Foreign Exchange (FX) Job Trends in Manchester

Foreign Exchange (FX)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 183 176
Rank change year-on-year +31 -7 +81
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.33% 0.048% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.78% 0.14% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51,250 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -42.50% +90.48%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £105,000
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year +30.43% -42.50% +90.48%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,031 1,406 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 42.74% 33.74% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 549 642 914
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,525 £37,256
25th Percentile £33,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -9.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,425 £84,926
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +6.74%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Manchester

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

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

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 September 2025. 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
Oldham - 1 £50,000 - 2
Foreign Exchange (FX)
North West

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) KDB
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Java Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 4 (50.00%) Middleware
1 4 (50.00%) Rendezvous
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Derivative
1 2 (25.00%) Equities
1 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Electronic Trading
2 4 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 4 (50.00%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Use Case
5 1 (12.50%) Case Management
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Bloomberg
2 4 (50.00%) Solace
2 4 (50.00%) TIBCO
3 2 (25.00%) Alteryx