Equities Job Trends in England

Equities
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Equities over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 291 373
Rank change year-on-year -248 +82 +189
Permanent jobs citing Equities 126 409 573
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 1.04% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 2.50% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 72 359 556
10th Percentile £73,875 £85,000 £77,500
25th Percentile £90,938 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% -8.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £150,000 £147,500 £146,250
90th Percentile - £152,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £102,500 £115,000 £123,750
% change year-on-year -10.87% -7.07% +17.86%

All Generic Skills
England

Equities falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,326 16,346 29,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.58% 41.74% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 8,446 20,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,188 £75,434
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Equities relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Equities job vacancy trend in England

Equities
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Equities.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Equities

Equities
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Equities in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Equities in England

Equities
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Equities within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
London -175 126 £102,500 -10.87% 41
Equities
UK

Equities
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.46%) AWS
1 22 (17.46%) Azure
2 16 (12.70%) GCP
3 13 (10.32%) GitHub
4 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.59%) SaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.79%) Datadog
6 1 (0.79%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.67%) Multicast
2 4 (3.17%) DHCP
2 4 (3.17%) DNS
2 4 (3.17%) VLAN
3 2 (1.59%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.70%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.59%) KDB
5 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.79%) Metadata
5 1 (0.79%) Power BI
5 1 (0.79%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 24 (19.05%) JIRA
2 16 (12.70%) Git
3 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.59%) Selenium
4 1 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 94 (74.60%) Finance
2 70 (55.56%) Front Office
3 31 (24.60%) Banking
4 30 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 12 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.17%) Investment Banking
6 4 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.17%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.59%) Back Office
7 2 (1.59%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.79%) Games
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (42.86%) Developer
2 44 (34.92%) Senior
3 32 (25.40%) Software Engineer
4 29 (23.02%) Python Developer
5 24 (19.05%) Python Engineer
5 24 (19.05%) Senior Developer
6 23 (18.25%) Quantitative Developer
7 22 (17.46%) Lead
8 21 (16.67%) C++ Developer
9 20 (15.87%) Analyst
9 20 (15.87%) Python Software Engineer
10 19 (15.08%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (15.08%) Linux Developer
10 19 (15.08%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 19 (15.08%) Senior C++ Developer
10 19 (15.08%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (15.08%) Senior Python Developer
10 19 (15.08%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 16 (12.70%) C++ Software Engineer
11 16 (12.70%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (29.37%) FIX Protocol
2 35 (27.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (14.29%) React
4 16 (12.70%) Node.js
4 16 (12.70%) pytest
4 16 (12.70%) Redux
5 6 (4.76%) Kafka
6 3 (2.38%) .NET
6 3 (2.38%) Java Concurrency
6 3 (2.38%) REST
7 2 (1.59%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.59%) CSS
7 2 (1.59%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.59%) HTML
7 2 (1.59%) Playwright
8 1 (0.79%) Great Expectations
8 1 (0.79%) Pandas
8 1 (0.79%) Plotly
8 1 (0.79%) PySpark
8 1 (0.79%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 60 (47.62%) Derivative
2 54 (42.86%) Fixed Income
3 40 (31.75%) Algorithms
4 23 (18.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 23 (18.25%) Hedge funds
5 21 (16.67%) Data Structures
6 19 (15.08%) Management Information System
7 18 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (7.14%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (3.97%) Cloud Native
9 5 (3.97%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (3.17%) Eurex
10 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.59%) Credit Derivative
11 2 (1.59%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 2 (1.59%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.79%) Equity Derivative
12 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 48 (38.10%) Linux
2 14 (11.11%) Windows
3 3 (2.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (47.62%) Low Latency
2 38 (30.16%) Agile
2 38 (30.16%) Software Engineering
3 35 (27.78%) OOP
4 32 (25.40%) Electronic Trading
5 30 (23.81%) Computer Science
6 24 (19.05%) SDLC
7 23 (18.25%) Algorithmic Trading
7 23 (18.25%) Mathematics
7 23 (18.25%) Test Automation
8 22 (17.46%) Order Management
9 21 (16.67%) Data Analysis
9 21 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (15.87%) Asset Management
10 20 (15.87%) Market Making
10 20 (15.87%) Mentoring
11 19 (15.08%) High-Frequency Trading
11 19 (15.08%) OO
11 19 (15.08%) Process Improvement
11 19 (15.08%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 81 (64.29%) Python
2 38 (30.16%) C++
2 38 (30.16%) Java
3 19 (15.08%) SQL
3 19 (15.08%) TypeScript
4 18 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.17%) C#
5 4 (3.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.79%) Tcl
6 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (10.32%) Degree
2 12 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.59%) ISEB
3 2 (1.59%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.67%) QA
2 11 (8.73%) MiFID
3 5 (3.97%) EMIR
4 2 (1.59%) COREP
4 2 (1.59%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.59%) GAAP
4 2 (1.59%) IFRS
5 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.17%) SCCM
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.14%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.17%) CQG
3 4 (3.17%) ION Trading
3 4 (3.17%) Oracle
3 4 (3.17%) Patsystems
3 4 (3.17%) Reuters
3 4 (3.17%) Trayport
4 2 (1.59%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.59%) Databricks
4 2 (1.59%) Splunk
5 1 (0.79%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.79%) Charles River
5 1 (0.79%) IBM
5 1 (0.79%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.79%) Sybase
5 1 (0.79%) TIBCO