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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 190 110
Rank change year-on-year -233 -80 +119
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 44 272 650
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 1.64% 2.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 3.94% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 36 268 644
10th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 £85,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £105,000 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £127,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +10.87% +6.98%
75th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £128,125 £142,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £127,500 £115,000
% change year-on-year -21.57% +10.87% +4.55%

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 9,432 6,908 7,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.05% 41.63% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,473 3,508 4,557
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,549 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £84,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -4.00%

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 27 September 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 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) AWS
2 5 (11.36%) GitHub
3 4 (9.09%) Azure
4 3 (6.82%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (6.82%) ChatGPT
4 3 (6.82%) GitHub Copilot
4 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (4.55%) GCP
6 1 (2.27%) SaaS
6 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Claude Code
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 39 (88.64%) Finance
2 27 (61.36%) Social Skills
3 25 (56.82%) Banking
4 23 (52.27%) Front Office
5 15 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (34.09%) Investment Banking
6 5 (11.36%) Retail
7 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.82%) Law
7 3 (6.82%) Legal
8 2 (4.55%) Back Office
9 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.27%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Analyst
2 12 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 9 (20.45%) Business Support Analyst
3 9 (20.45%) Support Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Developer
5 6 (13.64%) .NET Software Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) C# Software Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Lead
6 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Java Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Java Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Java Quantitative Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Java Software Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Python Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Quantitative Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Report Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.73%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (18.18%) .NET
3 4 (9.09%) React
4 3 (6.82%) Kafka
4 3 (6.82%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (6.82%) WebSockets
5 2 (4.55%) ASP.NET
5 2 (4.55%) Playwright
5 2 (4.55%) RESTful
6 1 (2.27%) Blazor
6 1 (2.27%) Java Concurrency
6 1 (2.27%) Node.js
6 1 (2.27%) OpenFin
6 1 (2.27%) Redux
6 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (45.45%) Derivative
2 13 (29.55%) Equities
3 8 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (15.91%) Hedge funds
5 6 (13.64%) Credit Risk
6 3 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (6.82%) DTCC
6 3 (6.82%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (6.82%) OTC Derivatives
7 2 (4.55%) Client/Server
7 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 2 (4.55%) Credit Derivative
7 2 (4.55%) Market Risk
8 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 1 (2.27%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (2.27%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (31.82%) Software Engineering
3 13 (29.55%) Project Delivery
4 12 (27.27%) Functional Testing
5 10 (22.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (20.45%) Business Analysis
6 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.45%) Performance Monitoring
6 9 (20.45%) Release Management
7 8 (18.18%) Asset Management
7 8 (18.18%) Investment Management
8 6 (13.64%) Quantitative Research
8 6 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.64%) Stress Testing
9 5 (11.36%) AI
9 5 (11.36%) Analytics
10 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 4 (9.09%) Low Latency
10 4 (9.09%) Pricing Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (43.18%) SQL
2 11 (25.00%) Python
3 9 (20.45%) C++
4 8 (18.18%) C#
5 7 (15.91%) Java
5 7 (15.91%) R
6 5 (11.36%) VBA
7 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) EMIR
2 3 (6.82%) MiFID
3 1 (2.27%) GAAP
3 1 (2.27%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) FIS
1 9 (20.45%) SunGard
2 3 (6.82%) Solace
3 2 (4.55%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.27%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft