Financial Institution Job Trends in the City of London

Financial Institution
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 129 114
Rank change year-on-year +37 -15 +88
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 44 33 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.95% 1.24% 1.94%
As % of the General category 3.25% 1.82% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 43
10th Percentile £66,250 £59,750 £62,000
25th Percentile £75,438 £80,000 £71,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £113,750 £100,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £140,400 £145,000
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £95,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +17.65%

All General Skills
City of London

Financial Institution falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,353 1,818 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 60.08% 68.50% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,126 1,551
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.29% -3.45% -

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Financial Institution job vacancy trend in the City of London

Financial Institution
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Financial Institution in the City of London

Financial Institution
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 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) dbt
3 3 (6.82%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.55%) Azure
4 2 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Firewall
1 3 (6.82%) Network Security
2 1 (2.27%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) Data Mining
1 5 (11.36%) Power BI
2 3 (6.82%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.27%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.27%) GitLab
2 1 (2.27%) Gradle
General
1 44 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 12 (27.27%) Banking
4 10 (22.73%) Front Office
5 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.09%) International Banking
6 4 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.82%) Wearables
8 2 (4.55%) Advertising
9 1 (2.27%) Back Office
9 1 (2.27%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (2.27%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.27%) Japanese Language
9 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Developer
2 6 (13.64%) Senior
3 4 (9.09%) Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) RPG Developer
3 4 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Applications Developer
4 3 (6.82%) Audio Visual Technician
4 3 (6.82%) Information Security Specialist
4 3 (6.82%) Information Specialist
4 3 (6.82%) IoT Developer
4 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) IT Support
4 3 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Lead
4 3 (6.82%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 3 (6.82%) Mobile Developer
4 3 (6.82%) Security Specialist
4 3 (6.82%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Senior IT Support
4 3 (6.82%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) Kafka
2 3 (6.82%) React Native
3 2 (4.55%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (4.55%) XML
3 2 (4.55%) XSLT
4 1 (2.27%) PySpark
4 1 (2.27%) React
4 1 (2.27%) Spring
4 1 (2.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 6 (13.64%) Equities
3 5 (11.36%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (9.09%) Credit Risk
5 3 (6.82%) CMDB
5 3 (6.82%) Derivative
5 3 (6.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (6.82%) IoT
5 3 (6.82%) Market Risk
5 3 (6.82%) Mobile App
5 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
5 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (6.82%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.55%) ASIC
6 2 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (4.55%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (2.27%) Grid Computing
7 1 (2.27%) PKI
7 1 (2.27%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Analytics
2 11 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 10 (22.73%) Data Analytics
4 7 (15.91%) Algorithmic Trading
4 7 (15.91%) Computer Science
4 7 (15.91%) Migration
4 7 (15.91%) Multithreading
4 7 (15.91%) Quantitative Research
5 6 (13.64%) Agile
5 6 (13.64%) AI
5 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (13.64%) Electronic Trading
5 6 (13.64%) Low Latency
5 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
5 6 (13.64%) Order Management
6 5 (11.36%) Complexity Analysis
6 5 (11.36%) High-Frequency Trading
6 5 (11.36%) Quantitative Trading
6 5 (11.36%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (11.36%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.82%) Python
2 7 (15.91%) Java
2 7 (15.91%) SQL
3 4 (9.09%) RPG
4 3 (6.82%) C#
4 3 (6.82%) C++
4 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.55%) VBA
5 2 (4.55%) VC++
6 1 (2.27%) Bash
6 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) Master's Degree
2 5 (11.36%) PhD
3 4 (9.09%) CISSP
3 4 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
4 3 (6.82%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (6.82%) Novell Certification
5 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.55%) CRISC
6 1 (2.27%) APMP
6 1 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.27%) CFA
6 1 (2.27%) CISA
6 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) EMIR
2 3 (6.82%) MiFID
3 2 (4.55%) GRC
3 2 (4.55%) PMO
3 2 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.27%) Basel III
4 1 (2.27%) COBIT
4 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
4 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (6.82%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Polycom
2 3 (6.82%) VMware
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) Avaloq
4 1 (2.27%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.27%) Citrix
4 1 (2.27%) Databricks
4 1 (2.27%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.27%) IBM
4 1 (2.27%) Refinitiv
4 1 (2.27%) Solace