Electronic Trading Jobs in the City of London

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
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 Electronic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 175 199
Rank change year-on-year +35 +24 -43
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Trading 44 59 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.31% 1.20% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.26% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 35 57 72
10th Percentile £80,000 £66,500 £82,500
25th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £151,875 £136,250 £127,500
90th Percentile £160,000 £161,000 £135,000
Central London median annual salary £120,000 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Electronic 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 3,105 4,689 6,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.52% 95.34% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 3,953 5,615
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,342
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% +3.57%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (2.27%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Git
1 7 (15.91%) Maven
2 2 (4.55%) Burp Suite
2 2 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 28 (63.64%) Front Office
2 20 (45.45%) Banking
3 14 (31.82%) Investment Banking
4 12 (27.27%) Finance
5 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (45.45%) Analyst
2 11 (25.00%) Developer
2 11 (25.00%) Senior
3 10 (22.73%) Business Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Java Developer
5 7 (15.91%) Support Analyst
6 6 (13.64%) Electronic Trading Support
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Java Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Software Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Java Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Java Software Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (6.82%) Security Analyst
9 3 (6.82%) Senior Security Analyst
10 2 (4.55%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
10 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
10 2 (4.55%) IT Security Manager
10 2 (4.55%) Security Manager
10 2 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.91%) Spring
1 7 (15.91%) Spring Boot
2 5 (11.36%) REST
3 4 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (2.27%) .NET
4 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) Fixed Income
2 10 (22.73%) Equities
2 10 (22.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (6.82%) Hedge funds
4 2 (4.55%) Derivative
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Agile
2 13 (29.55%) Multithreading
3 11 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 9 (20.45%) TDD
5 8 (18.18%) Microservices
6 7 (15.91%) Design Patterns
6 7 (15.91%) Low Latency
6 7 (15.91%) OO
6 7 (15.91%) OOD
7 6 (13.64%) Analytics
7 6 (13.64%) Business Analysis
7 6 (13.64%) E-Commerce
7 6 (13.64%) Software Engineering
7 6 (13.64%) Straight-Through Processing
8 5 (11.36%) Algorithmic Trading
8 5 (11.36%) DevSecOps
8 5 (11.36%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (9.09%) Order Management
9 4 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
9 4 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (45.45%) Java
1 20 (45.45%) SQL
2 6 (13.64%) Python
3 3 (6.82%) C++
4 1 (2.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.55%) Nmap
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Bloomberg
2 6 (13.64%) FFastFill
2 6 (13.64%) Refinitiv
3 4 (9.09%) ION Trading