Foreign Exchange (FX) Job Trends in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 159 131
Rank change year-on-year +31 -28 +48
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 15 19 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.60% 0.59% 1.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.72% 1.41% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 37
10th Percentile £87,500 £39,750 £65,000
25th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £136,125 £125,625 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £147,000 £147,000
London median annual salary £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX) falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 871 1,351 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 34.83% 42.19% 34.70%
Number of salaries quoted 665 749 933
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £96,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,250 £122,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -6.25% +0.46% +4.13%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Foreign Exchange (FX) job vacancy trend in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +22 15 £100,000 -2.44% 28
Foreign Exchange (FX)
London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Data Mining
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (6.67%) KDB
2 1 (6.67%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Git
1 1 (6.67%) Gradle
General
1 7 (46.67%) Front Office
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (6.67%) French Language
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Java Developer
3 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 2 (13.33%) .NET Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Backend Developer
4 2 (13.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Front Office Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Low Latency Java Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Sales Executive
4 2 (13.33%) Solutions Sales Executive
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) C# Pricing Developer
5 1 (6.67%) C++ Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Pricing Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (20.00%) Java Concurrency
2 3 (20.00%) Kafka
3 2 (13.33%) .NET
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
4 1 (6.67%) HTML
4 1 (6.67%) HTML5
4 1 (6.67%) J2SE
4 1 (6.67%) Node.js
4 1 (6.67%) React
4 1 (6.67%) Spring
4 1 (6.67%) Spring Boot
4 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Derivative
2 4 (26.67%) Equities
3 3 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 3 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (20.00%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (13.33%) ASIC
4 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (13.33%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (6.67%) DTCC
5 1 (6.67%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Low Latency
2 8 (53.33%) Electronic Trading
3 5 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 5 (33.33%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Market Making
4 4 (26.67%) Quantitative Research
5 3 (20.00%) AI
5 3 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Concurrent Programming
5 3 (20.00%) Fintech
5 3 (20.00%) JVM Tuning
5 3 (20.00%) Memory Management
5 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (20.00%) Smart Order Routing
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Java
2 3 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (13.33%) C++
3 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) EMIR
1 2 (13.33%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Solace