FIX Protocol Job Trends

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring FIX Protocol skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 640 531
Rank change year-on-year +101 -109 +271
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 114 107 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.16% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.48% 0.78% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 73 66 163
10th Percentile £71,250 £50,625 £62,750
25th Percentile £81,250 £71,563 £73,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £126,250 £115,000 £94,375
90th Percentile £152,500 £143,750 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £110,000 -
% change year-on-year -38.64% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,718 13,716 14,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.35% 20.28% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,038 8,273 11,875
10th Percentile £36,750 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -0.76% +0.77%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.88% -0.87% -

FIX Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend

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

FIX Protocol job vacancy trend in the UK

FIX Protocol
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FIX Protocol.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FIX Protocol

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FIX Protocol over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for FIX Protocol in the UK

FIX Protocol
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Protocol within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 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
England +102 100 £112,500 +32.35% 94
London +51 96 £112,500 +32.35% 80
Work from Home +48 15 £160,000 +56.10% 36
UK excluding London +85 14 £67,500 -38.64% 51
Scotland - 8 - - 1
North West - 4 - -
North of England - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +1 2 £67,500 - 3

FIX Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.26%) Confluence
3 4 (3.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.88%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.91%) AWS
2 8 (7.02%) Azure
3 5 (4.39%) GCP
4 3 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (2.63%) Amazon MSK
4 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.75%) GitHub
5 2 (1.75%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.88%) n8n
6 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.88%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.93%) Multicast
2 5 (4.39%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (2.63%) SSL
3 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.75%) Firewall
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.88%) DHCP
5 1 (0.88%) DNS
5 1 (0.88%) FTP
5 1 (0.88%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.91%) KDB
2 12 (10.53%) Kdb+
3 11 (9.65%) Relational Database
4 8 (7.02%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.88%) Power BI
6 1 (0.88%) Redis
6 1 (0.88%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 16 (14.04%) JIRA
2 5 (4.39%) Git
3 2 (1.75%) Babel
3 2 (1.75%) Selenium
3 2 (1.75%) VisualVM
3 2 (1.75%) webpack
3 2 (1.75%) YourKit
4 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 78 (68.42%) Finance
2 42 (36.84%) Banking
3 41 (35.96%) Front Office
4 24 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (21.05%) Social Skills
5 22 (19.30%) Law
6 9 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.26%) Back Office
8 5 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.51%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.63%) Advertising
10 3 (2.63%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.75%) Games
11 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (35.96%) Developer
2 30 (26.32%) Software Engineer
3 25 (21.93%) Senior
4 24 (21.05%) Analyst
5 21 (18.42%) Java Engineer
6 19 (16.67%) Lead
7 17 (14.91%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 16 (14.04%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (12.28%) React Developer
10 13 (11.40%) Lead Java Engineer
11 12 (10.53%) Java Software Engineer
12 10 (8.77%) C++ Developer
12 10 (8.77%) Support Analyst
13 9 (7.89%) C# Developer
13 9 (7.89%) C++ Software Engineer
13 9 (7.89%) Python Engineer
13 9 (7.89%) Python Software Engineer
13 9 (7.89%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 8 (7.02%) Lead Software Engineer
14 8 (7.02%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (27.19%) React
2 16 (14.04%) Kafka
2 16 (14.04%) WebSockets
3 14 (12.28%) Highcharts JS
3 14 (12.28%) OpenFin
4 11 (9.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 11 (9.65%) Spring
5 9 (7.89%) Middleware
5 9 (7.89%) pytest
6 8 (7.02%) .NET
7 7 (6.14%) NHibernate
8 5 (4.39%) CSS
8 5 (4.39%) Pandas
9 4 (3.51%) HTML
9 4 (3.51%) Rendezvous
10 3 (2.63%) AngularJS
10 3 (2.63%) Java Concurrency
10 3 (2.63%) Lambda Expressions
10 3 (2.63%) RESTful
10 3 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.82%) Fixed Income
2 30 (26.32%) Derivative
3 26 (22.81%) Equities
4 22 (19.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 21 (18.42%) Algorithms
6 7 (6.14%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (5.26%) Onboarding
8 5 (4.39%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (4.39%) Eurex
9 4 (3.51%) Cloud Native
9 4 (3.51%) Data Structures
9 4 (3.51%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (2.63%) Hedge funds
10 3 (2.63%) TWAP
10 3 (2.63%) VWAP
11 2 (1.75%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 55 (48.25%) Linux
2 16 (14.04%) Unix
3 14 (12.28%) Windows
4 5 (4.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.75%) Solaris
6 2 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (52.63%) Low Latency
2 43 (37.72%) Agile
3 41 (35.96%) Electronic Trading
4 38 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 36 (31.58%) SDLC
6 27 (23.68%) Computer Science
7 21 (18.42%) Analytics
7 21 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (17.54%) Containerisation
9 19 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
10 18 (15.79%) Algorithmic Trading
10 18 (15.79%) Performance Optimisation
10 18 (15.79%) Test Automation
10 18 (15.79%) Visualisation
11 17 (14.91%) Operational Stability
12 16 (14.04%) Mathematics
13 15 (13.16%) Workflow
14 14 (12.28%) Dashboard Development
14 14 (12.28%) Data Visualisation
14 14 (12.28%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 35 (30.70%) Python
2 34 (29.82%) Java
3 24 (21.05%) C++
3 24 (21.05%) SQL
4 21 (18.42%) C#
5 19 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 11 (9.65%) Bash
7 5 (4.39%) C
7 5 (4.39%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.51%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.88%) Clojure
9 1 (0.88%) Groovy
9 1 (0.88%) Scala
9 1 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (23.68%) Degree
2 8 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.75%) ISEB
3 2 (1.75%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.88%) MCDST
4 1 (0.88%) MCITP
4 1 (0.88%) MCP
4 1 (0.88%) MCSA
4 1 (0.88%) MCSE
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.40%) QA
2 2 (1.75%) MiFID
3 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Docker
2 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Grafana
2 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.28%) Bloomberg
3 12 (10.53%) Atlassian
4 7 (6.14%) ION Trading
4 7 (6.14%) Red Hat
5 6 (5.26%) Oracle
5 6 (5.26%) Reuters
6 5 (4.39%) CQG
6 5 (4.39%) Patsystems
6 5 (4.39%) Solace
6 5 (4.39%) Trayport
7 4 (3.51%) TIBCO
8 3 (2.63%) Cisco
9 2 (1.75%) FFastFill
9 2 (1.75%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.88%) FactSet
10 1 (0.88%) New Relic
10 1 (0.88%) PagerDuty
10 1 (0.88%) Splunk
10 1 (0.88%) Tradeweb