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 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 619 851
Rank change year-on-year -48 +232 +125
Permanent jobs citing FFIEC 37 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.007% 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.019% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 37 2 2
10th Percentile £80,400 £75,625 -
25th Percentile £86,250 £80,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £91,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +180.77% -71.74%
75th Percentile £122,500 £102,813 £33,750
90th Percentile - £107,875 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -31.58%

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 21,103 15,965 24,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.72% 39.00% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,555 7,496 16,709
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,273 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.14% +6.55% -

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +13 37 £87,500 -4.11% 1
England -14 37 £87,500 -4.11% 1
Work from Home - 25 £87,500 -

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) AWS
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) GCP
2 1 (2.70%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (67.57%) CHAP
2 2 (5.41%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (81.08%) Finance
2 27 (72.97%) Banking
3 26 (70.27%) Social Skills
4 25 (67.57%) Financial Institution
5 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (67.57%) Auditor
2 24 (64.86%) Security Auditor
3 23 (62.16%) Internal Auditor
4 6 (16.22%) Architect
4 6 (16.22%) Security Architect
5 5 (13.51%) Senior
6 4 (10.81%) Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Security Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Security Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Security Architect
7 3 (8.11%) Information Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Information Security Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.41%) Security Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.70%) IT Architect
9 1 (2.70%) IT Auditor
9 1 (2.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Middleware
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) JSP
2 1 (2.70%) REST
2 1 (2.70%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.70%) SOAP
2 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (70.27%) Management Information System
2 14 (37.84%) Blockchain
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) AIX
2 2 (5.41%) Unix
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (94.59%) Risk Management
2 33 (89.19%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (83.78%) Vulnerability Management
4 29 (78.38%) Information Security
5 28 (75.68%) Incident Response
6 27 (72.97%) Agile
6 27 (72.97%) Data Protection
6 27 (72.97%) Internal Audit
6 27 (72.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (72.97%) Test Strategy
7 26 (70.27%) Analytics
7 26 (70.27%) Project Management
7 26 (70.27%) Threat Management
8 25 (67.57%) Data Analytics
8 25 (67.57%) PRINCE2
8 25 (67.57%) Risk Assessment
8 25 (67.57%) Validation
9 15 (40.54%) Data Governance
9 15 (40.54%) Predictive Analytics
10 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Java
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (72.97%) CISA
1 27 (72.97%) CISM
1 27 (72.97%) CISSP
2 26 (70.27%) CGEIT
2 26 (70.27%) SANS
3 8 (21.62%) Degree
4 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (97.30%) NIST
2 30 (81.08%) GDPR
3 27 (72.97%) COBIT
4 11 (29.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (27.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (16.22%) PCI DSS
7 2 (5.41%) GRC
8 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.70%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Citrix
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle
1 2 (5.41%) Splunk
2 1 (2.70%) Alibaba
2 1 (2.70%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.70%) Google
2 1 (2.70%) IBM
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) SAP
2 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow