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 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 706 764
Rank change year-on-year +73 +58 +248
Permanent jobs citing FFIEC 25 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.010% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 24 0 2
10th Percentile £85,375 - -
25th Percentile £86,250 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.83%
75th Percentile £122,500 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £32,500

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 19,502 19,598 19,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.09% 37.11% 28.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,854 7,550 13,355
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.63%

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 25 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FFIEC in the UK

FFIEC
Top 3 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 25 January 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 +83 25 £105,000 - 1
London +65 25 £105,000 - 1
Work from Home - 17 £105,000 - 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 2 (8.00%) AWS
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) CHAP
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) DB2
General
1 23 (92.00%) Finance
2 21 (84.00%) Banking
3 18 (72.00%) Financial Institution
3 18 (72.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Auditor
2 17 (68.00%) Security Auditor
3 16 (64.00%) Internal Auditor
4 3 (12.00%) Information Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Security Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Information Security Auditor
6 1 (4.00%) IT Auditor
6 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (76.00%) Management Information System
2 10 (40.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) AIX
1 2 (8.00%) Unix
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Risk Management
2 21 (84.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (84.00%) Incident Response
2 21 (84.00%) Information Security
3 19 (76.00%) Analytics
3 19 (76.00%) Internal Audit
3 19 (76.00%) Project Management
3 19 (76.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 19 (76.00%) Test Strategy
4 18 (72.00%) Agile
4 18 (72.00%) Data Analytics
4 18 (72.00%) Data Protection
4 18 (72.00%) Threat Management
4 18 (72.00%) Validation
4 18 (72.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (68.00%) PRINCE2
5 17 (68.00%) Risk Assessment
6 11 (44.00%) Data Governance
6 11 (44.00%) Predictive Analytics
7 10 (40.00%) Coaching
Qualifications
1 20 (80.00%) CISA
1 20 (80.00%) CISSP
2 19 (76.00%) CISM
3 18 (72.00%) CGEIT
3 18 (72.00%) SANS
4 4 (16.00%) Degree
5 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (96.00%) NIST
2 22 (88.00%) GDPR
3 19 (76.00%) COBIT
4 5 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (8.00%) GRC
5 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.00%) FINRA
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Citrix
2 1 (4.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (4.00%) Splunk