Algorithmic Trading Jobs with Work from Home Options

Algo Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 614 731
Rank change year-on-year +51 +117 -173
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 29 31 140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.085% 0.077% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.081% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 85
10th Percentile - £73,125 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £75,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% -22.73% +29.41%
75th Percentile £160,625 £148,125 £143,750
90th Percentile £179,375 £180,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £140,000 £110,000 £102,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% +7.32% +13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,945 38,441 70,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.67% 96.05% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23,414 26,713 41,519
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Algorithmic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Algorithmic Trading trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading.

Algorithmic Trading salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Algorithmic Trading salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Simulink
1 4 (13.79%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
General
1 12 (41.38%) Front Office
2 11 (37.93%) Banking
2 11 (37.93%) Investment Banking
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 4 (13.79%) Games
4 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) Developer
2 16 (55.17%) Quantitative Developer
3 12 (41.38%) Java Developer
3 12 (41.38%) Java Quantitative Developer
4 11 (37.93%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 11 (37.93%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Machine Learning Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Applications Support
6 3 (10.34%) Python Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Senior
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) C++ Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Full Stack Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Graduate Software Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Junior
8 1 (3.45%) Junior Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (55.17%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (13.79%) PyTorch
2 4 (13.79%) TensorFlow
3 2 (6.90%) REST
4 1 (3.45%) .NET
4 1 (3.45%) React
4 1 (3.45%) Redux
4 1 (3.45%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) Fixed Income
2 7 (24.14%) Equities
3 6 (20.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (20.69%) Hedge funds
4 5 (17.24%) Algorithms
4 5 (17.24%) Onboarding
5 4 (13.79%) Robotics
6 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (3.45%) Blockchain
7 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Electronic Trading
2 13 (44.83%) Market Making
3 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
4 5 (17.24%) Automated Trading
4 5 (17.24%) Direct Market Access
4 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
4 5 (17.24%) Mathematics
4 5 (17.24%) Portfolio Management
4 5 (17.24%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
5 4 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (13.79%) Monte Carlo Method
5 4 (13.79%) Natural Language Processing
5 4 (13.79%) Neural Network
5 4 (13.79%) Novelty Detection
5 4 (13.79%) Pattern Recognition
5 4 (13.79%) Sensor Fusion
5 4 (13.79%) Statistical Modelling
5 4 (13.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Python
2 15 (51.72%) Java
3 6 (20.69%) SQL
4 5 (17.24%) C++
5 4 (13.79%) MATLAB
6 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.45%) C
7 1 (3.45%) C#
7 1 (3.45%) Ruby
7 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) PhD
2 5 (17.24%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) OpenAI
2 1 (3.45%) Solace