Know Your Customers/Clients (KYC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for KYC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited KYC over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 673 740
Rank change year-on-year +110 +67 -124
Contract jobs citing KYC 28 32 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.061% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 87
10th Percentile £393 £400 £207
25th Percentile £500 £425 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -30.77%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £675
90th Percentile £641 £683 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £494 £250
% change year-on-year +6.33% +97.50% -46.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £14.64

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

KYC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for KYC in the UK

KYC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing KYC.

Daily rate trend for KYC in the UK

KYC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KYC over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for KYC in the UK

KYC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing KYC.

Hourly rate trend for KYC in the UK

KYC
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KYC within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +133 20 £525 +14.13% 18
England +107 20 £525 -1.41% 65
London +78 13 £588 +8.29% 52
UK excluding London +54 11 £525 +6.33% 16
West Midlands - 6 £525 - 2
Midlands - 6 £525 - 2
Scotland +39 2 £393 -17.37%
Wales - 2 £538 - 2
South East - 1 £425 - 5

KYC
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) WinSCP
General
1 22 (78.57%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Banking
3 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Business Analyst
3 8 (28.57%) Project Manager
4 6 (21.43%) AML Project Manager
4 6 (21.43%) Architect
5 5 (17.86%) Senior
6 4 (14.29%) Business Architect
6 4 (14.29%) KYC Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) Lead
7 3 (10.71%) Lead Architect
7 3 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) Senior Architect
7 3 (10.71%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (7.14%) Banking Analyst
8 2 (7.14%) Customer Analyst
8 2 (7.14%) Lead Business Analyst
8 2 (7.14%) Salesforce Trainer
8 2 (7.14%) Trainer
9 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 1 (3.57%) Senior Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Onboarding
2 6 (21.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.57%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Project Management
3 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (10.71%) Agile
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Experience
6 2 (7.14%) Business Case
6 2 (7.14%) Migration
6 2 (7.14%) Target Operating Model
7 1 (3.57%) Client Onboarding
7 1 (3.57%) Customer Service
7 1 (3.57%) Domain Models
7 1 (3.57%) Due Diligence
7 1 (3.57%) Epics
7 1 (3.57%) Matrix Organization
7 1 (3.57%) Roadmaps
7 1 (3.57%) Verification and Validation
7 1 (3.57%) Workflow Analysis
7 1 (3.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) EMIR
1 1 (3.57%) FATCA
1 1 (3.57%) QA
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Pega
2 2 (7.14%) Citrix
2 2 (7.14%) Salesforce