DeFi Job Trends in London

Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring DeFi 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 370 393 434
Rank change year-on-year +23 +41 +210
Permanent jobs citing DeFi 4 35 9
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.028% 0.23% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.24% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 9
10th Percentile £99,125 £76,750 £61,500
25th Percentile £99,688 £83,750 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £103,750 £130,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.19% +30.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £132,188 £145,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £160,875 £173,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £103,750 £130,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.19% +30.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

DeFi
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DeFi job vacancy trend in London

DeFi
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DeFi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DeFi

DeFi
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for DeFi in London

DeFi
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DeFi within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Central London +37 4 £103,750 +18.57% 6
DeFi
England

DeFi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Business Development Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Rust Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Bitcoin
1 2 (50.00%) Blockchain
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (25.00%) State Machine
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday