FIX Connectivity Job Trends

FIX Connectivity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring FIX Connectivity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 737 686
Rank change year-on-year +85 -51 +419
Permanent jobs citing FIX Connectivity 7 15 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.022% 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.092% 0.19% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 28
10th Percentile £37,950 - £66,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £80,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £117,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

FIX Connectivity falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,597 7,870 8,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.43% 11.64% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,245 4,007 6,491
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.10% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%

FIX Connectivity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

FIX Connectivity job vacancy trend in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FIX Connectivity

FIX Connectivity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FIX Connectivity over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for FIX Connectivity in the UK

FIX Connectivity
Top 2 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 13 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 +91 6 £78,750 -7.35% 5
London +51 6 £78,750 -7.35% 5

FIX Connectivity
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 4 (57.14%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) n8n
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 1 (14.29%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Multicast
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Spanish Language
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Specialist
3 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Electronic Trading Support
4 1 (14.29%) Product Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Onboarding
2 5 (71.43%) Eurex
3 3 (42.86%) Distributed Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (42.86%) Equities
3 3 (42.86%) Fixed Income
3 3 (42.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (14.29%) Blockchain
4 1 (14.29%) IoT
4 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) Unix
4 2 (28.57%) Solaris
4 2 (28.57%) Ubuntu
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Client Onboarding
2 4 (57.14%) Electronic Trading
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Epics
3 3 (42.86%) Low Latency
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (42.86%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (14.29%) Edge Computing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCDST
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
1 1 (14.29%) MCSA
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Bloomberg
1 5 (71.43%) CQG
1 5 (71.43%) ION Trading
1 5 (71.43%) Patsystems
1 5 (71.43%) Reuters
1 5 (71.43%) Trayport
2 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
4 1 (14.29%) Google
4 1 (14.29%) VMware