QuickFIX Contracts

QuickFIX
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 - 682
Rank change year-on-year - - +188
Contract jobs citing QuickFIX 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.014% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

QuickFIX 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,230 9,297 12,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 21.47% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,889 6,373 9,354
10th Percentile £350 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £638 £653 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 283 161
10th Percentile £28.60 £22.55 £30.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £74.35 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £58.30 £62.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% -6.72% +13.64%

QuickFIX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QuickFIX in the UK

QuickFIX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for QuickFIX in the UK

QuickFIX
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QuickFIX within the UK over the 6 months to 6 July 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
London - 1 £625 - 3
England - 1 £625 - 3

QuickFIX
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree