Low Latency Java Developer Jobs

Java Developer - Low Latency
UK

The median Java Developer - Low Latency salary in the UK is £142,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 927 1205
Rank change year-on-year +85 +278 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Low Latency Java Developer 35 51 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.049% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.054% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 23 50 20
10th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £85,000
25th Percentile £106,250 £88,750 £103,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £142,500 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £156,875 £159,375 £126,250
90th Percentile £167,500 £167,500 £127,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%

Low Latency Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Low Latency Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency Java Developer in the UK

Low Latency Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Low Latency Java Developer in the UK

Low Latency Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Low Latency Java Developer over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Low Latency Java Developer in the UK

Low Latency Java Developer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Low Latency Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +110 34 £142,500 +29.55% 3
England +74 34 £142,500 +29.55% 3
Work from Home +101 25 £142,500 +54.05% 2
UK excluding London -4 1 £65,000 -
Scotland -59 1 £65,000 -

Low Latency Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Low Latency Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Low Latency Java Developer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Java
1 35 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 17 (48.57%) Finance
3 14 (40.00%) C++
3 14 (40.00%) Linux
4 12 (34.29%) C
4 12 (34.29%) TCP/IP
4 12 (34.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (34.29%) FPGA
5 10 (28.57%) C#
6 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
7 8 (22.86%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 8 (22.86%) Front Office
8 7 (20.00%) Mathematics
8 7 (20.00%) Agile
8 7 (20.00%) TDD
8 7 (20.00%) Multithreading
9 6 (17.14%) Electronic Trading
9 6 (17.14%) Multithreaded Programming
9 6 (17.14%) Banking
9 6 (17.14%) Fixed Income
9 6 (17.14%) Investment Banking
10 5 (14.29%) Proprietary Trading
11 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
11 3 (8.57%) Spring Boot
11 3 (8.57%) Fintech
11 3 (8.57%) Cryptocurrency
11 3 (8.57%) AWS
11 3 (8.57%) Docker

Low Latency Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (8.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (34.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 17 (48.57%) Finance
2 8 (22.86%) Front Office
2 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Banking
3 6 (17.14%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Spring
1 3 (8.57%) Spring Boot
2 2 (5.71%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 12 (34.29%) FPGA
2 6 (17.14%) Fixed Income
3 2 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (22.86%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 7 (20.00%) Agile
4 7 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 7 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 7 (20.00%) TDD
5 6 (17.14%) Electronic Trading
5 6 (17.14%) Multithreaded Programming
6 5 (14.29%) Proprietary Trading
7 3 (8.57%) Containerisation
7 3 (8.57%) Cryptocurrency
7 3 (8.57%) Fintech
7 3 (8.57%) High-Frequency Trading
7 3 (8.57%) Web Development
8 2 (5.71%) Data Analysis
8 2 (5.71%) Design Patterns
8 2 (5.71%) Market Making
8 2 (5.71%) Microservices
8 2 (5.71%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) Java
2 14 (40.00%) C++
3 12 (34.29%) C
4 10 (28.57%) C#
5 2 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) Degree
1 1 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes