Electronic Trading Developer Job Trends in Central London

Electronic Trading Developer
London > Central London

The median Electronic Trading Developer salary in Central London is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 174 174
Rank change year-on-year +35 0 +122
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Developer 7 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.37% 0.12% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.13% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £90,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -33.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £143,750 £95,000 £143,750
90th Percentile £155,000 - -
London median annual salary £112,500 £115,000 £135,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% -14.81% -6.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,782 3,003 3,161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 93.70% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 1,960 2,850
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,854 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -1.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Electronic Trading Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Electronic Trading Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Electronic Trading Developer job vacancy trend in Central London

Electronic Trading Developer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Electronic Trading Developer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Electronic Trading Developer job vacancies in Central London

Electronic Trading Developer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading Developer in Central London

Electronic Trading Developer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Trading Developer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
City of London +40 7 £110,000 +22.22% 4
Electronic Trading Developer
London

Electronic Trading Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Electronic Trading Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Electronic Trading Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 7 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 6 (85.71%) Java
3 5 (71.43%) Concurrent Programming
3 5 (71.43%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (57.14%) Multithreading
5 3 (42.86%) AWS
5 3 (42.86%) Distributed Cache
5 3 (42.86%) Re-Platforming
5 3 (42.86%) Solace
6 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (28.57%) JVM Tuning
6 2 (28.57%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 1 (14.29%) Analytics
7 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
7 1 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (14.29%) C++
7 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (14.29%) Degree
7 1 (14.29%) Garbage Collection
7 1 (14.29%) Git
7 1 (14.29%) Java Concurrency
7 1 (14.29%) Kafka
7 1 (14.29%) KDB
7 1 (14.29%) Linux
7 1 (14.29%) Market Making
7 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
7 1 (14.29%) Memory Management
7 1 (14.29%) Microservices

Electronic Trading Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) KDB
1 1 (14.29%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 6 (85.71%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (14.29%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Fixed Income
2 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (42.86%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (28.57%) Derivative
3 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 7 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 5 (71.43%) Concurrent Programming
2 5 (71.43%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (57.14%) Multithreading
4 3 (42.86%) Distributed Cache
4 3 (42.86%) Re-Platforming
5 2 (28.57%) JVM Tuning
5 2 (28.57%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 1 (14.29%) Garbage Collection
6 1 (14.29%) Market Making
6 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 1 (14.29%) Memory Management
6 1 (14.29%) Microservices
6 1 (14.29%) Smart Order Routing
6 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Solace