SWIFT Messaging Network Job Trends

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 644 759
Rank change year-on-year +1 +115 +57
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 39 24 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.053% 0.068%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 53
10th Percentile £46,150 £46,875 £40,394
25th Percentile £56,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,968 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% +3.39% +1.62%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,837 £91,934
90th Percentile £84,875 £95,639 £94,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +45.45% -22.07% +1.62%

All Generic Skills
UK

SWIFT Messaging Network falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,525 17,599 29,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.23% 38.78% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11,420 8,846 21,485
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% -9.09%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SWIFT Messaging Network job vacancy trend in the UK

SWIFT Messaging Network
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SWIFT Messaging Network.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SWIFT Messaging Network

SWIFT Messaging Network
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK

SWIFT Messaging Network
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network within the UK over the 6 months to 8 March 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 -9 34 £77,500 +2.06% 18
London +18 21 £77,500 -3.13% 12
UK excluding London -1 13 £80,000 +45.45% 11
North West +5 9 £58,000 - 1
North of England -23 9 £58,000 -23.62% 1
Work from Home +28 4 £80,000 - 9
West Midlands +9 3 £80,000 - 1
Midlands -3 3 £80,000 - 1
South West -18 1 - - 1

SWIFT Messaging Network
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 2 (5.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (12.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (7.69%) SAP CO
3 3 (7.69%) SAP FI
3 3 (7.69%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (7.69%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
General
1 35 (89.74%) Finance
2 31 (79.49%) Banking
3 19 (48.72%) Financial Institution
4 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (33.33%) Billing
5 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 7 (17.95%) Corporate Banking
7 6 (15.38%) Marketing
8 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (5.13%) International Banking
8 2 (5.13%) Law
9 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Architect
2 11 (28.21%) Payments Architect
3 10 (25.64%) Business Analyst
4 8 (20.51%) Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Payments Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Payments Business Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Senior
7 3 (7.69%) Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Product Management Director
7 3 (7.69%) Product Owner
7 3 (7.69%) SAP CO Support
7 3 (7.69%) SAP FI/CO Support
7 3 (7.69%) SAP Support
7 3 (7.69%) SAP Support Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Senior SAP Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) XML
2 2 (5.13%) Drools
3 1 (2.56%) EDI
3 1 (2.56%) EDIFACT
3 1 (2.56%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (20.51%) Onboarding
2 8 (20.51%) Product Ownership
3 5 (12.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (7.69%) PACS
4 3 (7.69%) Private Cloud
4 3 (7.69%) Public Cloud
5 2 (5.13%) Digital Wallet
6 1 (2.56%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) Agile
2 18 (46.15%) Business Analysis
3 17 (43.59%) Migration
4 16 (41.03%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (41.03%) Validation
5 13 (33.33%) Fintech
5 13 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
5 13 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (30.77%) Roadmaps
7 9 (23.08%) Software Engineering
8 8 (20.51%) Cash Management
8 8 (20.51%) Product Roadmap
8 8 (20.51%) Scrum
8 8 (20.51%) User Stories
9 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (15.38%) AI
10 6 (15.38%) Product Backlog
10 6 (15.38%) Product Management
10 6 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Java
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) ActionScript
2 1 (2.56%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) CSPO
1 3 (7.69%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
1 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (76.92%) ISO 20022
2 21 (53.85%) SEPA
3 12 (30.77%) TARGET2
4 3 (7.69%) ISO 8583
4 3 (7.69%) PMO
4 3 (7.69%) SLA
5 2 (5.13%) PSD2
6 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) SAP
2 2 (5.13%) Calypso
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Murex
3 1 (2.56%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.56%) Reuters