Demand for AI, tech experts pushes UK financial sector vacancies up 12%, recruiter says

Demand for workers in ‍AI, regulation, data reporting and other specialist skills drove ⁠vacancies in Britain’s financial sector up 12% in 2025, recruiting firm Morgan McKinley said on Monday, ‌as ‌companies sought to keep up in a technology arms ‌race.

The year-on-year increase happened despite a slowdown in the fourth quarter, as volatility in global markets and uncertainty about the government’s November ​budget prompted caution in hiring ​managers, Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor, ‌a ‍quarterly survey of financial services vacancies, ‍showed.