pandas
5 250 (25.35%) NumPy
6 246 (24.95%) SciPy
7 231 (23.43%) Redux
8 172 (17.44%) AngularJS
9 130 (13.18%) .NET
10 114 (11.56%) Material-UI
11 99 (10.04%) Vue
12 76 (7.71%) Spring
13 61 (6.19%) .NET Core
14 58 (5.88%) ASP.NET
15 51 (5.17%) Node.js
16 42 (4.26%) RESTful
17 37 (3.75%) HTML
18 36 (3.65%) ASP.NET Core
19 35 (3.55%) Spring Boot
20 32 (3.25%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 640 (64.91%) Hedge funds
2 569 (57.71%) Fixed Income
3 456 (46.25%) Equities
4 455 (46.15%) Derivative
5 370 (37.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 69 (7.00%) Product Ownership
7 55 (5.58%) Cloud Native
8 54 (5.48%) Clustering
9 38 (3.85%) Public Cloud
10 36 (3.65%) Pricing Data
11 22 (2.23%) Algorithms
12 14 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.12%) Management Information System
14 9 (0.91%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.81%) N-Tier
16 7 (0.71%) Blog
16 7 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
17 5 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
17 5 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.54%) Windows
2 14 (1.42%) Windows 10
2 14 (1.42%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.61%) Linux
3 6 (0.61%) Unix
4 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.20%) CentOS
6 1 (0.10%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (83.16%) Asset Management
2 699 (70.89%) Agile
3 606 (61.46%) Software Engineering
4 213 (21.60%) Full Stack Development
5 184 (18.66%) Artificial Intelligence
6 183 (18.56%) Machine Learning
7 142 (14.40%) DevOps
8 117 (11.87%) Fintech
9 113 (11.46%) Greeks
10 110 (11.16%) Analytics
11 108 (10.95%) Wealth Management
12 99 (10.04%) Automated Trading
13 75 (7.61%) Mentoring
14 70 (7.10%) Line Management
15 67 (6.80%) CI/CD
15 67 (6.80%) Operational Stability
16 65 (6.59%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 62 (6.29%) Microservices
18 60 (6.09%) SDLC
19 53 (5.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 671 (68.05%) Python
2 476 (48.28%) TypeScript
3 455 (46.15%) JavaScript
4 410 (41.58%) Java
5 262 (26.57%) SQL
6 182 (18.46%) C#
7 57 (5.78%) Go
8 39 (3.96%) R
9 35 (3.55%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.62%) Kotlin
10 16 (1.62%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.32%) Ruby
12 12 (1.22%) Scala
13 8 (0.81%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.51%) Bash
15 3 (0.30%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.30%) VBA
16 2 (0.20%) C++
17 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (5.58%) Degree
2 23 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (0.71%) MCSA
3 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (0.51%) CREST Certified
5 2 (0.20%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.10%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.10%) CFA
6 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.10%) CISM
6 1 (0.10%) CISSP
6 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.10%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (13.39%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.67%) QA
3 26 (2.64%) SLA
4 14 (1.42%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.42%) WAI
5 9 (0.91%) GDPR
6 6 (0.61%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.20%) PMO
8 1 (0.10%) EMIR
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.10%) MiFID
8 1 (0.10%) UCITS
System Software
1 18 (1.83%) Docker
2 17 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.22%) XenApp
3 12 (1.22%) XenDesktop
4 11 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.51%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.20%) NFS
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (9.23%) Terraform
2 75 (7.61%) Kubernetes
3 55 (5.58%) Prometheus
4 20 (2.03%) Grafana
5 9 (0.91%) Ansible
6 6 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.51%) NetBackup
7 5 (0.51%) Puppet
7 5 (0.51%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.30%) Control-M
8 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.20%) SCCM
9 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.10%) CASB
10 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.10%) Podman
10 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 101 (10.24%) Google
2 76 (7.71%) Bloomberg
3 41 (4.16%) Microsoft
4 22 (2.23%) Splunk
5 21 (2.13%) Citrix
6 20 (2.03%) Dynatrace
7 19 (1.93%) Charles River
8 14 (1.42%) BISAM
9 11 (1.12%) VMware
10 9 (0.91%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.71%) Cisco
12 6 (0.61%) FactSet
12 6 (0.61%) Refinitiv
13 5 (0.51%) MobileIron
13 5 (0.51%) Veeam
14 4 (0.41%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.41%) InterSystems
14 4 (0.41%) Jaspersoft
14 4 (0.41%) Vertica