Reuters Job Trends in London

Reuters
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Reuters products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reuters over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Reuters Group PLC.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 404 441
Rank change year-on-year +24 +37 +156
Permanent jobs citing Reuters 17 22 33
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.11% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Vendors category 0.32% 0.36% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 24
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £80,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% - +41.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £87,500 - £96,250
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% +41.67%

All Vendors
London

Reuters falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5,231 6,119 8,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.48% 40.99% 39.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,272 3,306 6,402
10th Percentile £34,000 £40,170 £35,626
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.66%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £106,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%

Reuters
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Reuters job vacancy trend in London

Reuters
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Reuters.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Reuters

Reuters
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reuters in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Reuters in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reuters within the London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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 +24 4 £77,500 -3.13%
Reuters
England

Reuters
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 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (29.41%) Confluence
3 1 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 9 (52.94%) Entra ID
3 7 (41.18%) AWS
3 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (17.65%) Mimecast
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.88%) GCP
5 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
5 1 (5.88%) n8n
5 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.88%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
2 5 (29.41%) DHCP
2 5 (29.41%) DNS
3 4 (23.53%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (23.53%) LAN
3 4 (23.53%) Multicast
3 4 (23.53%) WAN
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (11.76%) Firewall
5 2 (11.76%) IP Telephony
5 2 (11.76%) WebEx
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.88%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) JIRA
General
1 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Legal
4 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Spanish Language
5 2 (11.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Product Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Product Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Product Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) IT Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) IT Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Transition Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Transition Manager
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
3 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Eurex
1 6 (35.29%) Hedge funds
2 4 (23.53%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (23.53%) Distributed Computing
2 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (23.53%) Equities
2 4 (23.53%) Fixed Income
2 4 (23.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (11.76%) Blackberry
3 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (5.88%) Blockchain
4 1 (5.88%) IoT
4 1 (5.88%) Low-Code
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Linux
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (11.76%) Solaris
5 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
5 2 (11.76%) Unix
5 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Client Onboarding
1 6 (35.29%) Time Management
2 5 (29.41%) Electronic Trading
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Batch Scripting
3 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
3 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (23.53%) Epics
3 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Low Latency
3 4 (23.53%) Patch Management
3 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (23.53%) SDLC
3 4 (23.53%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Task Automation
3 4 (23.53%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (23.53%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
2 5 (29.41%) Python
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) Bash
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.88%) VB.NET
4 1 (5.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) MCSA
1 4 (23.53%) MCSE
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.88%) MCDST
3 1 (5.88%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.76%) vSphere
3 2 (11.76%) XenDesktop
4 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (23.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (23.53%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Bloomberg
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) Cisco
4 6 (35.29%) CQG
4 6 (35.29%) ION Trading
4 6 (35.29%) Patsystems
4 6 (35.29%) Trayport
4 6 (35.29%) VMware
5 5 (29.41%) Oracle
6 3 (17.65%) Atlassian
6 3 (17.65%) LogicMonitor
6 3 (17.65%) Okta
6 3 (17.65%) Sophos
6 3 (17.65%) Zscaler
7 2 (11.76%) Apple
7 2 (11.76%) Citrix
7 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
7 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
8 1 (5.88%) Google