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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 518 720
Rank change year-on-year -113 +202 -158
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 88 118 82
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.099% 0.27% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.95% 1.50% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 63 68 60
10th Percentile £70,000 £52,125 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £102,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - +30.16% -1.56%
75th Percentile £117,500 £126,250 £91,563
90th Percentile £130,000 £140,750 £138,000
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 9,312 7,882 14,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.43% 18.20% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,093 5,329 11,571
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 25 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 25 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 -58 88 £102,500 - 39
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 (6.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (12.50%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.64%) AWS
1 12 (13.64%) Azure
2 9 (10.23%) GitHub
3 7 (7.95%) WeChat
4 2 (2.27%) GCP
5 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.14%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.86%) Multicast
2 7 (7.95%) Firewall
3 6 (6.82%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 7 (7.95%) Metadata
3 7 (7.95%) RDBMS
4 6 (6.82%) KDB
5 1 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.14%) MySQL
5 1 (1.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (30.68%) JIRA
2 10 (11.36%) Git
3 7 (7.95%) ERwin
4 6 (6.82%) Gradle
5 2 (2.27%) GitLab
General
1 72 (81.82%) Finance
2 38 (43.18%) Front Office
3 27 (30.68%) Banking
4 26 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (15.91%) Financial Institution
6 12 (13.64%) Social Skills
7 10 (11.36%) Investment Banking
8 7 (7.95%) Back Office
8 7 (7.95%) Mandarin Language
9 6 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (6.82%) Spanish Language
10 3 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.27%) Advertising
11 2 (2.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (27.27%) Developer
2 23 (26.14%) Senior
3 18 (20.45%) Analyst
4 16 (18.18%) Software Engineer
5 15 (17.05%) C++ Software Engineer
5 15 (17.05%) Python Engineer
5 15 (17.05%) Python Software Engineer
6 14 (15.91%) Java Developer
6 14 (15.91%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (15.91%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (12.50%) Support Analyst
8 9 (10.23%) Business Support Analyst
9 8 (9.09%) Applications Support
9 8 (9.09%) Senior Developer
10 7 (7.95%) Business Analyst
10 7 (7.95%) Consultant
10 7 (7.95%) Data Consultant
10 7 (7.95%) Data Model Consultant
10 7 (7.95%) Head of IT
11 6 (6.82%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 15 (17.05%) pytest
2 11 (12.50%) Spring
2 11 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 10 (11.36%) FpML
3 10 (11.36%) XML
4 9 (10.23%) JSON
5 8 (9.09%) Kafka
6 7 (7.95%) React
6 7 (7.95%) XML Schema
7 4 (4.55%) .NET
8 3 (3.41%) Spring Integration
9 2 (2.27%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.27%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.27%) DPDK
9 2 (2.27%) eBPF
9 2 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (1.14%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 40 (45.45%) Fixed Income
2 34 (38.64%) Equities
3 21 (23.86%) Derivative
3 21 (23.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (19.32%) Algorithms
5 9 (10.23%) Data Structures
6 7 (7.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (7.95%) Distributed Architecture
6 7 (7.95%) e-Learning
6 7 (7.95%) Management Information System
6 7 (7.95%) Onboarding
6 7 (7.95%) Virtual Team
7 6 (6.82%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (6.82%) Eurex
8 4 (4.55%) Cloud Native
9 3 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (2.27%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.27%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 49 (55.68%) Linux
2 8 (9.09%) Unix
2 8 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (47.73%) Low Latency
2 39 (44.32%) Agile
3 38 (43.18%) Computer Science
4 27 (30.68%) Electronic Trading
4 27 (30.68%) Mathematics
5 24 (27.27%) SDLC
6 23 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 22 (25.00%) Project Delivery
8 21 (23.86%) Software Engineering
9 20 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (20.45%) Ultra-Low Latency
11 16 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (18.18%) Workflow
12 15 (17.05%) OOP
12 15 (17.05%) Process Improvement
13 12 (13.64%) Mentoring
14 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (12.50%) DevOps
14 11 (12.50%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 38 (43.18%) Python
2 26 (29.55%) C++
3 23 (26.14%) Java
4 20 (22.73%) SQL
5 5 (5.68%) Shell Script
5 5 (5.68%) Tcl
6 3 (3.41%) C#
7 2 (2.27%) Rust
8 1 (1.14%) Bash
8 1 (1.14%) C
8 1 (1.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) Degree
2 16 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (1.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 2 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.27%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (13.64%) Oracle
2 9 (10.23%) FIS
2 9 (10.23%) SunGard
3 7 (7.95%) Sparx
4 6 (6.82%) Bloomberg
4 6 (6.82%) CQG
4 6 (6.82%) ION Trading
4 6 (6.82%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.82%) Patsystems
4 6 (6.82%) Reuters
4 6 (6.82%) Solace
4 6 (6.82%) Trayport
5 5 (5.68%) IBM
5 5 (5.68%) Sybase
5 5 (5.68%) TIBCO
6 4 (4.55%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.14%) Databricks