High-Frequency Trading Jobs in the City of London

High-Frequency Trading
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for High-Frequency Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 206 255
Rank change year-on-year +40 +49 -14
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 16 28 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.48% 0.59% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.62% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 30
10th Percentile £66,875 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £88,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 £101,250 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.05% +1.25% -
75th Percentile £145,625 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £147,500 - -
Central London median annual salary £117,500 £101,250 £100,000
% change year-on-year +16.05% +1.25% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

High-Frequency Trading 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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 4,507 6,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.32% 95.12% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 3,782 5,593
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,660
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,000 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for High-Frequency Trading in the City of London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in the City of London.

Salary trend for High-Frequency Trading in the City of London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for High-Frequency Trading in the City of London

High-Frequency Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (6.25%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Multicast
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Front Office
4 2 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Java Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Quantitative Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Lead
3 3 (18.75%) Low Latency Java Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Front Office Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Quantitative Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Blockchain Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Java Developer
5 1 (6.25%) React Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) WebSockets
2 3 (18.75%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (12.50%) React
3 2 (12.50%) WPF
4 1 (6.25%) CSS
4 1 (6.25%) CSS3
4 1 (6.25%) HTML
4 1 (6.25%) HTML5
4 1 (6.25%) Node.js
4 1 (6.25%) Redux
4 1 (6.25%) Rendezvous
4 1 (6.25%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (12.50%) Hedge funds
4 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.25%) Blockchain
4 1 (6.25%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
2 7 (43.75%) Proprietary Trading
3 5 (31.25%) Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) DeFi
4 3 (18.75%) Full Stack Development
4 3 (18.75%) FX Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
4 3 (18.75%) Observability
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (18.75%) Physics
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) TDD
5 2 (12.50%) Business Case
5 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven
5 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Java
2 6 (37.50%) Python
3 3 (18.75%) C++
4 2 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (18.75%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) IBM
1 1 (6.25%) Solace
1 1 (6.25%) TIBCO