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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 703 795
Rank change year-on-year +45 +92 +186
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Ledger 9 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.006% 0.019%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.34% 0.10% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - £63,840 £40,250
25th Percentile - £66,150 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £137,500 £86,750
90th Percentile - £166,000 £153,200
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £88,000
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%

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 2,663 2,974 3,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.15% 5.79% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 1,432 2,539
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £102,375 £91,947
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

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 3 February 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 +53 8 - - 3
London +50 8 - - 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 3

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 2 (22.22%) Ethereum
1 2 (22.22%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) R3 Corda
2 1 (11.11%) Quorum
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Development Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Development Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Product Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Product Development Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Blockchain Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Delivery Director
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Development Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Product Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Product Development Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (11.11%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 4 (44.44%) Data Structures
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) AI
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Fintech
3 4 (44.44%) Coaching
3 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Cryptography
3 4 (44.44%) Edge Computing
3 4 (44.44%) Ergonomics
3 4 (44.44%) Human Factors
3 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
3 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
3 4 (44.44%) Software Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) PhD
1 4 (44.44%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Revolut