Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FIX Protocol skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FIX Protocol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 779 689 883
Rank change year-on-year -90 +194 -219
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 117 289 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.28% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% 0.91% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 79 250 307
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £67,500
25th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £109,375
90th Percentile £147,500 £124,375 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

FIX Protocol is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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
London -24 101 £85,000 -5.56% 47
England -60 101 £85,000 -5.56% 48
Work from Home +18 39 £76,250 +1.67% 13
UK excluding London - 9 £58,750 - 4
Scotland - 7 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £58,750 - 1

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 23 (19.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (13.68%) Fidessa
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.40%) AWS
2 6 (5.13%) Azure
3 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.71%) Azure Functions
4 2 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (1.71%) GCP
4 2 (1.71%) Serverless
4 2 (1.71%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.66%) TCP/IP
2 17 (14.53%) FIX Connectivity
3 16 (13.68%) DHCP
3 16 (13.68%) DNS
3 16 (13.68%) Firewall
4 3 (2.56%) FTP
4 3 (2.56%) Multicast
5 1 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (23.93%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.84%) Oracle Database
3 7 (5.98%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (5.98%) Redis
4 3 (2.56%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.85%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.85%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (11.97%) JIRA
2 9 (7.69%) Git
3 7 (5.98%) Moq
4 2 (1.71%) Cypress.io
General
1 72 (61.54%) Finance
2 59 (50.43%) Banking
3 39 (33.33%) Front Office
4 20 (17.09%) Social Skills
5 14 (11.97%) Investment Banking
6 12 (10.26%) Back Office
7 8 (6.84%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.98%) Law
8 7 (5.98%) Private Banking
9 5 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (29.91%) Developer
2 34 (29.06%) Analyst
3 32 (27.35%) Applications Support
4 28 (23.93%) Support Analyst
5 22 (18.80%) Java Developer
6 20 (17.09%) Applications Support Analyst
7 16 (13.68%) Senior
8 15 (12.82%) Quantitative Developer
9 11 (9.40%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 11 (9.40%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
9 11 (9.40%) Financial Analyst
9 11 (9.40%) Java Quantitative Developer
9 11 (9.40%) Senior Developer
10 10 (8.55%) Banking Analyst
10 10 (8.55%) Technical Analyst
11 9 (7.69%) Software Engineer
12 8 (6.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 8 (6.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
12 8 (6.84%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (6.84%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.82%) CSS
2 14 (11.97%) .NET
2 14 (11.97%) AngularJS
3 12 (10.26%) HTML
4 9 (7.69%) ASP.NET
4 9 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
4 9 (7.69%) CSS3
4 9 (7.69%) HTML5
4 9 (7.69%) React
5 7 (5.98%) .NET Framework
5 7 (5.98%) Ajax
5 7 (5.98%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 7 (5.98%) Entity Framework
5 7 (5.98%) jQuery
5 7 (5.98%) LINQ
5 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
6 5 (4.27%) REST
6 5 (4.27%) WebSockets
7 4 (3.42%) Kafka
7 4 (3.42%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 20 (17.09%) Fixed Income
2 20 (17.09%) Onboarding
3 16 (13.68%) Equities
3 16 (13.68%) Eurex
4 14 (11.97%) Hedge funds
5 9 (7.69%) Cloud Native
6 8 (6.84%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.98%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (5.13%) Derivative
9 4 (3.42%) Data Structures
9 4 (3.42%) Management Information System
9 4 (3.42%) Product Ownership
10 3 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.71%) FPGA
11 2 (1.71%) OTC Derivatives
12 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
12 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 52 (44.44%) Linux
2 26 (22.22%) Unix
3 25 (21.37%) Windows
4 16 (13.68%) CentOS
5 11 (9.40%) Solaris
5 11 (9.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.35%) Client Onboarding
1 32 (27.35%) ITIL
2 31 (26.50%) Electronic Trading
3 22 (18.80%) Agile
3 22 (18.80%) Algorithmic Trading
4 21 (17.95%) Incident Management
5 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.53%) Fintech
7 15 (12.82%) Software Engineering
8 14 (11.97%) Asset Management
8 14 (11.97%) High-Frequency Trading
8 14 (11.97%) Workflow
9 13 (11.11%) Low Latency
9 13 (11.11%) Market Making
10 11 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (8.55%) Computer Science
12 9 (7.69%) Investment Management
12 9 (7.69%) MVC
12 9 (7.69%) Process Improvement
12 9 (7.69%) UML
Programming Languages
1 52 (44.44%) SQL
2 50 (42.74%) Java
3 40 (34.19%) Python
4 26 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 24 (20.51%) PowerShell
6 17 (14.53%) Bash
7 16 (13.68%) Perl
7 16 (13.68%) Ruby
8 12 (10.26%) C#
9 11 (9.40%) C++
10 7 (5.98%) T-SQL
11 5 (4.27%) Kotlin
11 5 (4.27%) TypeScript
12 3 (2.56%) Clojure
12 3 (2.56%) Go
12 3 (2.56%) Groovy
12 3 (2.56%) Scala
13 2 (1.71%) Rust
13 2 (1.71%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 18 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) SLA
2 3 (2.56%) MiFID
2 3 (2.56%) QA
3 2 (1.71%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 11 (9.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.56%) ITRS Geneos
1 3 (2.56%) Kibana
2 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Grafana
3 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (21.37%) Oracle
2 24 (20.51%) ION Trading
3 22 (18.80%) Bloomberg
4 19 (16.24%) Reuters
5 16 (13.68%) CQG
5 16 (13.68%) Patsystems
5 16 (13.68%) Red Hat
5 16 (13.68%) Trayport
6 12 (10.26%) Microsoft
7 8 (6.84%) Algorithmics
7 8 (6.84%) IBM
8 6 (5.13%) Murex
9 4 (3.42%) Solace
10 3 (2.56%) MarketAxess
10 3 (2.56%) PagerDuty
10 3 (2.56%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (2.56%) Tradeweb
11 2 (1.71%) Sybase
12 1 (0.85%) SAP
12 1 (0.85%) Sun