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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 564 640
Rank change year-on-year +29 +76 +49
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 99 94 116
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.46% 1.00% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 70 55 88
10th Percentile £68,250 £45,750 £67,500
25th Percentile £93,750 £73,125 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £126,250 £118,750 £112,188
90th Percentile £140,000 £141,500 £144,000
UK median annual salary £112,500 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% - -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 6,799 9,420 15,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.00% 22.16% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,209 5,935 12,924
10th Percentile £37,450 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,225 £61,000
% change year-on-year -1.85% +8.57% -9.63%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +35 99 £112,500 +32.35% 17
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 (5.05%) Confluence
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.01%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.02%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.01%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.13%) AWS
2 11 (11.11%) GitHub
3 8 (8.08%) Azure
4 3 (3.03%) GCP
5 2 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.02%) Figma
5 2 (2.02%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.01%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.01%) Datadog
6 1 (1.01%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.01%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.01%) n8n
6 1 (1.01%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.01%) Serverless
6 1 (1.01%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 33 (33.33%) Multicast
2 5 (5.05%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (5.05%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.02%) Firewall
4 1 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.01%) DHCP
4 1 (1.01%) DNS
4 1 (1.01%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.10%) Relational Database
2 9 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.04%) Metadata
3 4 (4.04%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.02%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.02%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.01%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (1.01%) KDB
5 1 (1.01%) MySQL
5 1 (1.01%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 16 (16.16%) JIRA
2 12 (12.12%) Git
3 5 (5.05%) Gradle
4 4 (4.04%) ERwin
5 3 (3.03%) Selenium
6 2 (2.02%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.02%) GitLab
6 2 (2.02%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.02%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (2.02%) VisualVM
6 2 (2.02%) YourKit
General
1 60 (60.61%) Finance
2 57 (57.58%) Front Office
3 25 (25.25%) Banking
4 15 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 11 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 6 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.04%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.03%) Back Office
8 3 (3.03%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.02%) Advertising
9 2 (2.02%) Games
9 2 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (50.51%) Developer
2 21 (21.21%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 20 (20.20%) React Developer
4 17 (17.17%) Analyst
4 17 (17.17%) Senior
5 15 (15.15%) Software Engineer
6 12 (12.12%) C++ Developer
6 12 (12.12%) C++ Software Engineer
6 12 (12.12%) Python Engineer
6 12 (12.12%) Python Software Engineer
6 12 (12.12%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 12 (12.12%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (8.08%) Java Developer
7 8 (8.08%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.05%) Banking Analyst
8 5 (5.05%) Business Analyst
8 5 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.04%) Applications Support Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (28.28%) React
2 20 (20.20%) Highcharts JS
2 20 (20.20%) OpenFin
2 20 (20.20%) WebSockets
3 13 (13.13%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 12 (12.12%) Kafka
4 12 (12.12%) pytest
5 8 (8.08%) .NET
5 8 (8.08%) Spring
5 8 (8.08%) Spring Boot
6 7 (7.07%) FpML
6 7 (7.07%) XML
7 6 (6.06%) Java Concurrency
7 6 (6.06%) JSON
8 4 (4.04%) REST
8 4 (4.04%) Sass
8 4 (4.04%) XML Schema
8 4 (4.04%) ZeroMQ
9 3 (3.03%) CSS
9 3 (3.03%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (43.43%) Fixed Income
2 36 (36.36%) Derivative
3 30 (30.30%) Equities
4 23 (23.23%) Algorithms
4 23 (23.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (8.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (8.08%) Cloud Native
6 7 (7.07%) Data Structures
7 6 (6.06%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (5.05%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (5.05%) Eurex
8 5 (5.05%) Onboarding
9 4 (4.04%) e-Learning
10 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
11 2 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (1.01%) Blockchain
12 1 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
12 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (52.53%) Linux
2 14 (14.14%) Windows
3 12 (12.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (8.08%) Unix
5 2 (2.02%) Solaris
5 2 (2.02%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (70.71%) Low Latency
2 42 (42.42%) Electronic Trading
3 30 (30.30%) Computer Science
3 30 (30.30%) Containerisation
4 29 (29.29%) Agile
5 27 (27.27%) Analytics
6 25 (25.25%) Performance Tuning
7 23 (23.23%) Mathematics
8 22 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
9 20 (20.20%) Dashboard Development
9 20 (20.20%) Data Visualisation
9 20 (20.20%) Visualisation
10 19 (19.19%) Concurrent Programming
11 17 (17.17%) Algorithmic Trading
11 17 (17.17%) SDLC
11 17 (17.17%) Software Engineering
12 15 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (14.14%) Process Improvement
14 13 (13.13%) Unit Testing
14 13 (13.13%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 34 (34.34%) Python
2 31 (31.31%) C++
3 28 (28.28%) Java
4 25 (25.25%) SQL
5 23 (23.23%) JavaScript
6 9 (9.09%) C#
7 4 (4.04%) C
8 3 (3.03%) Bash
8 3 (3.03%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.02%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.01%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (20.20%) Degree
2 17 (17.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.04%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.03%) ISEB
4 3 (3.03%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.01%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.01%) MCDST
5 1 (1.01%) MCITP
5 1 (1.01%) MCSA
5 1 (1.01%) MCSE
5 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.16%) QA
2 2 (2.02%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.02%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (4.04%) Docker
2 2 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.03%) Grafana
3 1 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (1.01%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.14%) Red Hat
2 6 (6.06%) Bloomberg
3 5 (5.05%) CQG
3 5 (5.05%) ION Trading
3 5 (5.05%) Patsystems
3 5 (5.05%) Reuters
3 5 (5.05%) Solace
3 5 (5.05%) Trayport
4 4 (4.04%) Atlassian
4 4 (4.04%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.04%) Oracle
4 4 (4.04%) Sparx
5 2 (2.02%) Adobe
5 2 (2.02%) Cisco
5 2 (2.02%) Splunk
6 1 (1.01%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.01%) Charles River
6 1 (1.01%) Google
6 1 (1.01%) IBM
6 1 (1.01%) VMware