Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT, Shared Ledger)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Distributed Ledger skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Distributed Ledger over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 888 934 954
Rank change year-on-year +46 +20 -86
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Ledger 8 36 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.034% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.18% 0.59% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 8 30 71
10th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £72,375 £65,994 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £100,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile - £115,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £87,100 £144,000 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £88,000 £110,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +57.14% -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Distributed Ledger is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 4,500 6,064 6,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.59% 5.79% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,922 3,468 4,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £35,150
25th Percentile £42,063 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +11.11% +4.21%

Distributed Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Distributed Ledger in the UK

Distributed Ledger
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Distributed Ledger.

Salary trend for Distributed Ledger in the UK

Distributed Ledger
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Distributed Ledger in the UK

Distributed Ledger
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Ledger 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 +87 8 £85,000 -15.00% 5
London +122 7 £85,000 - 4
Work from Home +76 3 £45,000 -55.00% 5
UK excluding London -2 1 £88,000 -20.00% 1
East Midlands - 1 £88,000 -
Midlands - 1 £88,000 -

Distributed Ledger
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 3 (37.50%) Ethereum
1 3 (37.50%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Product Owner
1 5 (62.50%) Technical Product Owner
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Full Stack Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Full Stack Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Full Stack JavaScript Developer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) Smart Contracts
2 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (25.00%) Django
2 2 (25.00%) Flask
2 2 (25.00%) Node.js
2 2 (25.00%) React
2 2 (25.00%) RESTful
2 2 (25.00%) Vue
2 2 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (12.50%) ERC20
3 1 (12.50%) Truffle
3 1 (12.50%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 6 (75.00%) Algorithms
3 5 (62.50%) Product Ownership
4 2 (25.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Fintech
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Competitor Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Fund Management
2 5 (62.50%) Market Research
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Product Management
2 5 (62.50%) Product Requirements
2 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (62.50%) Product Strategy
2 5 (62.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
2 5 (62.50%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
3 2 (25.00%) Market Making
3 2 (25.00%) Order Management
3 2 (25.00%) Proprietary Trading
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Rust
2 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (12.50%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA