Foreign Exchange (FX) Jobs in the City of London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 150 161
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -39
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 29 82 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.86% 1.71% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.61% 4.16% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 25 78 106
10th Percentile £81,250 £65,875 £67,250
25th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £75,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% -
75th Percentile £137,500 £115,938 £108,750
90th Percentile £187,500 £147,500 £118,750
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% +1.41%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,113 1,969 2,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 33.16% 41.03% 42.54%
Number of salaries quoted 883 1,659 2,411
10th Percentile £40,547 £43,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,750 £58,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,500 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £73,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.81% +3.33% -

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the City of London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the City of London.

Salary trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the City of London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the City of London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 3 (10.34%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) MQSeries
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) WhatsApp
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) SaaS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DHCP
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) NAS
1 1 (3.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (24.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.69%) MySQL
3 3 (10.34%) DB2
4 1 (3.45%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
2 3 (10.34%) Protractor
3 1 (3.45%) Git
3 1 (3.45%) Gradle
3 1 (3.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) Maven
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 17 (58.62%) Front Office
3 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Advertising
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Back Office
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Electronic Trading Support
3 6 (20.69%) Support Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Java Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Applications Support
5 4 (13.79%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Quantitative Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Cloud Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Cloud Software Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Front Office Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Software Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Java Quantitative Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Lead
8 1 (3.45%) Flutter Developer
8 1 (3.45%) FX Business Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Low Latency Java Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) Angular 2
1 3 (10.34%) AngularJS
1 3 (10.34%) Hibernate
1 3 (10.34%) Spring
1 3 (10.34%) Spring Boot
1 3 (10.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 2 (6.90%) RESTful
3 1 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (3.45%) Flutter
3 1 (3.45%) Murex MxML
3 1 (3.45%) Rendezvous
3 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Equities
1 7 (24.14%) Fixed Income
2 4 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.34%) Algorithms
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (10.34%) Hedge funds
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
1 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Computer Science
1 10 (34.48%) Electronic Trading
2 7 (24.14%) E-Commerce
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) Fintech
3 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
3 6 (20.69%) Straight-Through Processing
4 5 (17.24%) Algorithmic Trading
4 5 (17.24%) Low Latency
4 5 (17.24%) Mathematics
4 5 (17.24%) Physics
5 4 (13.79%) High-Frequency Trading
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
5 4 (13.79%) TDD
5 4 (13.79%) Workflow
6 3 (10.34%) Automated Trading
6 3 (10.34%) FX Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (10.34%) Order Management
6 3 (10.34%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Java
2 15 (51.72%) Python
3 11 (37.93%) SQL
4 10 (34.48%) C++
5 6 (20.69%) C#
6 3 (10.34%) Erlang
6 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
6 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
7 1 (3.45%) Dart
7 1 (3.45%) Kotlin
7 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.45%) Swift
7 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Degree
2 8 (27.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (20.69%) Master's Degree
4 4 (13.79%) AWS Certification
5 3 (10.34%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (6.90%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Bloomberg
1 6 (20.69%) FFastFill
1 6 (20.69%) Refinitiv
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Solace
4 1 (3.45%) HP
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Murex
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle
4 1 (3.45%) Progress
4 1 (3.45%) Sybase
4 1 (3.45%) TIBCO
4 1 (3.45%) Vertica
4 1 (3.45%) VMware