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 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 772 691 -
Rank change year-on-year -81 - -
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Ledger 15 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.006% -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.47% 0.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £115,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 - -
75th Percentile £125,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 3,185 2,509 3,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.03% 5.05% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,034 1,623 2,290
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £81,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

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 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
London -26 15 £120,000 - 13
England -94 15 £120,000 - 15
Work from Home - 4 £120,000 - 7

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) rollup.js
General
1 13 (86.67%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (40.00%) Banking
3 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (33.33%) Law
5 3 (20.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Technology Director
2 3 (20.00%) Auditor
2 3 (20.00%) Internal Auditor
2 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Development Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Development Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Product Development Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Blockchain
2 7 (46.67%) AI Agents
3 4 (26.67%) IoT
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) AI
2 7 (46.67%) LLM
2 7 (46.67%) Roadmaps
3 6 (40.00%) Analytics
3 6 (40.00%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 4 (26.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (26.67%) Commercialisation
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
6 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (20.00%) Investment Management
6 3 (20.00%) Key Management
6 3 (20.00%) Product Management
6 3 (20.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (20.00%) SIEM
6 3 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes