KYC Job Trends

Know Your Customers/Clients (KYC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring KYC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 658 651
Rank change year-on-year +49 -7 +249
Permanent jobs citing KYC 44 41 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.077% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.084% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29 13 38
10th Percentile - £31,969 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,800 £81,250
90th Percentile £122,000 £90,000 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £36,782 £35,000
% change year-on-year +83.52% +5.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

KYC 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

KYC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

KYC job vacancy trend in the UK

KYC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing KYC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing KYC

KYC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing KYC over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for KYC in the UK

KYC
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KYC within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +69 42 £67,500 +8.00% 57
London +75 33 £60,000 -11.11% 18
Work from Home +68 15 £50,000 -9.09% 44
UK excluding London +39 10 £67,500 +83.52% 46
North of England +3 7 £65,500 +118.33% 9
Yorkshire - 4 - - 3
South East +35 2 £67,500 +4.36% 21
North West +9 2 £65,500 +118.33% 4
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 3
North East - 1 - - 2

KYC
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.09%) Confluence
1 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) MTS
Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Actimize
1 1 (2.27%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.09%) Power Platform
2 5 (11.36%) Boomi
2 5 (11.36%) Power Automate
2 5 (11.36%) SaaS
3 3 (6.82%) AWS
4 2 (4.55%) Azure
4 2 (4.55%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.27%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.27%) GCP
5 1 (2.27%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (34.09%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.27%) DB2
3 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 32 (72.73%) Finance
2 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 12 (27.27%) Law
4 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (20.45%) Banking
5 9 (20.45%) Legal
6 4 (9.09%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.82%) Retail
8 2 (4.55%) Automotive
8 2 (4.55%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.27%) International Banking
9 1 (2.27%) Private Banking
9 1 (2.27%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Analyst
2 8 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 7 (15.91%) Data Steward
4 5 (11.36%) Compliance Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Product Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Workflow Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Product Owner
5 2 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Support Officer
6 1 (2.27%) Account Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Consultant
6 1 (2.27%) Governance Analyst
6 1 (2.27%) KYC Analyst
6 1 (2.27%) Risk Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Sales Manager
6 1 (2.27%) SWIFT Consultant
6 1 (2.27%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (2.27%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) JSON
1 5 (11.36%) REST
1 5 (11.36%) XML
2 1 (2.27%) Kafka
2 1 (2.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (38.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 4 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Currency
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Wallet
4 1 (2.27%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) AIX
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 16 (36.36%) Workflow
3 15 (34.09%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 10 (22.73%) Client Onboarding
6 8 (18.18%) AI
6 8 (18.18%) Data Governance
6 8 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (15.91%) Agile
7 7 (15.91%) Data Analysis
7 7 (15.91%) Data Stewardship
7 7 (15.91%) Performance Metrics
7 7 (15.91%) Product Management
8 6 (13.64%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (13.64%) User Stories
9 5 (11.36%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (11.36%) Product Requirements
9 5 (11.36%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (11.36%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 21 (47.73%) SQL
2 9 (20.45%) Python
3 5 (11.36%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (2.27%) Java
4 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) ACCA
3 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) SEPA
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
3 1 (2.27%) EU AI Act
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
3 1 (2.27%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.27%) NIST
3 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) Intapp
2 2 (4.55%) Google
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) LexisNexis
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle
3 1 (2.27%) Red Hat