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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 617 800
Rank change year-on-year -59 +183 +17
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 24 28 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.068% 0.058%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 49
10th Percentile £46,150 £46,875 £40,250
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 £95,200
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 23,602 15,944 32,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.12% 38.78% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,066 8,952 22,294
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £44,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £79,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 29 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 29 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 -41 22 £77,500 +2.06% 22
London -2 16 £77,500 -3.13% 19
UK excluding London -60 6 £80,000 +45.45% 6
Work from Home -10 5 £80,000 - 5
West Midlands -12 3 £80,000 -
Midlands -24 3 £80,000 -
North West -21 2 £58,000 - 2
North of England -48 2 £58,000 -23.62% 2
South West -42 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 (8.33%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (12.50%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (12.50%) SAP CO
2 3 (12.50%) SAP FI
2 3 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (12.50%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SAP HANA
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 23 (95.83%) Finance
2 17 (70.83%) Banking
3 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
5 9 (37.50%) Financial Institution
6 5 (20.83%) Marketing
7 4 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (12.50%) Billing
9 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (8.33%) Law
10 1 (4.17%) International Banking
10 1 (4.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Business Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Payments Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Architect
4 4 (16.67%) Payments Business Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Senior
5 3 (12.50%) Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Product Management Director
5 3 (12.50%) SAP CO Support
5 3 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO Support
5 3 (12.50%) SAP Support
5 3 (12.50%) SAP Support Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior SAP Support Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Support Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) XML
2 2 (8.33%) Drools
3 1 (4.17%) EDI
3 1 (4.17%) EDIFACT
3 1 (4.17%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Onboarding
2 5 (20.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (12.50%) PACS
3 3 (12.50%) Private Cloud
3 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Digital Wallet
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (29.17%) Cash Management
4 7 (29.17%) Migration
4 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (25.00%) Validation
6 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
6 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
6 5 (20.83%) User Stories
7 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
8 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (12.50%) Information Security
8 3 (12.50%) Regression Testing
8 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 3 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Java
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) ActionScript
2 1 (4.17%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) ISO 20022
2 5 (20.83%) PMO
3 4 (16.67%) SEPA
4 3 (12.50%) SLA
5 2 (8.33%) PSD2
5 2 (8.33%) TARGET2
6 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) SAP
2 2 (8.33%) Calypso
2 2 (8.33%) FIS
2 2 (8.33%) ION Trading
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Murex
3 1 (4.17%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.17%) Reuters