SWIFT Messaging Network Job Trends in London

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 413 422
Rank change year-on-year +40 +9 +132
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 22 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.16% 0.076% 0.079%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 13
10th Percentile £40,875 £52,500 £46,000
25th Percentile £42,938 £58,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,188 £105,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,750 £111,500 £92,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +36.36% -21.43%

All Generic Skills
London

SWIFT Messaging Network falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,777 6,886 7,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 42.13% 43.59% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,403 3,668 5,440
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £56,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £127,500 £127,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SWIFT Messaging Network job vacancy trend in London

SWIFT Messaging Network
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SWIFT Messaging Network.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SWIFT Messaging Network

SWIFT Messaging Network
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in London

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +50 2 £86,250 +23.21% 5
South London - 2 £43,250 - 5
SWIFT Messaging Network
England

SWIFT Messaging Network
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) BlazeMeter
1 2 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 2 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.55%) DB2
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
1 2 (9.09%) JMeter
1 2 (9.09%) LoadRunner
1 2 (9.09%) REST Assured
1 2 (9.09%) Selenium
1 2 (9.09%) Subversion
1 2 (9.09%) TestRail
General
1 18 (81.82%) Banking
1 18 (81.82%) Finance
2 13 (59.09%) Financial Institution
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 7 (31.82%) Billing
5 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (13.64%) Marketing
7 2 (9.09%) International Banking
8 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 1 (4.55%) Law
8 1 (4.55%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
1 7 (31.82%) Payments Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Product Management Director
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Applications Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Applications Support
4 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Operations Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Presales Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) Playwright
2 2 (9.09%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (13.64%) PACS
3 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
4 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (4.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) AIX
2 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Fintech
3 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
3 7 (31.82%) GAP Analysis
3 7 (31.82%) Migration
3 7 (31.82%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (31.82%) Validation
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
6 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (18.18%) Product Management
6 4 (18.18%) User Stories
7 3 (13.64%) AI
7 3 (13.64%) Cash Management
7 3 (13.64%) Customer Insight
7 3 (13.64%) Information Security
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.64%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) C#
2 3 (13.64%) Java
3 2 (9.09%) ActionScript
3 2 (9.09%) ActionScript 2.0
3 2 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) SEPA
2 12 (54.55%) ISO 20022
3 3 (13.64%) Accessibility
3 3 (13.64%) PMO
3 3 (13.64%) TARGET2
4 1 (4.55%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.55%) Reuters