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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 191 261
Rank change year-on-year -87 +70 -35
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 253 407 377
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.31% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.36% 4.19% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 369 347
10th Percentile £538 £563 £550
25th Percentile £625 £638 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £850 £875 £844
90th Percentile £875 £888 £950
UK median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -3.45%
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 10,727 9,707 12,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.41% 31.22% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,702 5,809 8,745
10th Percentile £290 £294 £285
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 294 461
10th Percentile £14.31 £16.76 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.44 £23.80 £21.31
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +5.56% +66.79%
75th Percentile £51.06 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.23 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.50% -10.11% +64.94%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -64 249 £750 -6.25% 126
Yorkshire -27 3 - - 1
North of England -35 3 - - 8
East Midlands - 1 £375 -
Midlands - 1 £375 -
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 59 (23.32%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (14.23%) Apache
3 9 (3.56%) Confluence
4 4 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (7.91%) Aladdin
2 8 (3.16%) ION MarketView
3 7 (2.77%) Fidessa
3 7 (2.77%) thinkFolio
4 2 (0.79%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.79%) BondVision
4 2 (0.79%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.40%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 101 (39.92%) AWS
2 59 (23.32%) dbt
3 42 (16.60%) GCP
4 40 (15.81%) Snowflake
5 31 (12.25%) Azure
6 10 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.56%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.98%) Serverless
9 4 (1.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.19%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (1.19%) GitHub
10 3 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.79%) SaaS
12 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.40%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.77%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.58%) Firewall
3 2 (0.79%) Multicast
3 2 (0.79%) tcpdump
3 2 (0.79%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.40%) HTTP
4 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (23.32%) Amazon Athena
1 59 (23.32%) Apache Arrow
1 59 (23.32%) Apache Iceberg
1 59 (23.32%) Dremio
2 37 (14.62%) Data Lake
3 36 (14.23%) Apache Ignite
4 35 (13.83%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (6.72%) KDB
6 12 (4.74%) Kdb+
6 12 (4.74%) SQL Server
7 9 (3.56%) Power BI
8 7 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.77%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.98%) Data Mart
9 5 (1.98%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.19%) Flink
10 3 (1.19%) Power Query
11 2 (0.79%) Big Data
11 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.53%) JIRA
2 8 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.98%) QUnit
4 4 (1.58%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.19%) Git
6 2 (0.79%) GitLab
7 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) SpecFlow
General
1 204 (80.63%) Finance
2 171 (67.59%) Front Office
3 106 (41.90%) Banking
4 74 (29.25%) Investment Banking
5 58 (22.92%) Social Skills
6 27 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (8.30%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.56%) Back Office
9 5 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.58%) Legal
11 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Law
11 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Advertising
13 1 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (41.50%) Developer
2 93 (36.76%) Software Engineer
3 62 (24.51%) AWS Engineer
4 59 (23.32%) AWS Software Engineer
5 57 (22.53%) Python Engineer
6 56 (22.13%) Senior
7 54 (21.34%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 53 (20.95%) Python Software Engineer
9 47 (18.58%) Analyst
10 46 (18.18%) Java Engineer
10 46 (18.18%) Java Software Engineer
11 36 (14.23%) Senior Software Engineer
12 35 (13.83%) Business Analyst
12 35 (13.83%) Senior Java Engineer
12 35 (13.83%) Senior Java Software Engineer
13 30 (11.86%) Python Developer
14 23 (9.09%) AWS Developer
15 22 (8.70%) Java Developer
16 19 (7.51%) React Developer
17 16 (6.32%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (25.30%) React
2 62 (24.51%) NumPy
3 61 (24.11%) Pandas
4 60 (23.72%) SciPy
5 47 (18.58%) Node.js
6 36 (14.23%) gRPC
6 36 (14.23%) Protocol Buffers
7 30 (11.86%) Redux
8 29 (11.46%) AngularJS
8 29 (11.46%) Vue
9 26 (10.28%) FIX Protocol
10 19 (7.51%) Kafka
11 16 (6.32%) .NET
11 16 (6.32%) REST
12 12 (4.74%) GraphQL
13 10 (3.95%) .NET Framework
14 7 (2.77%) .NET Core
14 7 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
14 7 (2.77%) Middleware
15 5 (1.98%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 133 (52.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 111 (43.87%) Equities
3 91 (35.97%) Derivative
4 57 (22.53%) Hedge funds
5 36 (14.23%) Pricing Data
6 21 (8.30%) Algorithms
7 18 (7.11%) Product Ownership
8 17 (6.72%) Cloud Native
9 15 (5.93%) Data Structures
10 11 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
11 7 (2.77%) Reference Data
12 6 (2.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.98%) Distributed Computing
14 4 (1.58%) Credit Risk
14 4 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (1.19%) Market Risk
15 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
16 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.65%) Linux
2 12 (4.74%) Unix
3 6 (2.37%) Windows
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (57.31%) Agile
2 110 (43.48%) Software Engineering
3 107 (42.29%) Investment Management
4 94 (37.15%) Asset Management
5 49 (19.37%) Fintech
6 42 (16.60%) Order Management
7 41 (16.21%) Risk Management
8 39 (15.42%) Electronic Trading
9 35 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (12.65%) Analytics
11 28 (11.07%) DevOps
12 26 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (9.88%) Low Latency
13 25 (9.88%) Performance Attribution
14 24 (9.49%) Computer Science
15 21 (8.30%) CI/CD
15 21 (8.30%) Scrum
16 20 (7.91%) Portfolio Management
17 18 (7.11%) Data Pipeline
18 17 (6.72%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 145 (57.31%) Python
2 95 (37.55%) JavaScript
3 90 (35.57%) TypeScript
4 79 (31.23%) Java
5 59 (23.32%) SQL
6 24 (9.49%) C#
7 12 (4.74%) Go
8 11 (4.35%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.56%) C++
10 3 (1.19%) Bash
10 3 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.79%) Tcl
11 2 (0.79%) VBA
12 1 (0.40%) C
12 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (9.49%) Degree
2 13 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.95%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.58%) PhD
5 2 (0.79%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.79%) PMP
5 2 (0.79%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.79%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.40%) CBAP
6 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.35%) MiFID
1 11 (4.35%) QA
2 8 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.98%) EMIR
4 1 (0.40%) Basel III
4 1 (0.40%) FINRA
4 1 (0.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 13 (5.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 13 (5.14%) ITRS Geneos
2 11 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.77%) Kibana
3 7 (2.77%) logstash
4 4 (1.58%) Ansible
5 3 (1.19%) Argo
5 3 (1.19%) BladeLogic
6 2 (0.79%) Grafana
6 2 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.40%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (7.91%) Murex
2 19 (7.51%) ION Trading
3 16 (6.32%) Bloomberg
4 9 (3.56%) Solace
4 9 (3.56%) Tradeweb
5 7 (2.77%) Charles River
5 7 (2.77%) TIBCO
6 6 (2.37%) Calypso
6 6 (2.37%) Databricks
6 6 (2.37%) Oracle
6 6 (2.37%) Reuters
7 5 (1.98%) BISAM
7 5 (1.98%) Microsoft
8 4 (1.58%) MarketAxess
8 4 (1.58%) Portware
9 3 (1.19%) CQG
9 3 (1.19%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.19%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.19%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.40%) FIS