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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 169 107
Rank change year-on-year -223 -62 +105
Permanent jobs citing Fixed Income 51 298 713
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 1.80% 2.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 4.27% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 46 290 704
10th Percentile £73,750 £92,900 £85,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £96,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £127,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +10.87% +6.98%
75th Percentile £126,875 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £125,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +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 8,730 6,973 8,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.52% 42.18% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,272 3,602 5,680
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £34,364
25th Percentile £44,447 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - -1.97% -5.84%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%

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 28 August 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 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) AWS
2 4 (7.84%) Azure
2 4 (7.84%) GCP
3 2 (3.92%) GitHub
4 1 (1.96%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (1.96%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 44 (86.27%) Finance
2 27 (52.94%) Front Office
2 27 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 23 (45.10%) Banking
4 16 (31.37%) Investment Banking
5 13 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Back Office
6 2 (3.92%) Retail
7 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.96%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Software Engineer
2 15 (29.41%) Developer
3 14 (27.45%) Lead
4 11 (21.57%) Analyst
4 11 (21.57%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 9 (17.65%) Business Support Analyst
5 9 (17.65%) Support Analyst
6 7 (13.73%) .NET Software Engineer
6 7 (13.73%) C# Software Engineer
6 7 (13.73%) Lead Developer
6 7 (13.73%) Lead Software Developer
6 7 (13.73%) Lead Software Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Technical Leader
8 4 (7.84%) React Developer
9 3 (5.88%) Business Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Java Developer
9 3 (5.88%) Python Developer
10 2 (3.92%) Java Software Engineer
10 2 (3.92%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.49%) React
2 11 (21.57%) Node.js
2 11 (21.57%) Redux
3 10 (19.61%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (19.61%) Kafka
4 9 (17.65%) .NET
5 8 (15.69%) GraphQL
6 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.92%) ASP.NET
6 2 (3.92%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (3.92%) Vue
6 2 (3.92%) WebSockets
7 1 (1.96%) Blazor
7 1 (1.96%) Java Concurrency
7 1 (1.96%) LlamaIndex
7 1 (1.96%) OpenFin
7 1 (1.96%) Playwright
7 1 (1.96%) REST
7 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Derivative
2 12 (23.53%) Equities
3 6 (11.76%) Credit Risk
4 3 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (5.88%) Hedge funds
5 2 (3.92%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.92%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.96%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.96%) DTCC
6 1 (1.96%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Software Engineering
2 16 (31.37%) Full-Stack Development
3 13 (25.49%) Investment Management
3 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (23.53%) Portfolio Management
5 11 (21.57%) Agile
5 11 (21.57%) Project Delivery
6 10 (19.61%) Functional Testing
7 9 (17.65%) Business Analysis
7 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (17.65%) Order Management
7 9 (17.65%) Performance Monitoring
7 9 (17.65%) Release Management
8 6 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (11.76%) Stress Testing
9 5 (9.80%) Asset Management
10 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (5.88%) AI
11 3 (5.88%) Data Analysis
11 3 (5.88%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 19 (37.25%) SQL
2 15 (29.41%) Python
3 12 (23.53%) Java
4 11 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 11 (21.57%) TypeScript
5 9 (17.65%) C#
5 9 (17.65%) C++
6 8 (15.69%) Go
7 5 (9.80%) R
7 5 (9.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) EMIR
2 5 (9.80%) MiFID
3 1 (1.96%) GAAP
3 1 (1.96%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) FIS
1 9 (17.65%) SunGard
2 2 (3.92%) Solace
3 1 (1.96%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft