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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 541 713
Rank change year-on-year -31 +172 -50
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 96 83 98
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.22% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.23% 1.10% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 61 58 68
10th Percentile £68,750 £49,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £126,250 £117,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £130,750 £148,250
UK median annual salary £102,500 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +20.59% - -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 7,833 7,540 16,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.68% 19.62% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,918 5,744 14,092
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +8 96 £102,500 +20.59% 41
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 (5.21%) Confluence
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) IIS
3 1 (1.04%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.08%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (8.33%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.04%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.58%) AWS
2 13 (13.54%) GitHub
3 11 (11.46%) Azure
4 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.08%) Figma
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.04%) Datadog
6 1 (1.04%) GCP
6 1 (1.04%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.04%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.04%) Serverless
6 1 (1.04%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 29 (30.21%) Multicast
2 5 (5.21%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.08%) Firewall
5 1 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.04%) DHCP
5 1 (1.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 10 (10.42%) SQL Server
3 7 (7.29%) Metadata
3 7 (7.29%) RDBMS
4 4 (4.17%) KDB
5 2 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.08%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.08%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.04%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (1.04%) MySQL
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (20.83%) JIRA
2 14 (14.58%) Git
3 7 (7.29%) ERwin
3 7 (7.29%) Gradle
4 2 (2.08%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.08%) GitLab
4 2 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.08%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 66 (68.75%) Finance
2 48 (50.00%) Front Office
3 24 (25.00%) Banking
4 18 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (15.63%) Financial Institution
6 10 (10.42%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.17%) Spanish Language
9 3 (3.13%) Back Office
9 3 (3.13%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.08%) Advertising
11 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Games
11 1 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (40.63%) Developer
2 23 (23.96%) Senior
3 16 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 15 (15.63%) C++ Software Engineer
4 15 (15.63%) Python Engineer
4 15 (15.63%) Python Software Engineer
5 14 (14.58%) Analyst
5 14 (14.58%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (14.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 10 (10.42%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 10 (10.42%) React Developer
7 8 (8.33%) C++ Developer
7 8 (8.33%) Java Developer
8 7 (7.29%) Consultant
8 7 (7.29%) Data Consultant
8 7 (7.29%) Data Model Consultant
8 7 (7.29%) Senior Developer
9 6 (6.25%) Support Analyst
10 5 (5.21%) Applications Support
10 5 (5.21%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (20.83%) React
2 15 (15.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 15 (15.63%) pytest
3 11 (11.46%) WebSockets
4 10 (10.42%) FpML
4 10 (10.42%) Highcharts JS
4 10 (10.42%) Kafka
4 10 (10.42%) OpenFin
4 10 (10.42%) Spring
4 10 (10.42%) Spring Boot
4 10 (10.42%) XML
5 9 (9.38%) .NET
5 9 (9.38%) JSON
6 7 (7.29%) XML Schema
7 4 (4.17%) REST
8 3 (3.13%) GraphQL
8 3 (3.13%) Java Concurrency
8 3 (3.13%) Sass
8 3 (3.13%) Spring Integration
8 3 (3.13%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 39 (40.63%) Fixed Income
2 35 (36.46%) Equities
3 33 (34.38%) Derivative
4 27 (28.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 22 (22.92%) Algorithms
6 10 (10.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (9.38%) Data Structures
8 7 (7.29%) Distributed Architecture
8 7 (7.29%) e-Learning
9 6 (6.25%) Cloud Native
9 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
10 5 (5.21%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (5.21%) Eurex
11 3 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
12 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (2.08%) SIMD
13 1 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (52.08%) Linux
2 12 (12.50%) Windows
3 9 (9.38%) Unix
4 7 (7.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.04%) Solaris
5 1 (1.04%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (63.54%) Low Latency
2 37 (38.54%) Computer Science
3 36 (37.50%) Electronic Trading
4 34 (35.42%) Agile
5 29 (30.21%) Mathematics
6 20 (20.83%) SDLC
6 20 (20.83%) Software Engineering
6 20 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (19.79%) Analytics
8 18 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
9 16 (16.67%) Containerisation
9 16 (16.67%) Process Improvement
9 16 (16.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
10 15 (15.63%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (15.63%) OOP
10 15 (15.63%) Performance Optimisation
10 15 (15.63%) Workflow
11 14 (14.58%) Algorithmic Trading
11 14 (14.58%) Concurrent Programming
11 14 (14.58%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 43 (44.79%) Python
2 27 (28.13%) C++
3 26 (27.08%) Java
3 26 (27.08%) SQL
4 12 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 9 (9.38%) C#
6 4 (4.17%) Shell Script
7 3 (3.13%) Bash
7 3 (3.13%) C
8 2 (2.08%) Rust
8 2 (2.08%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.04%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (26.04%) Degree
2 20 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.25%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.08%) ISEB
4 2 (2.08%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.04%) MCDST
5 1 (1.04%) MCITP
5 1 (1.04%) MCSA
5 1 (1.04%) MCSE
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.08%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (3.13%) Docker
2 1 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Grafana
1 3 (3.13%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.13%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (9.38%) Oracle
2 8 (8.33%) Red Hat
3 7 (7.29%) Solace
3 7 (7.29%) Sparx
4 6 (6.25%) Bloomberg
5 5 (5.21%) CQG
5 5 (5.21%) ION Trading
5 5 (5.21%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.21%) Patsystems
5 5 (5.21%) Reuters
5 5 (5.21%) Trayport
6 4 (4.17%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.08%) Adobe
7 2 (2.08%) Splunk
8 1 (1.04%) AppDynamics
8 1 (1.04%) Charles River
8 1 (1.04%) Cisco
8 1 (1.04%) Google
8 1 (1.04%) IBM
8 1 (1.04%) VMware