Fixed Income Job Trends in the City of London

Fixed Income
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 102 146
Rank change year-on-year -31 +44 -26
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 22 35 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.51% 1.83% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 4.35% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 19 23 21
10th Percentile £73,500 £73,250 £87,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £95,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £130,000 £153,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £157,500 £160,000
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £95,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -13.16% -9.52% -

All Generic Skills
City of London

Fixed Income 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,106 805 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.66% 42.17% 35.51%
Number of salaries quoted 796 613 859
10th Percentile £45,625 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £145,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fixed Income relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Fixed Income job vacancy trend in the City of London

Fixed Income
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Fixed Income.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fixed Income in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Fixed Income in the City of London

Fixed Income
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) DHCP
1 2 (9.09%) DNS
1 2 (9.09%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 12 (54.55%) Front Office
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Financial Institution
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) General Ledger
4 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Linux Engineer
1 5 (22.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) .NET Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) C# Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Java Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) SQL Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (27.27%) .NET
3 1 (4.55%) FpML
3 1 (4.55%) Kafka
3 1 (4.55%) Spring
3 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.55%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Derivative
1 5 (22.73%) Equities
2 4 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
4 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.55%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (4.55%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Observability
1 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (22.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 2 (9.09%) DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (9.09%) Mathematics
4 2 (9.09%) Microservices
4 2 (9.09%) Physics
4 2 (9.09%) Programme Governance
4 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 6 (27.27%) C#
4 5 (22.73%) Shell Script
5 4 (18.18%) Java
6 2 (9.09%) C++
6 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
7 1 (4.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) CFA
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GAAP
1 2 (9.09%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Bloomberg
4 1 (4.55%) FIS
4 1 (4.55%) SunGard