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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 570 657
Rank change year-on-year +34 +87 +19
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 96 91 119
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.43% 0.94% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 70 55 92
10th Percentile £68,250 £45,750 £67,500
25th Percentile £93,750 £73,125 £74,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £126,250 £120,000 £111,250
90th Percentile £140,100 £141,500 £142,500
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 6,717 9,721 15,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.06% 22.27% 22.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5,154 5,993 12,934
10th Percentile £36,250 £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% -9.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,450 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,212 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.83% +7.66% -8.89%

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 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 21 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 +47 96 £112,500 +32.35% 26
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
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.08%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.04%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.50%) AWS
2 10 (10.42%) GitHub
3 7 (7.29%) Azure
4 3 (3.13%) GCP
5 2 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.08%) Figma
5 2 (2.08%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.04%) Datadog
6 1 (1.04%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.04%) n8n
6 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.04%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 33 (34.38%) Multicast
2 5 (5.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (5.21%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.08%) Firewall
4 1 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.04%) DHCP
4 1 (1.04%) DNS
4 1 (1.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) Metadata
2 3 (3.13%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.08%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.08%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.04%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.04%) KDB
4 1 (1.04%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 15 (15.63%) JIRA
2 11 (11.46%) Git
3 4 (4.17%) Gradle
4 3 (3.13%) ERwin
4 3 (3.13%) Selenium
5 2 (2.08%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.08%) GitLab
5 2 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.08%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (2.08%) VisualVM
5 2 (2.08%) YourKit
General
1 57 (59.38%) Finance
2 56 (58.33%) Front Office
3 25 (26.04%) Banking
4 14 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (10.42%) Social Skills
6 9 (9.38%) Financial Institution
7 6 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.17%) Back Office
8 4 (4.17%) Investment Banking
8 4 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.13%) Spanish Language
10 2 (2.08%) Advertising
10 2 (2.08%) Games
10 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (50.00%) Developer
2 21 (21.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 20 (20.83%) React Developer
4 17 (17.71%) Analyst
5 16 (16.67%) Senior
6 15 (15.63%) Software Engineer
7 12 (12.50%) C++ Developer
8 11 (11.46%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Python Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Python Software Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (8.33%) Support Analyst
10 6 (6.25%) Java Developer
11 5 (5.21%) Banking Analyst
11 5 (5.21%) Business Analyst
11 5 (5.21%) Financial Analyst
12 4 (4.17%) Applications Support
12 4 (4.17%) Applications Support Analyst
12 4 (4.17%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (28.13%) React
2 20 (20.83%) Highcharts JS
2 20 (20.83%) OpenFin
2 20 (20.83%) WebSockets
3 12 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 12 (12.50%) Kafka
4 11 (11.46%) pytest
5 7 (7.29%) .NET
5 7 (7.29%) Spring
5 7 (7.29%) Spring Boot
6 6 (6.25%) FpML
6 6 (6.25%) Java Concurrency
6 6 (6.25%) XML
7 5 (5.21%) JSON
8 4 (4.17%) Sass
8 4 (4.17%) ZeroMQ
9 3 (3.13%) CSS
9 3 (3.13%) HTML
9 3 (3.13%) REST
9 3 (3.13%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 42 (43.75%) Fixed Income
2 35 (36.46%) Derivative
3 30 (31.25%) Equities
4 22 (22.92%) Algorithms
5 21 (21.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (7.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (7.29%) Cloud Native
7 6 (6.25%) Data Structures
7 6 (6.25%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (5.21%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (5.21%) Eurex
8 5 (5.21%) Onboarding
9 3 (3.13%) e-Learning
9 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
10 2 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.04%) Blockchain
11 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (55.21%) Linux
2 14 (14.58%) Windows
3 12 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (7.29%) Unix
5 2 (2.08%) Solaris
5 2 (2.08%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (70.83%) Low Latency
2 40 (41.67%) Electronic Trading
3 30 (31.25%) Containerisation
4 29 (30.21%) Computer Science
5 26 (27.08%) Agile
5 26 (27.08%) Analytics
6 25 (26.04%) Performance Tuning
7 22 (22.92%) Performance Optimisation
8 21 (21.88%) Mathematics
9 20 (20.83%) Dashboard Development
9 20 (20.83%) Data Visualisation
9 20 (20.83%) Visualisation
10 18 (18.75%) Algorithmic Trading
10 18 (18.75%) Concurrent Programming
11 16 (16.67%) SDLC
11 16 (16.67%) Software Engineering
12 14 (14.58%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (13.54%) Process Improvement
13 13 (13.54%) Unit Testing
14 12 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (33.33%) Python
2 30 (31.25%) C++
3 27 (28.13%) Java
4 24 (25.00%) SQL
5 23 (23.96%) JavaScript
6 8 (8.33%) C#
7 4 (4.17%) C
8 3 (3.13%) Bash
8 3 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.04%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) Degree
2 16 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.13%) ISEB
4 3 (3.13%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.04%) AWS 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 15 (15.63%) QA
2 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.08%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (4.17%) Docker
2 2 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.13%) Grafana
3 1 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.58%) Red Hat
2 6 (6.25%) Bloomberg
3 5 (5.21%) CQG
3 5 (5.21%) ION Trading
3 5 (5.21%) Patsystems
3 5 (5.21%) Reuters
3 5 (5.21%) Trayport
4 4 (4.17%) Atlassian
4 4 (4.17%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.17%) Oracle
4 4 (4.17%) Solace
5 3 (3.13%) Sparx
6 2 (2.08%) Adobe
6 2 (2.08%) Cisco
6 2 (2.08%) Splunk
7 1 (1.04%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.04%) Charles River
7 1 (1.04%) Google
7 1 (1.04%) IBM
7 1 (1.04%) VMware