Systematic Trading Jobs with Work from Home Options

Systematic Trading (Mechanical 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 Systematic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Systematic Trading over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 668 836
Rank change year-on-year +89 +168 -278
Permanent jobs citing Systematic Trading 12 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.035% 0.002% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.002% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £59,750 - -
25th Percentile £97,500 £43,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £62,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -30.56% -48.57%
75th Percentile £143,750 £81,250 £102,500
90th Percentile £150,000 - £107,000
UK median annual salary £125,000 £157,500 £115,000
% change year-on-year -20.63% +36.96% +64.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Systematic 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 30,987 41,089 65,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.64% 96.07% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 23,565 28,569 41,256
10th Percentile £33,944 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Systematic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Systematic Trading trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systematic 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 Systematic Trading.

Systematic Trading salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systematic Trading
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Systematic Trading over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Systematic Trading salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systematic 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Front Office
4 1 (8.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Python Developer
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Python Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) C# Developer
5 2 (16.67%) C# Developer - Commodities
5 2 (16.67%) Junior
6 1 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Front Office Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Client/Server
2 3 (25.00%) Hedge funds
2 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (8.33%) Blockchain
4 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Backtesting
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 3 (25.00%) Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Low Latency
4 3 (25.00%) Quantitative Trading
4 3 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Data Science
5 2 (16.67%) Economics
5 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 2 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 2 (16.67%) Order Management
5 2 (16.67%) Physics
5 2 (16.67%) Predictive Modelling
6 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
6 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
6 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (8.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Master's Degree
2 5 (41.67%) PhD