FIX Protocol Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 552 560
Rank change year-on-year +195 +8 +156
Permanent jobs citing FIX Protocol 40 40 113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.02% 0.45% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25 29 95
10th Percentile £68,500 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £83,750 £61,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +3.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £130,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £138,500 £131,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 3,931 8,983 14,504
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.29% 26.55% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,184 7,517 10,899
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,900 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,927
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,627 £79,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £114,694 £98,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%

FIX Protocol
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing FIX Protocol as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FIX Protocol trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

FIX Protocol
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing FIX Protocol.

FIX Protocol salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

FIX Protocol
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing FIX Protocol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

FIX Protocol salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

FIX Protocol
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Orchestrade
2 1 (2.50%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Multicast
2 1 (2.50%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.50%) MongoDB
3 3 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (5.00%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.50%) KDB
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (7.50%) Git
3 1 (2.50%) Crucible
General
1 19 (47.50%) Banking
2 18 (45.00%) Finance
3 9 (22.50%) Front Office
4 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (17.50%) Investment Banking
6 5 (12.50%) Back Office
7 2 (5.00%) Advertising
7 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.50%) Law
8 1 (2.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (70.00%) Developer
2 22 (55.00%) C# Developer
3 11 (27.50%) C# Developer - Commodities
4 10 (25.00%) Senior
5 7 (17.50%) Senior Developer
6 6 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (15.00%) Software Developer
6 6 (15.00%) Software Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Analyst
7 4 (10.00%) Banking Analyst
8 3 (7.50%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) C# Software Developer
8 3 (7.50%) C++ Software Developer
8 3 (7.50%) C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Front Office Developer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior C++ Developer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior Software Developer
8 3 (7.50%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (27.50%) NHibernate
2 10 (25.00%) .NET
2 10 (25.00%) Web Services
3 7 (17.50%) Middleware
4 6 (15.00%) XML
5 4 (10.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (10.00%) HTML
5 4 (10.00%) REST
6 3 (7.50%) .NET Core
6 3 (7.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (7.50%) pytest
6 3 (7.50%) React
7 2 (5.00%) CSS
7 2 (5.00%) jQuery
7 2 (5.00%) QuickFIX
7 2 (5.00%) RESTful
7 2 (5.00%) WCF
7 2 (5.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (15.00%) Derivative
3 4 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
3 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
4 3 (7.50%) Fixed Income
4 3 (7.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.50%) Equities
5 1 (2.50%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.50%) State Machine
5 1 (2.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Linux
2 7 (17.50%) Unix
3 5 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Microservices
2 14 (35.00%) Agile
3 12 (30.00%) TDD
4 6 (15.00%) Software Engineering
4 6 (15.00%) Workflow
5 5 (12.50%) Change Management
5 5 (12.50%) DevOps
5 5 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
5 5 (12.50%) Low Latency
5 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 5 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (10.00%) MVC
7 3 (7.50%) Compliance Audit
7 3 (7.50%) Computer Science
7 3 (7.50%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (7.50%) Incident Management
7 3 (7.50%) ITIL
7 3 (7.50%) Mathematics
7 3 (7.50%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 27 (67.50%) C#
2 17 (42.50%) SQL
3 13 (32.50%) Python
4 7 (17.50%) C++
5 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 4 (10.00%) Java
6 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (7.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.50%) MBA
2 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.50%) PMP
2 1 (2.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle
2 3 (7.50%) Sophis
3 2 (5.00%) Trayport
4 1 (2.50%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.50%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.50%) NYFIX
4 1 (2.50%) Solace
4 1 (2.50%) Sun