CQG Job Trends

CQG
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of CQG products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CQG over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within CQG, Inc.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 696 698
Rank change year-on-year +55 +2 +322
Permanent jobs citing CQG 8 15 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.028% 0.027%
As % of the Vendors category 0.042% 0.075% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 12
10th Percentile £45,375 - -
25th Percentile £51,563 £80,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £70,625 £90,000 £91,563
90th Percentile £80,750 - £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Vendors
UK

CQG falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,917 19,991 21,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 37.30% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,706 10,124 16,690
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,860 £57,471 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +4.49% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,055 £47,565
% change year-on-year -14.59% +5.23% -4.87%

CQG
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CQG relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CQG job vacancy trend in the UK

CQG
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CQG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CQG

CQG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CQG over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CQG in the UK

CQG
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CQG within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 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
London +59 6 £60,000 -29.41% 1
England +55 6 £60,000 -29.41% 1

CQG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (75.00%) Confluence
2 2 (25.00%) IIS
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) AWS
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) n8n
3 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 1 (12.50%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) FIX Connectivity
1 5 (62.50%) Multicast
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Spanish Language
3 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Manager
2 5 (62.50%) Product Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Product Business Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Product Manager
3 4 (50.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Transition Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Transition Manager
5 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Electronic Trading Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Eurex
2 5 (62.50%) Distributed Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) Distributed Computing
2 5 (62.50%) Equities
2 5 (62.50%) Fixed Income
2 5 (62.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (12.50%) Blockchain
3 1 (12.50%) IoT
3 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Solaris
2 3 (37.50%) Ubuntu
2 3 (37.50%) Unix
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
2 6 (75.00%) Electronic Trading
2 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) Epics
3 5 (62.50%) Low Latency
3 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
3 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 5 (62.50%) SDLC
3 5 (62.50%) Time Management
3 5 (62.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 5 (62.50%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 3 (37.50%) Product Management
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (12.50%) AI
6 1 (12.50%) Open Source
6 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (12.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCDST
1 2 (25.00%) MCITP
1 2 (25.00%) MCP
1 2 (25.00%) MCSA
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 8 (100.00%) ION Trading
1 8 (100.00%) Patsystems
1 8 (100.00%) Reuters
1 8 (100.00%) Trayport
2 6 (75.00%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) Atlassian
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
4 2 (25.00%) Google
4 2 (25.00%) VMware