The first table below looks at the demand for FIX Protocol skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FIX Protocol over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
Rank 224 195 182
Rank change year-on-year
-29 -13
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 101 132 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.841% 1.002% 1.020%
As % of the Application Development category 2.184% 2.592% 2.841%
Number of salaries quoted 92 122 143
Average salary £50,000 £51,250 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -21.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £37,500 £53,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £75,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-1.16% -9.47%
All Application Development
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4625 5092 5668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 38.52% 38.66% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4054 4757 5208
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
FIX Protocol
London

FIX Protocol
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing FIX Protocol across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London FIX Protocol Jobs Demand Trend

FIX Protocol
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing FIX Protocol across the City of London region.

City of London FIX Protocol Salary Trend

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FIX Protocol across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London FIX Protocol Salary Histogram

FIX Protocol
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing FIX Protocol also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited FIX Protocol.

1 90 (56.60%) UNIX
2 89 (55.97%) SQL
3 86 (54.09%) Finance
4 76 (47.80%) Banking
5 52 (32.70%) Investment Banking
6 47 (29.56%) Java
7 46 (28.93%) Oracle
8 43 (27.04%) Equities
9 40 (25.16%) Linux
10 33 (20.75%) XML
10 33 (20.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 32 (20.13%) Front Office
12 29 (18.24%) Degree
13 27 (16.98%) Electronic Trading
14 25 (15.72%) C#
15 22 (13.84%) C++
15 22 (13.84%) Multithreading
16 21 (13.21%) Derivative
16 21 (13.21%) Shell Script
17 20 (12.58%) Perl
18 19 (11.95%) TCP/IP
19 18 (11.32%) Windows
20 17 (10.69%) .NET
21 15 (9.434%) Computer Science
22 13 (8.176%) Python
23 12 (7.547%) Change Control
24 11 (6.918%) Big Data
24 11 (6.918%) MiFID
24 11 (6.918%) Asset Management
24 11 (6.918%) QA

FIX Protocol
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing FIX Protocol also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited FIX Protocol. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (20.75%) XML
2 17 (10.69%) .NET
3 9 (5.660%) WCF
3 9 (5.660%) WPF
3 9 (5.660%) XSLT
4 8 (5.031%) Spring
5 7 (4.403%) Swing
6 6 (3.774%) JMS
6 6 (3.774%) ASP.NET
6 6 (3.774%) Middleware
7 2 (1.258%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (1.258%) jQuery
7 2 (1.258%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.629%) Ajax
8 1 (0.629%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.629%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.629%) Apache Flex
8 1 (0.629%) LINQ
8 1 (0.629%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.629%) FIXML
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.516%) Tomcat
1 4 (2.516%) Apache
2 2 (1.258%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.258%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.629%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (0.629%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (1.258%) MS Office
2 1 (0.629%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.629%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (5.031%) Oracle 11i
1 8 (5.031%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (5.031%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.629%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.95%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.516%) DNS
3 3 (1.887%) HTTP
4 2 (1.258%) tcpdump
4 2 (1.258%) SWIFTNet
5 1 (0.629%) PSTN
5 1 (0.629%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.918%) Big Data
1 11 (6.918%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (5.031%) Oracle 9i
2 8 (5.031%) Oracle 10g
2 8 (5.031%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.031%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (1.258%) DB2
3 2 (1.258%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.629%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.629%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.629%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.629%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.629%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.629%) KDB
4 1 (0.629%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (4.403%) Maven
1 7 (4.403%) Ant
1 7 (4.403%) JUnit
2 3 (1.887%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.629%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (54.09%) Finance
2 76 (47.80%) Banking
3 52 (32.70%) Investment Banking
4 32 (20.13%) Front Office
5 10 (6.289%) Advertising
6 7 (4.403%) Russian Language
7 4 (2.516%) Back Office
8 2 (1.258%) Games
9 1 (0.629%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.629%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.629%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 55 (34.59%) Analyst
2 49 (30.82%) Developer
3 32 (20.13%) Support Analyst
4 25 (15.72%) Applications Support
5 17 (10.69%) Applications Support Analyst
6 15 (9.434%) C# Developer
7 13 (8.176%) Java Developer
8 12 (7.547%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (6.918%) FIX Analyst
10 8 (5.031%) DBA
10 8 (5.031%) Oracle DBA
11 6 (3.774%) Lead Developer
12 5 (3.145%) Junior Analyst
12 5 (3.145%) Development Manager
12 5 (3.145%) Junior
12 5 (3.145%) Graduate
13 4 (2.516%) Test Analyst
13 4 (2.516%) Systems Analyst
13 4 (2.516%) Systems Support
13 4 (2.516%) UNIX Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 43 (27.04%) Equities
2 33 (20.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (13.21%) Derivative
4 15 (9.434%) Computer Science
5 10 (6.289%) Fixed Income
6 9 (5.660%) CLARiiON
7 6 (3.774%) SWIFT
8 4 (2.516%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.516%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.629%) Physics
9 1 (0.629%) iSeries
9 1 (0.629%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.629%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.629%) EMC Centera
9 1 (0.629%) AS400
9 1 (0.629%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.629%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 90 (56.60%) UNIX
2 40 (25.16%) Linux
3 18 (11.32%) Windows
4 4 (2.516%) Solaris
5 1 (0.629%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.98%) Electronic Trading
2 22 (13.84%) Multithreading
3 12 (7.547%) Change Control
4 11 (6.918%) Asset Management
4 11 (6.918%) ITIL
5 10 (6.289%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (5.660%) OO
7 8 (5.031%) Configuration Management
7 8 (5.031%) Algorithmic Trading
7 8 (5.031%) Risk Analysis
7 8 (5.031%) Budget Control
8 5 (3.145%) Change Management
8 5 (3.145%) Risk Management
9 4 (2.516%) Project Management
9 4 (2.516%) Migration
9 4 (2.516%) Investment Management
9 4 (2.516%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (1.887%) Automation Testing
10 3 (1.887%) Test Automation
10 3 (1.887%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 89 (55.97%) SQL
2 47 (29.56%) Java
3 25 (15.72%) C#
4 22 (13.84%) C++
5 21 (13.21%) Shell Script
6 20 (12.58%) Perl
7 13 (8.176%) Python
8 8 (5.031%) Bash shell
9 7 (4.403%) PHP
9 7 (4.403%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.516%) C
11 3 (1.887%) VB
11 3 (1.887%) VBA
12 2 (1.258%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.258%) Ruby
13 1 (0.629%) Scala
13 1 (0.629%) VBScript
13 1 (0.629%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (18.24%) Degree
2 11 (6.918%) CCA
3 1 (0.629%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.629%) ISEB
3 1 (0.629%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.918%) MiFID
1 11 (6.918%) QA
2 9 (5.660%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.629%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (5.031%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 46 (28.93%) Oracle
2 9 (5.660%) EMC
3 7 (4.403%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.516%) Sybase
4 4 (2.516%) Fidessa
4 4 (2.516%) Cisco
5 3 (1.887%) Bloomberg
5 3 (1.887%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.887%) Charles River
6 2 (1.258%) IBM
7 1 (0.629%) Axway
7 1 (0.629%) Tradeweb
7 1 (0.629%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.629%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.629%) SunGard
7 1 (0.629%) BEA
7 1 (0.629%) Actuate
City, London
Fantastic opportunity to gain FIX Protocol - FIX Connectivity experience... The Support Analyst will troubleshoot problems using a wide range of technical issues using UNIX, SQL, Java and XML,...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus and benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Technical Support Analyst - UNIX - Oracle - SQL - LAN - WAN - London... Support clients API’s - FIX Connectivity - FIX Protocol... UNIX. UNIX Scripting - Perl Scripting. Oracle - SQL Databases. Understanding of networks...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus and benefits package
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Resolve FIX Protocol issues... Knowledge of UNIX - Solaris/Linux. Knowledge of Oracle and SQL Server. Basic understanding of Java applications. Experience of FIX protocol, FIX Connectivity, SWIFT or...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum Bonus and benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Technically, they use a broad technical stack which covers; Windows, Solaris, Linux and FIX Protocol, so having skills in this remit will put you at the top of...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Linux or Solaris. Fix Protocol, Java or C++ nice to have... UNIX (Solaris or Linux), SQL, XML and scripting languages are a must along with excellent communication and...
harringtonstarr
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + Front Office Bonus
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £95000 per annum + Front Office Bonus
Posted: 16 June 2013
City of London
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £50k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 3 June 2013