Tandem Job Trends

Tandem
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Tandem in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Tandem over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 669 604 731
Rank change year-on-year -65 +127 +179
Permanent jobs citing Tandem 23 67 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.39% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10 34 82
10th Percentile - £47,900 £43,800
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,188 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £81,250 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +22.18% -21.76%
75th Percentile £92,500 £116,250 £112,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £138,750 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +40.48% -4.55% -10.93%

All Generic Skills
UK

Tandem 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 22,926 17,031 30,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.93% 39.05% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,671 8,821 21,651
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,770 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Tandem
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Tandem job vacancy trend in the UK

Tandem
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tandem.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tandem

Tandem
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tandem over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Tandem in the UK

Tandem
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tandem within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 -57 23 £76,250 -18.67% 9
UK excluding London -16 17 £73,750 +40.48% 3
East of England +7 9 - -
North of England -44 6 £57,500 +43.75% 3
Work from Home +17 5 £57,500 -23.33% 7
North West -8 4 £57,500 -23.33% 3
London -9 4 £76,250 -29.07% 6
South East -8 2 £90,000 +49.05%
Yorkshire -40 2 £90,000 +236.45%

Tandem
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 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
2 1 (4.35%) Cohesity
2 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Retail
2 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Back Office
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Dutch Language
4 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.35%) French Language
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Procurement Officer
2 4 (17.39%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
2 4 (17.39%) Support Specialist
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Sales Director
4 1 (4.35%) Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Data Scientist
4 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Product Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.35%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (4.35%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (52.17%) Project Management
3 11 (47.83%) Contract Management
3 11 (47.83%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.70%) Business Development
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Retention
6 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.70%) Demand Generation
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Twin
6 2 (8.70%) GTM Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) IT Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Market Research
6 2 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (8.70%) Product Management
6 2 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (8.70%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Gemalto
2 1 (4.35%) IBM
2 1 (4.35%) Thales
2 1 (4.35%) VMware