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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 647 745
Rank change year-on-year +13 +98 +70
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 39 26 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.056% 0.055% 0.069%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10 16 50
10th Percentile £44,625 £46,875 £40,896
25th Percentile £56,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £72,968 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% +3.39% +1.62%
75th Percentile £82,813 £81,837 £88,712
90th Percentile £85,125 £95,639 £92,191
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £55,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +25.45% -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 22,269 18,060 27,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.04% 38.09% 36.56%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,638 19,864
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +13.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +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 25 February 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 25 February 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 +34 34 £67,750 -10.78% 8
London +33 21 £67,750 -15.31% 6
UK excluding London +3 13 £69,000 +25.45% 6
North West +5 10 £58,000 -
North of England -20 10 £58,000 -23.62%
Work from Home +34 3 £80,000 - 3
West Midlands +14 2 £80,000 - 1
Midlands -5 2 £80,000 - 1
South West -16 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (5.13%) SAP CO
2 2 (5.13%) SAP FI
2 2 (5.13%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (5.13%) SAP FSCM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) BlazeMeter
1 2 (5.13%) SaaS
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Database
1 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.13%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Bitbucket
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
1 2 (5.13%) JMeter
1 2 (5.13%) LoadRunner
1 2 (5.13%) REST Assured
1 2 (5.13%) Selenium
1 2 (5.13%) Subversion
1 2 (5.13%) TestRail
General
1 32 (82.05%) Finance
2 30 (76.92%) Banking
3 19 (48.72%) Financial Institution
4 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
5 13 (33.33%) Billing
6 12 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (17.95%) Corporate Banking
8 6 (15.38%) Marketing
9 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (5.13%) International Banking
9 2 (5.13%) Law
10 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
10 1 (2.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Architect
2 11 (28.21%) Business Analyst
2 11 (28.21%) Payments Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Analyst
3 8 (20.51%) Payments Business Analyst
4 7 (17.95%) Payments Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Product Management Director
5 3 (7.69%) Product Owner
5 3 (7.69%) Senior
5 3 (7.69%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) SAP CO Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) SAP FI Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Support Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) XML
2 2 (5.13%) Kafka
2 2 (5.13%) Playwright
2 2 (5.13%) REST
2 2 (5.13%) Swagger
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%) Product Ownership
3 7 (17.95%) Onboarding
4 5 (12.82%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (7.69%) PACS
6 2 (5.13%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (5.13%) Private Cloud
6 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.56%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (69.23%) Agile
2 19 (48.72%) 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%) Roadmaps
5 13 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (23.08%) Cash Management
6 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
6 9 (23.08%) Scrum
6 9 (23.08%) Software Engineering
7 8 (20.51%) User Stories
8 7 (17.95%) Product Backlog
8 7 (17.95%) Product Vision
8 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.38%) AI
9 6 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) C#
2 2 (5.13%) Java
2 2 (5.13%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) ActionScript
3 1 (2.56%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) CSPO
2 2 (5.13%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (74.36%) ISO 20022
2 24 (61.54%) SEPA
3 13 (33.33%) TARGET2
4 3 (7.69%) Accessibility
4 3 (7.69%) ISO 8583
4 3 (7.69%) PMO
5 2 (5.13%) PSD2
5 2 (5.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (5.13%) CA Agile Central
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle
1 2 (5.13%) SAP
2 1 (2.56%) Bloomberg
2 1 (2.56%) Reuters