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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 333 294
Rank change year-on-year -272 -39 +136
Permanent jobs citing Equities 116 365 818
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.84% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 2.03% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 75 291 798
10th Percentile £68,750 £97,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £88,750 £105,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £125,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £132,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £148,750 £165,000
UK median annual salary £102,500 £125,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +4.17% +6.67%

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 22,465 17,980 29,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.65% 41.49% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14,849 8,985 19,732
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -14.60%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -192 116 £102,500 -18.00% 59
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 9 (7.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (8.62%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.41%) Azure
2 23 (19.83%) AWS
3 16 (13.79%) GCP
4 10 (8.62%) GitHub
5 4 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.72%) Google Gemini
6 2 (1.72%) SaaS
6 2 (1.72%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.86%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (18.10%) Multicast
2 4 (3.45%) DHCP
2 4 (3.45%) DNS
2 4 (3.45%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (3.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.79%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.62%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.86%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (27.59%) JIRA
2 16 (13.79%) Git
3 4 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.86%) GitLab
General
1 93 (80.17%) Finance
2 63 (54.31%) Front Office
3 33 (28.45%) Social Skills
4 27 (23.28%) Banking
5 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Spanish Language
7 4 (3.45%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.45%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.86%) Back Office
10 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (43.10%) Developer
2 42 (36.21%) Senior
3 31 (26.72%) Software Engineer
4 26 (22.41%) Python Engineer
5 25 (21.55%) Python Developer
6 22 (18.97%) Lead
7 21 (18.10%) Senior Developer
8 20 (17.24%) Python Software Engineer
9 17 (14.66%) C++ Developer
10 16 (13.79%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 16 (13.79%) C++ Software Engineer
10 16 (13.79%) Lead Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Linux Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Quantitative Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Senior C++ Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Senior Python Developer
10 16 (13.79%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 15 (12.93%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (27.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 32 (27.59%) FIX Protocol
2 18 (15.52%) React
3 17 (14.66%) Node.js
4 16 (13.79%) pytest
4 16 (13.79%) Redux
5 3 (2.59%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.72%) CSS
6 2 (1.72%) HTML
6 2 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.72%) Spring
6 2 (1.72%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.86%) .NET
7 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.86%) Akka
7 1 (0.86%) FpML
7 1 (0.86%) JSON
7 1 (0.86%) Kafka
7 1 (0.86%) Spring Integration
7 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (48.28%) Fixed Income
2 51 (43.97%) Derivative
3 36 (31.03%) Algorithms
4 22 (18.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (17.24%) Hedge funds
6 16 (13.79%) Data Structures
6 16 (13.79%) Management Information System
7 12 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (6.90%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (5.17%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (4.31%) Eurex
10 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
11 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
12 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
13 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (1.72%) Market Risk
13 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
14 1 (0.86%) Credit Risk
14 1 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.86%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 46 (39.66%) Linux
2 10 (8.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (44.83%) Low Latency
2 45 (38.79%) Agile
3 41 (35.34%) Software Engineering
4 32 (27.59%) OOP
5 31 (26.72%) Computer Science
6 26 (22.41%) SDLC
7 22 (18.97%) Electronic Trading
7 22 (18.97%) Fintech
7 22 (18.97%) Mathematics
7 22 (18.97%) Technical Leadership
8 20 (17.24%) Investment Management
8 20 (17.24%) Mentoring
9 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (15.52%) Asset Management
10 18 (15.52%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (15.52%) Process Improvement
10 18 (15.52%) Test Automation
10 18 (15.52%) Workflow
11 17 (14.66%) Line Management
11 17 (14.66%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (64.66%) Python
2 36 (31.03%) C++
3 29 (25.00%) Java
4 20 (17.24%) TypeScript
5 19 (16.38%) SQL
6 16 (13.79%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.31%) Tcl
8 4 (3.45%) C#
8 4 (3.45%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.86%) R
9 1 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) Degree
2 13 (11.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.10%) QA
2 10 (8.62%) MiFID
3 5 (4.31%) EMIR
4 4 (3.45%) GAAP
5 2 (1.72%) IFRS
5 2 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) SCCM
2 2 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) Bloomberg
3 7 (6.03%) Oracle
4 5 (4.31%) CQG
4 5 (4.31%) IBM
4 5 (4.31%) ION Trading
4 5 (4.31%) Patsystems
4 5 (4.31%) Reuters
4 5 (4.31%) Sybase
4 5 (4.31%) TIBCO
4 5 (4.31%) Trayport
5 3 (2.59%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.72%) Foundry
6 2 (1.72%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.86%) Databricks