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 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 104 143
Rank change year-on-year -35 +39 -16
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 22 32 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.53% 1.69% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.05% 4.12% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 20 22 27
10th Percentile £67,250 £72,875 £87,500
25th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £95,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £130,000 £145,625
90th Percentile £100,750 £157,500 £158,500
Central London median annual salary £81,250 £95,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -14.47% -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 1,075 776 1,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.77% 41.04% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 781 581 877
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £51,143
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £145,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +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 26 May 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
1 1 (4.55%) ION Anvil
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) KDB
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 11 (50.00%) Front Office
3 3 (13.64%) Financial Institution
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) General Ledger
4 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Advertising
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Developer
1 5 (22.73%) Linux Engineer
1 5 (22.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
1 5 (22.73%) Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) .NET Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Java Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) SQL Developer
4 2 (9.09%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) .NET
2 6 (27.27%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
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
2 4 (18.18%) Equities
3 3 (13.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Software Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (22.73%) Observability
2 5 (22.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) Validation
4 2 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) Microservices
4 2 (9.09%) Migration
4 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.09%) Programme Governance
4 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (4.55%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (31.82%) C#
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) Shell Script
4 3 (13.64%) Java
5 2 (9.09%) C++
5 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) CFA
1 1 (4.55%) 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%) ION Trading