Algorithmic Trading Jobs in London

Algo Trading
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 460 597
Rank change year-on-year +42 +137 -140
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 84 164 293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.46% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.49% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 58 133 202
10th Percentile £71,750 £67,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £102,500 £82,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £107,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% -2.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £155,000 £150,000 £135,000
90th Percentile £166,125 £180,000 £152,500
England median annual salary £135,000 £107,500 £110,000
% change year-on-year +25.58% -2.27% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,582 33,665 64,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.32% 95.35% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 16,066 24,126 34,397
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,465 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +48 17 £132,500 +47.22% 4
East London - 8 £150,000 -
West London - 1 - -
Algorithmic Trading
England

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (1.19%) MQSeries
1 1 (1.19%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) Azure
2 8 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.57%) AWS
3 3 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.19%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) KDB
1 3 (3.57%) NoSQL
1 3 (3.57%) Redis
1 3 (3.57%) Tick Data
2 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Git
General
1 33 (39.29%) Front Office
2 31 (36.90%) Finance
3 28 (33.33%) Banking
4 27 (32.14%) Investment Banking
5 13 (15.48%) Social Skills
6 4 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Back Office
7 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (72.62%) Developer
2 35 (41.67%) Quantitative Developer
3 28 (33.33%) Java Developer
4 18 (21.43%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 18 (21.43%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 14 (16.67%) Software Engineer
6 13 (15.48%) Java Quantitative Developer
7 12 (14.29%) C++ Developer
8 11 (13.10%) Front Office Developer
9 10 (11.90%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 9 (10.71%) Senior
11 7 (8.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 6 (7.14%) Java Engineer
12 6 (7.14%) Java Software Developer
12 6 (7.14%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (7.14%) Lead
12 6 (7.14%) Python Developer
13 5 (5.95%) Senior Developer
13 5 (5.95%) Senior Software Engineer
14 3 (3.57%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.62%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (10.71%) Kafka
3 7 (8.33%) .NET
3 7 (8.33%) REST
3 7 (8.33%) Spring
4 6 (7.14%) React
4 6 (7.14%) Spring Boot
5 5 (5.95%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.95%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.95%) AngularJS
5 5 (5.95%) ASP.NET
5 5 (5.95%) Rendezvous
6 4 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (4.76%) LINQ
6 4 (4.76%) Middleware
7 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (1.19%) CSS
7 1 (1.19%) Redux
7 1 (1.19%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (34.52%) Fixed Income
1 29 (34.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 22 (26.19%) Equities
3 20 (23.81%) Algorithms
4 18 (21.43%) Hedge funds
5 10 (11.90%) Data Structures
6 5 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (5.95%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.19%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.00%) Linux
2 6 (7.14%) Unix
3 1 (1.19%) Windows
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.29%) Electronic Trading
2 32 (38.10%) Low Latency
3 26 (30.95%) Computer Science
4 23 (27.38%) Mathematics
5 21 (25.00%) Market Making
6 20 (23.81%) Software Engineering
7 18 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (21.43%) Quantitative Trading
8 16 (19.05%) High-Frequency Trading
9 13 (15.48%) DevOps
9 13 (15.48%) Multithreading
10 12 (14.29%) Physics
11 11 (13.10%) Agile
11 11 (13.10%) Backtesting
11 11 (13.10%) Concurrent Programming
12 10 (11.90%) Quantitative Research
13 9 (10.71%) Memory Management
14 7 (8.33%) Integration Testing
14 7 (8.33%) Risk Management
14 7 (8.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (50.00%) Java
2 25 (29.76%) Python
3 22 (26.19%) C++
4 17 (20.24%) C#
4 17 (20.24%) SQL
5 5 (5.95%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.38%) Go
6 2 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.19%) C
7 1 (1.19%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.19%) Ruby
7 1 (1.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (15.48%) Degree
2 3 (3.57%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.38%) PhD
4 1 (1.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) QA
System Software
1 11 (13.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (13.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (5.95%) TIBCO
2 2 (2.38%) Solace
3 1 (1.19%) IBM
3 1 (1.19%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle