FIX Connectivity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FIX Connectivity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FIX Connectivity over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 713 1052 1070
Rank change year-on-year +339 +18 -333
Permanent jobs citing FIX Connectivity 28 24 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.019% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 19
10th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +15.15% +26.92%
75th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £94,375
90th Percentile - £132,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

FIX Connectivity is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,066 15,350 16,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 12.38% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 10,317 11,453
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -

FIX Connectivity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FIX Connectivity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FIX Connectivity.

Salary trend for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FIX Connectivity over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FIX Connectivity within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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 +340 27 £85,000 -10.53% 2
London +274 27 £85,000 -10.53% 2
Work from Home +246 2 £72,500 -23.68%

FIX Connectivity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) IIS
Business Applications
1 14 (50.00%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) AWS
2 9 (32.14%) SaaS
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) DHCP
1 14 (50.00%) DNS
1 14 (50.00%) Firewall
1 14 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (3.57%) VLAN
2 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (96.43%) Finance
2 17 (60.71%) Banking
3 9 (32.14%) Front Office
4 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Analyst
2 14 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 14 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 14 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 12 (42.86%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 12 (42.86%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
3 12 (42.86%) Applications Support
3 12 (42.86%) Applications Support Analyst
3 12 (42.86%) Banking Analyst
3 12 (42.86%) Financial Analyst
4 10 (35.71%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Account Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Account Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Electronic Trading Support
6 1 (3.57%) FIX Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (96.43%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Eurex
2 9 (32.14%) Fixed Income
3 5 (17.86%) Onboarding
4 4 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.57%) Derivative
5 1 (3.57%) Equities
5 1 (3.57%) Hedge funds
5 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
2 15 (53.57%) Unix
3 14 (50.00%) Solaris
3 14 (50.00%) Ubuntu
3 14 (50.00%) Windows
4 12 (42.86%) CentOS
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Client Onboarding
2 13 (46.43%) ITIL
3 2 (7.14%) Low Latency
4 1 (3.57%) API Integration
4 1 (3.57%) Customer Experience
4 1 (3.57%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.57%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.57%) Proprietary Trading
Programming Languages
1 14 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 14 (50.00%) Python
1 14 (50.00%) SQL
2 12 (42.86%) Bash
2 12 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 12 (42.86%) Perl
2 12 (42.86%) Ruby
3 2 (7.14%) C#
3 2 (7.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) CCNA
1 1 (3.57%) CCNP
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.57%) MCDST
1 1 (3.57%) MCITP
1 1 (3.57%) MCP
1 1 (3.57%) MCSA
1 1 (3.57%) MCSE
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) QA
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Bloomberg
1 14 (50.00%) CQG
1 14 (50.00%) ION Trading
1 14 (50.00%) Patsystems
1 14 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 14 (50.00%) Reuters
1 14 (50.00%) Trayport
2 13 (46.43%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) Google