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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 684 662
Rank change year-on-year +79 -22 +179
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 34 22 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.039% 0.087%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.11% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 40
10th Percentile £40,875 - £50,000
25th Percentile £42,938 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -0.82% +1.62%
75th Percentile £98,125 £87,348 £81,875
90th Percentile £104,500 £105,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - -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 20,803 20,653 18,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.23% 36.82% 38.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10,472 10,026 13,736
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -3.92% -3.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 22 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK

SWIFT Messaging Network
Top 6 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 22 December 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 +91 30 £57,500 -23.33% 36
London +63 22 £57,500 -23.33% 25
North West +41 8 - - 3
UK excluding London +41 8 - - 17
North of England +28 8 - - 3
Work from Home +65 4 £77,500 +3.33% 6

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 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.94%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) BlazeMeter
1 2 (5.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Database
1 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.94%) DB2
2 1 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Bitbucket
1 2 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
1 2 (5.88%) JMeter
1 2 (5.88%) LoadRunner
1 2 (5.88%) REST Assured
1 2 (5.88%) Selenium
1 2 (5.88%) Subversion
1 2 (5.88%) TestRail
General
1 26 (76.47%) Banking
1 26 (76.47%) Finance
2 18 (52.94%) Financial Institution
3 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 11 (32.35%) Billing
5 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (17.65%) Marketing
7 4 (11.76%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (5.88%) International Banking
9 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.94%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Architect
2 11 (32.35%) Payments Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Business Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Payments Business Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Product Management Director
4 3 (8.82%) Product Owner
5 2 (5.88%) Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.94%) Applications Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Finance Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Operations Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Presales Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Presales Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) REST
2 2 (5.88%) Kafka
2 2 (5.88%) Playwright
2 2 (5.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (20.59%) Product Ownership
2 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.82%) PACS
4 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) AIX
2 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) Agile
2 16 (47.06%) Business Analysis
3 13 (38.24%) Roadmaps
4 12 (35.29%) Fintech
4 12 (35.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 11 (32.35%) GAP Analysis
5 11 (32.35%) Migration
5 11 (32.35%) Technical Leadership
5 11 (32.35%) Validation
6 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
7 8 (23.53%) Cash Management
7 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (23.53%) Product Roadmap
8 7 (20.59%) Product Backlog
8 7 (20.59%) Product Management
8 7 (20.59%) Product Vision
8 7 (20.59%) Scrum
9 6 (17.65%) AI
9 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (17.65%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) Java
3 3 (8.82%) C#
3 3 (8.82%) Python
4 2 (5.88%) ActionScript
4 2 (5.88%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) CSPO
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (76.47%) SEPA
2 19 (55.88%) ISO 20022
3 11 (32.35%) TARGET2
4 3 (8.82%) Accessibility
4 3 (8.82%) ISO 8583
4 3 (8.82%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle
2 2 (5.88%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (2.94%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.94%) Reuters