Electronic Trading Java Developer Jobs in the City of London

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
Central London > City of London

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading salary in the City of London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 181 230
Rank change year-on-year +46 +49 +51
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 6 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.29% 0.030% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.031% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - £84,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £140,000 £108,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £145,000 £128,750
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% +12.62% +22.62%
75th Percentile £95,000 £150,000 £138,125
90th Percentile £105,000 - £141,500
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £145,000 £128,750
% change year-on-year -37.93% +12.62% +22.62%

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 1,921 3,220 4,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 95.86% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 2,569 3,851
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +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 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

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

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the City of London

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Java Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the City of London

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Electronic Trading Java 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 Java Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Front Office
1 6 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 5 (83.33%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (83.33%) Low Latency
2 5 (83.33%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (83.33%) Solace
2 5 (83.33%) Concurrent Programming
2 5 (83.33%) Re-Platforming
2 5 (83.33%) Multithreading
2 5 (83.33%) Distributed Cache
2 5 (83.33%) AWS
2 5 (83.33%) Fixed Income
3 1 (16.67%) Equities
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (16.67%) Gradle
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems

Electronic Trading Java 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Gradle
General
1 6 (100.00%) Front Office
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Fixed Income
1 5 (83.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Equities
2 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 5 (83.33%) Concurrent Programming
2 5 (83.33%) Distributed Cache
2 5 (83.33%) Low Latency
2 5 (83.33%) Multithreading
2 5 (83.33%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (83.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Solace