FIX Protocol Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for FIX Protocol skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FIX Protocol over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 383 555
Rank change year-on-year +77 +172 -118
Contract jobs citing FIX Protocol 39 71 57
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.07% 1.14% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 61 43
10th Percentile £668 - £540
25th Percentile £725 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £650 £750
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £1,250 £850 £788
90th Percentile - £863 £825
UK median daily rate £751 £650 £681
% change year-on-year +15.46% -4.59% +13.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,634 6,207 13,052
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.62% 25.19% 29.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,549 4,632 9,632
10th Percentile £342 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £649
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 75 122
10th Percentile £24.23 £22.35 £21.10
25th Percentile - £41.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £60.00 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +20.30% +10.83%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.15 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

FIX Protocol
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing FIX Protocol as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FIX Protocol trend for jobs with a WFH option

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FIX Protocol.

FIX Protocol daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FIX Protocol
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing FIX Protocol over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

FIX Protocol daily rate 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 5 (12.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (10.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Fidessa
1 1 (2.56%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.56%) KDB
4 1 (2.56%) MySQL
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) JIRA
1 4 (10.26%) TeamCity
2 2 (5.13%) Git
General
1 20 (51.28%) Finance
2 17 (43.59%) Banking
3 15 (38.46%) Investment Banking
4 7 (17.95%) Front Office
4 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
5 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Developer
2 13 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 12 (30.77%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 12 (30.77%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
3 12 (30.77%) Java Quantitative Developer
3 12 (30.77%) Quantitative Developer
4 8 (20.51%) Analyst
5 6 (15.38%) Business Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Applications Support
6 4 (10.26%) Credit Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Front Office Business Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) AWS Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Senior
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) XML
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (2.56%) .NET
3 1 (2.56%) CSS
3 1 (2.56%) HTML
3 1 (2.56%) HTML5
3 1 (2.56%) RESTful
3 1 (2.56%) Spring
3 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (48.72%) Fixed Income
2 10 (25.64%) Derivative
3 6 (15.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (5.13%) Algorithms
5 2 (5.13%) Clustering
5 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (5.13%) Equities
5 2 (5.13%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.56%) Hedge funds
6 1 (2.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Unix
2 3 (7.69%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) CentOS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) Electronic Trading
2 22 (56.41%) Algorithmic Trading
3 11 (28.21%) Low Latency
4 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
5 4 (10.26%) Agile
5 4 (10.26%) B2C
5 4 (10.26%) Business Analysis
5 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
5 4 (10.26%) Project Management
5 4 (10.26%) UML
5 4 (10.26%) Wealth Management
6 3 (7.69%) Scrum
7 2 (5.13%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.13%) Incident Management
7 2 (5.13%) OO
7 2 (5.13%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.13%) Software Testing
7 2 (5.13%) TDD
7 2 (5.13%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) Java
2 9 (23.08%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) Python
4 4 (10.26%) C#
4 4 (10.26%) Perl
5 3 (7.69%) Bash
5 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.13%) C++
7 1 (2.56%) PHP
7 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) CCNA
1 10 (25.64%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) QA
2 2 (5.13%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Ansible
1 2 (5.13%) ITRS Geneos
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Cisco
2 6 (15.38%) ION Trading
3 5 (12.82%) Bloomberg
3 5 (12.82%) MarketAxess
3 5 (12.82%) Tradeweb
4 3 (7.69%) Sybase
5 2 (5.13%) Solace
5 2 (5.13%) Splunk
5 2 (5.13%) TIBCO
6 1 (2.56%) Charles River
6 1 (2.56%) FactSet
6 1 (2.56%) Informatica
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.56%) Oracle
6 1 (2.56%) Red Hat