Financial Institution Jobs

Financial Institution
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 429 380
Rank change year-on-year +140 -49 +45
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 594 581 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 0.56% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.53% 0.96% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 154 227 433
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,563 £58,750 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% +9.97%
75th Percentile £111,250 £106,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £121,375 £130,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +12.50% +4.35%

All General Skills
UK

Financial Institution falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38,878 60,543 66,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 70.17% 58.62% 67.97%
Number of salaries quoted 18,041 40,070 35,832
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution.

Salary trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +274 569 £82,750 +3.44% 1,265
London +217 440 £90,000 +2.73% 329
UK excluding London +15 152 £72,500 +7.41% 1,177
North of England +83 45 £72,500 +31.82% 227
Work from Home +41 40 £75,000 -6.25% 613
North West +45 38 £72,500 +61.11% 111
Midlands +104 30 £67,500 +51.69% 186
East of England - 30 - - 148
Scotland -46 19 £95,000 -5.94% 59
West Midlands +64 16 £39,500 -11.24% 100
South West +76 14 £82,500 +11.86% 118
East Midlands +58 14 £70,500 - 74
South East +75 10 £85,800 +32.00% 431
Yorkshire +63 6 £65,000 +18.18% 91
Northern Ireland - 4 £69,000 - 19
North East +39 1 - - 25

Financial Institution
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.35%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) Confluence
4 2 (0.34%) SAS
4 2 (0.34%) WordPress
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 294 (49.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) SPSS
5 1 (0.17%) SPSS Modeler
5 1 (0.17%) Stata
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) BASE24
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.17%) Eikon
1 1 (0.17%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 80 (13.47%) AWS
2 43 (7.24%) Azure
3 27 (4.55%) GCP
4 9 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
5 8 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.35%) Serverless
6 7 (1.18%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.84%) SaaS
9 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (0.67%) Figma
9 4 (0.67%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.67%) Miro
9 4 (0.67%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.67%) Slack
10 3 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.51%) Wireless
2 2 (0.34%) Firewall
2 2 (0.34%) Network Security
2 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.34%) VLAN
2 2 (0.34%) WAN
3 1 (0.17%) ATM
3 1 (0.17%) BGP
3 1 (0.17%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (0.17%) Internet
3 1 (0.17%) Junos
3 1 (0.17%) LAN
3 1 (0.17%) MPLS
3 1 (0.17%) OSPF
3 1 (0.17%) SWIFTNet
3 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.70%) Data Lake
2 21 (3.54%) Metadata
3 8 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.18%) MySQL
4 7 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.18%) Tableau
5 6 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (1.01%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.84%) Apache Hive
7 4 (0.67%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.67%) Power BI
7 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.67%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.34%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.34%) Hazelcast
8 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.34%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 15 (2.53%) JIRA
2 13 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.68%) Git
4 6 (1.01%) GitLab
5 4 (0.67%) Appium
5 4 (0.67%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.67%) Fiddler
5 4 (0.67%) JMeter
5 4 (0.67%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.67%) Postman
5 4 (0.67%) Selenium
6 3 (0.51%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.34%) webpack
8 1 (0.17%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.17%) JUnit
8 1 (0.17%) Maven
8 1 (0.17%) VersaTest
8 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 594 (100.00%) Finance
2 438 (73.74%) Social Skills
3 387 (65.15%) Analytical Skills
4 384 (64.65%) Banking
5 330 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 291 (48.99%) French Language
6 291 (48.99%) German Language
7 47 (7.91%) Law
8 40 (6.73%) Legal
9 25 (4.21%) Retail Banking
10 24 (4.04%) Prime Brokerage
11 16 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (2.69%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.02%) Marketing
13 10 (1.68%) Front Office
14 8 (1.35%) Mandarin Language
14 8 (1.35%) Retail
15 5 (0.84%) Games
16 4 (0.67%) Advertising
16 4 (0.67%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 329 (55.39%) Analyst
2 289 (48.65%) Credit Analyst
2 289 (48.65%) Research Analyst
3 59 (9.93%) Senior
4 58 (9.76%) Risk Manager
5 36 (6.06%) Architect
6 34 (5.72%) Software Engineer
7 33 (5.56%) Credit Risk Manager
8 32 (5.39%) Java Engineer
9 30 (5.05%) Java Software Engineer
10 21 (3.54%) Data Architect
10 21 (3.54%) Lead
11 18 (3.03%) Developer
12 17 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 14 (2.36%) Senior Java Engineer
14 14 (2.36%) Senior Java Software Engineer
15 13 (2.19%) Product Owner
16 10 (1.68%) Digital Analyst
17 9 (1.52%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.39%) Spring
2 30 (5.05%) Kafka
3 29 (4.88%) AngularJS
3 29 (4.88%) Spring Boot
4 25 (4.21%) Akka
5 17 (2.86%) React
6 15 (2.53%) RxJava
6 15 (2.53%) Spring WebFlux
7 8 (1.35%) RESTful
8 7 (1.18%) REST
9 6 (1.01%) WebSockets
10 4 (0.67%) .NET
10 4 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.67%) Keras
10 4 (0.67%) NumPy
10 4 (0.67%) SciPy
10 4 (0.67%) SpaCy
10 4 (0.67%) TensorFlow
11 3 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 325 (54.71%) Credit Risk
2 293 (49.33%) Fixed Income
3 33 (5.56%) Hedge funds
4 29 (4.88%) Derivative
5 26 (4.38%) Product Ownership
6 24 (4.04%) Blockchain
7 21 (3.54%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.85%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.84%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.51%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.51%) Social Media
13 3 (0.51%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.34%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.53%) Linux
2 6 (1.01%) Windows
3 5 (0.84%) Unix
4 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.17%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (62.63%) Risk Management
2 326 (54.88%) Asset Management
3 315 (53.03%) Decision-Making
4 300 (50.51%) Risk Assessment
5 291 (48.99%) Business Strategy
5 291 (48.99%) Portfolio Management
6 290 (48.82%) Credit Risk Analysis
7 289 (48.65%) Financial Modelling
8 109 (18.35%) Agile
9 90 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 60 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (9.76%) Fintech
12 46 (7.74%) Line Management
13 45 (7.58%) Data Privacy
14 43 (7.24%) Software Engineering
15 42 (7.07%) Test Strategy
16 41 (6.90%) CI/CD
17 37 (6.23%) Microservices
18 34 (5.72%) DevOps
19 33 (5.56%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.08%) Java
2 33 (5.56%) Python
3 30 (5.05%) SQL
4 18 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.85%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.18%) Bash
6 7 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.01%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.84%) C#
9 4 (0.67%) R
10 3 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.51%) Bicep
10 3 (0.51%) Go
10 3 (0.51%) Perl
11 2 (0.34%) C++
11 2 (0.34%) COBOL
11 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 315 (53.03%) Degree
2 295 (49.66%) Master's Degree
3 290 (48.82%) CFA
4 26 (4.38%) AWS Certification
5 24 (4.04%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.01%) PMP
7 5 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.67%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.67%) PhD
9 3 (0.51%) CISA
9 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.34%) CISSP
10 2 (0.34%) HNC
10 2 (0.34%) HND
11 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.17%) OSCP
11 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.55%) GDPR
2 24 (4.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 8 (1.35%) QA
4 5 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.67%) SLA
6 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.51%) NCSC
7 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.34%) Basel III
7 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.34%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) COBIT
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) IFRS
8 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.17%) ITGC
8 1 (0.17%) MiFID
8 1 (0.17%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (6.57%) Docker
2 3 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.34%) Postfix
3 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.02%) Terraform
3 4 (0.67%) Grafana
4 3 (0.51%) Ansible
4 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.34%) Nagios
5 2 (0.34%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.34%) Puppet
5 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 290 (48.82%) Bloomberg
2 39 (6.57%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.72%) Avaloq
4 15 (2.53%) Oracle
5 10 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.18%) Google
7 3 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.34%) Adobe
8 2 (0.34%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.34%) SAP
8 2 (0.34%) Splunk
8 2 (0.34%) VMware
9 1 (0.17%) Cisco
9 1 (0.17%) Citrix
9 1 (0.17%) HP
9 1 (0.17%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.17%) Juniper
9 1 (0.17%) Murex
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.17%) Sun