Economics Job Trends in the City of London

Economics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Economics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 154 160
Rank change year-on-year +27 +6 +81
Permanent jobs citing Economics 7 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.30% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile - - £66,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £92,500 £75,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £95,000 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year -32.89% +13.43% +86.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £104,688
90th Percentile £117,500 - £124,375
Central London median annual salary £63,750 £95,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -32.89% +18.75% +40.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,992 2,540 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.35% 95.67% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,620 2,368
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Economics job vacancy trend in the City of London

Economics
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

Economics
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Economics in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Economics in the City of London

Economics
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Product Owner
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Sales Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Sales Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Sales Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
1 3 (42.86%) Reinsurance
2 1 (14.29%) ASIC
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 1 (14.29%) Derivative
2 1 (14.29%) DTCC
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) OTC Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) AI
1 4 (57.14%) Fintech
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Backlog Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Data Science
2 3 (42.86%) Insurtech
2 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 3 (42.86%) Natural Language Processing
2 3 (42.86%) Product Backlog
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (42.86%) SOA
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) User Stories
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Business Development
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (14.29%) EMIR
1 1 (14.29%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft