Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 383 438 434
Rank change year-on-year +55 -4 -120
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 394 882 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.72% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 1.67% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 334 785 788
10th Percentile £65,375 £60,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £100,000 £103,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -3.38% +8.95%
75th Percentile £142,500 £132,500 £130,000
90th Percentile £155,000 £143,750 £145,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% +19.05% -

All Generic Skills
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,511 52,884 56,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.83% 43.05% 44.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,245 29,698 33,809
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +7.92% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Salary trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 9 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England +45 380 £115,000 +15.00% 204
London +57 373 £115,000 +15.00% 188
Work from Home +44 122 £95,000 -2.56% 59
UK excluding London +170 15 £58,750 -6.00% 31
Northern Ireland +47 10 £60,000 -7.69% 4
South West +72 3 £45,000 +16.13% 4
Scotland +37 2 £45,000 - 1
East of England +117 1 - - 1
South East +97 1 - - 17

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (5.33%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (4.31%) Apache
3 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.76%) Luigi
5 2 (0.51%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.25%) ION Anvil
2 1 (0.25%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 143 (36.29%) AWS
2 111 (28.17%) Azure
3 90 (22.84%) GCP
4 16 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.06%) Azure Service Bus
5 8 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.52%) Amazon S3
6 6 (1.52%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.27%) IaaS
7 5 (1.27%) SaaS
7 5 (1.27%) Serverless
8 4 (1.02%) GitHub
9 3 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.76%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.76%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.51%) dbt
10 2 (0.51%) npm
10 2 (0.51%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.52%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.02%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (1.02%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (0.76%) DHCP
3 3 (0.76%) DNS
4 2 (0.51%) NAS
4 2 (0.51%) SAN
5 1 (0.25%) ATM
5 1 (0.25%) Firewall
5 1 (0.25%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.82%) NoSQL
2 16 (4.06%) Redis
3 9 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
4 7 (1.78%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.78%) Tick Data
5 6 (1.52%) MySQL
5 6 (1.52%) Power BI
6 4 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.02%) Tableau
7 3 (0.76%) KDB
7 3 (0.76%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Arrow
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Ignite
8 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.51%) Dremio
8 2 (0.51%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 8 (2.03%) JIRA
2 5 (1.27%) Git
3 4 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.51%) GCC
5 2 (0.51%) GDB
5 2 (0.51%) GitLab
5 2 (0.51%) Maven
5 2 (0.51%) Selenium
6 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.25%) JUnit
6 1 (0.25%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.25%) webpack
General
1 254 (64.47%) Finance
2 198 (50.25%) Front Office
3 68 (17.26%) Social Skills
4 61 (15.48%) Banking
5 36 (9.14%) Financial Institution
6 20 (5.08%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.30%) Back Office
8 11 (2.79%) Legal
9 9 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.76%) Advertising
12 3 (0.76%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.76%) Marketing
13 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.51%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.25%) Environmental Health
14 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 216 (54.82%) Developer
2 96 (24.37%) .NET Developer
3 86 (21.83%) Software Engineer
4 82 (20.81%) Analyst
5 77 (19.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 73 (18.53%) Senior
7 61 (15.48%) .NET Software Developer
7 61 (15.48%) .NET Software Engineer
8 57 (14.47%) Finance Manager
9 54 (13.71%) Java Developer
9 54 (13.71%) Senior Developer
10 52 (13.20%) Business Analyst
11 40 (10.15%) Software Asset Manager
11 40 (10.15%) Software Manager
12 39 (9.90%) Lead
13 32 (8.12%) Product Manager
13 32 (8.12%) Product Owner
14 27 (6.85%) Business Manager
14 27 (6.85%) Product Analyst
14 27 (6.85%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (26.90%) React
2 102 (25.89%) .NET
3 88 (22.34%) AngularJS
4 86 (21.83%) ASP.NET
5 74 (18.78%) Redux
6 70 (17.77%) Vue
7 65 (16.50%) ASP.NET Core
8 33 (8.38%) FIX Protocol
9 31 (7.87%) .NET Core
10 22 (5.58%) ASP.NET Web API
10 22 (5.58%) Kafka
11 21 (5.33%) .NET Framework
12 20 (5.08%) J2SE
12 20 (5.08%) REST
13 18 (4.57%) LINQ
14 13 (3.30%) Pandas
15 10 (2.54%) OpenFin
15 10 (2.54%) Spring
16 8 (2.03%) STL
17 7 (1.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 204 (51.78%) Equities
2 181 (45.94%) Fixed Income
3 171 (43.40%) Derivative
4 166 (42.13%) Hedge funds
5 40 (10.15%) Product Ownership
6 31 (7.87%) Management Information System
7 21 (5.33%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (3.30%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.28%) Algorithms
10 9 (2.28%) Data Structures
11 8 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.52%) Equity Derivative
13 4 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.02%) Hackathon
13 4 (1.02%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.76%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.15%) Linux
2 24 (6.09%) Apple iOS
3 16 (4.06%) Windows
4 9 (2.28%) Unix
5 5 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.51%) Android
7 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) CentOS
8 1 (0.25%) Solaris
8 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (40.10%) Agile
2 146 (37.06%) Asset Management
3 118 (29.95%) Software Engineering
4 117 (29.70%) Fintech
5 111 (28.17%) Investment Management
6 92 (23.35%) DevOps
7 73 (18.53%) TDD
8 68 (17.26%) Low Latency
9 67 (17.01%) Full Stack Development
9 67 (17.01%) Mathematics
10 62 (15.74%) Computer Science
11 58 (14.72%) Analytics
12 54 (13.71%) Order Management
13 53 (13.45%) Algorithmic Trading
14 38 (9.64%) Multithreading
15 36 (9.14%) Electronic Trading
15 36 (9.14%) Market Making
16 35 (8.88%) Microservices
17 34 (8.63%) Roadmaps
18 33 (8.38%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 117 (29.70%) C#
2 98 (24.87%) Java
3 90 (22.84%) Python
4 87 (22.08%) JavaScript
5 84 (21.32%) TypeScript
6 65 (16.50%) C++
7 64 (16.24%) SQL
8 12 (3.05%) MATLAB
9 8 (2.03%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.27%) R
11 4 (1.02%) Rust
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.25%) Bash
13 1 (0.25%) F#
13 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.25%) VBA
13 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 60 (15.23%) Degree
2 28 (7.11%) Master's Degree
3 22 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.55%) PhD
5 4 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.25%) CCNA
7 1 (0.25%) CCNP
7 1 (0.25%) CFA
7 1 (0.25%) CGEIT
7 1 (0.25%) CISA
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.25%) CISM
7 1 (0.25%) CISSP
7 1 (0.25%) CRISC
7 1 (0.25%) SANS
7 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.25%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (21.07%) QA
2 7 (1.78%) MiFID
3 6 (1.52%) EMIR
3 6 (1.52%) IFRS
4 5 (1.27%) GAAP
4 5 (1.27%) PMO
4 5 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.76%) Dodd-Frank
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) COBIT
7 1 (0.25%) COREP
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (6.60%) Docker
2 3 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (6.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.02%) Ansible
3 3 (0.76%) Control-M
3 3 (0.76%) Grafana
3 3 (0.76%) Kibana
3 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.76%) Terraform
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (3.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.79%) Calypso
3 10 (2.54%) Finsemble
4 9 (2.28%) Bloomberg
4 9 (2.28%) Oracle
5 6 (1.52%) Murex
5 6 (1.52%) TIBCO
6 4 (1.02%) Charles River
7 3 (0.76%) ION Trading
7 3 (0.76%) SAP
7 3 (0.76%) VMware
8 2 (0.51%) Apple
8 2 (0.51%) Dell
8 2 (0.51%) HP
8 2 (0.51%) IBM
8 2 (0.51%) Solace
9 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.25%) MarketAxess
9 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.25%) Tradeweb