The first table below looks at the demand for FIX Protocol skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FIX Protocol over the 3 months to 22 May 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
Rank 382 384 278
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -106
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 230 295 461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.523% 0.542% 0.807%
As % of the Application Development category 1.301% 1.328% 2.033%
Number of salaries quoted 189 259 413
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £39,250 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £41,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-2.40% -20.95%
All Application Development
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17682 22215 22674
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 40.18% 40.79% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15324 19788 19895
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
FIX Protocol
England

FIX Protocol
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London FIX Protocol Salary Trend

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FIX Protocol across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London FIX Protocol Salary Histogram

FIX Protocol
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -25 79 £50,000 -2.43%
Canary Wharf - 7 £43,250 -
FIX Protocol
England

FIX Protocol
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 239 (56.64%) UNIX
2 216 (51.18%) Finance
3 194 (45.97%) SQL
4 137 (32.46%) Linux
5 133 (31.52%) Banking
6 129 (30.57%) Equities
7 121 (28.67%) Oracle
8 118 (27.96%) Java
9 111 (26.30%) Front Office
10 109 (25.83%) Electronic Trading
11 81 (19.19%) Investment Banking
12 77 (18.25%) Degree
13 76 (18.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 62 (14.69%) Perl
15 53 (12.56%) TCP/IP
15 53 (12.56%) Derivative
16 52 (12.32%) Windows
16 52 (12.32%) XML
17 43 (10.19%) Asset Management
18 41 (9.716%) C++
19 39 (9.242%) Shell Script
20 38 (9.005%) ITIL
20 38 (9.005%) Multithreading
21 34 (8.057%) Budget Control
21 34 (8.057%) QA
21 34 (8.057%) SLA
22 32 (7.583%) Red Hat
22 32 (7.583%) SQL Server
22 32 (7.583%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 32 (7.583%) Analytics

FIX Protocol
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 52 (12.32%) XML
2 28 (6.635%) JMS
3 21 (4.976%) .NET
4 17 (4.028%) Swing
5 12 (2.844%) Spring
6 11 (2.607%) Middleware
7 9 (2.133%) XSLT
7 9 (2.133%) WCF
8 7 (1.659%) J2SE
9 6 (1.422%) ASP.NET
10 5 (1.185%) WPF
10 5 (1.185%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 4 (0.948%) jQuery
11 4 (0.948%) LINQ
11 4 (0.948%) Gherkin
11 4 (0.948%) XSD
11 4 (0.948%) STL
11 4 (0.948%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.948%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.711%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 17 (4.028%) TIBCO EMS
2 12 (2.844%) Rendezvous
3 7 (1.659%) Apache
3 7 (1.659%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.948%) Oracle Service Bus
4 4 (0.948%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.948%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (0.711%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.711%) GemFire
6 2 (0.474%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.237%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.265%) MS Excel
2 15 (3.555%) MS Office
3 10 (2.370%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.711%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.896%) Oracle EBS R12
1 8 (1.896%) Oracle 11i
1 8 (1.896%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.948%) RMDS
3 1 (0.237%) LatentZero
Communications & Networking
1 53 (12.56%) TCP/IP
2 10 (2.370%) DNS
3 5 (1.185%) HTTP
4 4 (0.948%) SWIFTNet
4 4 (0.948%) 4G
5 2 (0.474%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.474%) Firewall
6 1 (0.237%) Gigabit Ethernet
6 1 (0.237%) SAN
6 1 (0.237%) LAN
6 1 (0.237%) WAN
6 1 (0.237%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.583%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.450%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (5.450%) Big Data
3 12 (2.844%) MySQL
4 8 (1.896%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (1.896%) Oracle 9i
4 8 (1.896%) Oracle 10g
5 6 (1.422%) KDB
6 4 (0.948%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (0.948%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.474%) DB2
7 2 (0.474%) MS Access
7 2 (0.474%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.474%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 18 (4.265%) JUnit
2 14 (3.318%) Ant
2 14 (3.318%) Maven
3 6 (1.422%) Subversion
4 4 (0.948%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.948%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.711%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.711%) Hudson
6 1 (0.237%) WinRunner
6 1 (0.237%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.237%) JIRA
6 1 (0.237%) Git (software)
General
1 216 (51.18%) Finance
2 133 (31.52%) Banking
3 111 (26.30%) Front Office
4 81 (19.19%) Investment Banking
5 18 (4.265%) Back Office
6 13 (3.081%) Advertising
7 9 (2.133%) Russian Language
8 7 (1.659%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.422%) Retail
10 4 (0.948%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.474%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.474%) Games
12 1 (0.237%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.237%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.237%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 144 (34.12%) Analyst
2 93 (22.04%) Support Analyst
3 92 (21.80%) Developer
4 53 (12.56%) Applications Support
5 40 (9.479%) Applications Support Analyst
6 39 (9.242%) Java Developer
7 26 (6.161%) Administrator
8 22 (5.213%) Systems Administrator
9 16 (3.791%) FIX Analyst
10 15 (3.555%) UNIX Administrator
10 15 (3.555%) C++ Developer
10 15 (3.555%) UNIX Systems Administrator
10 15 (3.555%) Test Analyst
11 13 (3.081%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 13 (3.081%) Junior
12 12 (2.844%) DBA
12 12 (2.844%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.844%) Service Manager
12 12 (2.844%) Support Manager
12 12 (2.844%) Service Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 129 (30.57%) Equities
2 76 (18.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 53 (12.56%) Derivative
4 30 (7.109%) CLARiiON
5 28 (6.635%) Computer Science
6 23 (5.450%) Fixed Income
7 22 (5.213%) EMC Centera
8 19 (4.502%) Mathematics
9 15 (3.555%) Hedge funds
9 15 (3.555%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.370%) Management Information System
10 10 (2.370%) Equity Derivative
11 8 (1.896%) SWIFT
12 6 (1.422%) Replication
13 4 (0.948%) iSeries
13 4 (0.948%) Credit Derivative
13 4 (0.948%) AS400
14 3 (0.711%) Symmetrix
15 2 (0.474%) N-Tier
15 2 (0.474%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 239 (56.64%) UNIX
2 137 (32.46%) Linux
3 52 (12.32%) Windows
4 32 (7.583%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 27 (6.398%) Solaris
6 2 (0.474%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.237%) SUSE
7 1 (0.237%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.237%) AIX
7 1 (0.237%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.237%) CentOS
7 1 (0.237%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (25.83%) Electronic Trading
2 43 (10.19%) Asset Management
3 38 (9.005%) ITIL
3 38 (9.005%) Multithreading
4 34 (8.057%) Budget Control
5 32 (7.583%) Analytics
6 26 (6.161%) Algorithmic Trading
7 24 (5.687%) Project Management
8 19 (4.502%) Portfolio Management
9 18 (4.265%) E-Commerce
10 17 (4.028%) Workflow
11 16 (3.791%) OO
11 16 (3.791%) Agile Software Development
12 14 (3.318%) Change Control
13 12 (2.844%) Configuration Management
13 12 (2.844%) Risk Analysis
14 11 (2.607%) Business Analysis
14 11 (2.607%) TDD
15 10 (2.370%) Software Testing
16 9 (2.133%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 194 (45.97%) SQL
2 118 (27.96%) Java
3 62 (14.69%) Perl
4 41 (9.716%) C++
5 39 (9.242%) Shell Script
6 31 (7.346%) Python
7 28 (6.635%) Bash shell
8 24 (5.687%) C#
9 14 (3.318%) C
10 12 (2.844%) Ruby
11 11 (2.607%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.659%) PHP
12 7 (1.659%) Scala
13 6 (1.422%) JavaScript
13 6 (1.422%) VB
14 5 (1.185%) Korn
15 4 (0.948%) Lua
16 3 (0.711%) VBA
16 3 (0.711%) PowerShell
17 2 (0.474%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 77 (18.25%) Degree
2 23 (5.450%) CCA
3 10 (2.370%) ISEB
4 8 (1.896%) HNC
5 6 (1.422%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.237%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.237%) Brainbench
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.057%) QA
1 34 (8.057%) SLA
2 11 (2.607%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (0.711%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.474%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.237%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.237%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.896%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (0.711%) Control-M
2 3 (0.711%) Nagios
3 1 (0.237%) OpenView
3 1 (0.237%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.237%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.237%) Unicenter
3 1 (0.237%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 121 (28.67%) Oracle
2 32 (7.583%) Red Hat
3 30 (7.109%) EMC
4 29 (6.872%) Sybase
5 22 (5.213%) Bloomberg
6 20 (4.739%) Fidessa
7 19 (4.502%) TIBCO
8 13 (3.081%) Microsoft
9 10 (2.370%) Reuters
9 10 (2.370%) SunGard
10 7 (1.659%) IBM
10 7 (1.659%) Charles River
11 5 (1.185%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.185%) Tradeweb
12 4 (0.948%) Cisco
12 4 (0.948%) Veritas
13 3 (0.711%) CQG
13 3 (0.711%) Symantec
13 3 (0.711%) GigaSpaces
14 2 (0.474%) BEA
City, London
Your technical background will be based towards Unix/Linux and you will possess shell scripting skills as well as good experience with SQL. Experience with the FIX protocol...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Bonus, Life insurance ,Pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
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 £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonus and benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Application Support; Charles River; Fixed Income; Equities; Perl; Python; Oracle. A leading Investment Management company is after an enthusiastic and passionate Application Support Specialist to play a critical...
iKas International
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
PERL or Java) - Experience in a Windows and UNIX environment. - SQL These technical skills are not musts, but are highly beneficial: - FIX Protocol - Other scripting languages including: PowerShell,...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £90000 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
As the application support analyst, you will be working extensively with technologies such as Excel, VBA, SQL and FIX to technically support front office trade applications within a...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
Application support, FIX electronic trading platform, FIX client on-boarding, FIX certification FIX Engineer required for Equities Front Office Connectivity team. This role will cover client on-boarding,...
Real Staffing
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
For this role, you must have previous experience of: - Banking, ideally either Client facing or Trader facing - Strong technical skills in Scripting, Unix and Databases It is also...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Understanding of and hands on experience with FIX protocol and connectivity - Experience of liaising with or working with exchanges and algo trading/ DMAs - SQL - Linux OS - Excel/VBA...
Real Staffing
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
the FIX protocol, Market Links Development)... Other essential skills include multi-threaded programming, Spring framework, Oracle PL/SQL, XML based GUI frameworks and Unix... Ideal additional skills cover...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
C# GUI Developer with Java -Electronic Trading- Investment Banking... the FIX protocol, Market Links Development)... The system is written in Java with a C++ core and is running...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Technical skills required: Java Developer - Options Market Making - Java / C++ / Linux / Multi threading / KDB / FIX - London* Solid Java Core experience in a Linux runtime and Windows IDE (Eclipse/...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £85000 - £100000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The focus is on building market leading solutions of which this global brand has built a significant reputation on. Working in agile paired programming methodologies on full life...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The focus is on building market leading solutions of which this global brand has built a significant reputation on. Working in agile paired programming methodologies on full life...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
You MUST have the following experience: - Technical knowledge and support of FX trading platforms, whether for a brokerage, buy-side or sell side environment - Computer Science or IT...
Joseph Harry Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £42,000 per annum + 10-20% Bonus + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Skills Desired:- Knowledge of Sybase and tuning techniques along with scripting (perl).- C++ /KDB/q Knowledge would also be an advantage but is not essential.- Strong knowledge and/...
Argyll Scott International
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
The day to day activities of this role will include the following: Team build out and development Department management and progression Technical upgrade and implementation You will be...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £90000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
To be considered for the role of, Head of Low Latency technology, Electronic Trading, Head of Connectivity (Head of Connectivity, Low Latency, FIX Protocol, Finance, London) you must...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £90000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The Professional Services Consultant will have; - A degree in Computer Science related subject - At least 2-3 years client facing, implementation, integration, pre-sales or consultancy focussed position -...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: - In depth Java development experience using JDBC, JQuery, Spring, and Hibernate - Additional skills desired include FIX Protocol, Flex, actuate and WSDL but not essential This role...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: Up to 80k + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013