High-Frequency Trading Job Trends in the East of England

High-Frequency Trading
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - 196
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.041% - 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% - 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £100,000
England median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £140,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -17.86% +38.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

High-Frequency Trading 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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,549 2,913 3,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.11% 90.47% 84.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,091 1,231 3,063
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing High-Frequency Trading relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

High-Frequency Trading job vacancy trend in the East of England

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing High-Frequency Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing High-Frequency Trading

High-Frequency Trading
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High-Frequency Trading within the East of England region over the 6 months to 23 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire - 2 £100,000 - 2
High-Frequency Trading
England

High-Frequency Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Rust Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Rust Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Rust