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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 758 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Distributed Ledger 31 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.86% - -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
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 3,587 2,706 3,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.04% 5.45% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,208 1,525 1,825
10th Percentile £31,711 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -11.39%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Distributed Ledger over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Distributed Ledger in the UK

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 7 October 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 - 31 £120,000 - 31
England - 31 £120,000 - 35
Work from Home - 12 £120,000 - 12

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 3 (9.68%) Ethereum
1 3 (9.68%) Hedera
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Quorum
1 1 (3.23%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) AWS
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Hardhat
2 2 (6.45%) Git
3 1 (3.23%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) rollup.js
General
1 30 (96.77%) Finance
2 12 (38.71%) Banking
3 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (29.03%) Financial Institution
3 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
4 8 (25.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (16.13%) Law
5 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Blockchain Developer
1 9 (29.03%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) Senior
3 5 (16.13%) Asset Management Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Architect
4 4 (12.90%) Technology Director
5 3 (9.68%) Auditor
5 3 (9.68%) Internal Auditor
5 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Technical Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.81%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (9.68%) ethers.js
2 3 (9.68%) Node.js
2 3 (9.68%) web3js
3 2 (6.45%) ERC20
3 2 (6.45%) REST
3 2 (6.45%) RESTful
3 2 (6.45%) Truffle
4 1 (3.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 26 (83.87%) Blockchain
2 7 (22.58%) AI Agents
3 5 (16.13%) Operational Technology
3 5 (16.13%) Taxonomies
4 4 (12.90%) IoT
5 3 (9.68%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (9.68%) Web3
6 2 (6.45%) CBDC
6 2 (6.45%) Digital Currency
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
7 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) AI
1 12 (38.71%) Fintech
2 9 (29.03%) Commercial Awareness
3 8 (25.81%) Cryptocurrency
4 7 (22.58%) LLM
4 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (22.58%) Roadmaps
4 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (19.35%) Agile
5 6 (19.35%) Analytics
6 5 (16.13%) Asset Management
6 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
6 5 (16.13%) Coaching
6 5 (16.13%) Product Governance
6 5 (16.13%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (16.13%) Thought Leadership
6 5 (16.13%) Use Case
7 4 (12.90%) Commercialisation
7 4 (12.90%) Event-Driven
7 4 (12.90%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) Java
1 5 (16.13%) Solidity
2 3 (9.68%) Go
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Foundry