Economics Job Trends in London

Economics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in 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 326 361 350
Rank change year-on-year +35 -11 +135
Permanent jobs citing Economics 48 67 93
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.34% 0.43% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.46% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25 14 39
10th Percentile £39,050 £53,250 £48,831
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,875 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +36.00%
75th Percentile £130,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile - £100,125 £112,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £56,750 £51,528
% change year-on-year +18.94% +10.13% -16.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 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%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Economics job vacancy trend in London

Economics
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Economics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Economics

Economics
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Economics in London

Economics
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Economics 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 +28 7 £63,750 -32.89% 13
Economics
England

Economics
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (25.00%) SAS
2 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.25%) Stata
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.08%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (4.17%) Apache Hive
2 2 (4.17%) Big Data
2 2 (4.17%) Hadoop
2 2 (4.17%) Impala
2 2 (4.17%) Tableau
3 1 (2.08%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (2.08%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) MLflow
General
1 36 (75.00%) Finance
2 34 (70.83%) Social Skills
3 30 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (33.33%) Marketing
5 10 (20.83%) Banking
6 7 (14.58%) Financial Institution
6 7 (14.58%) Retail
7 5 (10.42%) Law
8 4 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (6.25%) Dutch Language
9 3 (6.25%) French Language
9 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (4.17%) Digital Economy
10 2 (4.17%) Front Office
10 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (2.08%) Agriculture
11 1 (2.08%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (2.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (18.75%) Analyst
2 8 (16.67%) Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) Qualitative Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) Quantitative Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) Risk Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) Risk Manager
4 6 (12.50%) Senior
5 4 (8.33%) Business Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Pricing Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Engagement Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Junior
6 3 (6.25%) Junior Service Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Product Owner
6 3 (6.25%) Programme Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Quantitative Risk Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Risk Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Strategy Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) Flash
2 2 (4.17%) .NET
2 2 (4.17%) PySpark
3 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.08%) Django
3 1 (2.08%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.08%) Flask
3 1 (2.08%) SignalR
3 1 (2.08%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Credit Risk
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.33%) Derivative
3 4 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.25%) Blog
4 3 (6.25%) Reinsurance
5 2 (4.17%) Clustering
5 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.08%) ASIC
6 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.08%) DTCC
6 1 (2.08%) Equities
6 1 (2.08%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.08%) Hedge funds
6 1 (2.08%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Mathematics
2 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (33.33%) Business Development
4 13 (27.08%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (22.92%) Data Science
6 10 (20.83%) Credit Risk Modelling
7 9 (18.75%) Agile
7 9 (18.75%) Computer Science
7 9 (18.75%) Data Analysis
7 9 (18.75%) Physics
7 9 (18.75%) Visualisation
8 8 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
8 8 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
9 7 (14.58%) Business Case
9 7 (14.58%) Fintech
10 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (33.33%) Python
2 11 (22.92%) SQL
3 7 (14.58%) R
4 5 (10.42%) VBA
5 3 (6.25%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.08%) C#
6 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 38 (79.17%) Degree
2 17 (35.42%) Master's Degree
3 8 (16.67%) ACCA
3 8 (16.67%) CFA
4 5 (10.42%) MBA
5 4 (8.33%) CIMA
6 3 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (2.08%) PhD
7 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.08%) PMP
7 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.08%) EMIR
2 1 (2.08%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Progress
1 4 (8.33%) SAP
2 2 (4.17%) Google
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle
3 1 (2.08%) PayPal