Solvency II Job Trends

Solvency II
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Solvency II skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 745 760
Rank change year-on-year +88 +15 +422
Permanent jobs citing Solvency II 13 41 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.053% 0.019%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.17% 0.40% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 8
10th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £57,625
25th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £78,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% +47.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £73,000 £81,500 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -25.00% +113.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Solvency II falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,663 10,340 8,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.60% 13.33% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,200 5,406 6,775
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,282 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -6.20% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £92,625 £97,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Solvency II
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Solvency II as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Solvency II in the UK

Solvency II
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Solvency II.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Solvency II

Solvency II
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solvency II over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Solvency II in the UK

Solvency II
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solvency II within the UK over the 6 months to 15 September 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 +101 10 £65,000 -13.33% 4
London +72 9 £70,000 +16.67% 4
UK excluding London +80 4 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Scotland +48 3 - - 4
East of England - 1 £60,000 -

Solvency II
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 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) IaaS
1 6 (46.15%) PaaS
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (46.15%) Dutch Language
1 6 (46.15%) French Language
1 6 (46.15%) Games
1 6 (46.15%) Law
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
1 6 (46.15%) IT Architect
1 6 (46.15%) Lead
1 6 (46.15%) Lead Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Actuarial Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Insurance Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Decision-Making
1 9 (69.23%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) Project Delivery
3 6 (46.15%) Architecture Governance
3 6 (46.15%) Business Strategy
3 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (46.15%) DevOps
3 6 (46.15%) Insurtech
3 6 (46.15%) Integration Patterns
3 6 (46.15%) IT Strategy
3 6 (46.15%) Mathematics
3 6 (46.15%) Microservices
3 6 (46.15%) Observability
3 6 (46.15%) Open Source
4 5 (38.46%) Agile
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Capital Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) Coaching
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) R
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (84.62%) IFRS
2 8 (61.54%) IFRS 17
3 5 (38.46%) GAAP
4 2 (15.38%) GDPR
5 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) SAP
2 6 (46.15%) Duck Creek
2 6 (46.15%) Guidewire