FIX Protocol Job Trends in England

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring FIX Protocol skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 550 681
Rank change year-on-year -100 +131 -146
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 107 102 83
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.23% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.99% 1.27% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 83 60 60
10th Percentile £70,000 £70,875 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £116,250 £123,438 £110,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £130,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% +3.13%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,774 8,038 14,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.19% 18.40% 20.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,031 5,384 10,835
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

FIX Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FIX Protocol job vacancy trend in England

FIX Protocol
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FIX Protocol.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FIX Protocol

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FIX Protocol in England over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for FIX Protocol in England

FIX Protocol
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -37 107 £100,000 +5.26% 21
FIX Protocol
UK

FIX Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (8.41%) Confluence
2 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.93%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (17.76%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.23%) AWS
2 22 (20.56%) Azure
3 8 (7.48%) GCP
4 7 (6.54%) GitHub
4 7 (6.54%) WeChat
5 3 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.50%) Multicast
2 16 (14.95%) FIX Connectivity
3 14 (13.08%) Firewall
4 7 (6.54%) DNS
4 7 (6.54%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.61%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.50%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.48%) KDB
2 8 (7.48%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.74%) Metadata
3 4 (3.74%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.93%) MySQL
5 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (27.10%) JIRA
2 13 (12.15%) Git
3 5 (4.67%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.67%) Maven
4 4 (3.74%) ERwin
5 3 (2.80%) Gradle
6 2 (1.87%) JUnit
6 2 (1.87%) Mockito
General
1 87 (81.31%) Finance
2 40 (37.38%) Front Office
3 35 (32.71%) Banking
4 27 (25.23%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (19.63%) Social Skills
6 12 (11.21%) Investment Banking
7 9 (8.41%) Back Office
8 8 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (7.48%) Spanish Language
9 7 (6.54%) Financial Institution
9 7 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (6.54%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (5.61%) Law
11 2 (1.87%) iGaming
11 2 (1.87%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.93%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (24.30%) Analyst
1 26 (24.30%) Developer
2 25 (23.36%) Senior
3 18 (16.82%) Software Engineer
4 16 (14.95%) Support Analyst
5 14 (13.08%) Senior Software Engineer
6 13 (12.15%) C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (12.15%) Python Engineer
6 13 (12.15%) Python Software Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (10.28%) Lead
9 10 (9.35%) Applications Support
9 10 (9.35%) Business Analyst
9 10 (9.35%) Java Developer
10 9 (8.41%) Business Support Analyst
10 9 (8.41%) Senior Developer
11 8 (7.48%) Business Manager
11 8 (7.48%) Product Analyst
11 8 (7.48%) Product Business Analyst
11 8 (7.48%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 13 (12.15%) pytest
2 9 (8.41%) Kafka
3 8 (7.48%) .NET
4 7 (6.54%) REST
4 7 (6.54%) Spring
4 7 (6.54%) Spring Boot
5 6 (5.61%) FpML
6 5 (4.67%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (4.67%) React
6 5 (4.67%) XML
7 4 (3.74%) JSON
7 4 (3.74%) RESTful
7 4 (3.74%) XML Schema
8 2 (1.87%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.87%) DPDK
8 2 (1.87%) FIXML
8 2 (1.87%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.87%) Terraform
8 2 (1.87%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 41 (38.32%) Equities
2 39 (36.45%) Fixed Income
3 24 (22.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 23 (21.50%) Derivative
5 17 (15.89%) Algorithms
6 14 (13.08%) Eurex
7 13 (12.15%) Onboarding
8 12 (11.21%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (9.35%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (7.48%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (6.54%) Management Information System
11 7 (6.54%) Virtual Team
12 6 (5.61%) Data Structures
13 5 (4.67%) Cloud Native
13 5 (4.67%) Equity Derivative
14 4 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (3.74%) Distributed Applications
14 4 (3.74%) e-Learning
14 4 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (2.80%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 56 (52.34%) Linux
2 16 (14.95%) Unix
3 9 (8.41%) Windows
4 6 (5.61%) CentOS
4 6 (5.61%) Rocky
5 3 (2.80%) Solaris
5 3 (2.80%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (42.06%) Low Latency
2 43 (40.19%) Agile
3 36 (33.64%) Computer Science
3 36 (33.64%) Electronic Trading
4 33 (30.84%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (27.10%) Software Engineering
6 27 (25.23%) SDLC
7 24 (22.43%) Mathematics
7 24 (22.43%) Project Delivery
8 22 (20.56%) Business Analysis
8 22 (20.56%) Mentoring
9 20 (18.69%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (17.76%) Ultra-Low Latency
11 16 (14.95%) Client Onboarding
11 16 (14.95%) Continuous Integration
12 14 (13.08%) Workflow
13 13 (12.15%) Decision-Making
13 13 (12.15%) ITIL
13 13 (12.15%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 48 (44.86%) Python
2 27 (25.23%) SQL
3 26 (24.30%) C++
3 26 (24.30%) Java
4 9 (8.41%) Perl
5 7 (6.54%) Bash
5 7 (6.54%) C#
6 6 (5.61%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.61%) Ruby
7 5 (4.67%) Shell Script
7 5 (4.67%) Tcl
8 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.87%) Rust
10 1 (0.93%) C
10 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (22.43%) Degree
2 16 (14.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.41%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.89%) QA
2 1 (0.93%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.54%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.80%) Ansible
2 3 (2.80%) Grafana
3 2 (1.87%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (19.63%) Oracle
2 14 (13.08%) Bloomberg
2 14 (13.08%) CQG
2 14 (13.08%) ION Trading
2 14 (13.08%) Patsystems
2 14 (13.08%) Reuters
2 14 (13.08%) Trayport
3 11 (10.28%) Microsoft
4 9 (8.41%) FIS
4 9 (8.41%) SunGard
5 6 (5.61%) Atlassian
5 6 (5.61%) Red Hat
5 6 (5.61%) Solace
5 6 (5.61%) Sybase
6 5 (4.67%) IBM
6 5 (4.67%) TIBCO
7 4 (3.74%) Sparx
8 2 (1.87%) Progress
9 1 (0.93%) Databricks
9 1 (0.93%) Google