Fixed Income Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Fixed Income
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 435 708
Rank change year-on-year -128 +273 +57
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 10 50 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.19% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.062% 0.55% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £51,250 £41,130
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,875 £44,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £84,375 £77,500
90th Percentile - £90,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,082 9,083 22,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.76% 35.18% 34.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,786 5,201 14,972
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,099 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Fixed Income job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Fixed Income
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Fixed Income.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fixed Income within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Scotland - 10 £50,000 -
Fixed Income
UK

Fixed Income
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 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