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 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 334 408 368
Rank change year-on-year +74 -40 -56
Permanent jobs citing Investment Management 839 801 1,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.77% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.80% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 717 678 1,326
10th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £56,250
25th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £142,500 £116,250 £128,750
90th Percentile £148,750 £150,000 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +17.12% -7.50%

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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Top 14 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 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 +67 742 £105,000 +16.67% 145
London +83 723 £105,000 +10.53% 125
Work from Home +111 444 £112,500 +18.42% 43
UK excluding London +51 116 £70,000 +7.69% 28
Scotland +19 95 £75,286 +7.55% 6
North of England +41 9 £84,036 +60.07% 5
West Midlands +29 7 £40,000 -46.67% 4
Midlands +11 7 £40,000 -46.67% 4
North West +2 7 £66,250 +26.19% 2
Wales +13 2 £70,000 +1.82% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £85,572 - 3
South East +7 1 £77,500 +19.23% 3
South West -16 1 £75,000 - 7
East of England - 1 £75,000 -

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
1 261 (31.11%) Apache Airflow
2 230 (27.41%) Apache
3 24 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.31%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.60%) Site Server
7 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.24%) Appian
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 15 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.12%) InDesign
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (2.74%) Aladdin
2 11 (1.31%) thinkFolio
3 10 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.36%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 562 (66.98%) AWS
2 317 (37.78%) GCP
3 255 (30.39%) Azure
4 181 (21.57%) dbt
5 162 (19.31%) Snowflake
6 21 (2.50%) BlazeMeter
6 21 (2.50%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.31%) GitHub
8 8 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.72%) Rubrik
10 5 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.48%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (0.48%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.36%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.36%) Amazon SageMaker
13 2 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.24%) PaaS
13 2 (0.24%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.79%) DHCP
1 15 (1.79%) DNS
2 11 (1.31%) SAN
3 8 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.60%) iSCSI
4 5 (0.60%) LAN
4 5 (0.60%) NAS
4 5 (0.60%) WAN
5 2 (0.24%) SSH
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.12%) Internet
6 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (27.18%) Apache Ignite
2 181 (21.57%) Amazon Athena
3 180 (21.45%) Dremio
4 179 (21.33%) Apache Arrow
5 156 (18.59%) Data Lake
6 74 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
7 55 (6.56%) SQL Server
8 50 (5.96%) Big Data
9 20 (2.38%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.03%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.91%) MongoDB
11 16 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
13 14 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (1.55%) Apache Hive
15 12 (1.43%) Redis
16 11 (1.31%) Power BI
17 7 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
18 4 (0.48%) InterSystems Cache
19 3 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 45 (5.36%) Cypress.io
2 34 (4.05%) Git
3 26 (3.10%) JUnit
4 19 (2.26%) Jasmine
5 15 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
5 15 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (1.55%) JIRA
7 7 (0.83%) Moq
8 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.48%) Maven
9 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.12%) ERwin
10 1 (0.12%) GitLab
10 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 745 (88.80%) Finance
2 504 (60.07%) Front Office
3 390 (46.48%) Banking
4 162 (19.31%) Investment Banking
5 115 (13.71%) Back Office
6 95 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 94 (11.20%) Law
8 91 (10.85%) Private Banking
9 61 (7.27%) Social Skills
10 29 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (1.43%) Billing
12 11 (1.31%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.83%) Legal
14 6 (0.72%) French Language
14 6 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.36%) Marketing
16 3 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.12%) Retail
17 1 (0.12%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 362 (43.15%) Developer
2 357 (42.55%) Software Engineer
3 246 (29.32%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 152 (18.12%) Senior
5 149 (17.76%) Python Developer
6 140 (16.69%) Analyst
7 129 (15.38%) Python Engineer
8 123 (14.66%) Python Software Engineer
9 103 (12.28%) .NET Software Engineer
9 103 (12.28%) Java Engineer
10 101 (12.04%) Java Software Engineer
10 101 (12.04%) Lead
10 101 (12.04%) React Developer
11 93 (11.08%) .NET Developer
12 89 (10.61%) Full Stack Engineer
12 89 (10.61%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 87 (10.37%) .NET Software Developer
14 86 (10.25%) Finance Manager
15 83 (9.89%) AWS Engineer
16 82 (9.77%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (30.51%) gRPC
1 256 (30.51%) Protocol Buffers
2 226 (26.94%) React
3 196 (23.36%) Redux
4 175 (20.86%) AngularJS
5 149 (17.76%) Pandas
6 148 (17.64%) NumPy
7 147 (17.52%) SciPy
8 132 (15.73%) .NET
9 97 (11.56%) Vue
10 89 (10.61%) Material-UI
11 84 (10.01%) Spring
12 65 (7.75%) ASP.NET
13 54 (6.44%) .NET Core
14 45 (5.36%) HTML
14 45 (5.36%) RESTful
15 42 (5.01%) ASP.NET Core
16 40 (4.77%) Node.js
17 37 (4.41%) Spring Boot
18 36 (4.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 499 (59.48%) Hedge funds
2 442 (52.68%) Fixed Income
3 374 (44.58%) Derivative
4 342 (40.76%) Equities
5 284 (33.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 59 (7.03%) Cloud Native
7 48 (5.72%) Product Ownership
8 40 (4.77%) Public Cloud
9 30 (3.58%) Clustering
10 23 (2.74%) Algorithms
11 19 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.79%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.55%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.43%) Pricing Data
15 9 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.95%) Replication
17 6 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
18 4 (0.48%) Credit Derivative
18 4 (0.48%) Data Centre
19 3 (0.36%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.81%) Windows
2 16 (1.91%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.55%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.31%) Linux
5 8 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (0.83%) Unix
7 5 (0.60%) CentOS
8 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (78.43%) Asset Management
2 569 (67.82%) Agile
3 483 (57.57%) Software Engineering
4 190 (22.65%) Full Stack Development
5 150 (17.88%) Artificial Intelligence
6 149 (17.76%) Machine Learning
7 124 (14.78%) DevOps
8 117 (13.95%) Wealth Management
9 108 (12.87%) Fintech
10 85 (10.13%) Analytics
11 82 (9.77%) Mentoring
12 69 (8.22%) Automated Trading
12 69 (8.22%) CI/CD
12 69 (8.22%) Operational Stability
13 64 (7.63%) Line Management
14 63 (7.51%) Microservices
15 61 (7.27%) SDLC
16 57 (6.79%) Computer Science
16 57 (6.79%) Greeks
17 52 (6.20%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 497 (59.24%) Python
2 352 (41.95%) TypeScript
3 334 (39.81%) JavaScript
4 301 (35.88%) Java
5 230 (27.41%) SQL
6 188 (22.41%) C#
7 47 (5.60%) R
8 36 (4.29%) T-SQL
9 33 (3.93%) Go
10 26 (3.10%) Kotlin
11 20 (2.38%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.55%) Ruby
13 12 (1.43%) Scala
14 9 (1.07%) Bash
15 8 (0.95%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.83%) C++
17 3 (0.36%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.36%) VBA
18 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
18 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (7.75%) Degree
2 31 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.19%) MCSA
3 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (0.95%) CREST Certified
5 2 (0.24%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.12%) ACCA
6 1 (0.12%) CFA
6 1 (0.12%) CIMA
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.12%) CISM
6 1 (0.12%) CISSP
6 1 (0.12%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.12%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.63%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.36%) QA
3 27 (3.22%) SLA
4 15 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.79%) WAI
5 9 (1.07%) GDPR
6 6 (0.72%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.24%) PMO
8 1 (0.12%) EMIR
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) MiFID
8 1 (0.12%) UCITS
System Software
1 24 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.38%) Docker
3 15 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) DFS Replication
5 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.48%) XenApp
6 4 (0.48%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 61 (7.27%) Terraform
2 53 (6.32%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.69%) Prometheus
4 21 (2.50%) Grafana
5 13 (1.55%) Ansible
6 7 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.72%) NetBackup
7 6 (0.72%) Puppet
7 6 (0.72%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.36%) Control-M
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) CASB
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.12%) Podman
10 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 71 (8.46%) Google
2 65 (7.75%) Bloomberg
3 43 (5.13%) Microsoft
4 25 (2.98%) Splunk
5 24 (2.86%) Charles River
6 21 (2.50%) Dynatrace
7 15 (1.79%) Citrix
7 15 (1.79%) VMware
8 13 (1.55%) BISAM
9 10 (1.19%) Cisco
10 9 (1.07%) FactSet
10 9 (1.07%) Refinitiv
10 9 (1.07%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.95%) MobileIron
12 7 (0.83%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.72%) Veeam
14 5 (0.60%) Adobe
14 5 (0.60%) Intel
14 5 (0.60%) Juniper
14 5 (0.60%) Red Hat