FIX Protocol Contracts in Central London

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring FIX Protocol skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FIX Protocol over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 120 137
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +49
Contract jobs citing FIX Protocol 13 13 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.65% 0.53% 0.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.50% 2.43% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 35
10th Percentile £500 £471 £535
25th Percentile £613 £503 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £698 £650
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +7.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £913 £834 £694
90th Percentile £948 £875 £913
London median daily rate £715 £751 £650
% change year-on-year -4.73% +15.46% -3.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

FIX Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 519 535 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.99% 21.87% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 386 707
10th Percentile £409 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £551 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% -11.92% +4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -

FIX Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing FIX Protocol as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for FIX Protocol in Central London

FIX Protocol
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FIX Protocol in Central London.

Daily rate trend for FIX Protocol in Central London

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FIX Protocol in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FIX Protocol in Central London

FIX Protocol
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FIX Protocol in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for FIX Protocol in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +6 11 £707 +1.36% 9
FIX Protocol
London

FIX Protocol
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (15.38%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Multicast
2 2 (15.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) MySQL
2 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Jenkins
2 2 (15.38%) Git
2 2 (15.38%) JMeter
3 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
3 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (7.69%) JUnit
3 1 (7.69%) LoadRunner
3 1 (7.69%) Maven
3 1 (7.69%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (7.69%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (38.46%) Back Office
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Front Office
4 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
4 2 (15.38%) C++ Developer
4 2 (15.38%) C++ Quantitative Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Low Latency C++ Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Quantitative Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) FpML
2 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) WebSockets
3 1 (7.69%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) TWAP
3 2 (15.38%) VWAP
4 1 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (7.69%) Equities
4 1 (7.69%) Fixed Income
4 1 (7.69%) State Machine
4 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Unix
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Low Latency
2 4 (30.77%) Electronic Trading
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
3 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Market Making
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
4 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
4 2 (15.38%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Stress Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Kanban
5 1 (7.69%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) C#
4 2 (15.38%) C++
4 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) EMIR
2 2 (15.38%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) HP
1 1 (7.69%) ION Trading
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle
1 1 (7.69%) Solace
1 1 (7.69%) Sybase