Electronic Trading C++ Developer Jobs in the City of London

C++ Developer - Electronic Trading
Central London > City of London

The median C++ Developer - Electronic Trading salary in the City of London is £170,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading C++ Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.048% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £165,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £170,000 - -
75th Percentile £175,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £170,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,930 3,223 4,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.92% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 2,565 3,799
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

Electronic Trading C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the City of London

Electronic Trading C++ Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the City of London

Electronic Trading C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Electronic Trading C++ Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis

Electronic Trading C++ Developer Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL