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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 740 735
Rank change year-on-year +86 -5 +376
Permanent jobs citing FFIEC 12 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.003% 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.074% 0.010% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £67,500 - £103,875
25th Percentile £71,875 - £104,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £108,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.25%
75th Percentile £147,500 - £114,063
90th Percentile £155,000 - £114,625
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 16,237 19,536 16,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.01% 28.70% 31.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,767 8,090 11,310
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,106 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +3.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%

FFIEC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

FFIEC job vacancy trend 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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +112 12 £105,000 - 4
London +55 9 £105,000 - 2
South West - 3 - -
UK excluding London - 3 - - 1

FFIEC
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 4 (33.33%) IaaS
1 4 (33.33%) SaaS
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Legal
3 3 (25.00%) Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Engagement Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Information Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Information Security Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (16.67%) SABSA Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Auditor
4 1 (8.33%) IT Auditor
4 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) AIX
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (58.33%) Incident Response
4 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
4 5 (41.67%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 4 (33.33%) SABSA
5 4 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) Computer Forensics
6 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (25.00%) Data Security
6 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
6 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance
6 3 (25.00%) Internal Audit
6 3 (25.00%) ITIL
6 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
6 3 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CISA
1 5 (41.67%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) CISM
2 4 (33.33%) CRISC
2 4 (33.33%) SANS
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (91.67%) GDPR
1 11 (91.67%) NIST
2 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (33.33%) NIST 800
4 3 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (8.33%) COBIT
5 1 (8.33%) FINRA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Citrix