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 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 169 115
Rank change year-on-year -204 -54 +92
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 78 322 686
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 1.96% 2.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 4.56% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 74 312 671
10th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £96,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £127,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +10.87% +6.98%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £142,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £105,000 £125,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +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 8,266 7,069 9,194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.76% 42.95% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,120 3,637 6,713
10th Percentile £34,071 £31,000 £33,966
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -13.39%

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 July 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (56.41%) AWS
2 16 (20.51%) GCP
3 10 (12.82%) Azure
4 2 (2.56%) GitHub
5 1 (1.28%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 72 (92.31%) Finance
2 55 (70.51%) Front Office
3 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
4 22 (28.21%) Banking
5 16 (20.51%) Investment Banking
6 11 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Back Office
7 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (60.26%) Software Engineer
2 45 (57.69%) Developer
3 41 (52.56%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 35 (44.87%) Lead
5 28 (35.90%) Lead Developer
5 28 (35.90%) Lead Software Developer
5 28 (35.90%) Lead Software Engineer
6 13 (16.67%) React Developer
7 10 (12.82%) Analyst
8 9 (11.54%) Business Support Analyst
8 9 (11.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (11.54%) Java Developer
8 9 (11.54%) Support Analyst
9 8 (10.26%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (10.26%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 8 (10.26%) Java Engineer
9 8 (10.26%) Java Software Developer
9 8 (10.26%) Java Software Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) .NET Software Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (53.85%) React
2 41 (52.56%) Node.js
2 41 (52.56%) Redux
3 34 (43.59%) Kafka
4 32 (41.03%) GraphQL
5 10 (12.82%) FIX Protocol
6 8 (10.26%) .NET
6 8 (10.26%) AngularJS
6 8 (10.26%) Vue
7 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (2.56%) WebSockets
8 1 (1.28%) Java Concurrency
8 1 (1.28%) LlamaIndex
8 1 (1.28%) OpenFin
8 1 (1.28%) Playwright
8 1 (1.28%) REST
8 1 (1.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.92%) Derivative
2 17 (21.79%) Equities
3 6 (7.69%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.56%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.56%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.56%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.28%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (62.82%) Software Engineering
2 42 (53.85%) Investment Management
3 41 (52.56%) Agile
3 41 (52.56%) Portfolio Management
4 34 (43.59%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (42.31%) Order Management
6 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.82%) Asset Management
7 10 (12.82%) Project Delivery
8 9 (11.54%) Business Analysis
8 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.54%) Functional Testing
8 9 (11.54%) Performance Monitoring
8 9 (11.54%) Release Management
9 8 (10.26%) Fintech
9 8 (10.26%) Line Management
9 8 (10.26%) Mentoring
10 6 (7.69%) Stress Testing
11 5 (6.41%) Regulatory Compliance
12 3 (3.85%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 41 (52.56%) JavaScript
1 41 (52.56%) TypeScript
2 39 (50.00%) Python
3 36 (46.15%) Java
4 32 (41.03%) Go
5 17 (21.79%) SQL
6 9 (11.54%) C++
7 8 (10.26%) C#
8 5 (6.41%) R
8 5 (6.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) EMIR
1 5 (6.41%) MiFID
2 1 (1.28%) GAAP
2 1 (1.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (11.54%) FIS
1 9 (11.54%) SunGard
2 2 (2.56%) Solace
3 1 (1.28%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft