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 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 339 232
Rank change year-on-year -304 -107 +152
Permanent jobs citing Equities 114 337 838
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.78% 1.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 1.86% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 70 270 806
10th Percentile £68,750 £99,750 £85,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £105,000 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £125,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £120,625 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £130,250 - £165,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £125,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +8.70% +2.22%

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 25,074 18,118 22,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.55% 41.97% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16,493 9,194 12,496
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% -4.80%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -203 113 £95,000 -24.00% 344
North East -63 1 - -
North of England -64 1 - -
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 12 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (11.40%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.91%) Azure
2 14 (12.28%) AWS
3 7 (6.14%) GitHub
4 4 (3.51%) GCP
4 4 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.51%) Snowflake
5 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.75%) Google Gemini
6 2 (1.75%) SaaS
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (19.30%) Multicast
2 10 (8.77%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (3.51%) DHCP
3 4 (3.51%) DNS
3 4 (3.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.51%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.63%) KDB
3 3 (2.63%) Power BI
4 1 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (27.19%) JIRA
2 11 (9.65%) Git
3 6 (5.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 88 (77.19%) Finance
2 52 (45.61%) Front Office
3 39 (34.21%) Banking
4 37 (32.46%) Social Skills
5 25 (21.93%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (11.40%) Investment Banking
7 10 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (7.89%) Law
9 8 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (7.02%) Spanish Language
10 4 (3.51%) Back Office
10 4 (3.51%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.51%) General Ledger
11 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.88%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (33.33%) Senior
2 36 (31.58%) Developer
3 24 (21.05%) Analyst
4 21 (18.42%) Software Engineer
5 20 (17.54%) Senior Developer
6 18 (15.79%) Business Analyst
7 15 (13.16%) Quantitative Developer
8 14 (12.28%) Python Engineer
9 13 (11.40%) Python Developer
10 12 (10.53%) C++ Software Engineer
10 12 (10.53%) Lead
10 12 (10.53%) Python Software Engineer
11 11 (9.65%) C++ Developer
11 11 (9.65%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 11 (9.65%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (9.65%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 11 (9.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (8.77%) Linux Developer
12 10 (8.77%) Senior C++ Developer
12 10 (8.77%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (36.84%) FIX Protocol
2 22 (19.30%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 12 (10.53%) pytest
4 8 (7.02%) Kafka
5 6 (5.26%) .NET
6 4 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (3.51%) RESTful
7 3 (2.63%) CSS
7 3 (2.63%) HTML
7 3 (2.63%) XSLT
8 2 (1.75%) Django
8 2 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.75%) React
8 2 (1.75%) XML
9 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.88%) Node.js
9 1 (0.88%) Pandas
9 1 (0.88%) SciPy
9 1 (0.88%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 51 (44.74%) Fixed Income
2 48 (42.11%) Derivative
3 32 (28.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 31 (27.19%) Algorithms
5 17 (14.91%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (14.04%) Hedge funds
7 11 (9.65%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (8.77%) Data Structures
8 10 (8.77%) Management Information System
9 9 (7.89%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (7.89%) Onboarding
10 8 (7.02%) Eurex
11 5 (4.39%) Distributed Applications
11 5 (4.39%) Equity Derivative
11 5 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (4.39%) Market Risk
12 4 (3.51%) Cloud Native
13 3 (2.63%) AI Agents
13 3 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
14 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (34.21%) Linux
2 13 (11.40%) Windows
3 2 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.86%) Low Latency
2 37 (32.46%) Agile
3 33 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (28.07%) Software Engineering
5 31 (27.19%) Computer Science
6 28 (24.56%) SDLC
7 25 (21.93%) Electronic Trading
8 22 (19.30%) OOP
9 21 (18.42%) Mathematics
10 20 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (14.91%) Continuous Integration
11 17 (14.91%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (14.04%) Test Automation
13 15 (13.16%) Order Management
13 15 (13.16%) Ultra-Low Latency
14 14 (12.28%) Market Making
14 14 (12.28%) OO
14 14 (12.28%) Process Improvement
14 14 (12.28%) Project Delivery
14 14 (12.28%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 58 (50.88%) Python
2 32 (28.07%) C++
3 31 (27.19%) Java
4 30 (26.32%) SQL
5 9 (7.89%) C#
6 5 (4.39%) Tcl
7 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.63%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.63%) VBA
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) Perl
9 1 (0.88%) R
9 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (20.18%) Degree
2 16 (14.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.75%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.91%) QA
2 9 (7.89%) MiFID
3 5 (4.39%) EMIR
4 4 (3.51%) GAAP
5 3 (2.63%) SLA
6 2 (1.75%) IFRS
6 2 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Docker
2 4 (3.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.51%) SCCM
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) Control-M
3 1 (0.88%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (12.28%) Bloomberg
2 13 (11.40%) Oracle
3 12 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.02%) CQG
4 8 (7.02%) ION Trading
4 8 (7.02%) Patsystems
4 8 (7.02%) Reuters
4 8 (7.02%) Trayport
5 6 (5.26%) Atlassian
6 5 (4.39%) IBM
6 5 (4.39%) Sybase
6 5 (4.39%) TIBCO
7 3 (2.63%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.75%) Foundry
8 2 (1.75%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.88%) FXall
9 1 (0.88%) MarketAxess
9 1 (0.88%) Moogsoft
9 1 (0.88%) Splunk
9 1 (0.88%) Tradeweb