Proprietary Trading Job Trends in Central London

Proprietary Trading (Prop Trading)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Proprietary Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 166 166
Rank change year-on-year - 0 +112
Permanent jobs citing Proprietary Trading 0 16 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London - 0.49% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.51% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 10
10th Percentile - - £62,000
25th Percentile - - £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £140,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% +109.52%
75th Percentile - - £115,000
90th Percentile - - £117,250
London median annual salary £150,000 £142,500 £110,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +29.55% +37.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Proprietary 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 2,080 3,122 2,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.51% 95.65% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,933 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,950 £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 £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Proprietary Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Proprietary Trading job vacancy trend in Central London

Proprietary Trading
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Proprietary Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Proprietary Trading