DeFi Jobs in England

Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring DeFi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DeFi over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 823 886
Rank change year-on-year +150 +63 +227
Permanent jobs citing DeFi 12 20 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.022% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.027% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 3
10th Percentile £27,500 £62,125 -
25th Percentile £66,875 £71,563 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £110,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +76.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £143,125 £117,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £184,750 £130,250 £103,750
UK median annual salary £97,500 £110,000 £83,750
% change year-on-year -11.36% +31.34% -16.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DeFi 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

DeFi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DeFi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DeFi in England

DeFi
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DeFi in England.

Salary trend for DeFi in England

DeFi
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DeFi in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DeFi in England

DeFi
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DeFi within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +106 12 £97,500 -11.36% 51
DeFi
UK

DeFi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Ethereum
1 3 (25.00%) Solana
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Blockchain Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Data Scientist
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Research Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Rust Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) Blockchain Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Community Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Junior
3 1 (8.33%) Junior Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Product Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) web3js
2 3 (25.00%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (25.00%) Spring
3 2 (16.67%) PySpark
4 1 (8.33%) LINQ to SQL
4 1 (8.33%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 11 (91.67%) Blockchain
2 6 (50.00%) Web3
3 2 (16.67%) Bitcoin
3 2 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (16.67%) Hedge funds
4 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (8.33%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Analytics
1 5 (41.67%) Cryptocurrency
2 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (25.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 3 (25.00%) Key Management
3 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (16.67%) Data Science
4 2 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 2 (16.67%) Graph Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 2 (16.67%) Market Research
4 2 (16.67%) Neural Network
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) Java
3 3 (25.00%) Rust
4 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 1 (8.33%) C++
5 1 (8.33%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Argo
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle