Ultra-Low Latency Job Trends in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 154 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 12 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.51% 0.26% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.28% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £87,625 £94,250 -
25th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £128,500 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.50% - -
75th Percentile £143,125 £105,000 -
90th Percentile £155,500 £105,750 -
Central London median annual salary £128,500 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year +28.50% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Ultra-Low Latency 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,026 2,528 2,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.14% 95.65% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 1,610 2,405
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,750
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 £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Ultra-Low Latency job vacancy trend in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ultra-Low Latency

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) GitHub
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Gradle
2 1 (8.33%) CircleCI
2 1 (8.33%) Cypress.io
General
1 6 (50.00%) Front Office
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Front Office Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Low Latency Java Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Quantitative Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Rust Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Rust Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior UI Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (25.00%) React
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) HTML5
2 2 (16.67%) Spring
2 2 (16.67%) Spring Boot
3 1 (8.33%) CSS
3 1 (8.33%) CSS3
3 1 (8.33%) DPDK
3 1 (8.33%) J2SE
3 1 (8.33%) Jest
3 1 (8.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
3 1 (8.33%) Hedge funds
3 1 (8.33%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 6 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
3 5 (41.67%) Concurrent Programming
4 4 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
4 4 (33.33%) JVM Tuning
5 3 (25.00%) AI
5 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (25.00%) Market Making
5 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
6 2 (16.67%) Fintech
6 2 (16.67%) Order Management
6 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
7 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
7 1 (8.33%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Rust
3 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 1 (8.33%) C
4 1 (8.33%) C#
4 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Solace
2 1 (8.33%) Solarflare