Ultra-Low Latency
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ultra-Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ultra-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 872 971 1173
Rank change year-on-year +99 +202 -310
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 22 22 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.021% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.022% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 12
10th Percentile £75,250 £101,000 £80,000
25th Percentile £103,750 £105,000 £93,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £142,500 £165,000 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £146,250 £232,500 £165,000
90th Percentile £195,000 - £171,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ultra-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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency within the UK 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
London +144 22 £142,500 -13.64% 13
England +120 22 £142,500 -13.64% 14
Work from Home +95 16 £142,500 +29.55% 8

Ultra-Low Latency
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 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.55%) BGP
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) HSRP
2 1 (4.55%) IGMP
2 1 (4.55%) Multicast
2 1 (4.55%) OSPF
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Tick Data
General
1 4 (18.18%) Banking
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (90.91%) Developer
2 11 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 10 (45.45%) Lead
3 10 (45.45%) Lead Developer
4 8 (36.36%) Lead Java Developer
4 8 (36.36%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 5 (22.73%) C++ Developer
6 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 3 (13.64%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Junior
7 2 (9.09%) Junior Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Junior Quantitative Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Market Data Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Senior
7 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.55%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Rust Software Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (31.82%) Hedge funds
3 3 (13.64%) Equities
4 2 (9.09%) ASIC
4 2 (9.09%) FPGA
5 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (40.91%) Multithreading
3 7 (31.82%) Software Engineering
4 6 (27.27%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (22.73%) Computer Science
6 4 (18.18%) Algorithmic Trading
6 4 (18.18%) Concurrent Programming
7 3 (13.64%) Market Making
7 3 (13.64%) Proprietary Trading
8 2 (9.09%) Backtesting
8 2 (9.09%) DeFi
8 2 (9.09%) High-Frequency Trading
8 2 (9.09%) Investment Management
8 2 (9.09%) Mathematics
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Engineering
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (9.09%) Physics
8 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Java
2 8 (36.36%) C#
3 7 (31.82%) C++
4 5 (22.73%) Python
5 1 (4.55%) Go
5 1 (4.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
1 1 (4.55%) Puppet
1 1 (4.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Arista
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco
1 1 (4.55%) Fortinet