FIX Protocol Contract Job Trends in London

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring FIX Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 301 291
Rank change year-on-year -69 -10 -37
Contract jobs citing FIX Protocol 74 70 90
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.52% 0.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.62% 1.98% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 54 70
10th Percentile £463 £529 £474
25th Percentile £660 £613 £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £715 £751
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -4.73% +11.19%
75th Percentile £797 £813 £875
90th Percentile £854 £909 £966
England median daily rate £725 £715 £751
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.73% +11.19%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,574 3,537 4,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.64% 26.08% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,034 2,469 3,189
10th Percentile £390 £370 £377
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 24
10th Percentile £26.48 £32.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.25 £33.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.41 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +31.25% -40.30%
75th Percentile £61.50 £63.13 £53.42
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £72.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.63
% change year-on-year +18.18% -1.12% -11.00%

FIX Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FIX Protocol relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

FIX Protocol job vacancy trend in London

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIX Protocol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIX Protocol

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FIX Protocol in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for FIX Protocol in London

FIX Protocol
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIX Protocol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIX Protocol

FIX Protocol
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
Central London -22 5 £584 -11.89% 10
FIX Protocol
England

FIX Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.35%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Fidessa
2 5 (6.76%) Aladdin
3 2 (2.70%) Front Arena
3 2 (2.70%) Global One
4 1 (1.35%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (1.35%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.11%) AWS
2 3 (4.05%) Azure
3 2 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.03%) FIX Connectivity
2 9 (12.16%) Multicast
3 8 (10.81%) HTTP
4 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.27%) KDB
2 3 (4.05%) Kdb+
2 3 (4.05%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (2.70%) Redis
3 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.70%) Tableau
4 1 (1.35%) Big Data
4 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Git
2 2 (2.70%) GitLab
2 2 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.35%) Crucible
3 1 (1.35%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.35%) GoogleTest
3 1 (1.35%) Gradle
3 1 (1.35%) Maven
3 1 (1.35%) Selenium
General
1 49 (66.22%) Front Office
2 39 (52.70%) Banking
3 38 (51.35%) Investment Banking
4 19 (25.68%) Finance
5 15 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (20.27%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Back Office
7 2 (2.70%) Law
8 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (54.05%) Developer
2 33 (44.59%) Java Developer
3 24 (32.43%) Senior
4 23 (31.08%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 22 (29.73%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
6 19 (25.68%) Low Latency Java Developer
7 18 (24.32%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
7 18 (24.32%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
8 7 (9.46%) C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (9.46%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (9.46%) Senior Developer
8 7 (9.46%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (9.46%) Software Engineer
9 5 (6.76%) Algorithm Engineer
9 5 (6.76%) Java Engineer
9 5 (6.76%) Senior Algorithm Engineer
9 5 (6.76%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (5.41%) Applications Support
10 4 (5.41%) Senior Java Engineer
10 4 (5.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.51%) WebSockets
2 9 (12.16%) Kafka
3 7 (9.46%) Ultra Messaging
4 5 (6.76%) Middleware
5 4 (5.41%) Java Concurrency
5 4 (5.41%) REST
6 3 (4.05%) .NET
6 3 (4.05%) React
7 2 (2.70%) eBPF
7 2 (2.70%) FIXML
7 2 (2.70%) Next.js
7 2 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (2.70%) SignalR
8 1 (1.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (1.35%) FpML
8 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
8 1 (1.35%) NumPy
8 1 (1.35%) Pandas
8 1 (1.35%) RESTful
8 1 (1.35%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (47.30%) Equities
2 34 (45.95%) Derivative
3 22 (29.73%) TWAP
3 22 (29.73%) VWAP
4 19 (25.68%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (25.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (24.32%) Algorithms
6 11 (14.86%) Fixed Income
7 8 (10.81%) Data Structures
8 5 (6.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
11 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
11 2 (2.70%) Eurex
11 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (2.70%) Swaptions
12 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
12 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.46%) Linux
2 3 (4.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (67.57%) Low Latency
2 47 (63.51%) Electronic Trading
3 40 (54.05%) Algorithmic Trading
4 37 (50.00%) Multithreading
5 24 (32.43%) Quantitative Trading
5 24 (32.43%) Smart Order Routing
6 19 (25.68%) TDD
7 18 (24.32%) Design Patterns
7 18 (24.32%) Garbage Collection
7 18 (24.32%) OO
7 18 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (24.32%) UML
8 17 (22.97%) Agile
9 16 (21.62%) CI/CD
10 12 (16.22%) Event-Driven
10 12 (16.22%) Observability
11 11 (14.86%) Analytics
11 11 (14.86%) Software Engineering
12 10 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
13 9 (12.16%) Backtesting
Programming Languages
1 42 (56.76%) Java
2 22 (29.73%) Python
3 21 (28.38%) SQL
4 15 (20.27%) C++
5 11 (14.86%) C#
5 11 (14.86%) TypeScript
6 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
6 8 (10.81%) Rust
7 3 (4.05%) Perl
8 2 (2.70%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.35%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (5.41%) Degree
2 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.05%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (2.70%) Control-M
3 2 (2.70%) Grafana
4 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.35%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Charles River
1 6 (8.11%) MarketAxess
1 6 (8.11%) Tradeweb
2 4 (5.41%) Bloomberg
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.70%) Murex
3 2 (2.70%) Refinitiv
3 2 (2.70%) Solace
3 2 (2.70%) Splunk
4 1 (1.35%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.35%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.35%) FIS
4 1 (1.35%) NYFIX
4 1 (1.35%) SunGard
4 1 (1.35%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.35%) Trayport