The first table below looks at the demand for FIXML skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FIXML over the 3 months to 24 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Information Exchange Markup Language (FIXML)
Rank 852 894 857
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -37
Permanent jobs citing FIXML 10 5 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.004% 0.019%
As % of the Application Development category 0.023% 0.010% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 17
Average salary £60,000 £93,000 £72,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.48% +28.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £80,000 £31,300
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £93,000 £83,500
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 - £31,500
All Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
43855 50279 49692
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 40.58% 41.66% 39.94%
Number of salaries quoted 38118 44664 43948
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

FIXML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing FIXML within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

FIXML Jobs Demand Trend

FIXML
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing FIXML within the UK.

FIXML Salary Trend

FIXML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FIXML over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

FIXML Salary Histogram

FIXML
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FIXML within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
London +56 9 £60,000 -35.48%
England +29 9 £60,000 -35.48%
City of London -2 1 £60,000 -35.48%
Scotland - 1 £65,000 -
Glasgow - 1 £65,000 -

FIXML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing FIXML 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 FIXML.

1 27 (96.43%) FpML
2 23 (82.14%) Asset Management
2 23 (82.14%) XML
2 23 (82.14%) SWIFT
3 22 (78.57%) SQL
3 22 (78.57%) XML Schema
4 21 (75.00%) System Testing
4 21 (75.00%) Data Integration
5 15 (53.57%) Derivative
5 15 (53.57%) LatentZero
5 15 (53.57%) Equities
5 15 (53.57%) Fixed Income
6 10 (35.71%) Straight-Through Processing
7 8 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (17.86%) Business Analysis
9 4 (14.29%) Investment Management
9 4 (14.29%) thinkFolio
9 4 (14.29%) Back Office
10 3 (10.71%) Finance
10 3 (10.71%) MS Office
10 3 (10.71%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (7.143%) Resource Management
11 2 (7.143%) Degree
11 2 (7.143%) QA
11 2 (7.143%) Test Automation
11 2 (7.143%) Hedge funds
11 2 (7.143%) Charles River
11 2 (7.143%) ISEB
12 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
12 1 (3.571%) MagicDraw

FIXML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing FIXML 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 FIXML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (96.43%) FpML
2 23 (82.14%) XML
3 22 (78.57%) XML Schema
4 3 (10.71%) FIX Protocol
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (53.57%) LatentZero
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MagicDraw
General
1 4 (14.29%) Back Office
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (92.86%) Analyst
2 23 (82.14%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) FIX Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Team Leader
5 1 (3.571%) Integration Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Applications Support
5 1 (3.571%) Data Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Junior
5 1 (3.571%) Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Junior Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Business Analyst Team Leader
5 1 (3.571%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Lead Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (82.14%) SWIFT
2 21 (75.00%) Data Integration
3 15 (53.57%) Derivative
3 15 (53.57%) Equities
3 15 (53.57%) Fixed Income
4 8 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (7.143%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (82.14%) Asset Management
2 21 (75.00%) System Testing
3 10 (35.71%) Straight-Through Processing
4 5 (17.86%) Business Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Investment Management
6 2 (7.143%) Resource Management
6 2 (7.143%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.571%) UML
7 1 (3.571%) Data Modelling
7 1 (3.571%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
1 2 (7.143%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) thinkFolio
2 2 (7.143%) Charles River
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle