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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 558 725
Rank change year-on-year -31 +167 -67
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 85 83 102
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.06% 1.06% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 53 58 71
10th Percentile £68,750 £49,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £74,063 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £126,250 £117,500 £113,125
90th Percentile £140,000 £134,750 £147,500
UK median annual salary £102,500 £93,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year +9.33% +10.29% -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 8,005 7,850 16,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.00% 20.20% 20.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,067 5,562 14,108
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,230 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 13 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 13 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 -12 85 £102,500 +7.89% 31
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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.18%) IIS
3 1 (1.18%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.35%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) AWS
2 12 (14.12%) GitHub
3 11 (12.94%) Azure
4 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.35%) Figma
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.18%) Datadog
6 1 (1.18%) GCP
6 1 (1.18%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.18%) Serverless
6 1 (1.18%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 26 (30.59%) Multicast
2 3 (3.53%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.35%) Firewall
4 1 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.18%) DHCP
4 1 (1.18%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.12%) SQL Server
2 10 (11.76%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.24%) Metadata
3 7 (8.24%) RDBMS
4 5 (5.88%) KDB
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.35%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.35%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.18%) MySQL
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (25.88%) JIRA
2 13 (15.29%) Git
3 7 (8.24%) ERwin
3 7 (8.24%) Gradle
4 2 (2.35%) GitLab
4 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.18%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.18%) Selenium
General
1 60 (70.59%) Finance
2 43 (50.59%) Front Office
3 21 (24.71%) Banking
4 15 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (17.65%) Financial Institution
5 7 (8.24%) Social Skills
6 5 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.71%) Spanish Language
8 2 (2.35%) Advertising
8 2 (2.35%) Back Office
8 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.35%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Games
9 1 (1.18%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (40.00%) Developer
2 23 (27.06%) Senior
3 15 (17.65%) C++ Software Engineer
3 15 (17.65%) Python Engineer
3 15 (17.65%) Python Software Engineer
3 15 (17.65%) Software Engineer
4 14 (16.47%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 14 (16.47%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (15.29%) Analyst
6 8 (9.41%) Java Developer
7 7 (8.24%) C++ Developer
7 7 (8.24%) Consultant
7 7 (8.24%) Data Consultant
7 7 (8.24%) Data Model Consultant
7 7 (8.24%) Electronic Trading Developer
7 7 (8.24%) React Developer
7 7 (8.24%) Senior Developer
8 6 (7.06%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.88%) Applications Support
9 5 (5.88%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.82%) React
2 15 (17.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 15 (17.65%) pytest
3 10 (11.76%) FpML
3 10 (11.76%) Spring
3 10 (11.76%) Spring Boot
3 10 (11.76%) XML
4 9 (10.59%) JSON
5 8 (9.41%) .NET
5 8 (9.41%) Kafka
5 8 (9.41%) WebSockets
6 7 (8.24%) Highcharts JS
6 7 (8.24%) OpenFin
6 7 (8.24%) XML Schema
7 3 (3.53%) Spring Integration
8 2 (2.35%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.35%) Java Concurrency
8 2 (2.35%) REST
8 2 (2.35%) Sass
8 2 (2.35%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (42.35%) Fixed Income
2 33 (38.82%) Equities
3 29 (34.12%) Derivative
4 23 (27.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (22.35%) Algorithms
6 9 (10.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (10.59%) Data Structures
7 7 (8.24%) e-Learning
8 6 (7.06%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (5.88%) Cloud Native
9 5 (5.88%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (5.88%) Eurex
10 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
11 3 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (3.53%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
12 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (2.35%) SIMD
13 1 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (51.76%) Linux
2 10 (11.76%) Windows
3 6 (7.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (7.06%) Unix
4 1 (1.18%) Solaris
4 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (63.53%) Low Latency
2 35 (41.18%) Agile
2 35 (41.18%) Computer Science
3 31 (36.47%) Electronic Trading
4 28 (32.94%) Mathematics
5 20 (23.53%) SDLC
5 20 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
6 18 (21.18%) Software Engineering
7 16 (18.82%) Analytics
7 16 (18.82%) Process Improvement
8 15 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
8 15 (17.65%) OOP
8 15 (17.65%) Ultra-Low Latency
8 15 (17.65%) Workflow
9 14 (16.47%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (15.29%) Concurrent Programming
10 13 (15.29%) Market Making
11 12 (14.12%) Containerisation
11 12 (14.12%) Performance Optimisation
11 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 41 (48.24%) Python
2 25 (29.41%) C++
3 22 (25.88%) Java
4 21 (24.71%) SQL
5 8 (9.41%) C#
5 8 (9.41%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.88%) Shell Script
7 2 (2.35%) Bash
7 2 (2.35%) C
7 2 (2.35%) Rust
7 2 (2.35%) Tcl
8 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (25.88%) Degree
2 18 (21.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.18%) ISEB
4 1 (1.18%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.18%) MCDST
4 1 (1.18%) MCITP
4 1 (1.18%) MCSA
4 1 (1.18%) MCSE
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.35%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.53%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.18%) Grafana
2 1 (1.18%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (11.76%) Oracle
2 7 (8.24%) Red Hat
2 7 (8.24%) Solace
2 7 (8.24%) Sparx
3 5 (5.88%) Bloomberg
3 5 (5.88%) CQG
3 5 (5.88%) ION Trading
3 5 (5.88%) Patsystems
3 5 (5.88%) Reuters
3 5 (5.88%) Trayport
4 4 (4.71%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.53%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.53%) IBM
6 2 (2.35%) Adobe
6 2 (2.35%) Sybase
6 2 (2.35%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) Splunk
7 1 (1.18%) VMware