Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ATM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ATM over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 874 685
Rank change year-on-year +194 -189 +498
Permanent jobs citing ATM 32 4 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.004% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.030% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 44
10th Percentile - £29,588 £24,875
25th Percentile - £30,656 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £31,262
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +31.95% -43.16%
75th Percentile £68,250 £53,438 £38,808
90th Percentile £83,750 £59,625 £67,070
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £47,500 £36,765
% change year-on-year +55.26% +29.20% -33.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

ATM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,239 13,484 15,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.77% 13.62% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,292 9,395 8,040
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,925 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,875 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% -2.50% -3.23%

ATM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ATM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ATM in the UK

ATM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ATM.

Salary trend for ATM in the UK

ATM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ATM over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ATM in the UK

ATM
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ATM within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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
England +168 30 £50,000 +21.21% 52
UK excluding London +201 19 £73,750 +55.26% 49
London +123 11 £50,000 +26.18% 11
South East - 11 - - 14
South West - 4 £82,500 - 12
West Midlands - 4 £67,000 - 8
Midlands - 4 £67,000 - 10
Work from Home - 2 £75,000 - 13

ATM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 11 (34.38%) Postilion
2 2 (6.25%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) VoIP
2 4 (12.50%) Frame Relay
2 4 (12.50%) SDH
3 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) VersaTest
General
1 12 (37.50%) Finance
1 12 (37.50%) Military
2 11 (34.38%) Banking
3 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Aviation
5 2 (6.25%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Advertising
6 1 (3.13%) Electronics
6 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Architect
2 12 (37.50%) Field Engineer
2 12 (37.50%) Field Service Engineer
3 11 (34.38%) Mainframe Architect
3 11 (34.38%) Payments Architect
3 11 (34.38%) Payments Solutions Architect
3 11 (34.38%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Network Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Lead
6 2 (6.25%) Senior
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) ATM Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 11 (34.38%) IBM Mainframe
2 11 (34.38%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.25%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Innovative Thinking
1 12 (37.50%) System Testing
2 11 (34.38%) API Integration
3 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
3 3 (9.38%) Migration
3 3 (9.38%) Requirements Engineering
3 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.25%) Agile
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.25%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (6.25%) Scrum
4 2 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.13%) Network Architecture
5 1 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.13%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) IBM
2 2 (6.25%) HP
3 1 (3.13%) Remedy