Hybrid/Remote Fixed Income Job Trends

Fixed Income
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fixed Income in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fixed Income over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 161 161
Rank change year-on-year -196 0 +60
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 67 344 673
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 2.18% 2.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 4.99% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 63 335 652
10th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £78,000
25th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £125,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £142,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £105,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +6.98%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,697 6,889 11,724
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.29% 43.76% 34.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,784 3,511 9,026
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -14.35%

Fixed Income
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fixed Income and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Fixed Income job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Fixed Income
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fixed Income.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fixed Income

Fixed Income
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fixed Income over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Fixed Income salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Fixed Income
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 44 (65.67%) AWS
2 16 (23.88%) GCP
3 10 (14.93%) Azure
4 2 (2.99%) GitHub
5 1 (1.49%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
General
1 61 (91.04%) Finance
2 47 (70.15%) Front Office
3 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
4 13 (19.40%) Banking
5 7 (10.45%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.49%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 47 (70.15%) Software Engineer
2 45 (67.16%) Developer
3 41 (61.19%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 34 (50.75%) Lead
5 28 (41.79%) Lead Developer
5 28 (41.79%) Lead Software Developer
5 28 (41.79%) Lead Software Engineer
6 13 (19.40%) React Developer
7 9 (13.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 9 (13.43%) Java Developer
8 8 (11.94%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (11.94%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) Java Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) Java Software Developer
8 8 (11.94%) Java Software Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) .NET Software Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) C# Software Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) Python Developer
10 5 (7.46%) Technical Leader
11 4 (5.97%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (61.19%) Node.js
1 41 (61.19%) React
1 41 (61.19%) Redux
2 33 (49.25%) Kafka
3 32 (47.76%) GraphQL
4 8 (11.94%) .NET
4 8 (11.94%) AngularJS
4 8 (11.94%) Vue
5 3 (4.48%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.49%) Java Concurrency
7 1 (1.49%) LlamaIndex
7 1 (1.49%) OpenFin
7 1 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (1.49%) REST
7 1 (1.49%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.37%) Derivative
2 16 (23.88%) Equities
3 4 (5.97%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.99%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.49%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (73.13%) Software Engineering
2 41 (61.19%) Agile
2 41 (61.19%) Investment Management
3 40 (59.70%) Portfolio Management
4 33 (49.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 33 (49.25%) Order Management
5 9 (13.43%) Asset Management
6 8 (11.94%) Fintech
6 8 (11.94%) Line Management
6 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
7 5 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (7.46%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (5.97%) Stress Testing
9 3 (4.48%) AI
9 3 (4.48%) Project Delivery
9 3 (4.48%) Risk Management
10 2 (2.99%) Business Analysis
10 2 (2.99%) CI/CD
10 2 (2.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (2.99%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (61.19%) JavaScript
1 41 (61.19%) TypeScript
2 38 (56.72%) Python
3 35 (52.24%) Java
4 32 (47.76%) Go
5 13 (19.40%) SQL
6 8 (11.94%) C#
7 3 (4.48%) R
7 3 (4.48%) VBA
8 2 (2.99%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (1.49%) CFA
1 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.49%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) EMIR
1 5 (7.46%) MiFID
2 1 (1.49%) GAAP
2 1 (1.49%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.99%) FIS
1 2 (2.99%) SunGard
2 1 (1.49%) Bloomberg
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.49%) Solace