Fixed Income Contract Job Trends in England

Fixed Income
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 206 269
Rank change year-on-year -168 +63 -3
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 197 333 314
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 1.30% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.64% 3.88% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 298 292
10th Percentile £498 £588 £563
25th Percentile £638 £638 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £849 £875 £838
90th Percentile £914 £938 £963
UK median daily rate £750 £725 £750
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £77.50 -

All Generic Skills
England

Fixed Income falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,040 8,581 11,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.98% 33.38% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,668 5,315 7,613
10th Percentile £283 £275 £257
25th Percentile £409 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 593 265 752
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £16.47
Median hourly rate £33.50 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +17.46% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.50 £83.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £32.81 £30.58
% change year-on-year -0.18% +7.29% +36.00%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fixed Income relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Fixed Income job vacancy trend in England

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fixed Income.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fixed Income in England over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fixed Income in England

Fixed Income
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fixed Income.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fixed Income within the England region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -107 195 £750 +3.45% 27
North of England -64 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Fixed Income
UK

Fixed Income
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (3.05%) Apache Spark
1 6 (3.05%) Confluence
2 4 (2.03%) Apache
Applications
1 13 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.57%) Aladdin
2 6 (3.05%) ION MarketView
3 5 (2.54%) Loan IQ
4 3 (1.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (1.02%) Summit
6 1 (0.51%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.51%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.51%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 66 (33.50%) AWS
2 25 (12.69%) GCP
3 22 (11.17%) Azure
4 13 (6.60%) Snowflake
5 11 (5.58%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (3.05%) Amazon Kinesis
6 6 (3.05%) dbt
6 6 (3.05%) GitHub
6 6 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (3.05%) SaaS
7 3 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.02%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.02%) Serverless
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.51%) Collibra
9 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.51%) npm
9 1 (0.51%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.51%) HTTP
1 1 (0.51%) Multicast
1 1 (0.51%) RTMP
1 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.51%) tcpdump
1 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.58%) KDB
2 11 (5.58%) Kdb+
3 7 (3.55%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.05%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (3.05%) Apache Arrow
4 6 (3.05%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (3.05%) Dremio
4 6 (3.05%) Flink
4 6 (3.05%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.54%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.03%) Apache Ignite
7 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.02%) Metadata
7 2 (1.02%) Power BI
7 2 (1.02%) Power Query
7 2 (1.02%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.51%) Big Data
8 1 (0.51%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 13 (6.60%) JIRA
2 7 (3.55%) Git
3 5 (2.54%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.52%) QUnit
4 3 (1.52%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.02%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) Mocha
6 1 (0.51%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.51%) MSTest
6 1 (0.51%) NUnit
6 1 (0.51%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.51%) Selenium
6 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.51%) tSQLt
6 1 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 131 (66.50%) Finance
2 111 (56.35%) Front Office
3 63 (31.98%) Banking
4 52 (26.40%) Social Skills
5 40 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (18.27%) Investment Banking
7 15 (7.61%) Financial Institution
8 7 (3.55%) Back Office
9 5 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.54%) Legal
10 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 91 (46.19%) Developer
2 42 (21.32%) Software Engineer
3 38 (19.29%) Business Analyst
4 35 (17.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 34 (17.26%) Analyst
6 32 (16.24%) Lead
7 27 (13.71%) Lead Developer
8 26 (13.20%) Python Developer
9 24 (12.18%) Lead Software Developer
9 24 (12.18%) Lead Software Engineer
9 24 (12.18%) Senior
10 20 (10.15%) Python Engineer
11 18 (9.14%) Java Developer
12 16 (8.12%) React Developer
13 13 (6.60%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (6.60%) Quantitative Developer
14 12 (6.09%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 12 (6.09%) Senior Developer
15 11 (5.58%) Technical Business Analyst
16 10 (5.08%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (21.83%) React
2 41 (20.81%) Kafka
3 38 (19.29%) Node.js
4 37 (18.78%) Redux
5 24 (12.18%) GraphQL
6 13 (6.60%) REST
7 12 (6.09%) Pandas
8 11 (5.58%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (5.58%) NumPy
9 10 (5.08%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.06%) .NET
10 8 (4.06%) Vue
11 7 (3.55%) HTML
11 7 (3.55%) XML
12 6 (3.05%) Dask
12 6 (3.05%) SciPy
13 5 (2.54%) CSS
13 5 (2.54%) Reactive Extensions
14 4 (2.03%) HTML5
14 4 (2.03%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 70 (35.53%) Equities
2 59 (29.95%) Derivative
3 50 (25.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (8.63%) Algorithms
5 13 (6.60%) Cloud Native
6 11 (5.58%) Data Structures
6 11 (5.58%) Reference Data
6 11 (5.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 10 (5.08%) Hedge funds
8 9 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (4.06%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (3.55%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (2.54%) Product Ownership
12 4 (2.03%) Credit Risk
12 4 (2.03%) Market Risk
12 4 (2.03%) Onboarding
12 4 (2.03%) OTC Derivatives
12 4 (2.03%) Pricing Data
13 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.21%) Linux
2 11 (5.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (36.04%) Agile
2 53 (26.90%) Investment Management
3 51 (25.89%) Software Engineering
4 45 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (20.81%) Electronic Trading
6 40 (20.30%) Portfolio Management
7 32 (16.24%) Asset Management
8 28 (14.21%) Order Management
9 26 (13.20%) Fintech
9 26 (13.20%) Risk Management
10 25 (12.69%) Analytics
11 23 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (11.17%) CI/CD
12 22 (11.17%) Full-Stack Development
13 20 (10.15%) DevOps
14 18 (9.14%) Low Latency
15 17 (8.63%) AI
15 17 (8.63%) Mentoring
16 16 (8.12%) Machine Learning
17 15 (7.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 103 (52.28%) Python
2 54 (27.41%) SQL
3 51 (25.89%) Java
4 49 (24.87%) JavaScript
5 48 (24.37%) TypeScript
6 24 (12.18%) Go
7 7 (3.55%) C#
8 5 (2.54%) C++
8 5 (2.54%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.03%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.52%) VBA
11 2 (1.02%) Perl
11 2 (1.02%) Tcl
12 1 (0.51%) Bash
12 1 (0.51%) C
12 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (11.68%) Degree
2 10 (5.08%) Master's Degree
3 6 (3.05%) PhD
4 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.02%) CISM
5 2 (1.02%) CISSP
5 2 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (1.02%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.02%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.51%) ACCA
6 1 (0.51%) CFA
6 1 (0.51%) CISA
6 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.61%) QA
2 9 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.52%) GDPR
3 3 (1.52%) IFRS
4 2 (1.02%) MiFID
4 2 (1.02%) NIST
4 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.51%) Basel III
5 1 (0.51%) EMIR
5 1 (0.51%) GAAP
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) ITGC
5 1 (0.51%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (9.14%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.05%) Argo
2 6 (3.05%) Terraform
3 5 (2.54%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (2.03%) Ansible
5 2 (1.02%) Kibana
5 2 (1.02%) logstash
6 1 (0.51%) Grafana
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (9.14%) ION Trading
2 16 (8.12%) Murex
3 15 (7.61%) Bloomberg
4 10 (5.08%) Charles River
5 7 (3.55%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.05%) Oracle
7 5 (2.54%) Tradeweb
8 4 (2.03%) MarketAxess
9 3 (1.52%) Databricks
9 3 (1.52%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.52%) Solace
9 3 (1.52%) TIBCO
10 2 (1.02%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.02%) Citrix
10 2 (1.02%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.02%) FIS
10 2 (1.02%) Reuters
10 2 (1.02%) Splunk
10 2 (1.02%) Sybase
10 2 (1.02%) Vermilion