Distributed Ledger Job Trends

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT, Shared Ledger)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Distributed Ledger skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 743 705
Rank change year-on-year +90 -38 +319
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Ledger 2 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.005% 0.026%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.075% 0.085% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 11
10th Percentile - £63,840 £65,000
25th Percentile - £66,150 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.43%
75th Percentile - £137,500 £88,750
90th Percentile - £166,000 £160,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £95,000
% change year-on-year - - +46.15%

All Business Application Skills
UK

Distributed Ledger falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,683 3,515 2,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.83% 5.56% 5.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,543 1,728 2,023
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,574 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,725 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +9.52%

Distributed Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Distributed Ledger relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Distributed Ledger job vacancy trend in the UK

Distributed Ledger
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Ledger.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Distributed Ledger

Distributed Ledger
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Ledger within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +101 1 - - 2
London +68 1 - - 2
Work from Home - 1 - - 2

Distributed Ledger
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 1 (50.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (50.00%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Quorum
1 1 (50.00%) R3 Corda
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Director
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regtech
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PhD
1 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Revolut