Solvency II Job Trends

Solvency II
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Solvency II skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 726 738
Rank change year-on-year +64 +12 +398
Permanent jobs citing Solvency II 14 33 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.029% 0.047% 0.016%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 0.33% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 4
10th Percentile - £60,625 £64,000
25th Percentile - £67,188 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +47.83%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £88,750
90th Percentile - - £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £75,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year - -25.00% +122.22%

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 7,561 9,873 8,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.48% 14.14% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,217 4,598 6,282
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,254 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,465 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -2.56% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £95,000
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

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

Solvency II job vacancy trend 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
Top 4 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 17 October 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 +84 11 £75,000 - 22
London +54 11 £75,000 +25.00% 19
UK excluding London +53 3 - - 12
Scotland -12 3 - -

Solvency II
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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (57.14%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) IaaS
1 8 (57.14%) PaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.14%) Metadata
General
1 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (57.14%) Dutch Language
1 8 (57.14%) French Language
1 8 (57.14%) Games
1 8 (57.14%) Law
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Architect
1 9 (64.29%) Lead
1 9 (64.29%) Lead Architect
2 8 (57.14%) IT Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Actuarial Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Data Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.14%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 11 (78.57%) Project Management
3 8 (57.14%) Architecture Governance
3 8 (57.14%) Business Strategy
3 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (57.14%) DevOps
3 8 (57.14%) Insurtech
3 8 (57.14%) Integration Patterns
3 8 (57.14%) IT Strategy
3 8 (57.14%) Mathematics
3 8 (57.14%) Microservices
3 8 (57.14%) Observability
3 8 (57.14%) Open Source
3 8 (57.14%) Project Delivery
4 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Coaching
6 3 (21.43%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Python
1 2 (14.29%) R
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
1 2 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) IFRS
2 11 (78.57%) IFRS 17
3 5 (35.71%) GAAP
4 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
4 1 (7.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 8 (57.14%) Duck Creek
2 8 (57.14%) Guidewire
3 1 (7.14%) Databricks