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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 531 738
Rank change year-on-year -116 +207 -155
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 84 121 91
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.096% 0.28% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.91% 1.52% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 61 70 67
10th Percentile £70,000 £47,125 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £75,938 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £98,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% +23.44% -
75th Percentile £126,250 £125,313 £103,375
90th Percentile £130,000 £140,250 £144,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -

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 9,183 7,964 16,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.47% 18.39% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,032 5,393 13,105
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £104,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -11.11%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -52 84 £102,500 - 15
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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (1.19%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (13.10%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.10%) AWS
1 11 (13.10%) Azure
2 10 (11.90%) GitHub
3 7 (8.33%) WeChat
4 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.19%) GCP
4 1 (1.19%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (26.19%) Multicast
2 7 (8.33%) Firewall
3 6 (7.14%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.48%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.52%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.33%) Metadata
3 7 (8.33%) RDBMS
4 5 (5.95%) KDB
5 1 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.19%) MySQL
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (33.33%) JIRA
2 11 (13.10%) Git
3 7 (8.33%) ERwin
4 6 (7.14%) Gradle
5 2 (2.38%) GitLab
General
1 68 (80.95%) Finance
2 35 (41.67%) Front Office
3 24 (28.57%) Banking
4 23 (27.38%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (16.67%) Financial Institution
6 10 (11.90%) Social Skills
7 7 (8.33%) Back Office
7 7 (8.33%) Investment Banking
7 7 (8.33%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (7.14%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.38%) Advertising
10 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (27.38%) Developer
1 23 (27.38%) Senior
2 16 (19.05%) Analyst
2 16 (19.05%) C++ Software Engineer
2 16 (19.05%) Python Engineer
2 16 (19.05%) Python Software Engineer
2 16 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 15 (17.86%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 15 (17.86%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (16.67%) Java Developer
5 9 (10.71%) Support Analyst
6 7 (8.33%) Applications Support
6 7 (8.33%) Business Analyst
6 7 (8.33%) Business Support Analyst
6 7 (8.33%) Consultant
6 7 (8.33%) Data Consultant
6 7 (8.33%) Data Model Consultant
6 7 (8.33%) Head of IT
6 7 (8.33%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.14%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 16 (19.05%) pytest
2 11 (13.10%) Spring
2 11 (13.10%) Spring Boot
3 10 (11.90%) FpML
3 10 (11.90%) XML
4 9 (10.71%) JSON
5 8 (9.52%) React
6 7 (8.33%) XML Schema
7 6 (7.14%) Kafka
8 3 (3.57%) .NET
8 3 (3.57%) Spring Integration
9 2 (2.38%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.38%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.38%) DPDK
9 2 (2.38%) eBPF
9 2 (2.38%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (2.38%) WebSockets
10 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (1.19%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 39 (46.43%) Fixed Income
2 33 (39.29%) Equities
3 21 (25.00%) Derivative
4 20 (23.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (20.24%) Algorithms
6 9 (10.71%) Data Structures
7 7 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (8.33%) Distributed Architecture
7 7 (8.33%) e-Learning
7 7 (8.33%) Management Information System
7 7 (8.33%) Onboarding
7 7 (8.33%) Virtual Team
8 6 (7.14%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (7.14%) Eurex
9 4 (4.76%) Cloud Native
10 2 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.38%) SIMD
11 1 (1.19%) Data Fabric
11 1 (1.19%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 46 (54.76%) Linux
2 8 (9.52%) Windows
3 6 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 37 (44.05%) Agile
2 37 (44.05%) Computer Science
3 27 (32.14%) Mathematics
4 25 (29.76%) Electronic Trading
5 23 (27.38%) SDLC
6 21 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
7 20 (23.81%) Business Analysis
7 20 (23.81%) Project Delivery
7 20 (23.81%) Software Engineering
8 19 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (20.24%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 17 (20.24%) Workflow
10 16 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (19.05%) OOP
10 16 (19.05%) Process Improvement
11 12 (14.29%) Mentoring
12 11 (13.10%) Data Modelling
12 11 (13.10%) DevOps
12 11 (13.10%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 37 (44.05%) Python
2 24 (28.57%) C++
3 22 (26.19%) Java
4 19 (22.62%) SQL
5 5 (5.95%) Shell Script
5 5 (5.95%) Tcl
6 2 (2.38%) C#
6 2 (2.38%) Rust
7 1 (1.19%) Bash
7 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Degree
2 14 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.71%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.24%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Oracle
2 7 (8.33%) FIS
2 7 (8.33%) Sparx
2 7 (8.33%) SunGard
3 6 (7.14%) Bloomberg
3 6 (7.14%) CQG
3 6 (7.14%) ION Trading
3 6 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.14%) Patsystems
3 6 (7.14%) Reuters
3 6 (7.14%) Solace
3 6 (7.14%) Trayport
4 5 (5.95%) IBM
4 5 (5.95%) Sybase
4 5 (5.95%) TIBCO
5 4 (4.76%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.19%) Databricks