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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 511 472
Rank change year-on-year +148 -39 -48
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 746 554 1,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 0.56% 0.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.12% 1.31% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 618 472 947
10th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £65,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £102,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £130,000 £133,750
90th Percentile £155,000 £150,000 £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 35,155 42,392 77,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.62% 47.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23,026 23,184 34,267
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,483 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,625
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 £109,865 £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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +135 696 £112,500 +9.76% 245
London +133 613 £115,000 +9.52% 212
Work from Home +246 451 £115,000 +15.00% 84
UK excluding London +49 118 £55,000 -4.35% 73
South West +14 39 £42,015 -6.63% 14
Scotland -36 35 - - 6
South East +5 23 £55,000 -4.35% 37
East of England +5 10 - - 5
West Midlands +16 4 £32,000 - 3
Midlands -4 4 £32,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £75,000 - 4
North of England +29 2 - - 4
North West -7 2 - - 4
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
1 244 (32.71%) Apache Airflow
2 239 (32.04%) Apache
3 21 (2.82%) GemFire
4 17 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.47%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.94%) nginx
7 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.40%) OpenZeppelin
9 2 (0.27%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.13%) Confluence
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (1.88%) Aladdin
2 13 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.13%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 435 (58.31%) AWS
2 236 (31.64%) dbt
3 218 (29.22%) Snowflake
4 214 (28.69%) GCP
5 132 (17.69%) Azure
6 24 (3.22%) Power Platform
7 22 (2.95%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (1.21%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.21%) Serverless
10 8 (1.07%) SaaS
11 6 (0.80%) WhatsApp
12 5 (0.67%) Azure Functions
13 4 (0.54%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.40%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.21%) Wireless
2 7 (0.94%) OpenVPN
3 6 (0.80%) 3G
3 6 (0.80%) 4G
3 6 (0.80%) LTE
3 6 (0.80%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.80%) VSAT
4 4 (0.54%) HTTP
5 3 (0.40%) Firewall
5 3 (0.40%) IPFS
5 3 (0.40%) LAN
5 3 (0.40%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) SMS
6 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (31.64%) Apache Arrow
1 236 (31.64%) Dremio
2 232 (31.10%) Amazon Athena
2 232 (31.10%) Apache Ignite
3 222 (29.76%) Data Lake
4 32 (4.29%) NoSQL
5 21 (2.82%) Apache Cassandra
5 21 (2.82%) CockroachDB
5 21 (2.82%) Hazelcast
6 20 (2.68%) SQL Server
7 16 (2.14%) Power BI
8 9 (1.21%) DB2
8 9 (1.21%) Tableau
9 8 (1.07%) MySQL
10 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.54%) Big Data
12 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.40%) Data Mart
13 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (2.82%) Jaeger
2 14 (1.88%) JIRA
3 8 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.54%) Git
4 4 (0.54%) GitLab
5 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.40%) Hardhat
5 3 (0.40%) Maven
5 3 (0.40%) NetBeans
5 3 (0.40%) Protractor
5 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) GCC
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) Gradle
7 1 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 627 (84.05%) Finance
2 455 (60.99%) Front Office
3 336 (45.04%) Banking
4 324 (43.43%) Investment Banking
5 113 (15.15%) Social Skills
6 76 (10.19%) Law
7 72 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (7.10%) Back Office
9 41 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (3.89%) Financial Institution
11 23 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.14%) Legal
12 16 (2.14%) Marketing
13 14 (1.88%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.80%) Military
14 6 (0.80%) Retail
15 5 (0.67%) Games
15 5 (0.67%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.40%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 308 (41.29%) Developer
2 258 (34.58%) Software Engineer
3 191 (25.60%) Senior
4 156 (20.91%) Lead
5 150 (20.11%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 129 (17.29%) Analyst
7 128 (17.16%) Senior Software Engineer
8 105 (14.08%) Senior Developer
9 103 (13.81%) Java Engineer
10 102 (13.67%) Java Software Engineer
11 99 (13.27%) .NET Developer
12 93 (12.47%) Python Engineer
12 93 (12.47%) Python Software Engineer
13 89 (11.93%) Java Developer
14 84 (11.26%) .NET Software Engineer
15 82 (10.99%) .NET Software Developer
16 81 (10.86%) Lead Software Engineer
17 80 (10.72%) Business Analyst
18 79 (10.59%) AWS Engineer
18 79 (10.59%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (32.57%) Pandas
2 242 (32.44%) gRPC
2 242 (32.44%) Protocol Buffers
3 231 (30.97%) NumPy
3 231 (30.97%) SciPy
4 129 (17.29%) AngularJS
5 125 (16.76%) .NET
6 121 (16.22%) React
7 94 (12.60%) Vue
8 89 (11.93%) Redux
9 71 (9.52%) .NET Core
10 52 (6.97%) Spring Boot
11 45 (6.03%) Spring
12 43 (5.76%) ASP.NET
13 39 (5.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 29 (3.89%) FIX Protocol
15 27 (3.62%) CSS
15 27 (3.62%) REST
16 25 (3.35%) HTML
16 25 (3.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 441 (59.12%) Equities
2 431 (57.77%) Fixed Income
3 417 (55.90%) Derivative
4 400 (53.62%) Hedge funds
5 66 (8.85%) Product Ownership
6 30 (4.02%) Pricing Data
7 26 (3.49%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 21 (2.82%) Replication
9 20 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (2.41%) OTC Derivatives
11 14 (1.88%) Credit Derivative
11 14 (1.88%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.34%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.21%) Client/Server
13 9 (1.21%) Credit Risk
13 9 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.94%) Interest Rate Derivative
14 7 (0.94%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.67%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.43%) Linux
2 16 (2.14%) Unix
3 13 (1.74%) Windows
4 9 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.94%) CentOS
6 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (58.71%) Agile
2 410 (54.96%) Asset Management
3 396 (53.08%) Software Engineering
4 342 (45.84%) Investment Management
5 118 (15.82%) Fintech
6 99 (13.27%) Line Management
7 92 (12.33%) Analytics
7 92 (12.33%) Greeks
8 79 (10.59%) Full Stack Development
9 71 (9.52%) DevOps
10 66 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (8.71%) Machine Learning
12 64 (8.58%) Artificial Intelligence
13 60 (8.04%) TDD
14 59 (7.91%) Low Latency
15 42 (5.63%) Electronic Trading
16 40 (5.36%) Computer Science
16 40 (5.36%) Product Management
17 39 (5.23%) Portfolio Management
18 38 (5.09%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 408 (54.69%) Python
2 381 (51.07%) JavaScript
3 366 (49.06%) Java
4 348 (46.65%) TypeScript
5 182 (24.40%) SQL
6 164 (21.98%) C#
7 36 (4.83%) C++
8 21 (2.82%) Groovy
9 14 (1.88%) Ruby
10 12 (1.61%) Scala
11 11 (1.47%) Rust
12 8 (1.07%) VBA
13 7 (0.94%) C
13 7 (0.94%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.94%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.67%) Bash
14 5 (0.67%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.54%) PHP
16 3 (0.40%) Erlang
16 3 (0.40%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 55 (7.37%) Degree
2 14 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (1.74%) Master's Degree
4 7 (0.94%) AWS Certification
5 6 (0.80%) ACCA
5 6 (0.80%) CIMA
5 6 (0.80%) GCSC
6 5 (0.67%) PhD
6 5 (0.67%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.67%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.13%) IIBA
9 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (12.33%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.03%) QA
3 10 (1.34%) SLA
4 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.27%) PMO
5 2 (0.27%) SEPA
6 1 (0.13%) COREP
6 1 (0.13%) GDPR
6 1 (0.13%) IFRS
6 1 (0.13%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.13%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.13%) P3O
6 1 (0.13%) SOC 1
System Software
1 27 (3.62%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (2.82%) Grafana
1 21 (2.82%) HAProxy
1 21 (2.82%) ITRS Geneos
1 21 (2.82%) Kibana
1 21 (2.82%) Prometheus
1 21 (2.82%) Zipkin
2 19 (2.55%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.54%) Control-M
4 3 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (4.96%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.62%) Bloomberg
3 21 (2.82%) Dynatrace
3 21 (2.82%) SAP
3 21 (2.82%) Splunk
4 17 (2.28%) Alteryx
5 15 (2.01%) Oracle
6 14 (1.88%) BISAM
7 8 (1.07%) Murex
8 6 (0.80%) Cisco
8 6 (0.80%) FFastFill
8 6 (0.80%) HP
8 6 (0.80%) Refinitiv
8 6 (0.80%) TIBCO
9 4 (0.54%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.40%) Citrix
10 3 (0.40%) Foundry
10 3 (0.40%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.40%) Solace
10 3 (0.40%) VMware