Smart Order Routing Jobs in the City of London

Smart Order Routing (SOR)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Smart Order Routing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart Order Routing over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 168 216
Rank change year-on-year +34 +48 -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Order Routing 2 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.10% 0.034% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.037% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £111,625 - £51,900
25th Percentile £112,188 - £66,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £116,250 £60,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +93.75% -35.14% -
75th Percentile £122,188 - £114,688
90th Percentile £123,875 - £118,625
Central London median annual salary £116,250 £60,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year +93.75% -35.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Smart Order Routing 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 1,846 2,728 4,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.80% 92.38% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,402 2,056 3,332
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Smart Order Routing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Smart Order Routing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Order Routing in the City of London

Smart Order Routing
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Smart Order Routing in the City of London.

Salary trend for Smart Order Routing in the City of London

Smart Order Routing
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (50.00%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Equities
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Applied Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOD
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Solace