Investment Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Investment Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Investment Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 410 378
Rank change year-on-year +100 -32 -74
Permanent jobs citing Investment Management 957 778 1,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.78% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.82% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 819 660 1,325
10th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £81,250 £73,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £142,500 £117,813 £128,750
90th Percentile £148,750 £150,000 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Investment Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Investment Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Investment Management.

Salary trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Management within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 +91 861 £105,000 +13.51% 186
London +95 845 £105,000 +10.53% 174
Work from Home +116 527 £112,500 +7.14% 56
UK excluding London +19 112 £50,000 -23.08% 60
Scotland +21 94 £48,750 -35.00% 6
West Midlands +15 8 £40,000 -46.67% 1
Midlands -6 8 £40,000 -46.67% 1
North of England +45 6 £66,250 +76.67% 3
North West -1 6 £66,250 +60.61% 2
Wales +8 2 £70,000 +3.70% 4
South East -15 1 £77,500 +19.23% 42
South West -41 1 £75,000 +36.36% 4

Investment Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 376 (39.29%) Apache Airflow
2 329 (34.38%) Apache
3 21 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.21%) Appian
7 2 (0.21%) Site Server
8 1 (0.10%) Confluence
8 1 (0.10%) Drupal
8 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (2.61%) Aladdin
2 15 (1.57%) thinkFolio
3 10 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 683 (71.37%) AWS
2 343 (35.84%) GCP
3 278 (29.05%) Azure
4 270 (28.21%) dbt
5 239 (24.97%) Snowflake
6 24 (2.51%) Power Platform
7 21 (2.19%) BlazeMeter
8 13 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
9 12 (1.25%) AWS Step Functions
10 11 (1.15%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.04%) Amazon EMR
12 8 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (0.84%) Dagster
12 8 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.84%) Serverless
13 7 (0.73%) GitHub
13 7 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.63%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.15%) DHCP
1 11 (1.15%) DNS
2 7 (0.73%) SAN
3 5 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.21%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.21%) LAN
4 2 (0.21%) NAS
4 2 (0.21%) SSH
4 2 (0.21%) WAN
5 1 (0.10%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) Internet
5 1 (0.10%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 319 (33.33%) Apache Ignite
2 265 (27.69%) Dremio
3 264 (27.59%) Amazon Athena
4 262 (27.38%) Apache Arrow
5 236 (24.66%) Data Lake
6 103 (10.76%) PostgreSQL
7 72 (7.52%) Big Data
8 50 (5.22%) SQL Server
9 24 (2.51%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.51%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.67%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (1.46%) Power BI
13 13 (1.36%) Apache Hive
13 13 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (1.15%) Redis
14 11 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.73%) Metadata
16 6 (0.63%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 65 (6.79%) Cypress.io
2 38 (3.97%) Git
3 25 (2.61%) JUnit
4 18 (1.88%) Jasmine
5 15 (1.57%) Karma Test Runner
5 15 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
6 10 (1.04%) JIRA
7 7 (0.73%) Moq
8 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.31%) Maven
9 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.21%) Selenium
10 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.10%) ERwin
10 1 (0.10%) GitLab
10 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.10%) Subversion
General
1 859 (89.76%) Finance
2 608 (63.53%) Front Office
3 477 (49.84%) Banking
4 225 (23.51%) Investment Banking
5 119 (12.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 113 (11.81%) Back Office
7 112 (11.70%) Law
8 92 (9.61%) Private Banking
9 60 (6.27%) Social Skills
10 31 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 9 (0.94%) Billing
13 8 (0.84%) Legal
14 6 (0.63%) French Language
14 6 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.21%) Marketing
17 1 (0.10%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 431 (45.04%) Software Engineer
2 384 (40.13%) Developer
3 274 (28.63%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 196 (20.48%) Senior
5 189 (19.75%) Python Engineer
6 181 (18.91%) Python Software Engineer
7 178 (18.60%) Python Developer
8 150 (15.67%) Analyst
9 141 (14.73%) AWS Engineer
10 136 (14.21%) Java Engineer
11 132 (13.79%) Java Software Engineer
12 127 (13.27%) React Developer
13 123 (12.85%) Senior Software Engineer
14 118 (12.33%) Lead
15 98 (10.24%) .NET Software Engineer
16 97 (10.14%) Full Stack Engineer
16 97 (10.14%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 90 (9.40%) AWS Software Engineer
17 90 (9.40%) Finance Manager
18 87 (9.09%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (38.35%) gRPC
2 365 (38.14%) Protocol Buffers
3 262 (27.38%) React
4 224 (23.41%) Redux
5 213 (22.26%) Pandas
6 212 (22.15%) NumPy
7 208 (21.73%) SciPy
8 173 (18.08%) AngularJS
9 133 (13.90%) .NET
10 114 (11.91%) Material-UI
11 96 (10.03%) Vue
12 80 (8.36%) Spring
13 60 (6.27%) .NET Core
13 60 (6.27%) ASP.NET
14 47 (4.91%) Node.js
15 45 (4.70%) RESTful
16 40 (4.18%) HTML
17 37 (3.87%) ASP.NET Core
17 37 (3.87%) Spring Boot
18 34 (3.55%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 609 (63.64%) Hedge funds
2 533 (55.69%) Fixed Income
3 436 (45.56%) Derivative
4 425 (44.41%) Equities
5 342 (35.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 61 (6.37%) Product Ownership
7 59 (6.17%) Cloud Native
8 48 (5.02%) Clustering
9 41 (4.28%) Public Cloud
10 30 (3.13%) Pricing Data
11 23 (2.40%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.57%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.25%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.84%) Private Cloud
15 7 (0.73%) N-Tier
16 6 (0.63%) Blog
16 6 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
16 6 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
17 5 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.82%) Windows
2 13 (1.36%) Windows 10
2 13 (1.36%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.73%) Linux
5 6 (0.63%) Unix
6 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.21%) CentOS
7 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 786 (82.13%) Asset Management
2 665 (69.49%) Agile
3 575 (60.08%) Software Engineering
4 212 (22.15%) Full Stack Development
5 182 (19.02%) Artificial Intelligence
6 181 (18.91%) Machine Learning
7 138 (14.42%) DevOps
8 115 (12.02%) Wealth Management
9 108 (11.29%) Fintech
10 99 (10.34%) Analytics
11 95 (9.93%) Automated Trading
12 93 (9.72%) Greeks
13 78 (8.15%) Mentoring
14 70 (7.31%) CI/CD
14 70 (7.31%) Operational Stability
15 68 (7.11%) Line Management
16 65 (6.79%) Microservices
17 64 (6.69%) SDLC
18 59 (6.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 54 (5.64%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 625 (65.31%) Python
2 442 (46.19%) TypeScript
3 418 (43.68%) JavaScript
4 379 (39.60%) Java
5 261 (27.27%) SQL
6 190 (19.85%) C#
7 51 (5.33%) Go
8 45 (4.70%) R
9 36 (3.76%) T-SQL
10 21 (2.19%) Kotlin
11 16 (1.67%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.36%) Ruby
13 12 (1.25%) Scala
14 8 (0.84%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.52%) Bash
16 4 (0.42%) C++
17 3 (0.31%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.31%) VBA
18 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
18 1 (0.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (6.06%) Degree
2 25 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (0.73%) MCSA
3 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (0.52%) CREST Certified
5 2 (0.21%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.10%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.10%) ACCA
6 1 (0.10%) CFA
6 1 (0.10%) CIMA
6 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.10%) CISM
6 1 (0.10%) CISSP
6 1 (0.10%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.10%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (11.29%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.81%) QA
3 27 (2.82%) SLA
4 15 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.57%) WAI
5 9 (0.94%) GDPR
6 6 (0.63%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.21%) PMO
8 1 (0.10%) EMIR
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.10%) MiFID
8 1 (0.10%) UCITS
System Software
1 19 (1.99%) Docker
2 18 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.94%) XenApp
4 9 (0.94%) XenDesktop
5 5 (0.52%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.21%) NFS
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (8.67%) Terraform
2 70 (7.31%) Kubernetes
3 49 (5.12%) Prometheus
4 21 (2.19%) Grafana
5 9 (0.94%) Ansible
6 6 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.52%) NetBackup
7 5 (0.52%) Puppet
7 5 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.31%) Control-M
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.21%) SCCM
9 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.10%) CASB
10 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.10%) Podman
10 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 97 (10.14%) Google
2 75 (7.84%) Bloomberg
3 42 (4.39%) Microsoft
4 24 (2.51%) Splunk
5 22 (2.30%) Charles River
6 21 (2.19%) Dynatrace
7 19 (1.99%) Citrix
8 14 (1.46%) BISAM
9 11 (1.15%) VMware
10 9 (0.94%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.73%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.73%) Cisco
12 6 (0.63%) FactSet
12 6 (0.63%) Refinitiv
13 5 (0.52%) MobileIron
13 5 (0.52%) Veeam
14 4 (0.42%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.42%) InterSystems
14 4 (0.42%) Jaspersoft
14 4 (0.42%) Vertica