Electronic Trading Jobs in England

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Electronic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 626 652 581
Rank change year-on-year +26 -71 +278
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Trading 69 195 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.23% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.27% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53 143 343
10th Percentile £80,000 £27,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £120,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £150,000 £154,375 £135,000
90th Percentile £162,500 £165,000 £157,500
UK median annual salary £110,000 £120,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Electronic 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,211 73,441 86,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.15% 85.47% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,829 53,979 51,188
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Electronic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in England

Electronic Trading
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading in England.

Salary trend for Electronic Trading in England

Electronic Trading
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading in England

Electronic Trading
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Trading within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
London +8 62 £110,000 -20.00% 137
North of England +34 4 - - 1
North West - 4 - -
South East +100 3 - - 40
Electronic Trading
UK

Electronic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.80%) Apache
1 4 (5.80%) GemFire
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.84%) AWS
2 5 (7.25%) Azure
3 2 (2.90%) npm
3 2 (2.90%) Yarn
4 1 (1.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (5.80%) DHCP
2 4 (5.80%) DNS
2 4 (5.80%) Firewall
2 4 (5.80%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.14%) NoSQL
2 6 (8.70%) MongoDB
2 6 (8.70%) RDBMS
2 6 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 6 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.80%) Apache Ignite
3 4 (5.80%) Data Mining
3 4 (5.80%) InterSystems Cache
3 4 (5.80%) KDB
3 4 (5.80%) Redis
4 2 (2.90%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Git
2 8 (11.59%) Gradle
3 2 (2.90%) webpack
4 1 (1.45%) Ant
4 1 (1.45%) Babel
4 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.45%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (66.67%) Front Office
2 34 (49.28%) Finance
3 32 (46.38%) Banking
4 14 (20.29%) Investment Banking
4 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
5 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Law
7 3 (4.35%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.45%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (66.67%) Developer
2 30 (43.48%) Java Developer
3 25 (36.23%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 22 (31.88%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 19 (27.54%) Front Office Developer
6 11 (15.94%) Senior
7 7 (10.14%) Senior Developer
8 6 (8.70%) Java Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) Analyst
9 5 (7.25%) C# Developer
10 4 (5.80%) Applications Support
10 4 (5.80%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) FIX Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) Java Server Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) Linux Support
10 4 (5.80%) Risk Manager
10 4 (5.80%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (5.80%) Server Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) Software Developer
10 4 (5.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.74%) Kafka
2 11 (15.94%) FIX Protocol
2 11 (15.94%) Middleware
3 7 (10.14%) Spring
4 4 (5.80%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (5.80%) React
5 3 (4.35%) .NET
5 3 (4.35%) Web Services
5 3 (4.35%) XML
6 2 (2.90%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.45%) CSS
7 1 (1.45%) CSS3
7 1 (1.45%) Material-UI
7 1 (1.45%) MobX
7 1 (1.45%) Node.js
7 1 (1.45%) Redux
7 1 (1.45%) Semantic UI
7 1 (1.45%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (44.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 19 (27.54%) Algorithms
2 19 (27.54%) Equities
3 17 (24.64%) Fixed Income
4 11 (15.94%) Derivative
5 10 (14.49%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (10.14%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (7.25%) Data Structures
8 4 (5.80%) Bitcoin
8 4 (5.80%) Eurex
9 3 (4.35%) Credit Derivative
10 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
10 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (2.90%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
10 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
11 1 (1.45%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 1 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (1.45%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 17 (24.64%) Linux
2 11 (15.94%) Unix
3 4 (5.80%) CentOS
3 4 (5.80%) Rocky
4 1 (1.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (49.28%) Low Latency
2 21 (30.43%) Algorithmic Trading
3 20 (28.99%) TDD
4 15 (21.74%) Multithreading
5 13 (18.84%) CI/CD
6 12 (17.39%) Agile
6 12 (17.39%) Re-Platforming
7 11 (15.94%) Software Engineering
8 10 (14.49%) Fintech
8 10 (14.49%) Risk Management
9 9 (13.04%) BDD
9 9 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 8 (11.59%) Concurrent Programming
10 8 (11.59%) Performance Tuning
10 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (11.59%) Quantitative Research
11 7 (10.14%) Event-Driven
12 6 (8.70%) Client Onboarding
12 6 (8.70%) Market Making
12 6 (8.70%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 46 (66.67%) Java
2 22 (31.88%) SQL
3 14 (20.29%) Python
4 10 (14.49%) C++
5 8 (11.59%) C#
6 4 (5.80%) Bash
6 4 (5.80%) Kotlin
6 4 (5.80%) Perl
7 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.80%) QA
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (14.49%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.80%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (15.94%) Solace
2 9 (13.04%) Oracle
3 6 (8.70%) Bloomberg
4 5 (7.25%) ION Trading
4 5 (7.25%) TIBCO
5 4 (5.80%) Atlassian
5 4 (5.80%) CQG
5 4 (5.80%) Databricks
5 4 (5.80%) Patsystems
5 4 (5.80%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.80%) Reuters
5 4 (5.80%) Trayport
6 1 (1.45%) Google
6 1 (1.45%) Murex
6 1 (1.45%) NYFIX
6 1 (1.45%) Sun