FFIEC Job Trends

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FFIEC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 788 773
Rank change year-on-year +125 -15 +405
Permanent jobs citing FFIEC 11 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.004% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.065% 0.014% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £108,250 - £81,875
25th Percentile £115,000 - £95,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 - £107,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +79.17%
75th Percentile £155,000 - £112,188
90th Percentile - - £113,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

FFIEC falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,951 21,033 18,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.30% 26.92% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,498 9,747 12,252
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,170 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,762 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -4.68% +6.36%
75th Percentile £73,462 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

FFIEC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FFIEC in the UK

FFIEC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FFIEC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FFIEC

FFIEC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FFIEC over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for FFIEC in the UK

FFIEC
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FFIEC within the UK over the 6 months to 19 September 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 +115 11 £150,000 - 3
London +79 8 £150,000 - 3
UK excluding London +105 3 - - 3
South West +73 3 - - 1

FFIEC
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) IaaS
1 6 (54.55%) SaaS
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) DB2
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Legal
3 3 (27.27%) Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Security Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Engagement Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (18.18%) SABSA Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Auditor
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Engineering Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) IT Auditor
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Resilience Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Blockchain
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) AIX
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Risk Management
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (54.55%) Cloud Security
3 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (54.55%) Security Architecture
4 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
4 5 (45.45%) Internal Audit
4 5 (45.45%) SABSA
5 4 (36.36%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
5 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
5 4 (36.36%) Information Management
5 4 (36.36%) Information Security
6 3 (27.27%) Architecture Governance
6 3 (27.27%) Computer Forensics
6 3 (27.27%) Information Assurance
6 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Change
6 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
6 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (27.27%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CISA
1 7 (63.64%) CISSP
2 6 (54.55%) SANS
3 5 (45.45%) CISM
3 5 (45.45%) CRISC
4 4 (36.36%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
5 1 (9.09%) CCSK
5 1 (9.09%) CCSP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) GCED
5 1 (9.09%) GCIA
5 1 (9.09%) GCIH
5 1 (9.09%) GIAC
5 1 (9.09%) GREM
5 1 (9.09%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) NIST
2 9 (81.82%) GDPR
3 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (45.45%) NIST 800
5 1 (9.09%) COBIT
5 1 (9.09%) FINRA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Citrix