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 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 234 305
Rank change year-on-year -180 +71 -7
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 195 340 317
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.10% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 3.33% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 300 292
10th Percentile £500 £588 £564
25th Percentile £625 £638 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 £725
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £849 £888 £838
90th Percentile £922 £938 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -5.95% -8.70% -4.17%
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 13,542 10,207 13,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.74% 32.97% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,550 6,122 8,863
10th Percentile £273 £265 £258
25th Percentile £404 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £527
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 657 314 821
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.73 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.65 £16.54
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.98% +42.83%
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.80 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.74 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year -8.49% -5.00% +57.69%

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 14 February 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 7 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 14 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
England -169 190 £750 +3.45% 27
London -108 188 £750 +3.45% 21
Work from Home -143 70 £750 +3.45% 11
UK excluding London -71 5 £494 -5.95% 8
Northern Ireland -5 3 £494 +64.58% 1
North of England -57 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -

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 12 (6.15%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (4.10%) Apache
3 6 (3.08%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.10%) Aladdin
2 6 (3.08%) ION MarketView
3 3 (1.54%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (1.03%) Summit
5 1 (0.51%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.51%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.51%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.51%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.51%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 60 (30.77%) AWS
2 21 (10.77%) GCP
3 18 (9.23%) Azure
4 15 (7.69%) Snowflake
5 12 (6.15%) dbt
6 11 (5.64%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.08%) Amazon Kinesis
7 6 (3.08%) GitHub
7 6 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.08%) SaaS
8 3 (1.54%) Serverless
9 2 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.51%) npm
10 1 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 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 18 (9.23%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (7.18%) KDB
2 14 (7.18%) Kdb+
3 12 (6.15%) Amazon Athena
3 12 (6.15%) Apache Arrow
3 12 (6.15%) Apache Iceberg
3 12 (6.15%) Dremio
4 9 (4.62%) Data Lake
5 8 (4.10%) Apache Ignite
5 8 (4.10%) Relational Database
5 8 (4.10%) SQL Server
6 6 (3.08%) Flink
7 2 (1.03%) Data Mart
7 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.03%) Metadata
7 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.51%) Big Data
8 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (7.18%) JIRA
2 7 (3.59%) Git
3 6 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.05%) QUnit
5 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.03%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.03%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.03%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) JUnit
6 1 (0.51%) Mocha
6 1 (0.51%) Mockito
6 1 (0.51%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.51%) MSTest
6 1 (0.51%) NUnit
6 1 (0.51%) Selenium
6 1 (0.51%) tSQLt
6 1 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 131 (67.18%) Finance
2 109 (55.90%) Front Office
3 68 (34.87%) Banking
4 62 (31.79%) Social Skills
5 42 (21.54%) Investment Banking
6 37 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (8.72%) Financial Institution
8 8 (4.10%) Back Office
9 6 (3.08%) Legal
10 4 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (42.56%) Developer
2 40 (20.51%) Business Analyst
3 37 (18.97%) Software Engineer
4 32 (16.41%) Analyst
5 29 (14.87%) Senior
6 26 (13.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 26 (13.33%) Python Developer
7 24 (12.31%) Python Engineer
8 22 (11.28%) Lead
9 19 (9.74%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (9.23%) Lead Developer
11 17 (8.72%) Java Developer
12 16 (8.21%) Lead Software Developer
12 16 (8.21%) Lead Software Engineer
13 14 (7.18%) Python Software Engineer
14 13 (6.67%) AWS Software Engineer
14 13 (6.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 13 (6.67%) Java Engineer
14 13 (6.67%) Quantitative Developer
14 13 (6.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (17.44%) React
2 33 (16.92%) Kafka
3 28 (14.36%) Node.js
4 25 (12.82%) Redux
5 17 (8.72%) NumPy
5 17 (8.72%) Pandas
6 16 (8.21%) GraphQL
7 14 (7.18%) REST
8 13 (6.67%) FIX Protocol
9 12 (6.15%) SciPy
10 10 (5.13%) AngularJS
11 9 (4.62%) .NET
12 8 (4.10%) gRPC
12 8 (4.10%) HTML
12 8 (4.10%) Protocol Buffers
12 8 (4.10%) Vue
13 7 (3.59%) XML
14 6 (3.08%) Dask
15 5 (2.56%) CSS
15 5 (2.56%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 71 (36.41%) Equities
2 57 (29.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (28.21%) Derivative
4 19 (9.74%) Algorithms
5 15 (7.69%) Hedge funds
6 13 (6.67%) Cloud Native
6 13 (6.67%) Data Structures
7 11 (5.64%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (5.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 10 (5.13%) Reference Data
9 8 (4.10%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (4.10%) Distributed Computing
9 8 (4.10%) Pricing Data
10 7 (3.59%) Product Ownership
11 5 (2.56%) Credit Risk
12 4 (2.05%) Market Risk
12 4 (2.05%) Onboarding
13 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.38%) Linux
2 13 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (33.33%) Agile
2 48 (24.62%) Investment Management
3 46 (23.59%) Software Engineering
4 45 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (22.05%) Electronic Trading
6 32 (16.41%) Asset Management
7 30 (15.38%) Risk Management
8 28 (14.36%) Analytics
9 27 (13.85%) Portfolio Management
10 25 (12.82%) CI/CD
11 24 (12.31%) Fintech
11 24 (12.31%) Order Management
11 24 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.26%) DevOps
12 20 (10.26%) Low Latency
13 18 (9.23%) AI
14 17 (8.72%) SDLC
15 16 (8.21%) Full-Stack Development
15 16 (8.21%) Machine Learning
16 15 (7.69%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 98 (50.26%) Python
2 52 (26.67%) SQL
3 49 (25.13%) Java
4 43 (22.05%) JavaScript
5 41 (21.03%) TypeScript
6 16 (8.21%) Go
7 7 (3.59%) C#
8 5 (2.56%) C++
8 5 (2.56%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.05%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.03%) Perl
10 2 (1.03%) Tcl
10 2 (1.03%) VBA
11 1 (0.51%) Bash
11 1 (0.51%) C
11 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (12.31%) Degree
2 10 (5.13%) Master's Degree
3 6 (3.08%) PhD
4 5 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.03%) CISM
5 2 (1.03%) CISSP
5 2 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (1.03%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.03%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.51%) CFA
6 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.69%) QA
2 8 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.05%) MiFID
4 3 (1.54%) GDPR
4 3 (1.54%) IFRS
5 2 (1.03%) EMIR
5 2 (1.03%) NIST
5 2 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Basel III
6 1 (0.51%) GAAP
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (9.23%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.08%) Argo
2 6 (3.08%) Terraform
3 5 (2.56%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (2.05%) Ansible
5 2 (1.03%) Kibana
5 2 (1.03%) logstash
6 1 (0.51%) Grafana
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (9.23%) ION Trading
2 12 (6.15%) Murex
3 11 (5.64%) Bloomberg
4 8 (4.10%) Charles River
5 7 (3.59%) Oracle
6 6 (3.08%) Microsoft
7 5 (2.56%) Tradeweb
8 4 (2.05%) MarketAxess
9 3 (1.54%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.54%) Solace
9 3 (1.54%) TIBCO
10 2 (1.03%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.03%) Citrix
10 2 (1.03%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.03%) Databricks
10 2 (1.03%) FIS
10 2 (1.03%) Reuters
10 2 (1.03%) Splunk
10 2 (1.03%) Sybase
10 2 (1.03%) Vermilion