Ultra-Low Latency
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ultra-Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 893 926 1186
Rank change year-on-year +33 +260 -291
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 21 26 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.027% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.028% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £72,375 £103,000 £80,000
25th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £142,500 £132,500 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% -5.36% +14.29%
75th Percentile £146,250 £232,500 £165,000
90th Percentile £158,625 - £168,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ultra-Low Latency is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Salary trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +141 21 £142,500 +7.55% 14
England +69 21 £142,500 +7.55% 15
Work from Home +75 16 £142,500 +29.55% 5

Ultra-Low Latency
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Tick Data
General
1 4 (19.05%) Banking
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
1 4 (19.05%) Investment Banking
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Developer
2 11 (52.38%) Java Developer
3 10 (47.62%) Lead
3 10 (47.62%) Lead Developer
4 8 (38.10%) Lead Java Developer
4 8 (38.10%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 4 (19.05%) C++ Developer
6 3 (14.29%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 3 (14.29%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Junior
7 2 (9.52%) Junior Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Junior Quantitative Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Market Data Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.76%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 1 (4.76%) Linux Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Rust Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Rust Software Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (4.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (23.81%) Hedge funds
3 3 (14.29%) Equities
4 2 (9.52%) ASIC
4 2 (9.52%) FPGA
5 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Debian
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 8 (38.10%) Multithreading
3 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 6 (28.57%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (14.29%) Concurrent Programming
6 3 (14.29%) Market Making
6 3 (14.29%) Proprietary Trading
7 2 (9.52%) DeFi
7 2 (9.52%) High-Frequency Trading
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Engineering
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (4.76%) Backtesting
8 1 (4.76%) Deep Learning
8 1 (4.76%) Quantitative Finance
8 1 (4.76%) Quantitative Trading
8 1 (4.76%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) Java
2 8 (38.10%) C#
3 6 (28.57%) C++
3 6 (28.57%) Python
4 1 (4.76%) Bash
4 1 (4.76%) Go
4 1 (4.76%) Perl
4 1 (4.76%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Puppet
1 1 (4.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Red Hat