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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 495 449
Rank change year-on-year +116 -46 -48
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 670 595 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.57% 0.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 1.33% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 545 512 975
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £67,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £100,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £142,500 £125,625 £135,000
90th Percentile £155,000 £149,750 £162,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -11.11%

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 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 14 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 27 April 2024. 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 +113 621 £112,500 +12.50% 199
London +116 542 £115,000 +12.20% 173
Work from Home +199 358 £112,500 +16.88% 57
UK excluding London +57 115 £55,000 -4.35% 30
Scotland -33 37 £45,000 -35.71% 2
South West +32 36 £40,000 -11.11% 13
South East +14 23 £55,000 -4.35% 4
East of England +12 10 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 5 £75,000 - 1
West Midlands +28 3 £32,000 - 3
Midlands +10 3 £32,000 - 5
North of England +43 2 - - 1
North West +5 2 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £120,000 -

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
1 160 (23.88%) Apache Airflow
2 154 (22.99%) Apache
3 21 (3.13%) GemFire
4 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.79%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.04%) nginx
7 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.45%) OpenZeppelin
9 2 (0.30%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.94%) Aladdin
1 13 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 349 (52.09%) AWS
2 191 (28.51%) GCP
3 146 (21.79%) dbt
4 143 (21.34%) Azure
5 132 (19.70%) Snowflake
6 20 (2.99%) Power Automate
7 18 (2.69%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.79%) Serverless
10 9 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.19%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.19%) SaaS
12 7 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.04%) WhatsApp
13 6 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 4 (0.60%) Azure Key Vault
15 4 (0.60%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.34%) Wireless
2 7 (1.04%) OpenVPN
3 6 (0.90%) 3G
3 6 (0.90%) 4G
3 6 (0.90%) LTE
3 6 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.90%) VSAT
4 4 (0.60%) HTTP
5 3 (0.45%) Firewall
5 3 (0.45%) IPFS
5 3 (0.45%) LAN
5 3 (0.45%) WAN
6 2 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) DNS
7 1 (0.15%) FTP
7 1 (0.15%) NAS
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (22.54%) Amazon Athena
2 146 (21.79%) Apache Arrow
2 146 (21.79%) Apache Ignite
2 146 (21.79%) Dremio
3 132 (19.70%) Data Lake
4 34 (5.07%) NoSQL
5 21 (3.13%) Apache Cassandra
5 21 (3.13%) CockroachDB
5 21 (3.13%) Hazelcast
6 18 (2.69%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.49%) Power BI
8 8 (1.19%) DB2
8 8 (1.19%) MySQL
9 7 (1.04%) Tableau
10 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.60%) Redis
12 3 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.45%) Data Mart
12 3 (0.45%) Tick Data
13 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 21 (3.13%) Jaeger
2 14 (2.09%) JIRA
3 9 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.75%) Git
5 4 (0.60%) GitLab
6 3 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.45%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.45%) Hardhat
6 3 (0.45%) Maven
6 3 (0.45%) NetBeans
6 3 (0.45%) Protractor
6 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.30%) GCC
7 2 (0.30%) GDB
8 1 (0.15%) Gradle
8 1 (0.15%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 528 (78.81%) Finance
2 379 (56.57%) Front Office
3 244 (36.42%) Banking
4 233 (34.78%) Investment Banking
5 116 (17.31%) Social Skills
6 73 (10.90%) Law
7 71 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (7.76%) Back Office
9 38 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
10 34 (5.07%) Financial Institution
11 22 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.54%) Legal
13 16 (2.39%) Marketing
14 14 (2.09%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.90%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.90%) Military
15 6 (0.90%) Retail
16 5 (0.75%) Games
17 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
18 3 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 310 (46.27%) Developer
2 213 (31.79%) Software Engineer
3 158 (23.58%) Senior
4 141 (21.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 129 (19.25%) Lead
6 127 (18.96%) Analyst
7 110 (16.42%) .NET Developer
8 105 (15.67%) Senior Developer
9 97 (14.48%) Senior Software Engineer
10 89 (13.28%) .NET Software Engineer
11 87 (12.99%) .NET Software Developer
12 79 (11.79%) Java Developer
13 76 (11.34%) Business Analyst
14 72 (10.75%) Finance Manager
15 68 (10.15%) Java Engineer
15 68 (10.15%) Lead Software Engineer
16 67 (10.00%) Java Software Engineer
17 66 (9.85%) Lead Developer
18 60 (8.96%) Python Software Engineer
18 60 (8.96%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (24.33%) Pandas
2 158 (23.58%) gRPC
2 158 (23.58%) Protocol Buffers
3 146 (21.79%) NumPy
4 145 (21.64%) SciPy
5 134 (20.00%) .NET
5 134 (20.00%) AngularJS
6 133 (19.85%) React
7 101 (15.07%) Vue
8 95 (14.18%) Redux
9 77 (11.49%) .NET Core
10 50 (7.46%) ASP.NET
11 44 (6.57%) ASP.NET Core
12 43 (6.42%) Spring Boot
13 42 (6.27%) Spring
14 31 (4.63%) Kafka
14 31 (4.63%) REST
15 27 (4.03%) FIX Protocol
16 25 (3.73%) CSS
17 23 (3.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 365 (54.48%) Equities
2 358 (53.43%) Fixed Income
3 335 (50.00%) Derivative
4 320 (47.76%) Hedge funds
5 59 (8.81%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (3.13%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.13%) Replication
8 20 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.54%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.24%) OTC Derivatives
11 14 (2.09%) Credit Derivative
12 13 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.79%) Pricing Data
14 9 (1.34%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.34%) Client/Server
15 8 (1.19%) Credit Risk
16 7 (1.04%) Interest Rate Derivative
16 7 (1.04%) Reference Data
17 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.46%) Linux
2 15 (2.24%) Windows
3 12 (1.79%) Unix
4 9 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.04%) CentOS
6 5 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (52.39%) Agile
2 326 (48.66%) Asset Management
3 320 (47.76%) Software Engineering
4 284 (42.39%) Investment Management
5 126 (18.81%) Fintech
6 99 (14.78%) Analytics
7 79 (11.79%) Full Stack Development
8 78 (11.64%) DevOps
9 65 (9.70%) Line Management
10 64 (9.55%) TDD
11 62 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
12 60 (8.96%) Low Latency
12 60 (8.96%) Machine Learning
13 59 (8.81%) Artificial Intelligence
14 56 (8.36%) Greeks
15 51 (7.61%) Computer Science
16 46 (6.87%) Electronic Trading
17 40 (5.97%) Microservices
18 38 (5.67%) Multithreading
19 37 (5.52%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 323 (48.21%) Python
2 303 (45.22%) JavaScript
3 285 (42.54%) Java
4 270 (40.30%) TypeScript
5 176 (26.27%) SQL
6 170 (25.37%) C#
7 50 (7.46%) C++
8 21 (3.13%) Groovy
9 12 (1.79%) Ruby
9 12 (1.79%) Scala
10 8 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.19%) Rust
11 7 (1.04%) C
11 7 (1.04%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.04%) VBA
12 6 (0.90%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.75%) Bash
14 4 (0.60%) PHP
15 3 (0.45%) Erlang
15 3 (0.45%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 62 (9.25%) Degree
2 20 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.39%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.04%) AWS Certification
5 6 (0.90%) ACCA
5 6 (0.90%) CIMA
5 6 (0.90%) GCSC
6 5 (0.75%) PhD
7 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.45%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.45%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 54 (8.06%) QA
3 10 (1.49%) SLA
4 6 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.30%) SEPA
6 1 (0.15%) COREP
6 1 (0.15%) IFRS
6 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.15%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.15%) P3O
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 1
System Software
1 28 (4.18%) Docker
2 4 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.60%) vSphere
3 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (3.28%) Grafana
1 22 (3.28%) Kibana
1 22 (3.28%) Prometheus
2 21 (3.13%) HAProxy
2 21 (3.13%) ITRS Geneos
2 21 (3.13%) Zipkin
3 17 (2.54%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.60%) Control-M
5 3 (0.45%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (5.67%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.73%) Bloomberg
3 21 (3.13%) Dynatrace
3 21 (3.13%) SAP
3 21 (3.13%) Splunk
4 14 (2.09%) Alteryx
5 13 (1.94%) BISAM
5 13 (1.94%) Oracle
6 8 (1.19%) Murex
7 7 (1.04%) HP
8 6 (0.90%) Cisco
8 6 (0.90%) FFastFill
8 6 (0.90%) Refinitiv
8 6 (0.90%) TIBCO
9 4 (0.60%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.60%) VMware
10 3 (0.45%) Citrix
10 3 (0.45%) Foundry
10 3 (0.45%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.45%) Solace