Reuters Job Trends

Reuters
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Reuters products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reuters over the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Reuters Group PLC.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 629 652 672
Rank change year-on-year +23 +20 +291
Permanent jobs citing Reuters 25 90 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.14% 0.075%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.41% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 21 76 32
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £105,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.19% +61.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £142,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £165,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +21.74% -62.90%

All Vendors
UK

Reuters falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,014 21,997 21,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.49% 35.41% 41.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,276 11,556 16,437
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,851 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year -15.00% +1.52% -1.50%

Reuters
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Reuters job vacancy trend in the UK

Reuters
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Reuters.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Reuters

Reuters
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reuters over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Reuters in the UK

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Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reuters within the UK over the 6 months to 12 December 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 +40 24 £77,500 -26.19% 48
London +10 24 £77,500 -26.19% 19
Work from Home +24 1 £50,000 -62.96% 17

Reuters
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 16 (64.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (16.00%) Confluence
3 1 (4.00%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Fidessa
2 1 (4.00%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 15 (60.00%) Entra ID
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (40.00%) Azure
3 6 (24.00%) AWS
4 3 (12.00%) Mimecast
5 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.00%) GCP
5 1 (4.00%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.00%) n8n
5 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.00%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) TCP/IP
2 14 (56.00%) DHCP
2 14 (56.00%) DNS
3 12 (48.00%) LAN
3 12 (48.00%) WAN
4 5 (20.00%) FIX Connectivity
5 3 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (12.00%) Multicast
6 2 (8.00%) Firewall
6 2 (8.00%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.00%) Skype
7 1 (4.00%) VLAN
7 1 (4.00%) VPN
7 1 (4.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (76.00%) Finance
2 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (52.00%) Legal
4 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Banking
5 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Spanish Language
6 2 (8.00%) Back Office
7 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.00%) Law
7 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Windows Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Support Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Administrator
5 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) IT Administrator
5 3 (12.00%) IT Systems Administrator
5 3 (12.00%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (8.00%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support
6 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Product Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (8.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Enterprise Software
1 12 (48.00%) Hedge funds
2 5 (20.00%) Eurex
2 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.00%) Distributed Architecture
3 3 (12.00%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (12.00%) Equities
3 3 (12.00%) Fixed Income
3 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (4.00%) Blockchain
4 1 (4.00%) IoT
4 1 (4.00%) Low-Code
4 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (88.00%) Windows
2 15 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (20.00%) Linux
5 2 (8.00%) Solaris
5 2 (8.00%) Ubuntu
5 2 (8.00%) Unix
6 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
6 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Batch Scripting
2 12 (48.00%) Collaborative Working
2 12 (48.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (48.00%) Patch Management
2 12 (48.00%) Systems Engineering
2 12 (48.00%) Task Automation
3 5 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (16.00%) Change Management
4 4 (16.00%) Electronic Trading
4 4 (16.00%) Low Latency
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (16.00%) Time Management
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
5 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (12.00%) Scrum
5 3 (12.00%) SDLC
5 3 (12.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.00%) C#
3 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (4.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) MCP
1 4 (16.00%) MCSA
1 4 (16.00%) MCSE
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.00%) MCDST
3 1 (4.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (72.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (48.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 12 (48.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.00%) SCCM
4 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Bloomberg
2 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.00%) CQG
3 5 (20.00%) ION Trading
3 5 (20.00%) Oracle
3 5 (20.00%) Patsystems
3 5 (20.00%) Trayport
3 5 (20.00%) VMware
4 4 (16.00%) Atlassian
5 3 (12.00%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (12.00%) Okta
5 3 (12.00%) Sophos
5 3 (12.00%) Zscaler
6 2 (8.00%) Citrix
6 2 (8.00%) Red Hat
7 1 (4.00%) Alteryx
7 1 (4.00%) Google
7 1 (4.00%) SAP
7 1 (4.00%) Tradeweb