Blockchain Job Trends in the City of London

Blockchain
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blockchain in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Blockchain over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 150 158
Rank change year-on-year +29 +8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Blockchain 13 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.56% 0.56% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 1.33% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 8
10th Percentile - - £105,250
25th Percentile - £55,000 £113,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £87,500 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -37.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £122,500 £91,250 £176,250
90th Percentile - £128,000 £187,500
Central London median annual salary £107,500 £87,500 £140,000
% change year-on-year +22.86% -37.50% +60.00%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Blockchain falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 782 1,132 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 33.90% 42.64% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 604 678 841
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,375 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%

Blockchain
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Blockchain job vacancy trend in the City of London

Blockchain
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Blockchain.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Blockchain

Blockchain
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Distributed Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Associate Director
2 2 (15.38%) Blockchain Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Business Development Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Development Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Rust Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Algorithms
1 4 (30.77%) Data Structures
2 3 (23.08%) Web3
3 2 (15.38%) Bitcoin
3 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) AI
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Cryptography
3 4 (30.77%) Cyber Assurance
3 4 (30.77%) Cyber Resilience
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Edge Computing
3 4 (30.77%) Ergonomics
3 4 (30.77%) Human Factors
3 4 (30.77%) Machine Learning
3 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 4 (30.77%) Software Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Clean Code
4 2 (15.38%) DeFi
4 2 (15.38%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
1 4 (30.77%) PhD
1 4 (30.77%) Postgraduate