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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 519 708
Rank change year-on-year -28 +189 -41
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 104 82 101
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.23% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.44% 1.03% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 69 56 74
10th Percentile £67,750 £47,500 £70,750
25th Percentile £93,750 £73,438 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,625 £121,875
90th Percentile £140,000 £136,250 £147,500
UK median annual salary £112,500 £85,000 £86,250
% change year-on-year +32.35% -1.45% -4.17%

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 7,205 7,952 16,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.48% 21.90% 21.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5,491 5,944 13,841
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +20 104 £112,500 +32.35% 21
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 (4.81%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.92%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.96%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.46%) AWS
2 13 (12.50%) GitHub
3 10 (9.62%) Azure
4 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.92%) Figma
4 2 (1.92%) GCP
4 2 (1.92%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.96%) Datadog
5 1 (0.96%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.96%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.96%) n8n
5 1 (0.96%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.96%) Serverless
5 1 (0.96%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 34 (32.69%) Multicast
2 5 (4.81%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (4.81%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.92%) Firewall
4 1 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.96%) DHCP
4 1 (0.96%) DNS
4 1 (0.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 9 (8.65%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.73%) Metadata
3 7 (6.73%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.92%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.96%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.96%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (17.31%) JIRA
2 14 (13.46%) Git
3 7 (6.73%) ERwin
4 6 (5.77%) Gradle
5 3 (2.88%) Selenium
6 2 (1.92%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.92%) GitLab
6 2 (1.92%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.92%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.96%) VisualVM
7 1 (0.96%) YourKit
General
1 67 (64.42%) Finance
2 58 (55.77%) Front Office
3 26 (25.00%) Banking
4 18 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (14.42%) Financial Institution
6 11 (10.58%) Social Skills
7 6 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.88%) Back Office
9 3 (2.88%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.92%) Advertising
10 2 (1.92%) Games
10 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (47.12%) Developer
2 20 (19.23%) Senior
3 17 (16.35%) Analyst
3 17 (16.35%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 17 (16.35%) React Developer
4 16 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 14 (13.46%) C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (13.46%) Python Engineer
5 14 (13.46%) Python Software Engineer
6 13 (12.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 12 (11.54%) C++ Developer
8 8 (7.69%) Java Developer
8 8 (7.69%) Support Analyst
9 7 (6.73%) Consultant
9 7 (6.73%) Data Consultant
9 7 (6.73%) Data Model Consultant
10 5 (4.81%) Applications Support
10 5 (4.81%) Banking Analyst
10 5 (4.81%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (25.00%) React
2 17 (16.35%) Highcharts JS
2 17 (16.35%) OpenFin
2 17 (16.35%) WebSockets
3 15 (14.42%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 14 (13.46%) pytest
5 12 (11.54%) Kafka
6 10 (9.62%) FpML
6 10 (9.62%) XML
7 9 (8.65%) JSON
7 9 (8.65%) Spring
7 9 (8.65%) Spring Boot
8 8 (7.69%) .NET
9 7 (6.73%) XML Schema
10 5 (4.81%) Java Concurrency
11 4 (3.85%) REST
11 4 (3.85%) Sass
11 4 (3.85%) ZeroMQ
12 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
12 3 (2.88%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 42 (40.38%) Fixed Income
2 39 (37.50%) Derivative
3 34 (32.69%) Equities
4 25 (24.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 24 (23.08%) Algorithms
6 11 (10.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (10.58%) Data Structures
7 7 (6.73%) Cloud Native
7 7 (6.73%) e-Learning
8 6 (5.77%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (4.81%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (4.81%) Eurex
9 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
10 4 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (1.92%) SIMD
13 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
13 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (51.92%) Linux
2 14 (13.46%) Windows
3 12 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (8.65%) Unix
5 2 (1.92%) Solaris
5 2 (1.92%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (69.23%) Low Latency
2 43 (41.35%) Electronic Trading
3 35 (33.65%) Computer Science
4 33 (31.73%) Agile
5 27 (25.96%) Mathematics
6 26 (25.00%) Analytics
6 26 (25.00%) Containerisation
7 24 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
8 21 (20.19%) Performance Optimisation
9 20 (19.23%) Software Engineering
10 19 (18.27%) Concurrent Programming
10 19 (18.27%) SDLC
11 18 (17.31%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (16.35%) Dashboard Development
12 17 (16.35%) Data Visualisation
12 17 (16.35%) Visualisation
13 16 (15.38%) Algorithmic Trading
13 16 (15.38%) Process Improvement
14 15 (14.42%) Workflow
15 14 (13.46%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 40 (38.46%) Python
2 33 (31.73%) C++
3 29 (27.88%) Java
4 28 (26.92%) SQL
5 20 (19.23%) JavaScript
6 9 (8.65%) C#
7 4 (3.85%) Bash
7 4 (3.85%) C
8 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.92%) Rust
10 1 (0.96%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Degree
2 20 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.81%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.88%) ISEB
4 3 (2.88%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.96%) MCDST
5 1 (0.96%) MCITP
5 1 (0.96%) MCSA
5 1 (0.96%) MCSE
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.31%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.92%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (2.88%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.88%) Grafana
2 3 (2.88%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (13.46%) Red Hat
2 7 (6.73%) Sparx
3 6 (5.77%) Bloomberg
3 6 (5.77%) Solace
4 5 (4.81%) CQG
4 5 (4.81%) ION Trading
4 5 (4.81%) Patsystems
4 5 (4.81%) Reuters
4 5 (4.81%) Trayport
5 4 (3.85%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.85%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.85%) Oracle
6 2 (1.92%) Adobe
6 2 (1.92%) Cisco
6 2 (1.92%) Splunk
7 1 (0.96%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.96%) Charles River
7 1 (0.96%) Google
7 1 (0.96%) IBM
7 1 (0.96%) VMware