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 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 216 269
Rank change year-on-year -193 +53 +41
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 213 356 375
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 1.23% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.46% 3.62% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 316 352
10th Percentile £510 £556 £550
25th Percentile £625 £638 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £825 £875 £850
90th Percentile £875 £938 £961
UK excluding London median daily rate £725 £525 £640
% change year-on-year +38.10% -17.97% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,570 9,825 13,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.04% 33.85% 30.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,149 6,295 8,573
10th Percentile £300 £295 £258
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 686 373 880
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.95 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.10 £22.27 £15.39
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £69.19 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +43.14% +22.15% +18.18%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Trend

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

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 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fixed Income in the UK

Fixed Income
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Top 8 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 27 March 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 -187 210 £750 +3.45% 40
London -108 207 £750 +3.45% 40
Work from Home -159 85 £750 +3.45% 10
UK excluding London -104 4 £725 +38.10% 7
North of England -67 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Northern Ireland -9 1 - -
South West - 1 £725 - 1

Fixed Income
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.82%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.35%) Confluence
3 2 (0.94%) Apache
3 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Aladdin
2 5 (2.35%) ION MarketView
2 5 (2.35%) Loan IQ
2 5 (2.35%) Summit
3 2 (0.94%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.47%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.47%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.47%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 76 (35.68%) AWS
2 30 (14.08%) GCP
3 29 (13.62%) Azure
4 11 (5.16%) Amazon EKS
4 11 (5.16%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.29%) GitHub
5 7 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.82%) Amazon Kinesis
7 4 (1.88%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.88%) SaaS
8 3 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.94%) Collibra
9 2 (0.94%) dbt
9 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.94%) Serverless
10 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.47%) npm
10 1 (0.47%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.94%) Ethernet
1 2 (0.94%) HTTP
1 2 (0.94%) Multicast
2 1 (0.47%) RTMP
2 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.47%) tcpdump
2 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.33%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.10%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.29%) KDB
3 7 (3.29%) Kdb+
3 7 (3.29%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.82%) Flink
5 5 (2.35%) Metadata
5 5 (2.35%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.88%) Power BI
7 3 (1.41%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.41%) Tableau
8 2 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.94%) Apache Arrow
8 2 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.94%) Apache Ignite
8 2 (0.94%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.94%) Dremio
8 2 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.94%) Power Query
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (4.69%) JIRA
2 8 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.29%) Git
4 3 (1.41%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.94%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.94%) Maven
5 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.94%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.47%) JUnit
6 1 (0.47%) Mocha
6 1 (0.47%) Mockito
6 1 (0.47%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.47%) MSTest
6 1 (0.47%) NUnit
6 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.47%) tSQLt
6 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 140 (65.73%) Finance
2 122 (57.28%) Front Office
3 70 (32.86%) Banking
4 57 (26.76%) Social Skills
5 41 (19.25%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (18.31%) Investment Banking
7 19 (8.92%) Financial Institution
8 7 (3.29%) Back Office
9 5 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Legal
10 3 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Marketing
12 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 104 (48.83%) Developer
2 51 (23.94%) Software Engineer
3 44 (20.66%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 43 (20.19%) Lead
5 39 (18.31%) Business Analyst
6 38 (17.84%) Analyst
7 37 (17.37%) Lead Developer
8 32 (15.02%) Lead Software Developer
8 32 (15.02%) Lead Software Engineer
9 28 (13.15%) Java Developer
10 27 (12.68%) Python Developer
11 26 (12.21%) Senior
12 20 (9.39%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 20 (9.39%) Python Engineer
13 18 (8.45%) React Developer
14 17 (7.98%) Senior Developer
15 15 (7.04%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
16 12 (5.63%) Full-Stack Developer
16 12 (5.63%) Technical Business Analyst
17 11 (5.16%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (24.41%) React
2 50 (23.47%) Kafka
2 50 (23.47%) Redux
3 49 (23.00%) Node.js
4 32 (15.02%) GraphQL
5 12 (5.63%) .NET
5 12 (5.63%) REST
6 11 (5.16%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (4.69%) AngularJS
7 10 (4.69%) XML
8 9 (4.23%) Pandas
9 8 (3.76%) NumPy
9 8 (3.76%) Vue
10 6 (2.82%) Dask
11 5 (2.35%) HTML
11 5 (2.35%) Reactive Extensions
11 5 (2.35%) RESTful
12 4 (1.88%) HTML5
12 4 (1.88%) scikit-learn
13 3 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (32.39%) Equities
2 58 (27.23%) Derivative
3 42 (19.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (6.57%) Cloud Native
5 12 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (5.63%) Reference Data
6 11 (5.16%) Algorithms
7 10 (4.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 8 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.76%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.76%) Distributed Computing
8 8 (3.76%) Hedge funds
8 8 (3.76%) Product Ownership
9 7 (3.29%) Market Risk
10 5 (2.35%) Credit Risk
10 5 (2.35%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.88%) OTC Derivatives
12 3 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.68%) Linux
2 14 (6.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (37.09%) Agile
2 60 (28.17%) Investment Management
2 60 (28.17%) Software Engineering
3 52 (24.41%) Electronic Trading
3 52 (24.41%) Portfolio Management
4 43 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (16.90%) Order Management
6 31 (14.55%) Asset Management
6 31 (14.55%) Full-Stack Development
7 28 (13.15%) CI/CD
8 26 (12.21%) Fintech
8 26 (12.21%) Low Latency
9 24 (11.27%) Analytics
10 23 (10.80%) DevOps
10 23 (10.80%) Mentoring
11 22 (10.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (9.86%) Risk Management
13 19 (8.92%) AI
13 19 (8.92%) Machine Learning
14 17 (7.98%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (53.99%) Python
2 68 (31.92%) Java
3 60 (28.17%) SQL
4 58 (27.23%) TypeScript
5 57 (26.76%) JavaScript
6 32 (15.02%) Go
7 9 (4.23%) C#
8 7 (3.29%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.35%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.88%) C++
11 2 (0.94%) Perl
12 1 (0.47%) Bash
12 1 (0.47%) C
12 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.47%) Tcl
12 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (11.27%) Degree
2 8 (3.76%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.82%) PhD
5 2 (0.94%) CISM
5 2 (0.94%) CISSP
6 1 (0.47%) ACCA
6 1 (0.47%) CFA
6 1 (0.47%) CISA
6 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.47%) PMP
6 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.51%) QA
2 12 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.41%) GDPR
3 3 (1.41%) IFRS
4 2 (0.94%) MiFID
4 2 (0.94%) NIST
4 2 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) Basel III
5 1 (0.47%) EMIR
5 1 (0.47%) GAAP
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) ITGC
5 1 (0.47%) SLA
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (6.57%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 20 (9.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.29%) Terraform
3 6 (2.82%) Argo
4 5 (2.35%) Ansible
4 5 (2.35%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.94%) Kibana
5 2 (0.94%) logstash
6 1 (0.47%) Grafana
6 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (7.04%) ION Trading
1 15 (7.04%) Murex
2 14 (6.57%) Bloomberg
3 12 (5.63%) Oracle
4 9 (4.23%) Charles River
5 8 (3.76%) Microsoft
6 5 (2.35%) Solace
6 5 (2.35%) Tradeweb
7 4 (1.88%) MarketAxess
7 4 (1.88%) TIBCO
8 3 (1.41%) Databricks
8 3 (1.41%) SimCorp
8 3 (1.41%) Sybase
9 2 (0.94%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.94%) Citrix
9 2 (0.94%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.94%) FIS
9 2 (0.94%) Reuters
9 2 (0.94%) Splunk
9 2 (0.94%) Vermilion