Fixed Income Job Trends

Fixed Income
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 169 408
Rank change year-on-year -326 +239 +136
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 171 887 462
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.79% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 4.72% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 140 455 415
10th Percentile £82,375 £80,000 £73,750
25th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -
75th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £146,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £154,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -48.94%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,749 18,790 26,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.43% 37.84% 36.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11,030 8,760 19,740
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,792 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,525 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -9.09%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Fixed Income job vacancy trend in the UK

Fixed Income
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fixed Income over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Fixed Income in the UK

Fixed Income
Top 5 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 February 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 -182 158 £112,500 - 21
England -314 158 £112,500 - 27
Work from Home -159 68 £135,000 +17.39% 11
UK excluding London -13 9 - - 8
Scotland - 9 - -

Fixed Income
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 29 (16.96%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (8.19%) Apache
3 6 (3.51%) Confluence
4 2 (1.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.17%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.17%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 71 (41.52%) AWS
2 31 (18.13%) dbt
3 26 (15.20%) GCP
4 22 (12.87%) Snowflake
5 17 (9.94%) GitHub
6 14 (8.19%) Azure
7 6 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.51%) Amazon Kinesis
7 6 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.51%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.75%) Dagster
8 3 (1.75%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.58%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.28%) Multicast
2 8 (4.68%) Telnet
3 2 (1.17%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.37%) Amazon Athena
1 28 (16.37%) Apache Arrow
1 28 (16.37%) Apache Iceberg
1 28 (16.37%) Dremio
2 22 (12.87%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (8.19%) Apache Ignite
3 14 (8.19%) Data Lake
4 7 (4.09%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.51%) Flink
5 6 (3.51%) Power BI
5 6 (3.51%) Tableau
6 5 (2.92%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.58%) KDB
7 1 (0.58%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (16.96%) JIRA
2 11 (6.43%) Git
3 4 (2.34%) Selenium
4 2 (1.17%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.58%) GitLab
5 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.58%) Postman
5 1 (0.58%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 129 (75.44%) Finance
2 105 (61.40%) Front Office
3 53 (30.99%) Banking
4 31 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (12.28%) Investment Banking
6 18 (10.53%) Social Skills
7 5 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.92%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.34%) Back Office
8 4 (2.34%) Local Government
8 4 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.75%) Games
9 3 (1.75%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.17%) Retail
11 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.58%) Law
11 1 (0.58%) Legal
11 1 (0.58%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (46.20%) Developer
2 64 (37.43%) Software Engineer
3 51 (29.82%) Python Engineer
4 43 (25.15%) Python Software Engineer
5 36 (21.05%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 36 (21.05%) React Developer
6 35 (20.47%) Senior
7 34 (19.88%) AWS Engineer
8 28 (16.37%) AWS Software Engineer
9 26 (15.20%) Analyst
10 25 (14.62%) Senior Software Engineer
11 23 (13.45%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 22 (12.87%) Business Analyst
12 22 (12.87%) Python Developer
13 20 (11.70%) Lead
13 20 (11.70%) Lead Developer
14 18 (10.53%) Java Engineer
14 18 (10.53%) Java Software Engineer
15 16 (9.36%) Lead Software Developer
15 16 (9.36%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (42.69%) React
2 54 (31.58%) FIX Protocol
3 38 (22.22%) Node.js
4 28 (16.37%) NumPy
4 28 (16.37%) Pandas
4 28 (16.37%) SciPy
5 27 (15.79%) WebSockets
6 24 (14.04%) Redux
7 22 (12.87%) Kafka
8 21 (12.28%) Highcharts JS
8 21 (12.28%) OpenFin
9 18 (10.53%) AngularJS
9 18 (10.53%) GraphQL
9 18 (10.53%) Vue
10 14 (8.19%) gRPC
10 14 (8.19%) Protocol Buffers
10 14 (8.19%) pytest
11 13 (7.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 8 (4.68%) .NET
13 4 (2.34%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 78 (45.61%) Equities
2 55 (32.16%) Derivative
3 48 (28.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 15 (8.77%) Hedge funds
4 15 (8.77%) Pricing Data
5 14 (8.19%) Algorithms
6 8 (4.68%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (4.09%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.51%) OTC Derivatives
9 5 (2.92%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (2.92%) Eurex
9 5 (2.92%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.17%) Wiki
12 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.58%) Credit Risk
12 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.58%) Equity Derivative
12 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.79%) Linux
2 18 (10.53%) Windows
3 8 (4.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (56.73%) Agile
2 68 (39.77%) Investment Management
2 68 (39.77%) Software Engineering
3 52 (30.41%) Low Latency
4 49 (28.65%) Asset Management
5 41 (23.98%) Analytics
6 38 (22.22%) Order Management
7 35 (20.47%) Electronic Trading
8 33 (19.30%) Visualisation
9 27 (15.79%) Data Visualisation
9 27 (15.79%) Performance Optimisation
10 26 (15.20%) Containerisation
10 26 (15.20%) Fintech
11 25 (14.62%) Portfolio Management
11 25 (14.62%) Process Improvement
12 24 (14.04%) SDLC
13 23 (13.45%) Decision-Making
14 22 (12.87%) Performance Tuning
14 22 (12.87%) Risk Management
15 21 (12.28%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 84 (49.12%) Python
2 80 (46.78%) JavaScript
3 62 (36.26%) TypeScript
4 50 (29.24%) Java
5 22 (12.87%) C++
5 22 (12.87%) SQL
6 16 (9.36%) Go
7 8 (4.68%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.51%) C#
9 2 (1.17%) VBA
10 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 16 (9.36%) Degree
2 4 (2.34%) ISEB
2 4 (2.34%) ISTQB
2 4 (2.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (0.58%) CFA
3 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.53%) QA
2 11 (6.43%) MiFID
3 9 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (4.09%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.17%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.51%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (5.26%) Charles River
2 8 (4.68%) Bloomberg
3 7 (4.09%) ION Trading
4 5 (2.92%) CQG
4 5 (2.92%) GoldenSource
4 5 (2.92%) Oracle
4 5 (2.92%) Patsystems
4 5 (2.92%) Reuters
4 5 (2.92%) Trayport
5 4 (2.34%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.34%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.58%) FactSet
6 1 (0.58%) Murex
6 1 (0.58%) Refinitiv