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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 314 331
Rank change year-on-year -266 +17 +174
Permanent jobs citing Equities 125 373 729
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.94% 0.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 2.18% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 71 305 710
10th Percentile £68,750 £93,750 £77,500
25th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £120,000 £121,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -1.03% +7.78%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £102,500 £115,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -10.87% -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 20,888 17,111 31,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.18% 43.28% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,714 8,217 21,247
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 June 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 June 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 -171 125 £102,500 -16.33% 17
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 10 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (8.00%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.80%) Azure
2 23 (18.40%) AWS
3 16 (12.80%) GCP
4 14 (11.20%) GitHub
5 4 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.60%) SaaS
7 1 (0.80%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.80%) Google Gemini
7 1 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (20.00%) Multicast
2 4 (3.20%) DHCP
2 4 (3.20%) DNS
2 4 (3.20%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (3.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.80%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.80%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.80%) KDB
3 1 (0.80%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 33 (26.40%) JIRA
2 18 (14.40%) Git
3 3 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.80%) GitLab
General
1 98 (78.40%) Finance
2 67 (53.60%) Front Office
3 33 (26.40%) Social Skills
4 29 (23.20%) Banking
5 12 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.60%) Spanish Language
7 4 (3.20%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.20%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Back Office
10 1 (0.80%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (42.40%) Developer
2 46 (36.80%) Senior
3 33 (26.40%) Software Engineer
4 29 (23.20%) Python Developer
5 27 (21.60%) Python Engineer
6 24 (19.20%) Senior Developer
7 22 (17.60%) Lead
7 22 (17.60%) Python Software Engineer
8 21 (16.80%) C++ Developer
8 21 (16.80%) Quantitative Developer
9 19 (15.20%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 19 (15.20%) Linux Developer
9 19 (15.20%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 19 (15.20%) Senior C++ Developer
9 19 (15.20%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
9 19 (15.20%) Senior Python Developer
9 19 (15.20%) Senior Quantitative Developer
10 18 (14.40%) C++ Software Engineer
11 17 (13.60%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 17 (13.60%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (29.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 36 (28.80%) FIX Protocol
3 18 (14.40%) pytest
4 17 (13.60%) React
5 16 (12.80%) Node.js
5 16 (12.80%) Redux
6 2 (1.60%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.60%) Kafka
6 2 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.80%) .NET
7 1 (0.80%) Akka
7 1 (0.80%) CSS
7 1 (0.80%) FpML
7 1 (0.80%) HTML
7 1 (0.80%) Java Concurrency
7 1 (0.80%) MFC
7 1 (0.80%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.80%) Spring Integration
7 1 (0.80%) STL
7 1 (0.80%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 58 (46.40%) Fixed Income
2 55 (44.00%) Derivative
3 41 (32.80%) Algorithms
4 24 (19.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (18.40%) Hedge funds
6 21 (16.80%) Data Structures
7 19 (15.20%) Management Information System
8 16 (12.80%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (8.80%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (5.60%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (5.60%) Eurex
10 7 (5.60%) Onboarding
11 4 (3.20%) Cloud Native
12 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
13 2 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
14 1 (0.80%) Equity Derivative
14 1 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.80%) Market Risk
14 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
14 1 (0.80%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 52 (41.60%) Linux
2 13 (10.40%) Windows
3 1 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (49.60%) Low Latency
2 47 (37.60%) Agile
3 42 (33.60%) Software Engineering
4 37 (29.60%) OOP
5 33 (26.40%) Computer Science
6 29 (23.20%) Electronic Trading
6 29 (23.20%) SDLC
7 25 (20.00%) Mathematics
8 24 (19.20%) Technical Leadership
9 22 (17.60%) Workflow
10 21 (16.80%) Test Automation
11 20 (16.00%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (16.00%) Fintech
11 20 (16.00%) Market Making
11 20 (16.00%) Mentoring
11 20 (16.00%) Order Management
11 20 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (16.00%) Process Improvement
12 19 (15.20%) High-Frequency Trading
12 19 (15.20%) OO
Programming Languages
1 81 (64.80%) Python
2 41 (32.80%) C++
3 32 (25.60%) Java
4 18 (14.40%) TypeScript
5 16 (12.80%) JavaScript
5 16 (12.80%) SQL
6 4 (3.20%) C#
6 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.40%) Tcl
8 1 (0.80%) R
8 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (12.00%) Degree
2 13 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.60%) QA
2 11 (8.80%) MiFID
3 5 (4.00%) EMIR
4 4 (3.20%) GAAP
5 2 (1.60%) IFRS
5 2 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.20%) SCCM
2 2 (1.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (8.80%) Bloomberg
2 10 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.20%) Oracle
4 7 (5.60%) CQG
4 7 (5.60%) ION Trading
4 7 (5.60%) Patsystems
4 7 (5.60%) Reuters
4 7 (5.60%) Trayport
5 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.40%) IBM
5 3 (2.40%) Sybase
5 3 (2.40%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.80%) Databricks
6 1 (0.80%) Foundry
6 1 (0.80%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.80%) Red Hat