Fixed Income Contracts

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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 244 294
Rank change year-on-year +38 +50 +19
Contract jobs citing Fixed Income 387 434 535
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 1.00% 0.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.90% 3.27% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 414 454
10th Percentile £550 £550 £525
25th Percentile £638 £650 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £875 £861 £850
90th Percentile £938 £900 £946
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 - £625
% change year-on-year - - +70.07%

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 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fixed Income as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fixed Income in the UK

Fixed Income
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fixed Income.

Daily rate trend for Fixed Income in the UK

Fixed Income
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fixed Income over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fixed Income in the UK

Fixed Income
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fixed Income.

Hourly rate trend for Fixed Income in the UK

Fixed Income
Top 6 Contract 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 30 April 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
England +23 375 £738 -1.67% 190
London +7 373 £725 -3.33% 186
Work from Home +85 287 £725 -9.38% 54
UK excluding London - 10 £525 - 12
Northern Ireland - 8 £425 - 2
Scotland - 2 £525 - 4

Fixed Income
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 73 (18.86%) Apache Airflow
2 56 (14.47%) Apache
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) Confluence
5 2 (0.52%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.26%) DataSynapse
Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 38 (9.82%) Aladdin
2 14 (3.62%) thinkFolio
3 4 (1.03%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.26%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.26%) Murex MxG2000
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle TCA
Cloud Services
1 132 (34.11%) AWS
2 96 (24.81%) GCP
3 71 (18.35%) dbt
4 47 (12.14%) Snowflake
5 28 (7.24%) Azure
6 20 (5.17%) Amazon ECS
7 17 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
7 17 (4.39%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (4.39%) Dagster
8 5 (1.29%) Figma
9 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.78%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.52%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.52%) Prefect
12 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.26%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (31.01%) Data Lake
2 71 (18.35%) Amazon Athena
2 71 (18.35%) Apache Arrow
2 71 (18.35%) Apache Iceberg
2 71 (18.35%) Dremio
3 46 (11.89%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (10.34%) Apache Ignite
5 9 (2.33%) KDB
6 8 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.29%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.03%) Kdb+
8 4 (1.03%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.78%) Flink
10 2 (0.52%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.52%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.52%) Power BI
10 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.52%) Tableau
11 1 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (2.58%) JIRA
2 6 (1.55%) Git
3 3 (0.78%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.26%) Gradle
4 1 (0.26%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.26%) JUnit
4 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 350 (90.44%) Finance
2 330 (85.27%) Front Office
3 112 (28.94%) Banking
4 71 (18.35%) Investment Banking
5 47 (12.14%) Social Skills
6 21 (5.43%) Financial Institution
7 18 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.58%) Back Office
9 5 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.78%) Law
11 2 (0.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 133 (34.37%) Developer
2 125 (32.30%) Software Engineer
3 97 (25.06%) Analyst
4 92 (23.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 88 (22.74%) Business Analyst
6 71 (18.35%) AWS Engineer
6 71 (18.35%) AWS Software Engineer
7 54 (13.95%) Business Manager
8 49 (12.66%) Python Engineer
9 47 (12.14%) Python Software Engineer
10 42 (10.85%) AWS Developer
11 37 (9.56%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
11 37 (9.56%) Head of Finance
11 37 (9.56%) Java Engineer
11 37 (9.56%) Java Software Engineer
11 37 (9.56%) Senior
12 36 (9.30%) Python Developer
13 35 (9.04%) React Developer
14 27 (6.98%) Java Developer
15 26 (6.72%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.38%) React
2 60 (15.50%) Redux
3 57 (14.73%) NumPy
3 57 (14.73%) Pandas
4 56 (14.47%) Node.js
5 55 (14.21%) SciPy
6 43 (11.11%) AngularJS
7 40 (10.34%) gRPC
7 40 (10.34%) Protocol Buffers
7 40 (10.34%) Vue
8 33 (8.53%) PySpark
9 11 (2.84%) .NET
10 9 (2.33%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.33%) XML
11 7 (1.81%) Reactive Extensions
12 6 (1.55%) Akka.NET
13 5 (1.29%) Kafka
13 5 (1.29%) Middleware
13 5 (1.29%) OpenFin
14 4 (1.03%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 217 (56.07%) Derivative
2 211 (54.52%) Hedge funds
3 207 (53.49%) Equities
3 207 (53.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 57 (14.73%) Product Ownership
5 21 (5.43%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.10%) Pricing Data
7 7 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.55%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.29%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.29%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (1.03%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.03%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.78%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 3 (0.78%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.65%) Apple iOS
2 16 (4.13%) Linux
3 9 (2.33%) Unix
4 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.52%) Windows
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) CentOS
5 1 (0.26%) Debian
5 1 (0.26%) Fedora
5 1 (0.26%) Solaris
5 1 (0.26%) SUSE
5 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (77.00%) Agile
2 238 (61.50%) Investment Management
3 181 (46.77%) Asset Management
4 130 (33.59%) Software Engineering
5 114 (29.46%) Migration
6 111 (28.68%) Roadmaps
7 96 (24.81%) Regulatory Compliance
8 93 (24.03%) Data Governance
9 84 (21.71%) Data Management
10 75 (19.38%) Analytics
10 75 (19.38%) Fintech
11 55 (14.21%) Portfolio Management
12 49 (12.66%) Business Analysis
13 42 (10.85%) Performance Attribution
14 39 (10.08%) Business Intelligence
15 36 (9.30%) Order Management
15 36 (9.30%) User Experience
16 31 (8.01%) User Acceptance Testing
17 29 (7.49%) Problem-Solving
17 29 (7.49%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 185 (47.80%) Python
2 105 (27.13%) JavaScript
2 105 (27.13%) TypeScript
3 85 (21.96%) SQL
4 76 (19.64%) Java
5 16 (4.13%) C#
6 13 (3.36%) C++
7 6 (1.55%) F#
8 3 (0.78%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.78%) Perl
8 3 (0.78%) Ruby
9 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.52%) VBA
10 1 (0.26%) Bash
10 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (9.82%) Degree
2 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (0.78%) CFA
4 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.52%) MBA
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.01%) MiFID
2 9 (2.33%) QA
3 4 (1.03%) EMIR
4 3 (0.78%) Dodd-Frank
4 3 (0.78%) PMO
5 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Basel III
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (1.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 5 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.78%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.26%) Ansible
3 1 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.26%) Kibana
3 1 (0.26%) Rundeck
3 1 (0.26%) Terraform
3 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 36 (9.30%) BISAM
2 19 (4.91%) Charles River
2 19 (4.91%) ION Trading
3 14 (3.62%) Calypso
3 14 (3.62%) SimCorp
4 10 (2.58%) Murex
5 8 (2.07%) Bloomberg
5 8 (2.07%) Microsoft
6 5 (1.29%) Oracle
7 4 (1.03%) Databricks
7 4 (1.03%) Sybase
8 3 (0.78%) IBM
8 3 (0.78%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.78%) Reuters
8 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.78%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.52%) CQG
9 2 (0.52%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.52%) Splunk
10 1 (0.26%) Salesforce