DeFi Job Trends in the North West

Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring DeFi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 215 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs citing DeFi 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.033% 0.019% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.021% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £25,000 -
England median annual salary £103,750 £127,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -18.63% +27.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

DeFi 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,126 4,784 3,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.30% 90.04% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,385 2,462
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,269 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

DeFi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

DeFi job vacancy trend in the North West

DeFi
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DeFi within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Manchester +35 2 - -
DeFi
England

DeFi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree