FIX Protocol Job Trends in London

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring FIX Protocol skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 351 335
Rank change year-on-year +78 -16 +91
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 98 84 116
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.69% 0.54% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.69% 2.02% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 79 46 94
10th Percentile £71,750 £56,250 £62,000
25th Percentile £93,750 £74,063 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £126,875 £116,875 £97,500
90th Percentile £140,200 £143,750 £137,375
England median annual salary £112,500 £91,250 £85,000
% change year-on-year +23.29% +7.35% -5.56%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,658 4,149 4,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.79% 26.70% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 2,562 4,301
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £125,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% -3.70%

FIX Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FIX Protocol relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

FIX Protocol job vacancy trend in London

FIX Protocol
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIX Protocol.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIX Protocol

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FIX Protocol in London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FIX Protocol in London

FIX Protocol
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Central London +42 19 £110,000 +6.02% 12
FIX Protocol
England

FIX Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (6.12%) Confluence
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.02%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.04%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.02%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.27%) AWS
2 8 (8.16%) Azure
3 7 (7.14%) GitHub
4 3 (3.06%) GCP
5 2 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.04%) Figma
5 2 (2.04%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.02%) Datadog
6 1 (1.02%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.02%) n8n
6 1 (1.02%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.02%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 37 (37.76%) Multicast
2 6 (6.12%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (6.12%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.04%) Firewall
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.02%) DHCP
4 1 (1.02%) DNS
4 1 (1.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.12%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.04%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.04%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.02%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.02%) KDB
4 1 (1.02%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 19 (19.39%) JIRA
2 8 (8.16%) Git
3 3 (3.06%) Selenium
4 2 (2.04%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (2.04%) VisualVM
4 2 (2.04%) YourKit
5 1 (1.02%) Gradle
General
1 56 (57.14%) Finance
2 54 (55.10%) Front Office
3 28 (28.57%) Banking
4 13 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (11.22%) Social Skills
6 6 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.10%) Back Office
7 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.08%) Investment Banking
8 4 (4.08%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.04%) Games
9 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (46.94%) Developer
2 23 (23.47%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 21 (21.43%) React Developer
4 19 (19.39%) Analyst
5 18 (18.37%) Senior
5 18 (18.37%) Software Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) Python Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) Python Software Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (13.27%) C++ Developer
8 8 (8.16%) Support Analyst
9 6 (6.12%) Business Analyst
10 5 (5.10%) Banking Analyst
10 5 (5.10%) Financial Analyst
11 4 (4.08%) Applications Support Analyst
11 4 (4.08%) Business Manager
11 4 (4.08%) Product Analyst
11 4 (4.08%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (25.51%) React
2 21 (21.43%) Highcharts JS
2 21 (21.43%) OpenFin
2 21 (21.43%) WebSockets
3 16 (16.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 14 (14.29%) pytest
5 9 (9.18%) Kafka
6 8 (8.16%) .NET
7 6 (6.12%) Java Concurrency
8 4 (4.08%) Sass
8 4 (4.08%) ZeroMQ
9 3 (3.06%) CSS
9 3 (3.06%) HTML
9 3 (3.06%) Playwright
9 3 (3.06%) REST
10 2 (2.04%) Akka
10 2 (2.04%) Blazor
10 2 (2.04%) GraphQL
10 2 (2.04%) Next.js
10 2 (2.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 45 (45.92%) Fixed Income
2 39 (39.80%) Derivative
3 34 (34.69%) Equities
4 27 (27.55%) Algorithms
5 21 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (7.14%) Distributed Architecture
6 7 (7.14%) Onboarding
7 6 (6.12%) Cloud Native
7 6 (6.12%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (6.12%) Eurex
8 5 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (3.06%) Data Structures
11 2 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (2.04%) Product Ownership
11 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (2.04%) TWAP
11 2 (2.04%) VWAP
12 1 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (1.02%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 60 (61.22%) Linux
2 15 (15.31%) Windows
3 12 (12.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (8.16%) Unix
5 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.04%) Solaris
6 2 (2.04%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (73.47%) Low Latency
2 39 (39.80%) Electronic Trading
3 29 (29.59%) Containerisation
4 27 (27.55%) Agile
4 27 (27.55%) Computer Science
5 25 (25.51%) Analytics
5 25 (25.51%) Performance Tuning
6 24 (24.49%) Performance Optimisation
7 21 (21.43%) Dashboard Development
7 21 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
7 21 (21.43%) Mathematics
7 21 (21.43%) Visualisation
8 20 (20.41%) SDLC
9 19 (19.39%) Software Engineering
10 17 (17.35%) Algorithmic Trading
11 16 (16.33%) Process Improvement
11 16 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (15.31%) Concurrent Programming
12 15 (15.31%) Workflow
13 14 (14.29%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 35 (35.71%) C++
2 33 (33.67%) Python
3 24 (24.49%) JavaScript
4 22 (22.45%) Java
5 20 (20.41%) SQL
6 9 (9.18%) C#
7 4 (4.08%) Bash
7 4 (4.08%) C
8 3 (3.06%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.02%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (15.31%) Degree
2 11 (11.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.06%) ISEB
4 3 (3.06%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.02%) MCDST
5 1 (1.02%) MCITP
5 1 (1.02%) MCP
5 1 (1.02%) MCSA
5 1 (1.02%) MCSE
5 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.37%) QA
2 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.04%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Docker
2 2 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.08%) Grafana
3 1 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 8 (8.16%) Bloomberg
3 6 (6.12%) Atlassian
3 6 (6.12%) CQG
3 6 (6.12%) ION Trading
3 6 (6.12%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.12%) Oracle
3 6 (6.12%) Patsystems
3 6 (6.12%) Reuters
3 6 (6.12%) Trayport
4 2 (2.04%) Adobe
4 2 (2.04%) Cisco
4 2 (2.04%) Splunk
5 1 (1.02%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.02%) Charles River
5 1 (1.02%) FFastFill
5 1 (1.02%) Google
5 1 (1.02%) IBM
5 1 (1.02%) Sybase
5 1 (1.02%) VMware