Algorithmic Trading Jobs in the City of London

Algo Trading
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 166 207
Rank change year-on-year +45 +41 +19
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 14 10 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.73% 0.30% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.33% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 22
10th Percentile £63,000 £116,250 -
25th Percentile £100,000 £128,438 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £142,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +62.86% -20.45%
75th Percentile £166,875 £162,188 £108,750
90th Percentile £172,500 £175,125 £162,625
Central London median annual salary £140,000 £142,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -1.75% +58.33% -13.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Algorithmic 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,847 3,057 4,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.20% 91.86% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 2,401 3,624
10th Percentile £42,150 £41,250 £42,575
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in the City of London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in the City of London.

Salary trend for Algorithmic Trading in the City of London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in the City of London

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (7.14%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) KDB
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) Gradle
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Back Office
3 2 (14.29%) Front Office
4 1 (7.14%) Advertising
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
2 9 (64.29%) Quantitative Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Front Office Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Monitoring Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) NumPy
1 1 (7.14%) Pandas
1 1 (7.14%) PyTorch
1 1 (7.14%) SciPy
1 1 (7.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Algorithms
2 4 (28.57%) Equities
3 3 (21.43%) Derivative
3 3 (21.43%) Equity Derivative
3 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
5 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
5 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Analytics
1 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
1 5 (35.71%) Data Visualisation
1 5 (35.71%) Physics
1 5 (35.71%) Visualisation
2 4 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 4 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
2 4 (28.57%) Data Management
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (28.57%) Low Latency
2 4 (28.57%) OO
2 4 (28.57%) OOP
2 4 (28.57%) Proprietary Trading
2 4 (28.57%) Refactoring
3 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Market Making
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) C++
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 2 (14.29%) Java
5 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
5 1 (7.14%) R
5 1 (7.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
2 4 (28.57%) PhD
3 1 (7.14%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk