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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 325 308
Rank change year-on-year -253 -17 +178
Permanent jobs citing Equities 124 367 797
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.89% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 2.10% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 76 298 778
10th Percentile £68,750 £94,625 £77,500
25th Percentile £88,750 £105,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £125,000 £122,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +2.04% +6.52%
75th Percentile £134,375 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £149,125 £165,000
UK median annual salary £102,500 £125,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 21,916 17,445 30,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.55% 42.34% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14,519 8,575 20,780
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £38,750
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -14.10%

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 1 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 1 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 -182 124 £102,500 -18.00% 52
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 (7.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.77%) Azure
2 23 (18.55%) AWS
3 16 (12.90%) GCP
4 12 (9.68%) GitHub
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.61%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.61%) Google Gemini
6 2 (1.61%) SaaS
6 2 (1.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (19.35%) Multicast
2 4 (3.23%) DHCP
2 4 (3.23%) DNS
2 4 (3.23%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (3.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (8.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.81%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 34 (27.42%) JIRA
2 16 (12.90%) Git
3 3 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 98 (79.03%) Finance
2 66 (53.23%) Front Office
3 34 (27.42%) Social Skills
4 29 (23.39%) Banking
5 11 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Spanish Language
7 4 (3.23%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Back Office
10 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (42.74%) Developer
2 45 (36.29%) Senior
3 33 (26.61%) Software Engineer
4 28 (22.58%) Python Developer
4 28 (22.58%) Python Engineer
5 23 (18.55%) Senior Developer
6 22 (17.74%) Lead
6 22 (17.74%) Python Software Engineer
7 20 (16.13%) C++ Developer
8 19 (15.32%) Quantitative Developer
9 18 (14.52%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 18 (14.52%) C++ Software Engineer
9 18 (14.52%) Linux Developer
9 18 (14.52%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 18 (14.52%) Senior C++ Developer
9 18 (14.52%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
9 18 (14.52%) Senior Python Developer
9 18 (14.52%) Senior Quantitative Developer
10 17 (13.71%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 17 (13.71%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (29.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 36 (29.03%) FIX Protocol
2 18 (14.52%) pytest
2 18 (14.52%) React
3 16 (12.90%) Node.js
3 16 (12.90%) Redux
4 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.61%) CSS
4 2 (1.61%) HTML
4 2 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.81%) .NET
5 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.81%) Akka
5 1 (0.81%) FpML
5 1 (0.81%) JSON
5 1 (0.81%) MFC
5 1 (0.81%) Spring
5 1 (0.81%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.81%) STL
5 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (46.77%) Fixed Income
2 53 (42.74%) Derivative
3 40 (32.26%) Algorithms
4 23 (18.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 22 (17.74%) Hedge funds
6 19 (15.32%) Data Structures
7 18 (14.52%) Management Information System
8 15 (12.10%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (7.26%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (5.65%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (4.84%) Eurex
11 6 (4.84%) Onboarding
12 4 (3.23%) Cloud Native
13 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
14 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (1.61%) Market Risk
14 2 (1.61%) Mobile App
15 1 (0.81%) Distributed Applications
15 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
15 1 (0.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 52 (41.94%) Linux
2 12 (9.68%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (46.77%) Low Latency
2 48 (38.71%) Agile
3 42 (33.87%) Software Engineering
4 36 (29.03%) OOP
5 32 (25.81%) Computer Science
6 28 (22.58%) SDLC
7 26 (20.97%) Electronic Trading
8 24 (19.35%) Mathematics
8 24 (19.35%) Technical Leadership
9 22 (17.74%) Fintech
10 21 (16.94%) Workflow
11 20 (16.13%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (16.13%) Investment Management
11 20 (16.13%) Mentoring
11 20 (16.13%) Process Improvement
11 20 (16.13%) Test Automation
12 19 (15.32%) Order Management
12 19 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (14.52%) High-Frequency Trading
13 18 (14.52%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 82 (66.13%) Python
2 40 (32.26%) C++
3 30 (24.19%) Java
4 20 (16.13%) TypeScript
5 19 (15.32%) SQL
6 16 (12.90%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.03%) Tcl
8 4 (3.23%) C#
8 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.81%) R
9 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (12.90%) Degree
2 12 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.74%) QA
2 11 (8.87%) MiFID
3 5 (4.03%) EMIR
4 4 (3.23%) GAAP
5 2 (1.61%) IFRS
5 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) SCCM
2 2 (1.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (8.06%) Bloomberg
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) Oracle
3 6 (4.84%) CQG
3 6 (4.84%) ION Trading
3 6 (4.84%) Patsystems
3 6 (4.84%) Reuters
3 6 (4.84%) Trayport
4 5 (4.03%) IBM
4 5 (4.03%) Sybase
4 5 (4.03%) TIBCO
5 3 (2.42%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.61%) Foundry
6 2 (1.61%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.81%) Databricks
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat