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 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 153 133
Rank change year-on-year +26 -20 +54
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 13 11 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.52% 0.42% 1.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 0.98% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 37
10th Percentile £61,875 - £73,750
25th Percentile - £85,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £111,250 £95,000 £127,500
90th Percentile £153,750 £118,750 £159,000
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £90,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -

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 826 1,125 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 33.24% 43.02% 34.36%
Number of salaries quoted 628 670 913
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +2.74% -5.81%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £117,625 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -6.45%

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 25 January 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) ION Anvil
2 1 (7.69%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Prefect
1 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Front Office
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) C# Developer
5 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
5 2 (15.38%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (15.38%) C# Software Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Credit Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Quantitative Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Junior
6 1 (7.69%) Junior .NET Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Junior C# .NET Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Junior Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) .NET Core
3 1 (7.69%) PyXLL
3 1 (7.69%) Streamlit
3 1 (7.69%) WinForms
3 1 (7.69%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Derivative
2 1 (7.69%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Electronic Trading
2 3 (23.08%) Analytics
2 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
2 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) SDLC
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
4 1 (7.69%) Physics
4 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C#
1 4 (30.77%) C++
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) CFA
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
1 2 (15.38%) ION Trading
2 1 (7.69%) Refinitiv