KYC Job Trends in the North of England

Know Your Customers/Clients (KYC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring KYC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 276 269
Rank change year-on-year +22 -7 -
Permanent jobs citing KYC 7 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.067% 0.11% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.12% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £36,100 - -
25th Percentile £46,750 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +118.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,250 - £33,750
90th Percentile £93,300 - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

KYC 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

KYC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing KYC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

KYC job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing KYC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing KYC

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing KYC in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for KYC in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KYC within the North of England 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
Yorkshire - 4 - - 3
North West +18 2 £65,500 +118.33% 4
North East - 1 - - 1
KYC
England

KYC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (57.14%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Legal
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Compliance Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Customer-Centricity
1 4 (57.14%) Market Research
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Product Management
1 4 (57.14%) Product Requirements
1 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
1 4 (57.14%) Translating Business Requirements
1 4 (57.14%) User Stories
2 2 (28.57%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 2 (28.57%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile First
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) LexisNexis