Fraud Detection Jobs

Fraud Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Fraud Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fraud Detection over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 896 918
Rank change year-on-year +200 +22 +175
Permanent jobs citing Fraud Detection 15 14 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.014% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.016% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 43
10th Percentile £44,750 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £65,000 £51,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £70,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +2.19% +69.14%
75th Percentile £98,474 £80,625 £80,627
90th Percentile £141,000 £82,500 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -35.71% +2.19% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Fraud Detection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Fraud Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fraud Detection in the UK

Fraud Detection
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fraud Detection.

Salary trend for Fraud Detection in the UK

Fraud Detection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fraud Detection over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Fraud Detection in the UK

Fraud Detection
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fraud Detection within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
UK excluding London +203 13 £45,000 -35.71% 40
England +158 13 £78,819 +12.60% 93
Work from Home +124 9 £45,000 - 37
Yorkshire - 6 £69,819 -
North of England - 6 £69,819 - 1
Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 6
London +112 2 £106,500 +42.00% 74
Scotland - 2 £45,000 - 3
South East - 1 £130,000 - 27
South West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 3

Fraud Detection
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 5 (33.33%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) GCP
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) NoSQL
2 2 (13.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (6.67%) Pinecone
3 1 (6.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) ER Studio
1 1 (6.67%) MLflow
General
1 13 (86.67%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Banking
3 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (26.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Data Science Graduate
2 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Management Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Graduate
2 4 (26.67%) Lead Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Head of IT
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Data Modeller
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Modeller
4 1 (6.67%) Forensic Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Head of AI
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) SAS Modeller
4 1 (6.67%) Statistical Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.67%) scikit-learn
1 1 (6.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Credit Risk
2 6 (40.00%) Algorithms
3 4 (26.67%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (26.67%) Learning Management System
3 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (26.67%) Market Risk
3 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Analytics
2 10 (66.67%) Data Science
3 9 (60.00%) Data Pipeline
3 9 (60.00%) Machine Learning
4 8 (53.33%) Agile
4 8 (53.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (46.67%) Decision-Making
5 7 (46.67%) Predictive Analytics
6 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (40.00%) Data Analytics
6 6 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
7 5 (33.33%) Visualisation
8 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (26.67%) Data Management
8 4 (26.67%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (26.67%) ETL
8 4 (26.67%) Risk Analytics
8 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (26.67%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Python
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (40.00%) R
4 1 (6.67%) C++
4 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 5 (33.33%) PhD
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) Basel II
1 4 (26.67%) Basel III
1 4 (26.67%) Dodd-Frank
1 4 (26.67%) GDPR
1 4 (26.67%) IFRS
1 4 (26.67%) IFRS 9
1 4 (26.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubeflow
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) LexisNexis