FIX Connectivity Contracts

FIX Connectivity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for FIX Connectivity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FIX Connectivity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 682 810
Rank change year-on-year +102 +128 -141
Contract jobs citing FIX Connectivity 18 37 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.062% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% 0.50% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 36 38
10th Percentile £613 £519 -
25th Percentile £794 £600 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £850 £863 £775
90th Percentile - - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

FIX Connectivity is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

FIX Connectivity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FIX Connectivity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Connectivity within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +110 18 £800 +6.67% 1
London +83 18 £800 +6.67% 1
Work from Home +118 7 £850 +3.03%

FIX Connectivity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (61.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (61.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (61.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (38.89%) ION MarketView
2 2 (11.11%) Fidessa
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Mart
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (66.67%) JIRA
2 11 (61.11%) TeamCity
3 1 (5.56%) Git
3 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (77.78%) Front Office
2 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Banking
3 4 (22.22%) Investment Banking
4 3 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Business Analyst
2 13 (72.22%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
3 12 (66.67%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 11 (61.11%) Front Office Business Analyst
5 6 (33.33%) Analyst
5 6 (33.33%) FIX Business Analyst
6 4 (22.22%) Credit Analyst
7 2 (11.11%) Business Manager
7 2 (11.11%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (11.11%) Electronic Trading Support
7 2 (11.11%) Fidessa Support
7 2 (11.11%) Project Analyst
7 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
7 2 (11.11%) Senior
7 2 (11.11%) Unix Support
8 1 (5.56%) Consultant
8 1 (5.56%) Electronic Trading Project Manager
8 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
8 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (94.44%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Derivative
2 13 (72.22%) Fixed Income
3 1 (5.56%) EFT
3 1 (5.56%) Eurex
3 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Unix
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Electronic Trading
2 14 (77.78%) Risk Management
3 11 (61.11%) Data Modelling
3 11 (61.11%) UML
4 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 6 (33.33%) Project Management
6 4 (22.22%) B2C
7 2 (11.11%) Algorithmic Trading
7 2 (11.11%) Capacity Management
7 2 (11.11%) Change Management
7 2 (11.11%) High Availability
7 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 2 (11.11%) Low Latency
8 1 (5.56%) Dashboard Development
8 1 (5.56%) Full Stack Development
8 1 (5.56%) Migration
8 1 (5.56%) Order Management
8 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (61.11%) QA
2 8 (44.44%) Dodd-Frank
2 8 (44.44%) EMIR
2 8 (44.44%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Bloomberg
2 13 (72.22%) ION Trading
2 13 (72.22%) MarketAxess
2 13 (72.22%) Tradeweb
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Murex
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) SAP