Foreign Exchange (FX) Job Trends in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 96 101
Rank change year-on-year -167 +5 +152
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 144 394 710
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.68% 3.26% 2.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 7.32% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 76 340 663
10th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £72,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £105,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +8.49%
75th Percentile £118,125 £137,500 £145,000
90th Percentile £143,750 £160,000 £165,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -26.09% - +9.52%

All Generic Skills
London

Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,215 5,386 9,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.02% 44.52% 40.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,382 3,026 6,838
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,313 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +6.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £136,250 £130,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -15.38%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Foreign Exchange (FX) job vacancy trend in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the London region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +8 39 £100,000 -11.11% 34
East London 0 8 - -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 6 (4.17%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.69%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (4.17%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.69%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.75%) Azure
2 21 (14.58%) AWS
3 8 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.47%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.08%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.08%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.39%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (1.39%) GitHub
6 2 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.39%) SaaS
6 2 (1.39%) Serverless
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.33%) Firewall
1 12 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
2 8 (5.56%) DHCP
2 8 (5.56%) DNS
2 8 (5.56%) LAN
2 8 (5.56%) VLAN
2 8 (5.56%) WAN
3 6 (4.17%) Multicast
4 4 (2.78%) SAN
4 4 (2.78%) VPN
5 2 (1.39%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.56%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.08%) Power BI
5 2 (1.39%) MySQL
5 2 (1.39%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.69%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.69%) KDB
6 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (6.25%) Gradle
2 7 (4.86%) JIRA
3 2 (1.39%) Git
3 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.69%) JUnit
4 1 (0.69%) Maven
4 1 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 89 (61.81%) Finance
2 53 (36.81%) Front Office
3 36 (25.00%) Banking
4 20 (13.89%) Investment Banking
5 19 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (11.81%) Financial Institution
7 13 (9.03%) Social Skills
8 10 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (5.56%) Retail
10 7 (4.86%) Law
11 6 (4.17%) Spanish Language
12 4 (2.78%) Games
13 3 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.39%) Billing
14 2 (1.39%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.39%) Japanese Language
14 2 (1.39%) Legal
15 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (38.89%) Developer
2 26 (18.06%) Senior
3 16 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 14 (9.72%) Java Developer
5 10 (6.94%) Analyst
5 10 (6.94%) Business Analyst
5 10 (6.94%) Python Developer
6 8 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) LAN Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) Product Manager
6 8 (5.56%) WAN Engineer
7 7 (4.86%) Lead
7 7 (4.86%) React Developer
7 7 (4.86%) Transformation Manager
8 6 (4.17%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.97%) FIX Protocol
2 22 (15.28%) React
3 10 (6.94%) Spring
4 9 (6.25%) Kafka
4 9 (6.25%) Spring Boot
5 6 (4.17%) .NET
6 5 (3.47%) REST
7 3 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (2.08%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (2.08%) WebSockets
8 2 (1.39%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.39%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.39%) gRPC
8 2 (1.39%) Node.js
9 1 (0.69%) Blazor
9 1 (0.69%) Jest
9 1 (0.69%) OpenAPI
9 1 (0.69%) SignalR
9 1 (0.69%) Swagger
9 1 (0.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.53%) Fixed Income
2 24 (16.67%) Derivative
3 21 (14.58%) Equities
4 14 (9.72%) Onboarding
5 11 (7.64%) Data Centre
6 8 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (4.86%) Distributed Architecture
7 7 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (4.86%) Product Ownership
8 6 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (4.17%) Eurex
8 6 (4.17%) Hedge funds
9 5 (3.47%) Cloud Native
9 5 (3.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (2.08%) Reference Data
12 2 (1.39%) AI Agents
12 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
12 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.81%) Windows
2 16 (11.11%) Linux
3 11 (7.64%) Unix
4 3 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 45 (31.25%) Low Latency
3 33 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (18.06%) Agile
4 26 (18.06%) Computer Science
5 23 (15.97%) AI
5 23 (15.97%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 18 (12.50%) Algorithmic Trading
6 18 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 18 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 18 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 17 (11.81%) Fintech
7 17 (11.81%) Market Making
7 17 (11.81%) Software Engineering
8 16 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
8 16 (11.11%) Roadmaps
9 15 (10.42%) Process Improvement
10 14 (9.72%) High Availability
10 14 (9.72%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 45 (31.25%) Java
2 27 (18.75%) Python
3 25 (17.36%) SQL
4 20 (13.89%) C#
5 18 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 9 (6.25%) C++
7 7 (4.86%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.86%) Rust
8 5 (3.47%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.39%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.39%) VBA
10 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.69%) Groovy
10 1 (0.69%) Korn
Qualifications
1 32 (22.22%) Degree
2 23 (15.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (5.56%) CCIE
3 8 (5.56%) CCNA
3 8 (5.56%) CCNP
3 8 (5.56%) CCSA
3 8 (5.56%) CCSE
3 8 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.69%) CEH
5 1 (0.69%) CFA
5 1 (0.69%) CISSP
5 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.69%) OSCP
5 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.08%) ISO 20022
2 2 (1.39%) QA
2 2 (1.39%) SEPA
2 2 (1.39%) TARGET2
3 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.69%) EMIR
3 1 (0.69%) GAAP
3 1 (0.69%) IFRS
3 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.69%) MiFID
3 1 (0.69%) NIST
3 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 6 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.78%) SCCM
4 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.64%) Bloomberg
3 9 (6.25%) Oracle
3 9 (6.25%) Solace
4 8 (5.56%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.56%) Cisco
4 8 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 6 (4.17%) CQG
5 6 (4.17%) ION Trading
5 6 (4.17%) Patsystems
5 6 (4.17%) Reuters
5 6 (4.17%) Trayport
6 4 (2.78%) Databricks
6 4 (2.78%) VMware
7 3 (2.08%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.39%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.69%) Adobe
9 1 (0.69%) FIS
9 1 (0.69%) SAP