Ultra-Low Latency Jobs in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 179 233
Rank change year-on-year +41 +54 -
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 5 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.25% 0.090% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.098% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £94,750 - -
25th Percentile £96,250 £66,250 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £72,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.38% -34.09% -
75th Percentile £133,750 £78,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £150,250 - -
Central London median annual salary £102,500 £72,500 £110,000
% change year-on-year +41.38% -34.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Ultra-Low Latency 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 1,959 3,076 4,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.03% 92.04% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,478 2,429 3,708
10th Percentile £41,925 £41,250 £43,574
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 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London.

Salary trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
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 2 (40.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (40.00%) Redis
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Java Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) QA Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Java Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (40.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (40.00%) gRPC
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
1 2 (40.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Derivative
1 2 (40.00%) Equities
1 2 (40.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (40.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (60.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) B2C
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Garbage Collection
4 1 (20.00%) Market Making
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) Rust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes