Algorithmic Trading Jobs in England

Algo Trading
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Algorithmic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 751 761 868
Rank change year-on-year +10 +107 -165
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 78 165 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 50 133 209
10th Percentile £50,375 £67,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £153,750 £150,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £163,125 £180,000 £152,500
UK median annual salary £140,000 £108,750 £102,500
% change year-on-year +28.74% +6.10% +13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Algorithmic 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in England.

Salary trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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 +24 71 £140,000 +27.27% 61
South West - 4 £55,000 -
South East - 3 £85,000 -
Algorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.28%) MQSeries
1 1 (1.28%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Simulink
1 6 (7.69%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.56%) Azure
2 1 (1.28%) AWS
2 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.28%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) KDB
2 2 (2.56%) Tick Data
3 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Git
General
1 30 (38.46%) Front Office
2 27 (34.62%) Finance
3 26 (33.33%) Banking
3 26 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Financial Institution
5 4 (5.13%) Games
6 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Back Office
7 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (71.79%) Developer
2 33 (42.31%) Quantitative Developer
3 25 (32.05%) Java Developer
4 18 (23.08%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 18 (23.08%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 16 (20.51%) Software Engineer
6 12 (15.38%) Java Quantitative Developer
7 11 (14.10%) C++ Developer
8 10 (12.82%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 10 (12.82%) Front Office Developer
9 7 (8.97%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) Java Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) Java Software Developer
10 6 (7.69%) Java Software Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) Python Developer
10 6 (7.69%) Senior
11 5 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
12 4 (5.13%) Machine Learning Developer
13 3 (3.85%) Algorithm Engineer
13 3 (3.85%) KDB Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (8.97%) Spring
3 6 (7.69%) Kafka
3 6 (7.69%) PyTorch
3 6 (7.69%) Spring Boot
3 6 (7.69%) TensorFlow
4 5 (6.41%) Rendezvous
5 4 (5.13%) .NET
5 4 (5.13%) Middleware
5 4 (5.13%) REST
6 3 (3.85%) React
6 3 (3.85%) scikit-learn
7 2 (2.56%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.56%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.56%) OpenCV
8 1 (1.28%) CSS
8 1 (1.28%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (35.90%) Algorithms
2 27 (34.62%) Fixed Income
3 21 (26.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (25.64%) Equities
5 16 (20.51%) Hedge funds
6 10 (12.82%) Data Structures
7 5 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (6.41%) Onboarding
8 4 (5.13%) Robotics
9 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.28%) Blockchain
10 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.23%) Linux
2 1 (1.28%) Unix
2 1 (1.28%) Windows
2 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) Electronic Trading
2 24 (30.77%) Low Latency
2 24 (30.77%) Mathematics
3 22 (28.21%) Software Engineering
4 21 (26.92%) Computer Science
4 21 (26.92%) Market Making
5 19 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (17.95%) High-Frequency Trading
7 13 (16.67%) Machine Learning
7 13 (16.67%) Quantitative Trading
8 10 (12.82%) Multithreading
9 9 (11.54%) Quantitative Research
10 8 (10.26%) Backtesting
10 8 (10.26%) Concurrent Programming
10 8 (10.26%) Decision-Making
11 7 (8.97%) Deep Learning
11 7 (8.97%) Physics
11 7 (8.97%) Quantitative Finance
11 7 (8.97%) Statistical Modelling
11 7 (8.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (46.15%) Java
2 32 (41.03%) Python
3 21 (26.92%) C++
4 9 (11.54%) C#
4 9 (11.54%) SQL
5 7 (8.97%) MATLAB
6 5 (6.41%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.56%) Go
7 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.28%) C
8 1 (1.28%) Ruby
8 1 (1.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 17 (21.79%) Degree
2 9 (11.54%) PhD
3 4 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 8 (10.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (7.69%) OpenAI
2 5 (6.41%) TIBCO
3 2 (2.56%) Solace
4 1 (1.28%) IBM
4 1 (1.28%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle