KYC Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Know Your Customers/Clients (KYC)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring KYC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 112 123
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +52
Contract jobs citing KYC 12 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.64% 0.054% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.059% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 6
10th Percentile £350 - £233
25th Percentile £363 - £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.51%
75th Percentile £613 - £600
90th Percentile £675 - £700
Central London median daily rate £402 - £388
% change year-on-year - - -41.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

KYC falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,658 1,704 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.00% 91.86% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,026 1,561
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £429 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.32% -4.62%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.65% +2.22% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £19.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% +12.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £60.81 £45.06
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing KYC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

KYC job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing KYC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing KYC

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KYC in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for KYC in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing KYC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing KYC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (16.67%) Legal
6 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (8.33%) Law
6 1 (8.33%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Payments Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Payments Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Compliance Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Data Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Lead
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Product Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Product Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Reference Data Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (25.00%) PMI
2 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (16.67%) Credit Risk
3 2 (16.67%) Reference Data
4 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (33.33%) User Stories
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (25.00%) Use Case
3 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (16.67%) Data Lineage
4 2 (16.67%) Data Transformation
4 2 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 2 (16.67%) Event-Driven
4 2 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CBAP
1 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
2 5 (41.67%) PSD2
3 2 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (16.67%) ISO 8583
3 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 20022
4 1 (8.33%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Alteryx
2 1 (8.33%) Murex