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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 540 682
Rank change year-on-year -97 +142 -140
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 105 110 77
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.09% 1.45% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 76 64 57
10th Percentile £70,000 £68,625 £53,750
25th Percentile £82,188 £80,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £102,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +28.13% -
75th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £130,000 £130,000 £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 9,619 7,587 13,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.22% 17.33% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 7,193 5,059 10,211
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,115
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 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

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 13 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 13 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 -56 105 £100,000 -2.44% 88
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 9 (8.57%) Confluence
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.95%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (16.19%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.95%) AWS
2 19 (18.10%) Azure
3 7 (6.67%) GitHub
3 7 (6.67%) WeChat
4 5 (4.76%) GCP
5 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.95%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.90%) Multicast
2 12 (11.43%) Firewall
2 12 (11.43%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (4.76%) DNS
3 5 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.81%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.62%) KDB
2 8 (7.62%) Relational Database
3 6 (5.71%) Metadata
3 6 (5.71%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.95%) MySQL
4 1 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.95%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (27.62%) JIRA
2 11 (10.48%) Git
3 6 (5.71%) ERwin
4 4 (3.81%) Gradle
5 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.90%) GitLab
6 2 (1.90%) Maven
7 1 (0.95%) JUnit
7 1 (0.95%) Mockito
General
1 85 (80.95%) Finance
2 43 (40.95%) Front Office
3 33 (31.43%) Banking
4 29 (27.62%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (17.14%) Social Skills
6 12 (11.43%) Investment Banking
7 11 (10.48%) Financial Institution
8 8 (7.62%) Back Office
8 8 (7.62%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (7.62%) Spanish Language
9 7 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (6.67%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (5.71%) Law
11 2 (1.90%) Advertising
12 1 (0.95%) iGaming
12 1 (0.95%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 29 (27.62%) Developer
2 24 (22.86%) Analyst
2 24 (22.86%) Senior
3 17 (16.19%) Software Engineer
4 14 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 14 (13.33%) Support Analyst
5 13 (12.38%) C++ Software Engineer
5 13 (12.38%) Python Engineer
5 13 (12.38%) Python Software Engineer
5 13 (12.38%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (11.43%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (9.52%) Applications Support
7 10 (9.52%) Business Analyst
8 9 (8.57%) Business Support Analyst
8 9 (8.57%) Lead
8 9 (8.57%) Senior Developer
9 8 (7.62%) Business Manager
9 8 (7.62%) Product Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) Product Business Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 13 (12.38%) pytest
2 11 (10.48%) Kafka
3 10 (9.52%) FpML
3 10 (9.52%) Spring
3 10 (9.52%) Spring Boot
4 9 (8.57%) XML
5 8 (7.62%) JSON
6 7 (6.67%) .NET
7 6 (5.71%) React
7 6 (5.71%) XML Schema
8 5 (4.76%) REST
9 4 (3.81%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (2.86%) RESTful
10 3 (2.86%) Spring Integration
11 2 (1.90%) .NET Core
11 2 (1.90%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.90%) eBPF
11 2 (1.90%) SignalR
11 2 (1.90%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 41 (39.05%) Fixed Income
2 39 (37.14%) Equities
3 25 (23.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 22 (20.95%) Derivative
5 17 (16.19%) Algorithms
6 13 (12.38%) Onboarding
7 12 (11.43%) Eurex
8 9 (8.57%) Distributed Architecture
8 9 (8.57%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (7.62%) Data Structures
9 8 (7.62%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (6.67%) Management Information System
10 7 (6.67%) Virtual Team
11 6 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (5.71%) e-Learning
12 5 (4.76%) Cloud Native
13 3 (2.86%) Distributed Applications
13 3 (2.86%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (1.90%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 56 (53.33%) Linux
2 15 (14.29%) Unix
3 11 (10.48%) Windows
4 4 (3.81%) CentOS
4 4 (3.81%) Rocky
5 3 (2.86%) Solaris
5 3 (2.86%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (42.86%) Low Latency
2 43 (40.95%) Agile
3 39 (37.14%) Computer Science
4 36 (34.29%) Electronic Trading
5 32 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (24.76%) SDLC
6 26 (24.76%) Software Engineering
7 25 (23.81%) Mathematics
8 24 (22.86%) Business Analysis
8 24 (22.86%) Project Delivery
9 20 (19.05%) Ultra-Low Latency
10 19 (18.10%) Technical Leadership
11 17 (16.19%) Mentoring
12 15 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (13.33%) Client Onboarding
13 14 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (13.33%) DevOps
13 14 (13.33%) Workflow
14 13 (12.38%) Decision-Making
14 13 (12.38%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 46 (43.81%) Python
2 28 (26.67%) SQL
3 26 (24.76%) C++
3 26 (24.76%) Java
4 7 (6.67%) Perl
5 6 (5.71%) C#
6 5 (4.76%) Bash
6 5 (4.76%) Shell Script
6 5 (4.76%) Tcl
7 4 (3.81%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.81%) Ruby
8 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.90%) Rust
10 1 (0.95%) C
10 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (25.71%) Degree
2 19 (18.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.57%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.95%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (0.95%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 6 (5.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.95%) Ansible
3 1 (0.95%) Grafana
3 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (18.10%) Oracle
2 12 (11.43%) Bloomberg
2 12 (11.43%) CQG
2 12 (11.43%) ION Trading
2 12 (11.43%) Patsystems
2 12 (11.43%) Reuters
2 12 (11.43%) Trayport
3 9 (8.57%) FIS
3 9 (8.57%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.57%) SunGard
4 6 (5.71%) Atlassian
4 6 (5.71%) Sparx
4 6 (5.71%) Sybase
5 5 (4.76%) IBM
5 5 (4.76%) Solace
5 5 (4.76%) TIBCO
6 4 (3.81%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.90%) Progress
8 1 (0.95%) Databricks
8 1 (0.95%) Google