Proprietary Trading Jobs in the City of London

Proprietary Trading (Prop 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 Proprietary Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Proprietary Trading over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 - 280
Rank change year-on-year - - -43
Permanent jobs citing Proprietary Trading 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.18% - 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% - 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £66,250 - £44,750
25th Percentile £75,313 - £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 - £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.89%
75th Percentile £147,500 - £95,625
90th Percentile - - £104,250
Central London median annual salary £117,500 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Proprietary 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 3,115 4,475 6,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.32% 95.23% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,473 3,742 5,645
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £46,250
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 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £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%

Proprietary Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Proprietary Trading in the City of London

Proprietary Trading
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Proprietary Trading in the City of London

Proprietary Trading
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Proprietary Trading in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Proprietary Trading in the City of London

Proprietary 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Multicast
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Quantitative Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Junior
3 2 (33.33%) Junior Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Junior Quantitative Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Low Latency Java Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (50.00%) WebSockets
2 1 (16.67%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (50.00%) Observability
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) DeFi
3 2 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
4 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Programming
4 1 (16.67%) Market Making
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree