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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 586 577
Rank change year-on-year +82 -9 +142
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 94 85 119
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.52% 0.82% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 76 47 93
10th Percentile £73,750 £56,250 £62,100
25th Percentile £93,750 £76,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £97,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +14.71% -6.85%
75th Percentile £127,500 £116,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £140,500 £143,500 £130,000
UK median annual salary £112,500 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% - -5.56%

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 6,192 10,388 12,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.85% 21.51% 24.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,759 6,104 10,139
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,087 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +58 94 £112,500 +32.35% 29
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 6 (6.38%) Confluence
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.06%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 10 (10.64%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.06%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.83%) AWS
2 8 (8.51%) Azure
3 6 (6.38%) GitHub
4 3 (3.19%) GCP
5 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.13%) Figma
5 2 (2.13%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.06%) Datadog
6 1 (1.06%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.06%) n8n
6 1 (1.06%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.06%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 36 (38.30%) Multicast
2 6 (6.38%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.13%) Firewall
4 1 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.06%) DHCP
4 1 (1.06%) DNS
4 1 (1.06%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.38%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.13%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.13%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.06%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.06%) KDB
4 1 (1.06%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 18 (19.15%) JIRA
2 7 (7.45%) Git
3 3 (3.19%) Selenium
4 2 (2.13%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.13%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (2.13%) VisualVM
4 2 (2.13%) YourKit
5 1 (1.06%) Gradle
General
1 55 (58.51%) Finance
2 52 (55.32%) Front Office
3 26 (27.66%) Banking
4 13 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (11.70%) Social Skills
6 6 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.32%) Back Office
7 5 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.26%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.26%) Spanish Language
9 3 (3.19%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.13%) Games
10 2 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (46.81%) Developer
2 22 (23.40%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 20 (21.28%) React Developer
4 18 (19.15%) Analyst
5 17 (18.09%) Senior
5 17 (18.09%) Software Engineer
6 13 (13.83%) C++ Developer
6 13 (13.83%) C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (13.83%) Python Engineer
6 13 (13.83%) Python Software Engineer
6 13 (13.83%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (13.83%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (8.51%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.38%) Business Analyst
9 5 (5.32%) Banking Analyst
9 5 (5.32%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (4.26%) Business Manager
10 4 (4.26%) Product Analyst
10 4 (4.26%) Product Business Analyst
10 4 (4.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (25.53%) React
2 20 (21.28%) Highcharts JS
2 20 (21.28%) OpenFin
2 20 (21.28%) WebSockets
3 15 (15.96%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 13 (13.83%) pytest
5 9 (9.57%) Kafka
6 7 (7.45%) .NET
7 6 (6.38%) Java Concurrency
8 4 (4.26%) Sass
8 4 (4.26%) ZeroMQ
9 3 (3.19%) CSS
9 3 (3.19%) HTML
9 3 (3.19%) Playwright
9 3 (3.19%) REST
10 2 (2.13%) Akka
10 2 (2.13%) Blazor
10 2 (2.13%) GraphQL
10 2 (2.13%) Next.js
10 2 (2.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 43 (45.74%) Fixed Income
2 38 (40.43%) Derivative
3 32 (34.04%) Equities
4 26 (27.66%) Algorithms
5 21 (22.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (7.45%) Distributed Architecture
6 7 (7.45%) Onboarding
7 6 (6.38%) Cloud Native
7 6 (6.38%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (6.38%) Eurex
8 5 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (3.19%) Data Structures
11 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
11 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (2.13%) TWAP
11 2 (2.13%) VWAP
12 1 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (1.06%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 59 (62.77%) Linux
2 15 (15.96%) Windows
3 12 (12.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (7.45%) Unix
5 3 (3.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.13%) Solaris
6 2 (2.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (73.40%) Low Latency
2 37 (39.36%) Electronic Trading
3 28 (29.79%) Containerisation
4 26 (27.66%) Computer Science
5 25 (26.60%) Agile
6 23 (24.47%) Analytics
6 23 (24.47%) Performance Optimisation
6 23 (24.47%) Performance Tuning
7 20 (21.28%) Dashboard Development
7 20 (21.28%) Data Visualisation
7 20 (21.28%) Mathematics
7 20 (21.28%) Visualisation
8 19 (20.21%) SDLC
9 18 (19.15%) Software Engineering
10 16 (17.02%) Algorithmic Trading
11 15 (15.96%) Concurrent Programming
11 15 (15.96%) Process Improvement
11 15 (15.96%) Technical Leadership
12 14 (14.89%) Workflow
13 13 (13.83%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (36.17%) C++
2 32 (34.04%) Python
3 23 (24.47%) JavaScript
4 22 (23.40%) Java
5 19 (20.21%) SQL
6 8 (8.51%) C#
7 4 (4.26%) Bash
7 4 (4.26%) C
8 3 (3.19%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.06%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (15.96%) Degree
2 11 (11.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.26%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.19%) ISEB
4 3 (3.19%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.06%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.06%) MCDST
5 1 (1.06%) MCITP
5 1 (1.06%) MCP
5 1 (1.06%) MCSA
5 1 (1.06%) MCSE
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.09%) QA
2 2 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.06%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (4.26%) Docker
2 2 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.32%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.26%) Grafana
3 1 (1.06%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.89%) Red Hat
2 8 (8.51%) Bloomberg
3 6 (6.38%) Atlassian
3 6 (6.38%) CQG
3 6 (6.38%) ION Trading
3 6 (6.38%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.38%) Oracle
3 6 (6.38%) Patsystems
3 6 (6.38%) Reuters
3 6 (6.38%) Trayport
4 2 (2.13%) Adobe
4 2 (2.13%) Cisco
4 2 (2.13%) Splunk
5 1 (1.06%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.06%) Charles River
5 1 (1.06%) FFastFill
5 1 (1.06%) Refinitiv
5 1 (1.06%) Solace
5 1 (1.06%) Sybase
5 1 (1.06%) VMware