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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 552 733
Rank change year-on-year -40 +181 -75
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 90 81 103
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.12% 1.04% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 57 57 72
10th Percentile £68,750 £48,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £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 £112,188
90th Percentile £140,000 £135,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £102,500 £92,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +10.81% +8.82% -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 8,047 7,756 17,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.00% 19.84% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,107 5,650 14,146
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,884 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +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 £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 12 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 12 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 +2 90 £102,500 +7.89% 29
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 (5.56%) Confluence
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.11%) IIS
3 1 (1.11%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.22%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (10.00%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.11%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.56%) AWS
2 12 (13.33%) GitHub
3 11 (12.22%) Azure
4 3 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.22%) Figma
6 1 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.11%) Datadog
6 1 (1.11%) GCP
6 1 (1.11%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.11%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.11%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.11%) Serverless
6 1 (1.11%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 27 (30.00%) Multicast
2 4 (4.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (3.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.22%) Firewall
5 1 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.11%) DHCP
5 1 (1.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.22%) Relational Database
3 7 (7.78%) Metadata
3 7 (7.78%) RDBMS
4 5 (5.56%) KDB
5 2 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.22%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.22%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.11%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (1.11%) MySQL
6 1 (1.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (24.44%) JIRA
2 13 (14.44%) Git
3 7 (7.78%) ERwin
3 7 (7.78%) Gradle
4 2 (2.22%) GitLab
4 2 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.22%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.11%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.11%) Selenium
General
1 62 (68.89%) Finance
2 45 (50.00%) Front Office
3 21 (23.33%) Banking
4 16 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (16.67%) Financial Institution
6 9 (10.00%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.44%) Spanish Language
9 3 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.22%) Advertising
10 2 (2.22%) Back Office
10 2 (2.22%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.11%) Games
11 1 (1.11%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (38.89%) Developer
2 23 (25.56%) Senior
3 15 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 15 (16.67%) Python Engineer
3 15 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
3 15 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 14 (15.56%) Analyst
4 14 (15.56%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 14 (15.56%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (8.89%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 8 (8.89%) Java Developer
5 8 (8.89%) React Developer
6 7 (7.78%) C++ Developer
6 7 (7.78%) Consultant
6 7 (7.78%) Data Consultant
6 7 (7.78%) Data Model Consultant
6 7 (7.78%) Senior Developer
6 7 (7.78%) Support Analyst
7 6 (6.67%) Applications Support
8 5 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (18.89%) React
2 15 (16.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 15 (16.67%) pytest
3 10 (11.11%) FpML
3 10 (11.11%) Spring
3 10 (11.11%) Spring Boot
3 10 (11.11%) XML
4 9 (10.00%) JSON
4 9 (10.00%) Kafka
4 9 (10.00%) WebSockets
5 8 (8.89%) .NET
5 8 (8.89%) Highcharts JS
5 8 (8.89%) OpenFin
6 7 (7.78%) XML Schema
7 3 (3.33%) REST
7 3 (3.33%) Spring Integration
8 2 (2.22%) Blazor
8 2 (2.22%) GraphQL
8 2 (2.22%) Next.js
8 2 (2.22%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (41.11%) Fixed Income
2 34 (37.78%) Equities
3 29 (32.22%) Derivative
4 24 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (22.22%) Algorithms
6 9 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (10.00%) Data Structures
7 7 (7.78%) e-Learning
8 6 (6.67%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (5.56%) Cloud Native
9 5 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (5.56%) Eurex
9 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
10 3 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
11 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (2.22%) SIMD
12 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (52.22%) Linux
2 10 (11.11%) Windows
3 8 (8.89%) Unix
4 6 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.11%) Solaris
5 1 (1.11%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (62.22%) Low Latency
2 35 (38.89%) Agile
2 35 (38.89%) Computer Science
3 33 (36.67%) Electronic Trading
4 28 (31.11%) Mathematics
5 20 (22.22%) SDLC
5 20 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (21.11%) Software Engineering
7 17 (18.89%) Analytics
8 16 (17.78%) Performance Tuning
8 16 (17.78%) Process Improvement
8 16 (17.78%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 15 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
9 15 (16.67%) OOP
9 15 (16.67%) Workflow
10 14 (15.56%) Containerisation
11 13 (14.44%) Concurrent Programming
11 13 (14.44%) Market Making
11 13 (14.44%) Performance Optimisation
11 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 43 (47.78%) Python
2 25 (27.78%) C++
3 24 (26.67%) Java
3 24 (26.67%) SQL
4 9 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 8 (8.89%) C#
6 5 (5.56%) Shell Script
7 3 (3.33%) Bash
8 2 (2.22%) C
8 2 (2.22%) Rust
8 2 (2.22%) Tcl
9 1 (1.11%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (25.56%) Degree
2 18 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.11%) ISEB
4 1 (1.11%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.11%) MCDST
4 1 (1.11%) MCITP
4 1 (1.11%) MCSA
4 1 (1.11%) MCSE
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.89%) QA
2 2 (2.22%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.22%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (3.33%) Docker
2 1 (1.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Grafana
1 3 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.33%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.11%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (11.11%) Oracle
2 7 (7.78%) Red Hat
2 7 (7.78%) Solace
2 7 (7.78%) Sparx
3 6 (6.67%) Bloomberg
4 5 (5.56%) CQG
4 5 (5.56%) ION Trading
4 5 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.56%) Patsystems
4 5 (5.56%) Reuters
4 5 (5.56%) Trayport
5 4 (4.44%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.33%) IBM
7 2 (2.22%) Adobe
7 2 (2.22%) Splunk
7 2 (2.22%) Sybase
7 2 (2.22%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.11%) AppDynamics
8 1 (1.11%) Charles River
8 1 (1.11%) Cisco