Market Making Jobs in the City of London

Market Maker
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Market Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Market Making over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 170 220
Rank change year-on-year +36 +50 +66
Permanent jobs citing Market Making 9 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.44% 0.060% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.065% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile £145,000 - £77,500
25th Percentile £152,500 £157,500 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £157,500 £165,000 £92,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +79.35% -31.85%
75th Percentile £172,500 £172,500 £137,500
90th Percentile - - £184,000
Central London median annual salary £157,500 £165,000 £92,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +79.35% -31.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Market Making 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 1,944 3,059 4,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.05% 91.89% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,473 2,402 3,648
10th Percentile £41,800 £41,250 £43,000
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 £120,000 £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%

Market Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Market Making in the City of London

Market Making
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Market Making in the City of London.

Salary trend for Market Making in the City of London

Market Making
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 3 (33.33%) KDB
General
1 3 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Quantitative Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Java Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Algorithms
2 4 (44.44%) Derivative
2 4 (44.44%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
3 3 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (22.22%) Fixed Income
5 1 (11.11%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (11.11%) Swaptions
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 6 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Concurrent Programming
3 4 (44.44%) Garbage Collection
3 4 (44.44%) Multithreading
3 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Curve Construction
5 2 (22.22%) Electronic Trading
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security
5 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
6 1 (11.11%) Monte Carlo Method
6 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
6 1 (11.11%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C++
2 4 (44.44%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Murex