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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 157 112
Rank change year-on-year +55 -45 +105
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 27 15 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.58% 0.52% 2.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.65% 1.34% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 76
10th Percentile £75,500 £87,500 £62,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £99,000 £135,000 £104,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +29.81% -0.95%
75th Percentile £141,250 £153,750 £142,500
90th Percentile £157,500 £160,000 £146,250
Central London median annual salary £99,000 £135,000 £104,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +29.81% -0.95%

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 740 1,116 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 43.20% 38.68% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 596 714 1,123
10th Percentile £39,450 £46,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £102,500 £93,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £116,750 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Fixed Income as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Fixed Income 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Fixed Income in the City of London

Fixed Income
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (3.70%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Amazon S3
3 2 (7.41%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 15 (55.56%) Front Office
2 5 (18.52%) Banking
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Front Office Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Release Manager
3 6 (22.22%) C# Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Quantitative Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Java Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Python Developer
6 3 (11.11%) .NET Developer
6 3 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Lead
7 2 (7.41%) Senior
7 2 (7.41%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior C# .NET Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior C# Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) .NET
2 3 (11.11%) .NET Core
3 2 (7.41%) Django
3 2 (7.41%) FastAPI
3 2 (7.41%) Flask
3 2 (7.41%) React
4 1 (3.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (3.70%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
4 1 (3.70%) PyXLL
4 1 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (3.70%) WinForms
4 1 (3.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (29.63%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (25.93%) Algorithms
3 7 (25.93%) Data Structures
4 5 (18.52%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (11.11%) Derivative
5 3 (11.11%) Equities
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
7 1 (3.70%) Hedge funds
7 1 (3.70%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (3.70%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Performance Tuning
2 9 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
3 8 (29.63%) Low Latency
4 7 (25.93%) Design Patterns
4 7 (25.93%) Integration Testing
4 7 (25.93%) Observability
4 7 (25.93%) Regression Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Analytics
5 4 (14.81%) Concurrent Programming
5 4 (14.81%) Distributed Cache
5 4 (14.81%) Multithreading
5 4 (14.81%) Re-Platforming
6 3 (11.11%) Agile
6 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (11.11%) Investment Management
6 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.41%) API Development
7 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
7 2 (7.41%) Curve Construction
7 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) Python
2 8 (29.63%) C#
3 5 (18.52%) C++
3 5 (18.52%) Java
4 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.41%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.70%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
1 1 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
1 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Solace
2 2 (7.41%) Murex
3 1 (3.70%) ION Trading