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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 543 702
Rank change year-on-year -92 +159 -153
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 101 112 80
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.26% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.05% 1.45% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 71 64 59
10th Percentile £70,000 £64,875 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £98,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +23.44% -
75th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £131,750 £142,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -

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 9,575 7,743 13,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.35% 17.76% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7,220 5,195 10,373
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -60 101 £100,000 +1.27% 76
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 (7.92%) Confluence
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.99%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (13.86%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (18.81%) AWS
2 17 (16.83%) Azure
3 8 (7.92%) GitHub
4 7 (6.93%) WeChat
5 4 (3.96%) GCP
6 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.99%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (22.77%) Multicast
2 9 (8.91%) Firewall
2 9 (8.91%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.98%) DHCP
4 2 (1.98%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (16.83%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.92%) Relational Database
3 7 (6.93%) KDB
3 7 (6.93%) Metadata
3 7 (6.93%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.99%) MySQL
4 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.99%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (28.71%) JIRA
2 11 (10.89%) Git
3 7 (6.93%) ERwin
4 5 (4.95%) Gradle
5 2 (1.98%) GitLab
5 2 (1.98%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.99%) JUnit
6 1 (0.99%) Maven
6 1 (0.99%) Mockito
General
1 81 (80.20%) Finance
2 41 (40.59%) Front Office
3 31 (30.69%) Banking
4 28 (27.72%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (16.83%) Social Skills
6 13 (12.87%) Financial Institution
7 11 (10.89%) Investment Banking
8 8 (7.92%) Back Office
9 7 (6.93%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (6.93%) Spanish Language
10 6 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (4.95%) Law
12 2 (1.98%) Advertising
13 1 (0.99%) iGaming
13 1 (0.99%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 28 (27.72%) Developer
2 23 (22.77%) Senior
3 21 (20.79%) Analyst
4 17 (16.83%) Software Engineer
5 15 (14.85%) Java Developer
6 14 (13.86%) C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (13.86%) Python Engineer
6 14 (13.86%) Python Software Engineer
6 14 (13.86%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (12.87%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 12 (11.88%) Support Analyst
9 10 (9.90%) Applications Support
10 9 (8.91%) Business Analyst
10 9 (8.91%) Business Support Analyst
11 8 (7.92%) Senior Developer
12 7 (6.93%) Business Manager
12 7 (6.93%) Data Model Consultant
12 7 (6.93%) Head of IT
12 7 (6.93%) Product Analyst
12 7 (6.93%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.86%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 14 (13.86%) pytest
2 11 (10.89%) FpML
2 11 (10.89%) Spring
2 11 (10.89%) Spring Boot
3 10 (9.90%) XML
4 9 (8.91%) JSON
4 9 (8.91%) Kafka
5 7 (6.93%) React
5 7 (6.93%) XML Schema
6 6 (5.94%) .NET
7 5 (4.95%) REST
8 3 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (2.97%) Spring Integration
9 2 (1.98%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.98%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.98%) eBPF
9 2 (1.98%) RESTful
9 2 (1.98%) SignalR
9 2 (1.98%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 40 (39.60%) Fixed Income
2 37 (36.63%) Equities
3 24 (23.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 22 (21.78%) Derivative
5 17 (16.83%) Algorithms
6 9 (8.91%) Data Structures
6 9 (8.91%) Eurex
6 9 (8.91%) Onboarding
7 8 (7.92%) Distributed Architecture
7 8 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (6.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (6.93%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (6.93%) e-Learning
8 7 (6.93%) Management Information System
8 7 (6.93%) Virtual Team
9 5 (4.95%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.97%) Equity Derivative
11 2 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.98%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 53 (52.48%) Linux
2 12 (11.88%) Unix
3 9 (8.91%) Windows
4 2 (1.98%) CentOS
4 2 (1.98%) Rocky
5 1 (0.99%) Solaris
5 1 (0.99%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (44.55%) Low Latency
2 41 (40.59%) Agile
3 40 (39.60%) Computer Science
4 33 (32.67%) Electronic Trading
5 28 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (26.73%) Mathematics
7 25 (24.75%) SDLC
7 25 (24.75%) Software Engineering
8 24 (23.76%) Business Analysis
9 23 (22.77%) Project Delivery
10 20 (19.80%) Ultra-Low Latency
11 19 (18.81%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (15.84%) Mentoring
13 15 (14.85%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (14.85%) Workflow
14 14 (13.86%) OOP
14 14 (13.86%) Process Improvement
15 13 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (12.87%) Decision-Making
15 13 (12.87%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 44 (43.56%) Python
2 27 (26.73%) C++
3 25 (24.75%) Java
3 25 (24.75%) SQL
4 5 (4.95%) C#
4 5 (4.95%) Perl
4 5 (4.95%) Shell Script
4 5 (4.95%) Tcl
5 3 (2.97%) Bash
6 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.98%) Ruby
6 2 (1.98%) Rust
7 1 (0.99%) C
7 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (26.73%) Degree
2 19 (18.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.91%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.99%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.85%) QA
2 1 (0.99%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 5 (4.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (14.85%) Oracle
2 9 (8.91%) Bloomberg
2 9 (8.91%) CQG
2 9 (8.91%) FIS
2 9 (8.91%) ION Trading
2 9 (8.91%) Patsystems
2 9 (8.91%) Reuters
2 9 (8.91%) SunGard
2 9 (8.91%) Trayport
3 8 (7.92%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.93%) Sparx
5 5 (4.95%) Atlassian
5 5 (4.95%) IBM
5 5 (4.95%) Solace
5 5 (4.95%) Sybase
5 5 (4.95%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.98%) Progress
6 2 (1.98%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.99%) Databricks
7 1 (0.99%) Google