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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 621 518
Rank change year-on-year +106 -103 +185
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 97 93 163
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.17% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.58% 0.78% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 79 54 134
10th Percentile £74,500 £56,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £74,063 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £127,500 £119,375 £94,375
90th Percentile £143,300 £146,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £112,500 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% +6.25% -11.11%

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 6,149 11,929 11,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.49% 21.43% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,703 7,260 9,869
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 +76 96 £112,500 +32.35% 32
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
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 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.12%) Confluence
3 1 (1.03%) IIS
3 1 (1.03%) Jupyter
Applications
1 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.03%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.03%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (1.03%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.34%) AWS
2 5 (5.15%) Azure
3 3 (3.09%) GCP
3 3 (3.09%) GitHub
4 2 (2.06%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.03%) Datadog
5 1 (1.03%) Figma
5 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.03%) n8n
5 1 (1.03%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.03%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 32 (32.99%) Multicast
2 6 (6.19%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (4.12%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.06%) Firewall
5 1 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.03%) DHCP
5 1 (1.03%) DNS
5 1 (1.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.31%) Relational Database
2 6 (6.19%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.09%) KDB
4 1 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.03%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.03%) Kdb+
4 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.03%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (14.43%) JIRA
2 5 (5.15%) Git
3 3 (3.09%) Selenium
4 2 (2.06%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.06%) VisualVM
4 2 (2.06%) YourKit
5 1 (1.03%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 55 (56.70%) Finance
2 51 (52.58%) Front Office
3 26 (26.80%) Banking
4 18 (18.56%) Social Skills
5 11 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.19%) Back Office
6 6 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.09%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.09%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Games
8 2 (2.06%) Law
8 2 (2.06%) Spanish Language
8 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (45.36%) Developer
2 22 (22.68%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 20 (20.62%) Analyst
4 19 (19.59%) React Developer
5 16 (16.49%) Senior
6 14 (14.43%) Software Engineer
7 13 (13.40%) C++ Developer
8 11 (11.34%) Support Analyst
9 10 (10.31%) C++ Software Engineer
9 10 (10.31%) Python Engineer
9 10 (10.31%) Python Software Engineer
9 10 (10.31%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 10 (10.31%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (9.28%) Applications Support
11 7 (7.22%) Applications Support Analyst
12 5 (5.15%) Banking Analyst
12 5 (5.15%) Financial Analyst
12 5 (5.15%) Lead
12 5 (5.15%) Support Engineer
13 4 (4.12%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (22.68%) React
2 19 (19.59%) Highcharts JS
2 19 (19.59%) OpenFin
2 19 (19.59%) WebSockets
3 12 (12.37%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 10 (10.31%) pytest
5 8 (8.25%) Kafka
6 6 (6.19%) .NET
7 5 (5.15%) Java Concurrency
8 3 (3.09%) CSS
8 3 (3.09%) HTML
8 3 (3.09%) Middleware
8 3 (3.09%) NHibernate
8 3 (3.09%) Playwright
8 3 (3.09%) REST
9 2 (2.06%) Akka
9 2 (2.06%) GraphQL
9 2 (2.06%) Sass
9 2 (2.06%) Web Services
9 2 (2.06%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 39 (40.21%) Fixed Income
2 34 (35.05%) Derivative
3 28 (28.87%) Equities
4 20 (20.62%) Algorithms
4 20 (20.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (7.22%) Onboarding
6 5 (5.15%) Cloud Native
6 5 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (4.12%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (4.12%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (4.12%) Eurex
8 3 (3.09%) Data Structures
8 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.06%) TWAP
9 2 (2.06%) VWAP
10 1 (1.03%) Blockchain
10 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 58 (59.79%) Linux
2 13 (13.40%) Unix
2 13 (13.40%) Windows
3 11 (11.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.06%) Solaris
5 2 (2.06%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (67.01%) Low Latency
2 36 (37.11%) Electronic Trading
3 26 (26.80%) Containerisation
4 23 (23.71%) Analytics
5 22 (22.68%) Performance Optimisation
5 22 (22.68%) Performance Tuning
6 21 (21.65%) Agile
6 21 (21.65%) Computer Science
7 19 (19.59%) Dashboard Development
7 19 (19.59%) Data Visualisation
7 19 (19.59%) Visualisation
8 18 (18.56%) Algorithmic Trading
9 17 (17.53%) Software Engineering
10 16 (16.49%) Mathematics
10 16 (16.49%) SDLC
11 14 (14.43%) Concurrent Programming
12 12 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (12.37%) Process Improvement
12 12 (12.37%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (12.37%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (32.99%) Python
2 29 (29.90%) C++
3 23 (23.71%) Java
3 23 (23.71%) SQL
4 22 (22.68%) JavaScript
5 9 (9.28%) Bash
6 8 (8.25%) C#
7 3 (3.09%) C
7 3 (3.09%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.06%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.03%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (17.53%) Degree
2 8 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.09%) ISEB
3 3 (3.09%) ISTQB
3 3 (3.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.03%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.03%) MCDST
5 1 (1.03%) MCITP
5 1 (1.03%) MCP
5 1 (1.03%) MCSA
5 1 (1.03%) MCSE
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.43%) QA
2 2 (2.06%) MiFID
3 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Docker
2 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.25%) Grafana
2 4 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.03%) Ansible
3 1 (1.03%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (1.03%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.03%) Terraform
3 1 (1.03%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (13.40%) Red Hat
2 10 (10.31%) Atlassian
2 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.28%) Bloomberg
4 6 (6.19%) ION Trading
5 4 (4.12%) CQG
5 4 (4.12%) Oracle
5 4 (4.12%) Patsystems
5 4 (4.12%) Reuters
5 4 (4.12%) Trayport
6 2 (2.06%) Cisco
6 2 (2.06%) FFastFill
6 2 (2.06%) Refinitiv
6 2 (2.06%) Solace
6 2 (2.06%) Splunk
7 1 (1.03%) Adobe
7 1 (1.03%) Charles River
7 1 (1.03%) Google
7 1 (1.03%) Murex
7 1 (1.03%) VMware