Electronic Trading Jobs with Work from Home Options

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
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 Electronic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 512 764
Rank change year-on-year -7 +252 -222
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Trading 74 153 88
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.37% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.38% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 32 147 62
10th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £75,625
25th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £95,000 £90,678
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +4.77% -4.55%
75th Percentile £140,000 £124,375 £125,000
90th Percentile £162,500 £137,500 £127,500
UK median annual salary £120,000 £100,000 £108,750
% change year-on-year +20.00% -8.05% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Electronic 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 30,965 39,955 66,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.45% 96.10% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 27,739 41,261
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Electronic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Electronic Trading trend for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic 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 Electronic Trading.

Electronic Trading salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic Trading
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Electronic Trading over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Electronic Trading salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic 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 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.05%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) KDB
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.70%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.35%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) Maven
General
1 39 (52.70%) Front Office
2 37 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 32 (43.24%) Banking
4 26 (35.14%) Investment Banking
5 8 (10.81%) Finance
6 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.41%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (35.14%) Developer
2 20 (27.03%) Electronic Trading Developer
2 20 (27.03%) Java Developer
3 18 (24.32%) Analyst
4 14 (18.92%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 11 (14.86%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 11 (14.86%) Quantitative Developer
6 10 (13.51%) Business Analyst
7 8 (10.81%) Senior
8 6 (8.11%) Applications Support
8 6 (8.11%) Python Developer
8 6 (8.11%) Senior Developer
8 6 (8.11%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (6.76%) Electronic Trading Specialist
9 5 (6.76%) Electronic Trading Support
10 4 (5.41%) Support Analyst
10 4 (5.41%) Support Specialist
11 3 (4.05%) Applications Support Analyst
11 3 (4.05%) Murex Analyst
11 3 (4.05%) Murex Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (28.38%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.70%) Playwright
2 2 (2.70%) REST
2 2 (2.70%) Spring
3 1 (1.35%) Kafka
3 1 (1.35%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.43%) Fixed Income
2 20 (27.03%) Management Information System
3 17 (22.97%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (21.62%) Equities
4 16 (21.62%) Taxonomies
5 12 (16.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (6.76%) Hedge funds
6 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.35%) Derivative
8 1 (1.35%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.97%) Algorithmic Trading
2 17 (22.97%) E-Commerce
3 16 (21.62%) Agile
3 16 (21.62%) Business Strategy
3 16 (21.62%) Data Cleansing
3 16 (21.62%) Data Management
3 16 (21.62%) Data Validation
3 16 (21.62%) Decision-Making
3 16 (21.62%) Information Management
3 16 (21.62%) PDM
3 16 (21.62%) Process Improvement
3 16 (21.62%) Product Information Management
3 16 (21.62%) Time Management
3 16 (21.62%) Validation
4 11 (14.86%) Market Making
5 9 (12.16%) Low Latency
6 8 (10.81%) Analytics
6 8 (10.81%) Multithreading
7 7 (9.46%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 25 (33.78%) Java
2 18 (24.32%) SQL
3 12 (16.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) SLA
2 2 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.46%) Bloomberg
2 7 (9.46%) ION Trading
3 3 (4.05%) Murex
4 1 (1.35%) FFastFill
4 1 (1.35%) Refinitiv
4 1 (1.35%) Reuters