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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 112 136
Rank change year-on-year -20 +24 +16
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 22 30 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.58% 1.43% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 3.48% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 19 19 34
10th Percentile £73,000 £64,800 £87,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £80,625 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £100,000 £112,250 £153,750
90th Percentile £109,000 £139,000 £168,750
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -16.28% +3.37%

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 1,061 862 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 27.79% 40.97% 34.21%
Number of salaries quoted 752 639 886
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,523
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,375 £130,250 £118,125
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% -0.68% -5.81%

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 April 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%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) DHCP
1 2 (9.09%) DNS
1 2 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) KDB
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Front Office
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.55%) Advertising
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) General Ledger
4 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Software Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) .NET Software Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Business Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Java Developer
5 3 (13.64%) SQL Developer
6 2 (9.09%) C# Developer
6 2 (9.09%) Credit Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
6 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) 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 4 (18.18%) Derivative
1 4 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (13.64%) Equities
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) Electronic Trading
3 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.09%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) Microservices
5 2 (9.09%) Observability
5 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (9.09%) Validation
6 1 (4.55%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (4.55%) Predictive Modelling
6 1 (4.55%) Programme Governance
6 1 (4.55%) Prototyping
6 1 (4.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) SQL
2 6 (27.27%) C#
3 4 (18.18%) Python
4 3 (13.64%) C++
4 3 (13.64%) Java
5 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 2 (9.09%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) CFA
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GAAP
1 1 (4.55%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Bloomberg
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) ION Trading