Anti-Money Laundering Job Trends

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Anti-Money Laundering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 582 667
Rank change year-on-year -22 +85 +232
Permanent jobs citing Anti-Money Laundering 49 117 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.082% 0.22% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 32 32 47
10th Percentile £50,000 £35,484 £35,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £42,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -30.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,625 £131,250 £117,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,250 £43,563 £35,000
% change year-on-year +13.05% +24.47% -54.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Anti-Money Laundering 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Anti-Money Laundering
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Anti-Money Laundering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Anti-Money Laundering job vacancy trend in the UK

Anti-Money Laundering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Anti-Money Laundering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Anti-Money Laundering over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Anti-Money Laundering in the UK

Anti-Money Laundering
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Anti-Money Laundering within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +29 46 £67,500 +28.57% 87
London +61 40 £68,750 -16.67% 17
Work from Home +35 11 £50,000 - 45
UK excluding London -3 8 £49,250 +13.05% 79
South East +31 3 £67,500 +99.81% 26
Scotland -12 2 - - 4
North of England -23 2 £31,000 -31.11% 15
Midlands +20 1 - - 8
West Midlands +20 1 - - 2
North West -4 1 £31,000 -34.74% 7
North East - 1 - - 2

Anti-Money Laundering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (20.41%) SAS
2 3 (6.12%) Confluence
3 2 (4.08%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (20.41%) SPSS
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Actimize
1 2 (4.08%) Relativity
2 1 (2.04%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Dropbox
2 5 (10.20%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.16%) Azure
4 3 (6.12%) PaaS
5 2 (4.08%) AWS
5 2 (4.08%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.04%) ClickUp
6 1 (2.04%) GitHub
6 1 (2.04%) SaaS
6 1 (2.04%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (28.57%) Big Data
2 10 (20.41%) EDRMS
3 5 (10.20%) Power BI
4 2 (4.08%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.04%) DB2
5 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 42 (85.71%) Finance
2 25 (51.02%) Social Skills
3 16 (32.65%) Legal
4 13 (26.53%) Banking
5 7 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 7 (14.29%) Law
6 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.16%) International Banking
6 4 (8.16%) Retail Banking
7 2 (4.08%) Automotive
7 2 (4.08%) Marketing
7 2 (4.08%) Retail
8 1 (2.04%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Forensic Manager
2 7 (14.29%) Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Architect
3 5 (10.20%) Data Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.16%) Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Junior
5 3 (6.12%) Technology Manager
6 2 (4.08%) E-Discovery Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
7 1 (2.04%) Analytics Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Compliance Assistant
7 1 (2.04%) KYC Analyst
7 1 (2.04%) Payments Consultant
7 1 (2.04%) Product Lead
7 1 (2.04%) Product Owner
7 1 (2.04%) Sales Director
7 1 (2.04%) Senior Analytics Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Senior Sales Director
7 1 (2.04%) SWIFT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) Kafka
2 1 (2.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Cybercrime
2 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Digital Currency
5 1 (2.04%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) AIX
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.73%) Analytics
2 17 (34.69%) Fintech
2 17 (34.69%) KYC
3 16 (32.65%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (28.57%) Data Analytics
5 12 (24.49%) Information Security
6 10 (20.41%) Digital Forensics
6 10 (20.41%) E-Discovery
6 10 (20.41%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
6 10 (20.41%) Forensic Accounting
6 10 (20.41%) SDLC
7 8 (16.33%) Due Diligence
8 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 5 (10.20%) Customer Experience
9 5 (10.20%) Workflow
10 4 (8.16%) B2B
10 4 (8.16%) Customer Service
10 4 (8.16%) Line Management
10 4 (8.16%) OSINT
10 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) SQL
2 6 (12.24%) Python
3 4 (8.16%) C#
4 1 (2.04%) Java
4 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) GDPR
1 2 (4.08%) SEPA
1 2 (4.08%) SLA
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.04%) ISO 20022
2 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) EnCase
1 8 (16.33%) FTK
2 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Cellebrite
2 2 (4.08%) CyberSource
2 2 (4.08%) Google
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Nuix
3 1 (2.04%) Intapp
3 1 (2.04%) LexisNexis
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.04%) Sage
3 1 (2.04%) Salesforce