Low Latency Jobs in London

Low Latency
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Low Latency over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 181 317
Rank change year-on-year -69 +136 -71
Permanent jobs citing Low Latency 276 728 829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.17% 2.03% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 2.13% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 233 621 427
10th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £67,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £115,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +12.20% +13.89%
75th Percentile £146,250 £150,000 £133,750
90th Percentile £165,000 £175,000 £150,000
England median annual salary £117,500 £105,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +11.90% +5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Low Latency 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 21,516 34,227 63,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.41% 95.40% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16,047 24,462 34,372
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,487 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,001 £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%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency in London

Low Latency
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Low Latency in London.

Salary trend for Low Latency in London

Low Latency
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Low Latency in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Low Latency in London

Low Latency
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Low Latency within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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 -31 42 £115,000 +9.52% 8
East London - 6 £150,000 - 1
Low Latency
England

Low Latency
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 7 (2.54%) Apache
2 4 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.45%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.45%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
3 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 87 (31.52%) AWS
2 26 (9.42%) Azure
3 8 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
3 8 (2.90%) Serverless
4 5 (1.81%) Amazon S3
5 4 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (1.45%) Amazon Kinesis
5 4 (1.45%) AWS CodePipeline
5 4 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.45%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.09%) GCP
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon Cognito
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.72%) SaaS
8 1 (0.36%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.16%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.17%) Firewall
3 5 (1.81%) DHCP
3 5 (1.81%) DNS
4 4 (1.45%) Network Security
4 4 (1.45%) VPN
4 4 (1.45%) WAN
5 3 (1.09%) BGP
5 3 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (1.09%) OSPF
6 2 (0.72%) LAN
6 2 (0.72%) Multicast
7 1 (0.36%) HSRP
7 1 (0.36%) IGMP
7 1 (0.36%) SAN
7 1 (0.36%) SNMP
7 1 (0.36%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.97%) NoSQL
2 15 (5.43%) MySQL
3 12 (4.35%) Redis
4 9 (3.26%) Relational Database
4 9 (3.26%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.81%) Flink
5 5 (1.81%) Tableau
6 4 (1.45%) Power BI
7 3 (1.09%) Big Data
7 3 (1.09%) Event Store
8 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.72%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.36%) KDB
9 1 (0.36%) Looker
9 1 (0.36%) Metadata
9 1 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.43%) Git
2 13 (4.71%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.99%) GitLab
4 2 (0.72%) GCC
4 2 (0.72%) GDB
4 2 (0.72%) JIRA
4 2 (0.72%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 117 (42.39%) Finance
2 73 (26.45%) Social Skills
3 66 (23.91%) Front Office
4 50 (18.12%) Banking
5 41 (14.86%) Investment Banking
6 26 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.35%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.90%) Games
9 6 (2.17%) Retail
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.36%) Back Office
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (71.01%) Developer
2 108 (39.13%) Java Developer
3 71 (25.72%) Senior
4 51 (18.48%) Senior Developer
5 39 (14.13%) C++ Developer
6 34 (12.32%) Low Latency Java Developer
7 32 (11.59%) Senior Java Developer
8 30 (10.87%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 28 (10.14%) Lead
9 28 (10.14%) Software Engineer
10 24 (8.70%) Lead Developer
11 22 (7.97%) .NET Developer
12 21 (7.61%) Python Engineer
13 20 (7.25%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 20 (7.25%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 15 (5.43%) C# Developer
15 13 (4.71%) Front Office Developer
15 13 (4.71%) Quantitative Developer
16 12 (4.35%) C++/Java Developer
17 11 (3.99%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.68%) .NET
2 32 (11.59%) Kafka
3 26 (9.42%) Spring Boot
4 20 (7.25%) Spring
5 19 (6.88%) .NET Core
5 19 (6.88%) React
6 13 (4.71%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (3.99%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.26%) Hibernate
9 7 (2.54%) LINQ
9 7 (2.54%) REST
9 7 (2.54%) RESTful
10 6 (2.17%) .NET Framework
10 6 (2.17%) ASP.NET
10 6 (2.17%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (2.17%) Middleware
11 5 (1.81%) Rendezvous
11 5 (1.81%) ZeroMQ
12 4 (1.45%) CSS
12 4 (1.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 41 (14.86%) Hedge funds
3 34 (12.32%) Equities
4 30 (10.87%) Client/Server
4 30 (10.87%) FPGA
5 23 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (7.61%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (6.88%) Fixed Income
8 13 (4.71%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.17%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.81%) Sports Betting
11 4 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.45%) Hackathon
11 4 (1.45%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.72%) Verilog
13 2 (0.72%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 62 (22.46%) Linux
2 12 (4.35%) Unix
3 8 (2.90%) Windows
4 5 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.72%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.61%) Multithreading
2 82 (29.71%) Computer Science
3 60 (21.74%) Electronic Trading
3 60 (21.74%) Software Engineering
4 53 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (18.84%) Agile
6 48 (17.39%) Fintech
7 46 (16.67%) Microservices
8 39 (14.13%) Mathematics
9 38 (13.77%) High-Frequency Trading
10 35 (12.68%) Algorithmic Trading
11 25 (9.06%) Full Stack Development
12 24 (8.70%) SDLC
13 22 (7.97%) DevOps
13 22 (7.97%) Ultra-Low Latency
14 20 (7.25%) Concurrent Programming
14 20 (7.25%) TDD
15 16 (5.80%) Physics
15 16 (5.80%) Test Automation
15 16 (5.80%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 158 (57.25%) Java
2 75 (27.17%) Python
3 69 (25.00%) C++
4 66 (23.91%) C#
5 36 (13.04%) SQL
6 27 (9.78%) C
7 26 (9.42%) Rust
8 15 (5.43%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.62%) Perl
10 7 (2.54%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.17%) Bash
11 6 (2.17%) Go
12 4 (1.45%) F#
12 4 (1.45%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.45%) VBA
13 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (19.57%) Degree
2 21 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.52%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.17%) PhD
5 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.72%) CCIE
8 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CCNP
8 1 (0.36%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.36%) ISEB
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.26%) QA
2 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.36%) NIST
2 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (14.86%) Docker
2 4 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 57 (20.65%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.35%) Ansible
3 6 (2.17%) Terraform
4 4 (1.45%) Puppet
5 3 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.36%) Nmap
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (6.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.54%) Cisco
2 7 (2.54%) Red Hat
3 6 (2.17%) Solace
4 5 (1.81%) TIBCO
5 4 (1.45%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.45%) Google
6 3 (1.09%) ION Trading
6 3 (1.09%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.72%) Databricks
7 2 (0.72%) Juniper
7 2 (0.72%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.36%) Arista
8 1 (0.36%) F5
8 1 (0.36%) IBM
8 1 (0.36%) Intel
8 1 (0.36%) NetApp
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle