KYC Job Trends in the South West

Know Your Customers/Clients (KYC)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring KYC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 167 241
Rank change year-on-year -67 +74 0
Permanent jobs citing KYC 4 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.045% 0.057% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.068% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £78,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.91% +4.67% +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,377 2,923 6,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.74% 83.90% 75.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,192 1,904 4,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,043
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.48% -1.74%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,423 £80,700 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

KYC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

KYC job vacancy trend in the South West

KYC
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing KYC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing KYC

KYC
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KYC within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Dorset - 3 - - 2
KYC
England

KYC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Trello
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (75.00%) Law
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) AML Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) KYC Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 2 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Sage
2 1 (25.00%) Xero