Blockchain
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blockchain in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Blockchain over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 519 336
Rank change year-on-year +115 -183 +258
Permanent jobs citing Blockchain 614 546 1,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.52% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.77% 1.22% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 185 230 586
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,125 £55,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £100,064 £105,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,500 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,576 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.82% +3.70% +12.50%

All Generic Skills
UK

Blockchain is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Blockchain
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Blockchain in the UK

Blockchain
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Blockchain.

Salary trend for Blockchain in the UK

Blockchain
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Blockchain over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Blockchain in the UK

Blockchain
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blockchain within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +140 576 £82,500 -2.94% 107
UK excluding London +218 440 £70,576 +0.82% 12
South East +141 170 £65,000 -25.71% 2
London -32 144 £92,500 +2.78% 89
North of England +139 142 £95,128 +111.39%
North West +108 131 £75,000 +66.67%
Work from Home -132 82 £70,576 -12.10% 72
Midlands +76 78 £28,000 -46.67% 3
East Midlands - 73 £88,000 - 2
South West -5 19 £70,576 +17.63% 1
Scotland -73 15 £70,576 - 1
East of England +20 13 £80,001 +14.29% 3
Yorkshire +82 8 £95,128 -
West Midlands +21 5 £28,000 -46.67% 1
North East 0 3 £35,092 +40.37%
Wales +13 2 £68,750 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £70,000 - 2

Blockchain
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 36 (5.86%) Camunda
1 36 (5.86%) nginx
2 20 (3.26%) Ethereum
3 8 (1.30%) Hyperledger
4 5 (0.81%) Solana
5 4 (0.65%) OpenZeppelin
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.30%) Distributed Ledger
1 8 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.49%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.33%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 389 (63.36%) IBM Cloud
2 297 (48.37%) Azure
3 161 (26.22%) Azure DevOps
4 123 (20.03%) Serverless
5 117 (19.06%) Azure API Management
5 117 (19.06%) Azure Functions
5 117 (19.06%) Azure Logic Apps
5 117 (19.06%) Azure Service Bus
6 110 (17.92%) AWS
7 60 (9.77%) Amazon S3
8 58 (9.45%) Amazon EKS
9 56 (9.12%) Amazon ECR
9 56 (9.12%) OCI
9 56 (9.12%) Route 53
10 46 (7.49%) OpenShift
11 32 (5.21%) SaaS
12 30 (4.89%) GCP
13 20 (3.26%) IaaS
13 20 (3.26%) PaaS
14 9 (1.47%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.65%) Intranet
1 4 (0.65%) IPFS
1 4 (0.65%) Network Security
2 3 (0.49%) Firewall
2 3 (0.49%) HTTP
2 3 (0.49%) Internet
2 3 (0.49%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (43.49%) MongoDB
2 242 (39.41%) NoSQL
3 231 (37.62%) DB2
4 225 (36.64%) PostgreSQL
5 127 (20.68%) Relational Database
6 59 (9.61%) Amazon RDS
7 36 (5.86%) Oracle Database
8 19 (3.09%) Data Lake
8 19 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.44%) Big Data
10 11 (1.79%) SQL Server
11 10 (1.63%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.49%) Redis
13 2 (0.33%) Metadata
14 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
14 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
14 1 (0.16%) Power BI
14 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (2.12%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.30%) Git
2 8 (1.30%) Maven
3 4 (0.65%) Hardhat
4 3 (0.49%) GitLab
5 2 (0.33%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) GitKraken
6 1 (0.16%) JetBrains Rider
6 1 (0.16%) ReSharper
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 372 (60.59%) Public Sector
2 222 (36.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 112 (18.24%) Finance
4 53 (8.63%) Social Skills
5 42 (6.84%) Banking
6 30 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.23%) Marketing
8 18 (2.93%) Legal
9 13 (2.12%) Law
10 10 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.47%) Advertising
11 9 (1.47%) Games
12 8 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
13 7 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.81%) Retail
15 4 (0.65%) Digital Economy
16 3 (0.49%) Back Office
16 3 (0.49%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.49%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 163 (26.55%) Developer
2 140 (22.80%) Full Stack Engineer
3 129 (21.01%) Full Stack Developer
4 117 (19.06%) Azure Developer
5 104 (16.94%) Azure Engineer
6 97 (15.80%) Senior
7 75 (12.21%) DevOps Engineer
8 48 (7.82%) Senior DevOps
8 48 (7.82%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 38 (6.19%) Architect
10 27 (4.40%) Blockchain Engineer
11 19 (3.09%) Enterprise Architect
12 18 (2.93%) Designer
13 17 (2.77%) UX Designer
14 15 (2.44%) Lead
14 15 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.28%) AWS Engineer
16 13 (2.12%) Software Developer
16 13 (2.12%) Technical Engineer
17 11 (1.79%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (44.79%) React
2 235 (38.27%) .NET
3 233 (37.95%) HTML
4 231 (37.62%) CSS
5 230 (37.46%) Web Services
6 227 (36.97%) REST
7 226 (36.81%) Vue
8 224 (36.48%) AngularJS
8 224 (36.48%) ASP.NET
8 224 (36.48%) ASP.NET Core
9 221 (35.99%) Backbone.js
9 221 (35.99%) Ember.js
9 221 (35.99%) jQuery
9 221 (35.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 167 (27.20%) Node.js
11 36 (5.86%) KeystoneJS
11 36 (5.86%) Swagger
12 34 (5.54%) Smart Contracts
13 30 (4.89%) web3js
14 22 (3.58%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 389 (63.36%) Hybrid Cloud
2 253 (41.21%) Algorithms
3 227 (36.97%) Data Structures
4 204 (33.22%) e-Learning
5 49 (7.98%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (5.37%) Web3
7 20 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.09%) Mainframe
8 19 (3.09%) Robotics
9 9 (1.47%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.30%) IoT
10 8 (1.30%) NFT
10 8 (1.30%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (1.14%) PKI
11 7 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (0.81%) Social Media
13 4 (0.65%) Cybercrime
13 4 (0.65%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 265 (43.16%) Linux
2 221 (35.99%) Android
2 221 (35.99%) Apple iOS
2 221 (35.99%) Windows
3 40 (6.51%) Alpine Linux
3 40 (6.51%) CentOS
3 40 (6.51%) Debian
4 20 (3.26%) Unix
5 5 (0.81%) VMS
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (73.45%) Artificial Intelligence
2 270 (43.97%) User Experience
3 269 (43.81%) DevOps
3 269 (43.81%) Full Stack Development
4 261 (42.51%) Co-Creation
5 234 (38.11%) Design Patterns
6 232 (37.79%) SOLID
7 231 (37.62%) OO
8 226 (36.81%) Agile
9 224 (36.48%) MVC
9 224 (36.48%) OOP
10 223 (36.32%) Design Thinking
10 223 (36.32%) MVVM
10 223 (36.32%) Web Development
11 222 (36.16%) Responsive Web Design
12 218 (35.50%) Mentoring
13 205 (33.39%) Coaching
14 117 (19.06%) API Management
14 117 (19.06%) Generative AI
15 108 (17.59%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 271 (44.14%) JavaScript
2 231 (37.62%) C#
3 230 (37.46%) SQL
4 206 (33.55%) Java
5 154 (25.08%) Python
6 37 (6.03%) Go
7 36 (5.86%) Lua
8 32 (5.21%) TypeScript
9 22 (3.58%) Rust
10 11 (1.79%) Scala
10 11 (1.79%) Solidity
11 6 (0.98%) C++
12 4 (0.65%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.49%) Bash
13 3 (0.49%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.49%) Ruby
14 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.33%) C
15 1 (0.16%) Erlang
15 1 (0.16%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 42 (6.84%) Degree
2 40 (6.51%) Azure Certification
2 40 (6.51%) MCSA
2 40 (6.51%) MCSE
2 40 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.30%) CISM
4 8 (1.30%) CISSP
4 8 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.14%) CEH
6 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.33%) PhD
7 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.16%) CCSP
7 1 (0.16%) CISA
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.44%) QA
2 8 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.14%) SEPA
4 1 (0.16%) IFRS
4 1 (0.16%) SLA
4 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 117 (19.06%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 126 (20.52%) Kubernetes
2 111 (18.08%) Terraform
3 57 (9.28%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.49%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) Salt
5 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 389 (63.36%) IBM
2 375 (61.07%) Red Hat
3 56 (9.12%) Dynatrace
4 46 (7.49%) Oracle
5 12 (1.95%) Microsoft
6 10 (1.63%) Sybase
7 8 (1.30%) Adobe
7 8 (1.30%) SAP
8 7 (1.14%) Google
9 5 (0.81%) Cadence
10 4 (0.65%) Foundry
11 2 (0.33%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.16%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.16%) Databricks