Fixed Income Contract Job Trends
Fixed Income
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 472 | 305 | 207 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -167 | -98 | +77 |
| Contract jobs citing Fixed Income | 211 | 276 | 447 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.38% | 0.83% | 1.21% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.09% | 2.31% | 3.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 141 | 230 | 407 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £525 | £563 |
| 25th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £725 | £750 | £800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -6.25% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £938 | £850 | £875 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £875 | £888 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £875 | £500 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -23.08% | +13.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £76.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £77.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £78.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Generic Skills
UK
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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 19,367 | 11,962 | 11,388 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 35.17% | 36.05% | 30.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11,583 | 7,335 | 6,760 |
| 10th Percentile | £320 | £289 | £281 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £407 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £515 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -3.38% | -3.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £668 |
| 90th Percentile | £748 | £750 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.65% | -1.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,404 | 643 | 385 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.81 | £14.11 | £16.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.50 | £18.25 | £23.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.91 | £26.78 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +34.09% | -42.01% | +3.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £50.88 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £72.30 | £75.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.99 | £25.08 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.55% | -49.85% | +5.06% |
Fixed Income Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fixed Income relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Fixed Income Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fixed Income.
Fixed Income Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fixed Income over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
Fixed Income Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fixed Income.
Fixed Income Top 12 Contract Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 20 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -174 | 193 | £725 | -3.33% | 177 |
| London | -133 | 180 | £725 | -3.33% | 170 |
| Work from Home | -180 | 34 | £731 | -2.50% | 63 |
| UK excluding London | -94 | 27 | £875 | +75.00% | 15 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 7 | £390 | -23.90% | 6 |
| Scotland | -23 | 7 | £646 | - | 4 |
| North of England | -63 | 7 | £875 | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 4 | £875 | - | |
| South West | - | 4 | £875 | - | 3 |
| North West | - | 3 | £875 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | -42 | 2 | £875 | +133.33% | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £875 | - |
Fixed Income Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foreign Exchange (FX) | 42.2% | 89 |
| 2 | Equities | 39.8% | 84 |
| 3 | Derivative | 29.9% | 63 |
| 4 | Greenfield Project | 16.1% | 34 |
| 5 | Distributed Systems | 7.6% | 16 |
| 6 | Market Risk | 7.1% | 15 |
| 7 | Reference Data | 5.2% | 11 |
| 8 | Cloud Native | 4.3% | 9 |
| 9 | Data Protection Act | 3.8% | 8 |
| 9 | Hedge funds | 3.8% | 8 |
| 9 | Virtual Team | 3.8% | 8 |
| 12 | Legacy Systems | 3.3% | 7 |
| 12 | Onboarding | 3.3% | 7 |
| 14 | Algorithms | 2.8% | 6 |
| 14 | Analytical Mindset | 2.8% | 6 |
| 16 | Enterprise Software | 2.4% | 5 |
| 17 | OTC Derivatives | 1.9% | 4 |
| 17 | Product Ownership | 1.9% | 4 |
| 17 | Swaptions | 1.9% | 4 |
| 20 | Data Centre | 1.4% | 3 |