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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 673 607 810
Rank change year-on-year -66 +203 -8
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 26 29 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.071% 0.056%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 17 49
10th Percentile - £48,000 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £75,935 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% +7.59% +1.62%
75th Percentile £84,063 £87,348 £91,934
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,500 £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 24,271 15,969 33,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.28% 39.06% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 12,458 9,051 22,686
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £43,750 £38,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -56 24 £78,750 +3.71% 22
London -5 18 £77,500 -3.13% 19
Work from Home +10 8 £80,000 - 5
UK excluding London -76 6 £80,000 +45.45% 6
West Midlands -19 3 £80,000 -
Midlands -38 3 £80,000 -
North West -31 2 £58,000 - 2
North of England -74 2 £58,000 -23.62% 2
South West -35 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 (7.69%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (11.54%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (11.54%) SAP CO
2 3 (11.54%) SAP FI
2 3 (11.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (11.54%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SAP HANA
General
1 25 (96.15%) Finance
2 18 (69.23%) Banking
3 11 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 9 (34.62%) Financial Institution
6 7 (26.92%) Marketing
7 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (11.54%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (7.69%) Billing
9 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (7.69%) Law
10 1 (3.85%) International Banking
10 1 (3.85%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Business Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Payments Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Payments Business Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Transformation Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAP CO Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAP FI Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Support
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Support Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Senior SAP Support Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Support Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Service Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) XML
2 2 (7.69%) Drools
3 1 (3.85%) EDI
3 1 (3.85%) EDIFACT
3 1 (3.85%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Onboarding
2 6 (23.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
4 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (11.54%) PACS
5 3 (11.54%) Private Cloud
5 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
6 2 (7.69%) Digital Wallet
7 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (42.31%) Agile
2 11 (42.31%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (34.62%) Cash Management
4 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (23.08%) Migration
6 5 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 5 (19.23%) User Stories
6 5 (19.23%) Validation
7 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
7 4 (15.38%) Client Onboarding
7 4 (15.38%) Coaching
7 4 (15.38%) Information Security
7 4 (15.38%) Line Management
7 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 4 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (15.38%) Technology Transformation
7 4 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (11.54%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) ActionScript
2 1 (3.85%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) CTC Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CEH
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (61.54%) ISO 20022
2 7 (26.92%) PMO
3 3 (11.54%) SEPA
3 3 (11.54%) SLA
4 2 (7.69%) PSD2
4 2 (7.69%) TARGET2
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.85%) NIST
5 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) SAP
2 5 (19.23%) FIS
3 4 (15.38%) ION Trading
4 2 (7.69%) Calypso
4 2 (7.69%) Murex
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft