Fixed Income Job Trends in Scotland

Fixed Income
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 271
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 10 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.30% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.19% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £112,500 £115,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 837 580 3,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.04% 30.13% 50.06%
Number of salaries quoted 440 323 850
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,200 £28,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,360 £72,433
90th Percentile £78,754 £93,778 £82,668
UK median annual salary £59,720 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.47% +9.09% -15.38%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fixed Income relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Fixed Income job vacancy trend in Scotland

Fixed Income
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Fixed Income.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fixed Income within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Edinburgh - 8 - -
Glasgow - 1 £50,000 - 1
Midlothian - 1 - -
Fixed Income
UK

Fixed Income
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Telnet
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (80.00%) Front Office
4 1 (10.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Private Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Platform Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Equities
2 1 (10.00%) Derivative
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Asset Management
1 9 (90.00%) Investment Management
2 8 (80.00%) Coaching
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Order Management
3 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Charles River