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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 527 739
Rank change year-on-year -97 +212 -141
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 80 115 107
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.093% 0.28% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.89% 1.45% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 56 63 79
10th Percentile £69,375 £48,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £111,250
90th Percentile - £142,000 £148,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -

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 8,988 7,922 17,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.47% 18.96% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,871 5,365 14,463
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,851 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,600 £45,000
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.45%

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 3 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 3 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 -55 80 £102,500 +7.89% 30
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 5 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.75%) GitHub
2 10 (12.50%) AWS
2 10 (12.50%) Azure
3 5 (6.25%) WeChat
4 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.25%) GCP
4 1 (1.25%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (27.50%) Multicast
2 5 (6.25%) Firewall
2 5 (6.25%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.25%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.00%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.75%) Metadata
3 7 (8.75%) RDBMS
4 5 (6.25%) KDB
5 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.25%) MySQL
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (35.00%) JIRA
2 12 (15.00%) Git
3 7 (8.75%) ERwin
3 7 (8.75%) Gradle
4 2 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 60 (75.00%) Finance
2 34 (42.50%) Front Office
3 21 (26.25%) Banking
4 18 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (18.75%) Financial Institution
6 5 (6.25%) Back Office
6 5 (6.25%) Mandarin Language
6 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Spanish Language
7 3 (3.75%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.50%) Advertising
8 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 24 (30.00%) Developer
1 24 (30.00%) Senior
2 17 (21.25%) C++ Software Engineer
2 17 (21.25%) Python Engineer
2 17 (21.25%) Python Software Engineer
2 17 (21.25%) Software Engineer
3 16 (20.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 16 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (15.00%) Java Developer
5 11 (13.75%) Analyst
6 7 (8.75%) Applications Support
6 7 (8.75%) Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Data Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Data Model Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Business Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) Principal Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) Principal Software Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Product Business Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 17 (21.25%) pytest
2 11 (13.75%) XML
3 10 (12.50%) FpML
3 10 (12.50%) React
3 10 (12.50%) Spring
3 10 (12.50%) Spring Boot
4 9 (11.25%) JSON
5 7 (8.75%) XML Schema
6 6 (7.50%) Kafka
7 4 (5.00%) .NET
8 3 (3.75%) Spring Integration
8 3 (3.75%) WebSockets
9 2 (2.50%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.50%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.50%) DPDK
9 2 (2.50%) eBPF
9 2 (2.50%) Highcharts JS
9 2 (2.50%) OpenFin
9 2 (2.50%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 35 (43.75%) Fixed Income
2 34 (42.50%) Equities
3 22 (27.50%) Derivative
4 20 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (23.75%) Algorithms
6 9 (11.25%) Data Structures
7 8 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (8.75%) e-Learning
9 6 (7.50%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (7.50%) Onboarding
10 5 (6.25%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (6.25%) Eurex
10 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
10 5 (6.25%) Virtual Team
11 4 (5.00%) Cloud Native
12 2 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (2.50%) SIMD
13 1 (1.25%) Distributed Applications
13 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 42 (52.50%) Linux
2 7 (8.75%) Unix
2 7 (8.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (53.75%) Low Latency
2 38 (47.50%) Agile
2 38 (47.50%) Computer Science
3 29 (36.25%) Mathematics
4 25 (31.25%) Electronic Trading
5 23 (28.75%) SDLC
6 22 (27.50%) Technical Leadership
7 21 (26.25%) Software Engineering
8 18 (22.50%) Workflow
9 17 (21.25%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (21.25%) OOP
9 17 (21.25%) Process Improvement
9 17 (21.25%) Ultra-Low Latency
10 14 (17.50%) Business Analysis
11 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (15.00%) Market Making
12 12 (15.00%) Project Delivery
13 11 (13.75%) Analytics
13 11 (13.75%) Data Modelling
13 11 (13.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 39 (48.75%) Python
2 21 (26.25%) C++
2 21 (26.25%) Java
2 21 (26.25%) SQL
3 5 (6.25%) Shell Script
3 5 (6.25%) Tcl
4 4 (5.00%) C#
5 2 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.50%) Rust
6 1 (1.25%) Bash
6 1 (1.25%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (27.50%) Degree
2 16 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.50%) QA
2 1 (1.25%) ISO 20022
2 1 (1.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (13.75%) Oracle
2 7 (8.75%) Solace
2 7 (8.75%) Sparx
3 6 (7.50%) IBM
4 5 (6.25%) Bloomberg
4 5 (6.25%) CQG
4 5 (6.25%) ION Trading
4 5 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 5 (6.25%) Patsystems
4 5 (6.25%) Reuters
4 5 (6.25%) Sybase
4 5 (6.25%) TIBCO
4 5 (6.25%) Trayport
5 3 (3.75%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.50%) FIS
6 2 (2.50%) SunGard
7 1 (1.25%) Databricks