High-Frequency Trading Jobs in Central London

High-Frequency Trading
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for High-Frequency Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited High-Frequency 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 183 220 273
Rank change year-on-year +37 +53 -4
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 15 28 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.40% 0.54% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.57% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15 28 29
10th Percentile £66,750 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £88,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £101,250 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -1.22% -
75th Percentile £146,250 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £147,500 - -
London median annual salary £135,000 £102,500 £102,500
% change year-on-year +31.71% - +13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

High-Frequency 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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,498 4,903 7,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 92.30% 94.85% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,704 4,055 6,328
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,073 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.57% +7.14% -

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for High-Frequency Trading in Central London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in Central London.

Salary trend for High-Frequency Trading in Central London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +35 15 £125,000 +23.46% 2
City of Westminster - 1 £100,000 -
High-Frequency Trading
London

High-Frequency Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Multicast
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Front Office
4 2 (13.33%) Billing
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Java Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Lead
5 2 (13.33%) Front Office Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Junior
5 2 (13.33%) Junior Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Junior Quantitative Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Low Latency Java Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Blockchain Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Full Stack Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Java Quantitative Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Lead Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (6.67%) React Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) WebSockets
2 3 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (13.33%) React
4 1 (6.67%) CSS
4 1 (6.67%) CSS3
4 1 (6.67%) HTML
4 1 (6.67%) HTML5
4 1 (6.67%) Node.js
4 1 (6.67%) Redux
4 1 (6.67%) Rendezvous
4 1 (6.67%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (6.67%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (13.33%) Hedge funds
4 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.67%) Blockchain
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Agile
1 7 (46.67%) Computer Science
1 7 (46.67%) Low Latency
2 6 (40.00%) Proprietary Trading
3 5 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (20.00%) DeFi
4 3 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
4 3 (20.00%) FX Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 3 (20.00%) Observability
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (20.00%) Physics
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) TDD
5 2 (13.33%) Business Case
5 2 (13.33%) Proactive Management
5 2 (13.33%) Quantitative Trading
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Identification
5 2 (13.33%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) C++
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.67%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Google
1 1 (6.67%) IBM
1 1 (6.67%) Solace
1 1 (6.67%) TIBCO