Equities Job Trends in Central London

Equities
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Equities over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 164 141
Rank change year-on-year +45 -23 +80
Permanent jobs citing Equities 21 26 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.87% 0.81% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 1.90% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 27
10th Percentile £90,000 £56,250 £91,750
25th Percentile £105,938 £67,500 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £95,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -24.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £130,313 £107,500 £141,250
90th Percentile £145,000 £112,000 £192,500
London median annual salary £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% - +4.55%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Equities falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 860 1,366 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 35.68% 42.32% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 661 772 921
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £122,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Equities relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Equities job vacancy trend in Central London

Equities
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Equities.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Equities

Equities
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Equities in Central London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Equities in Central London

Equities
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 Equities within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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 +26 19 £112,500 +18.42% 16
Equities
London

Equities
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Prefect
1 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) KDB
1 1 (4.76%) Kdb+
1 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
General
1 18 (85.71%) Front Office
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 7 (33.33%) Financial Institution
4 2 (9.52%) Back Office
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Quantitative Researcher
2 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 1 (4.76%) C++ Developer
3 1 (4.76%) C++/Java Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analytics Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Java Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Senior
3 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) Kafka
2 6 (28.57%) Java Concurrency
3 5 (23.81%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (4.76%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Algorithms
2 6 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
3 4 (19.05%) Derivative
3 4 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (14.29%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (9.52%) Private Cloud
6 1 (4.76%) Fixed Income
6 1 (4.76%) TWAP
6 1 (4.76%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Electronic Trading
2 15 (71.43%) Algorithmic Trading
3 14 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
4 13 (61.90%) Computer Science
4 13 (61.90%) Low Latency
5 12 (57.14%) Mathematics
6 10 (47.62%) Analytics
7 9 (42.86%) Applied Mathematics
7 9 (42.86%) Multithreading
7 9 (42.86%) Quantitative Trading
7 9 (42.86%) Statistics
8 7 (33.33%) Data Analysis
8 7 (33.33%) Data Analytics
9 6 (28.57%) Complexity Analysis
9 6 (28.57%) High-Frequency Trading
9 6 (28.57%) Order Management
9 6 (28.57%) Prototyping
9 6 (28.57%) Smart Order Routing
9 6 (28.57%) Systematic Trading
10 3 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) Java
2 10 (47.62%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) Master's Degree
2 6 (28.57%) PhD
3 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg
1 1 (4.76%) Refinitiv