Financial Institution Job Trends in London

Financial Institution
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 61 281
Rank change year-on-year -65 +220 -45
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 376 601 233
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.00% 4.67% 1.03%
As % of the General category 3.36% 6.12% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 112 111 176
10th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £66,875 £75,000 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £95,000 £87,105
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +9.06% -0.45%
75th Percentile £115,938 £111,250 £115,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £132,500 £133,750
England median annual salary £87,500 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All General Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,178 9,815 15,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 59.51% 76.20% 67.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6,871 5,633 11,283
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £70,555
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +7.72% -4.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Financial Institution job vacancy trend in London

Financial Institution
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Financial Institution.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in London over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Financial Institution in London

Financial Institution
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the London region over the 6 months to 10 April 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 +30 48 £81,250 -10.71% 58
East London -18 25 £87,500 - 2
West London -55 7 £45,000 - 4
South London -52 2 £73,750 -10.61%
Financial Institution
England

Financial Institution
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 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.53%) Confluence
3 1 (0.27%) CMS
3 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 17 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.27%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 123 (32.71%) SaaS
2 108 (28.72%) AWS
3 87 (23.14%) GCP
4 46 (12.23%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (12.23%) Azure
5 18 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (1.60%) Amazon S3
6 6 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (1.60%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (1.60%) Route 53
6 6 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (1.33%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.33%) Figma
7 5 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.06%) GitHub
8 4 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.91%) CHAP
2 8 (2.13%) BGP
3 6 (1.60%) Network Security
3 6 (1.60%) RTP
3 6 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.60%) VLAN
3 6 (1.60%) VPN
4 4 (1.06%) Firewall
4 4 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.53%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.53%) LAN
5 2 (0.53%) MPLS
5 2 (0.53%) OSPF
5 2 (0.53%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.53%) WAN
5 2 (0.53%) Wireless
6 1 (0.27%) Multicast
6 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.24%) Metadata
2 30 (7.98%) Data Lake
3 23 (6.12%) Tableau
4 16 (4.26%) Power BI
5 9 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.86%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.33%) Big Data
8 5 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.06%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.80%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.80%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.80%) Power Query
11 2 (0.53%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.53%) DB2
12 1 (0.27%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 41 (10.90%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.86%) ERwin
3 6 (1.60%) Gradle
4 4 (1.06%) JIRA
5 3 (0.80%) Git
5 3 (0.80%) GitLab
6 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
General
1 376 (100.00%) Finance
2 248 (65.96%) Banking
3 158 (42.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (32.71%) Law
4 123 (32.71%) Retail
5 115 (30.59%) Social Skills
6 113 (30.05%) Back Office
7 106 (28.19%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (5.05%) Marketing
9 18 (4.79%) Front Office
10 17 (4.52%) Polish Language
11 16 (4.26%) Retail Banking
12 15 (3.99%) Digital Economy
13 11 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (2.66%) Legal
14 10 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.86%) International Banking
16 6 (1.60%) Billing
16 6 (1.60%) Brand Awareness
17 4 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (12.77%) Analyst
2 47 (12.50%) Senior
3 43 (11.44%) Software Engineer
4 39 (10.37%) Architect
5 36 (9.57%) Lead
6 26 (6.91%) Auditor
7 25 (6.65%) Data Analyst
7 25 (6.65%) Security Auditor
8 24 (6.38%) Data Architect
8 24 (6.38%) Internal Auditor
9 19 (5.05%) Java Engineer
10 18 (4.79%) Consultant
11 17 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (3.99%) Data Consultant
12 15 (3.99%) Developer
12 15 (3.99%) Development Manager
13 14 (3.72%) Java Software Engineer
14 13 (3.46%) Senior Java Engineer
15 12 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.99%) FIX Protocol
2 14 (3.72%) RESTful
3 12 (3.19%) REST
3 12 (3.19%) Spring
3 12 (3.19%) Spring Boot
4 11 (2.93%) XML
5 10 (2.66%) Kafka
6 8 (2.13%) FpML
7 7 (1.86%) JSON
7 7 (1.86%) OpenAPI
7 7 (1.86%) React
7 7 (1.86%) Swagger
7 7 (1.86%) XML Schema
8 5 (1.33%) .NET
9 4 (1.06%) RxJava
10 3 (0.80%) Akka
10 3 (0.80%) boto
10 3 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.80%) React Native
10 3 (0.80%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 77 (20.48%) Cloud Native
2 56 (14.89%) Product Ownership
3 51 (13.56%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (11.70%) Management Information System
5 32 (8.51%) e-Learning
6 31 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (5.32%) Blog
8 18 (4.79%) Onboarding
9 17 (4.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (3.99%) Data Centre
11 14 (3.72%) Blockchain
12 12 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (2.39%) Mobile App
14 8 (2.13%) Data Structures
14 8 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.86%) Algorithms
15 7 (1.86%) Security Posture
15 7 (1.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 6 (1.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.93%) Windows
2 7 (1.86%) Android
2 7 (1.86%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.60%) Linux
4 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.53%) AIX
5 2 (0.53%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (25.00%) Agile
2 93 (24.73%) Analytics
3 82 (21.81%) Risk Management
4 77 (20.48%) Fintech
5 76 (20.21%) Migration
6 75 (19.95%) Information Security
6 75 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (19.68%) CI/CD
8 68 (18.09%) AI
9 67 (17.82%) Software Engineering
10 66 (17.55%) Roadmaps
11 63 (16.76%) Business Development
12 60 (15.96%) Test Automation
13 54 (14.36%) Microservices
14 53 (14.10%) Asset Management
15 52 (13.83%) Data Modelling
16 51 (13.56%) Mentoring
17 49 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
18 47 (12.50%) Data Governance
19 45 (11.97%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (22.34%) Java
2 65 (17.29%) Python
3 32 (8.51%) SQL
4 16 (4.26%) Go
5 10 (2.66%) C#
6 6 (1.60%) C++
7 5 (1.33%) Bash
7 5 (1.33%) RPG
8 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.80%) Rust
9 3 (0.80%) Scala
9 3 (0.80%) VBA
9 3 (0.80%) VC++
10 2 (0.53%) R
11 1 (0.27%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.27%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (16.22%) Degree
2 41 (10.90%) CISSP
3 37 (9.84%) AWS Certification
4 34 (9.04%) Azure Certification
5 33 (8.78%) CISA
6 31 (8.24%) CISM
7 26 (6.91%) CGEIT
7 26 (6.91%) FFIEC
7 26 (6.91%) SANS
8 23 (6.12%) Numerate Degree
9 12 (3.19%) CRISC
10 10 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.39%) Master's Degree
12 8 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (2.13%) OSCP
13 7 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.86%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.60%) PMI Certification
15 4 (1.06%) MBA
15 4 (1.06%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.31%) GDPR
2 34 (9.04%) NIST
3 31 (8.24%) Data Quality
4 29 (7.71%) SOC 2
5 28 (7.45%) COBIT
5 28 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (6.91%) PCI DSS
7 12 (3.19%) GRC
8 11 (2.93%) EU AI Act
9 7 (1.86%) QA
10 6 (1.60%) PMO
10 6 (1.60%) PSD2
11 5 (1.33%) EMIR
11 5 (1.33%) ISO 20022
11 5 (1.33%) SLA
12 4 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.80%) Basel III
13 3 (0.80%) IFRS
13 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.80%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.80%) HDFS
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 60 (15.96%) Terraform
2 54 (14.36%) Kubernetes
3 37 (9.84%) Grafana
4 4 (1.06%) Cilium
Vendors
1 39 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.65%) Bloomberg
3 23 (6.12%) Alteryx
4 10 (2.66%) Databricks
5 7 (1.86%) Sparx
6 6 (1.60%) Oracle
6 6 (1.60%) Solace
7 5 (1.33%) Foundry
8 4 (1.06%) Citrix
9 3 (0.80%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.80%) Polycom
9 3 (0.80%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco
10 2 (0.53%) IBM
10 2 (0.53%) Meraki
10 2 (0.53%) Planview
10 2 (0.53%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.27%) GoldenSource
11 1 (0.27%) Salesforce