FIX Connectivity Contracts in London

FIX Connectivity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring FIX Connectivity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FIX Connectivity 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 339 373 458
Rank change year-on-year +34 +85 +102
Contract jobs citing FIX Connectivity 14 18 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 1.05% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 34
10th Percentile - £613 £561
25th Percentile £500 £794 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £750
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £850 £863
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £800 £750
% change year-on-year -31.25% +6.67% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

FIX Connectivity falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

FIX Connectivity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for FIX Connectivity in London

FIX Connectivity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for FIX Connectivity in London

FIX Connectivity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Fidessa
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Wireshark
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (100.00%) Banking
2 11 (78.57%) Investment Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
1 11 (78.57%) Electronic Trading Developer
1 11 (78.57%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
1 11 (78.57%) Java Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Support
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Support Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) FIX Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) FIX Support Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Linux Support
2 3 (21.43%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Finance Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) FIX Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 12 (85.71%) Equities
2 11 (78.57%) Derivative
3 3 (21.43%) Eurex
4 1 (7.14%) Bitcoin
4 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
4 1 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) CentOS
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Rocky
2 2 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (7.14%) Debian
3 1 (7.14%) Fedora
3 1 (7.14%) Solaris
3 1 (7.14%) SUSE
3 1 (7.14%) Ubuntu
3 1 (7.14%) Windows
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 8
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 11 (78.57%) Algorithmic Trading
2 11 (78.57%) Low Latency
2 11 (78.57%) Smart Order Routing
3 3 (21.43%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) Bash
2 3 (21.43%) Perl
2 3 (21.43%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Rundeck
1 3 (21.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Bloomberg
1 3 (21.43%) CQG
1 3 (21.43%) ION Trading
1 3 (21.43%) Patsystems
1 3 (21.43%) Red Hat
1 3 (21.43%) Reuters
1 3 (21.43%) Trayport
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle