High-Frequency Trading Job Trends in Central London

High-Frequency Trading
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 180 161
Rank change year-on-year +47 -19 +71
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 8 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.34% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.32% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 13
10th Percentile - - £86,000
25th Percentile £111,250 £117,500 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £125,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £124,063 £132,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £162,500 - £145,000
London median annual salary £112,500 £140,000 £140,000
% change year-on-year -19.64% - +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

High-Frequency Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,089 3,116 2,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.48% 95.64% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 1,921 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

High-Frequency Trading job vacancy trend in Central London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing High-Frequency Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing High-Frequency Trading

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in Central London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for High-Frequency Trading in Central London

High-Frequency Trading
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 High-Frequency Trading within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +34 8 £112,500 -10.00% 4
High-Frequency Trading
London

High-Frequency Trading
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:

General
1 7 (87.50%) Front Office
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Rust Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) Kafka
2 1 (12.50%) gRPC
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Algorithms
2 6 (75.00%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (75.00%) Equities
3 2 (25.00%) Hedge funds
4 1 (12.50%) FPGA
4 1 (12.50%) State Machine
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
2 7 (87.50%) Systematic Trading
3 6 (75.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 6 (75.00%) Analytics
3 6 (75.00%) Applied Mathematics
3 6 (75.00%) Complexity Analysis
3 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (75.00%) Data Analysis
3 6 (75.00%) Data Analytics
3 6 (75.00%) Electronic Trading
3 6 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 6 (75.00%) Order Management
3 6 (75.00%) Prototyping
3 6 (75.00%) Quantitative Research
3 6 (75.00%) Quantitative Trading
3 6 (75.00%) Statistics
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) Component Testing
4 1 (12.50%) DeFi
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Java
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Rust
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) Master's Degree
1 6 (75.00%) PhD