FIX Protocol Jobs

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring FIX Protocol skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited FIX Protocol over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 676 569 797
Rank change year-on-year -107 +228 -11
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 108 196 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.34% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.77% 1.28% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 66 164 299
10th Percentile £50,625 £62,500 £54,750
25th Percentile £71,563 £73,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £143,750 £122,500 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £110,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +83.33% -7.69% -23.53%

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 13,951 15,339 45,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.47% 26.86% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,236 11,913 25,564
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,056 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +1.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £84,399 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £106,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,509 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.72% - +15.00%

FIX Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FIX Protocol in the UK

FIX Protocol
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for FIX Protocol in the UK

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FIX Protocol over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for FIX Protocol in the UK

FIX Protocol
Top 6 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 8 November 2024. 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 -134 99 £85,000 +6.25% 27
London -78 97 £85,000 +6.25% 25
Work from Home -14 32 £102,500 +28.13% 15
UK excluding London -40 3 £110,000 +83.33% 7
East of England - 2 £110,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +24 1 £67,500 +12.50% 5

FIX Protocol
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 12 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (14.81%) Fidessa
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.93%) MetaTrader
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.52%) Azure
2 18 (16.67%) AWS
3 13 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.70%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.85%) GCP
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.81%) FIX Connectivity
2 15 (13.89%) DHCP
2 15 (13.89%) DNS
3 13 (12.04%) TCP/IP
4 12 (11.11%) Firewall
5 6 (5.56%) Multicast
6 4 (3.70%) FTP
6 4 (3.70%) Telnet
7 2 (1.85%) Network Security
7 2 (1.85%) VLAN
7 2 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.30%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.19%) MongoDB
2 11 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.63%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.78%) MySQL
5 2 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.85%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.93%) KDB
Development Applications
1 11 (10.19%) JIRA
2 7 (6.48%) Crucible
3 5 (4.63%) Git
4 2 (1.85%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.85%) NUnit
5 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.93%) GitLab
General
1 72 (66.67%) Finance
2 31 (28.70%) Social Skills
3 30 (27.78%) Banking
4 25 (23.15%) Front Office
5 18 (16.67%) Back Office
6 15 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (7.41%) Advertising
8 7 (6.48%) Spanish Language
9 3 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.85%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.85%) Legal
11 1 (0.93%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (36.11%) Developer
2 28 (25.93%) Analyst
3 24 (22.22%) Senior
4 21 (19.44%) Support Analyst
5 20 (18.52%) Applications Support
6 16 (14.81%) C# Developer
7 15 (13.89%) Banking Analyst
7 15 (13.89%) Financial Analyst
8 14 (12.96%) Senior Developer
9 13 (12.04%) Applications Support Analyst
9 13 (12.04%) Software Engineer
10 11 (10.19%) .NET Developer
11 10 (9.26%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (8.33%) C# .NET Developer
12 9 (8.33%) Senior .NET Developer
12 9 (8.33%) Senior C# Developer
13 8 (7.41%) Java Developer
14 7 (6.48%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 7 (6.48%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
14 7 (6.48%) Senior C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (23.15%) .NET
2 19 (17.59%) REST
3 15 (13.89%) React
4 14 (12.96%) Web Services
5 13 (12.04%) HTML
6 9 (8.33%) ASP.NET
6 9 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 9 (8.33%) RESTful
7 8 (7.41%) .NET Framework
7 8 (7.41%) AngularJS
7 8 (7.41%) jQuery
7 8 (7.41%) Kafka
7 8 (7.41%) KnockoutJS
7 8 (7.41%) QuickFIX
7 8 (7.41%) WCF
7 8 (7.41%) WinForms
7 8 (7.41%) XML
8 7 (6.48%) Middleware
8 7 (6.48%) NHibernate
8 7 (6.48%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (25.00%) Equities
1 27 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 23 (21.30%) Derivative
3 16 (14.81%) Eurex
4 12 (11.11%) Onboarding
5 8 (7.41%) Cloud Native
5 8 (7.41%) Hedge funds
6 6 (5.56%) Algorithms
6 6 (5.56%) Fixed Income
6 6 (5.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (4.63%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.78%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (2.78%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (2.78%) FPGA
9 3 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.85%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 61 (56.48%) Linux
2 32 (29.63%) Windows
3 28 (25.93%) Unix
4 13 (12.04%) CentOS
4 13 (12.04%) Ubuntu
5 10 (9.26%) Solaris
6 3 (2.78%) Rocky
7 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.93%) Client Onboarding
2 25 (23.15%) Agile
3 24 (22.22%) Low Latency
4 20 (18.52%) Microservices
4 20 (18.52%) Software Engineering
5 19 (17.59%) Electronic Trading
6 18 (16.67%) ITIL
7 15 (13.89%) Computer Science
7 15 (13.89%) DevOps
8 14 (12.96%) CI/CD
8 14 (12.96%) SDLC
9 13 (12.04%) Test Automation
10 12 (11.11%) OO
10 12 (11.11%) Risk Management
10 12 (11.11%) Workflow
11 11 (10.19%) Scrum
11 11 (10.19%) TDD
12 10 (9.26%) Multithreading
12 10 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (9.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 56 (51.85%) SQL
2 34 (31.48%) Python
3 28 (25.93%) PowerShell
4 27 (25.00%) Java
5 25 (23.15%) C#
6 22 (20.37%) JavaScript
7 16 (14.81%) Bash
8 10 (9.26%) Perl
8 10 (9.26%) Ruby
9 5 (4.63%) C++
10 4 (3.70%) Clojure
10 4 (3.70%) Groovy
10 4 (3.70%) Scala
10 4 (3.70%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.78%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.85%) F#
12 2 (1.85%) Rust
13 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (19.44%) Degree
2 8 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.78%) ISEB
4 3 (2.78%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.85%) Linux+ Certification
5 2 (1.85%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.85%) MCSA
5 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.26%) QA
2 7 (6.48%) MiFID
3 3 (2.78%) EMIR
System Software
1 6 (5.56%) Docker
2 3 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.93%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Grafana
2 3 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.85%) Ansible
3 2 (1.85%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.85%) Puppet
4 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (22.22%) Oracle
2 23 (21.30%) Trayport
3 22 (20.37%) Bloomberg
3 22 (20.37%) Reuters
4 16 (14.81%) CQG
4 16 (14.81%) ION Trading
4 16 (14.81%) Patsystems
5 15 (13.89%) Microsoft
6 13 (12.04%) Red Hat
7 5 (4.63%) Sophis
7 5 (4.63%) Tradeweb
8 4 (3.70%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.78%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.78%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (1.85%) Murex
10 2 (1.85%) Splunk