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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 549 711
Rank change year-on-year -57 +162 -69
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 84 83 103
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.02% 1.06% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54 57 72
10th Percentile £68,750 £48,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £58,438
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% -2.86%

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 8,202 7,827 17,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.98% 19.93% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,203 5,497 14,124
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,561 £51,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £66,253 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +10.42% -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 21 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 21 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 -24 84 £102,500 +7.89% 18
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 7 (8.33%) Confluence
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.19%) IIS
3 1 (1.19%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.19%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.48%) AWS
1 13 (15.48%) GitHub
2 12 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.19%) Figma
4 1 (1.19%) GCP
4 1 (1.19%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.19%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.19%) Serverless
4 1 (1.19%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 27 (32.14%) Multicast
2 3 (3.57%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.38%) Firewall
4 1 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.19%) DHCP
4 1 (1.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.71%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.33%) Metadata
3 7 (8.33%) RDBMS
4 5 (5.95%) KDB
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.19%) MySQL
5 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (29.76%) JIRA
2 14 (16.67%) Git
3 7 (8.33%) ERwin
3 7 (8.33%) Gradle
4 2 (2.38%) GitLab
5 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 61 (72.62%) Finance
2 41 (48.81%) Front Office
3 20 (23.81%) Banking
4 16 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (17.86%) Financial Institution
6 7 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (7.14%) Social Skills
7 6 (7.14%) Spanish Language
8 2 (2.38%) Advertising
8 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.19%) Back Office
9 1 (1.19%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 31 (36.90%) Developer
2 23 (27.38%) Senior
3 16 (19.05%) C++ Software Engineer
3 16 (19.05%) Python Engineer
3 16 (19.05%) Python Software Engineer
3 16 (19.05%) Software Engineer
4 15 (17.86%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 15 (17.86%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (15.48%) Analyst
6 8 (9.52%) Java Developer
7 7 (8.33%) Applications Support
7 7 (8.33%) Consultant
7 7 (8.33%) Data Consultant
7 7 (8.33%) Data Model Consultant
7 7 (8.33%) Senior Developer
8 6 (7.14%) Business Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Business Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Product Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Product Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 16 (19.05%) pytest
2 14 (16.67%) React
3 10 (11.90%) FpML
3 10 (11.90%) Spring
3 10 (11.90%) Spring Boot
3 10 (11.90%) XML
4 9 (10.71%) JSON
5 8 (9.52%) Kafka
6 7 (8.33%) WebSockets
6 7 (8.33%) XML Schema
7 6 (7.14%) .NET
7 6 (7.14%) Highcharts JS
7 6 (7.14%) OpenFin
8 3 (3.57%) Spring Integration
9 2 (2.38%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.38%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.38%) Java Concurrency
9 2 (2.38%) Sass
9 2 (2.38%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (42.86%) Fixed Income
2 33 (39.29%) Equities
3 28 (33.33%) Derivative
4 23 (27.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (23.81%) Algorithms
6 9 (10.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (10.71%) Data Structures
7 8 (9.52%) Distributed Architecture
8 7 (8.33%) e-Learning
8 7 (8.33%) Eurex
9 6 (7.14%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (7.14%) Onboarding
10 5 (5.95%) Cloud Native
11 2 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
11 2 (2.38%) SIMD
12 1 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (54.76%) Linux
2 11 (13.10%) Windows
3 8 (9.52%) Unix
4 5 (5.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.19%) Solaris
5 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (63.10%) Low Latency
2 36 (42.86%) Agile
2 36 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 31 (36.90%) Electronic Trading
4 29 (34.52%) Mathematics
5 22 (26.19%) SDLC
6 21 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (22.62%) Software Engineering
8 17 (20.24%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 16 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (19.05%) OOP
9 16 (19.05%) Process Improvement
9 16 (19.05%) Workflow
10 14 (16.67%) Analytics
11 13 (15.48%) Business Analysis
11 13 (15.48%) Market Making
12 12 (14.29%) Concurrent Programming
12 12 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
12 12 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (11.90%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (47.62%) Python
2 24 (28.57%) C++
3 22 (26.19%) SQL
4 20 (23.81%) Java
5 7 (8.33%) C#
6 6 (7.14%) JavaScript
7 5 (5.95%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.38%) Bash
8 2 (2.38%) C
8 2 (2.38%) Rust
8 2 (2.38%) Tcl
9 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Degree
2 18 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.19%) MCDST
4 1 (1.19%) MCITP
4 1 (1.19%) MCSA
4 1 (1.19%) MCSE
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.24%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (2.38%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.19%) Grafana
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Oracle
2 7 (8.33%) Bloomberg
2 7 (8.33%) CQG
2 7 (8.33%) ION Trading
2 7 (8.33%) Patsystems
2 7 (8.33%) Reuters
2 7 (8.33%) Solace
2 7 (8.33%) Sparx
2 7 (8.33%) Trayport
3 6 (7.14%) Red Hat
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.57%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.57%) IBM
6 2 (2.38%) Sybase
6 2 (2.38%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.19%) Adobe
7 1 (1.19%) Cisco
7 1 (1.19%) Google
7 1 (1.19%) VMware