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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 278 392
Rank change year-on-year -281 +114 +178
Permanent jobs citing Equities 122 414 511
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 1.10% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 2.78% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 67 361 499
10th Percentile £74,500 £85,000 £67,500
25th Percentile £90,625 £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 £122,500
% change year-on-year -10.87% -6.12% +16.67%

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 22,735 14,903 29,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.77% 39.69% 35.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11,869 8,305 20,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -184 121 £102,500 -10.87% 27
North West -28 1 - -
North of England -70 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 6 (4.92%) Confluence
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.82%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.03%) AWS
1 22 (18.03%) Azure
2 16 (13.11%) GCP
3 13 (10.66%) GitHub
4 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.82%) Datadog
5 1 (0.82%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.82%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.82%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.82%) SaaS
5 1 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.57%) Multicast
2 4 (3.28%) DHCP
2 4 (3.28%) DNS
2 4 (3.28%) VLAN
3 2 (1.64%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.11%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.92%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.28%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.64%) KDB
5 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.82%) Metadata
5 1 (0.82%) Power BI
5 1 (0.82%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 20 (16.39%) JIRA
2 16 (13.11%) Git
3 2 (1.64%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.64%) Selenium
4 1 (0.82%) GitLab
General
1 91 (74.59%) Finance
2 68 (55.74%) Front Office
3 29 (23.77%) Social Skills
4 28 (22.95%) Banking
5 11 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Spanish Language
7 3 (2.46%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.64%) Back Office
8 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.82%) Games
9 1 (0.82%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (44.26%) Developer
2 41 (33.61%) Senior
3 30 (24.59%) Software Engineer
4 29 (23.77%) Python Developer
5 24 (19.67%) Senior Developer
6 23 (18.85%) Quantitative Developer
7 22 (18.03%) Lead
7 22 (18.03%) Python Engineer
8 21 (17.21%) C++ Developer
9 19 (15.57%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 19 (15.57%) Linux Developer
9 19 (15.57%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 19 (15.57%) Senior C++ Developer
9 19 (15.57%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
9 19 (15.57%) Senior Python Developer
9 19 (15.57%) Senior Quantitative Developer
10 18 (14.75%) Analyst
10 18 (14.75%) Python Software Engineer
11 16 (13.11%) Lead Developer
12 14 (11.48%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (27.87%) FIX Protocol
2 33 (27.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (14.75%) React
4 16 (13.11%) Node.js
4 16 (13.11%) Redux
5 14 (11.48%) pytest
6 6 (4.92%) Kafka
7 3 (2.46%) .NET
7 3 (2.46%) Java Concurrency
7 3 (2.46%) REST
8 2 (1.64%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.64%) CSS
8 2 (1.64%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.64%) HTML
8 2 (1.64%) Playwright
9 1 (0.82%) Akka
9 1 (0.82%) Great Expectations
9 1 (0.82%) Plotly
9 1 (0.82%) PySpark
9 1 (0.82%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 58 (47.54%) Derivative
2 51 (41.80%) Fixed Income
3 38 (31.15%) Algorithms
4 24 (19.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (18.85%) Hedge funds
6 21 (17.21%) Data Structures
7 19 (15.57%) Management Information System
8 18 (14.75%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (7.38%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (4.10%) Cloud Native
10 5 (4.10%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (3.28%) Eurex
11 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
12 2 (1.64%) Credit Derivative
12 2 (1.64%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 2 (1.64%) Private Cloud
13 1 (0.82%) Equity Derivative
13 1 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.82%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.82%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 45 (36.89%) Linux
2 14 (11.48%) Windows
3 3 (2.46%) Unix
4 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (47.54%) Low Latency
2 36 (29.51%) Software Engineering
3 35 (28.69%) Agile
4 33 (27.05%) OOP
5 32 (26.23%) Electronic Trading
6 28 (22.95%) Computer Science
7 23 (18.85%) Algorithmic Trading
7 23 (18.85%) Test Automation
8 22 (18.03%) Order Management
8 22 (18.03%) SDLC
9 21 (17.21%) Mathematics
10 20 (16.39%) Data Analysis
10 20 (16.39%) Market Making
10 20 (16.39%) Mentoring
11 19 (15.57%) Asset Management
11 19 (15.57%) High-Frequency Trading
11 19 (15.57%) OO
11 19 (15.57%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (13.93%) Fintech
12 17 (13.93%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 78 (63.93%) Python
2 37 (30.33%) Java
3 36 (29.51%) C++
4 19 (15.57%) TypeScript
5 18 (14.75%) JavaScript
6 17 (13.93%) SQL
7 4 (3.28%) C#
7 4 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (11.48%) Degree
2 12 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.64%) ISEB
3 2 (1.64%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.82%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.57%) QA
2 10 (8.20%) MiFID
3 5 (4.10%) EMIR
4 2 (1.64%) COREP
4 2 (1.64%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.82%) FINRA
5 1 (0.82%) GAAP
5 1 (0.82%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.28%) SCCM
3 1 (0.82%) Grafana
3 1 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.38%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.28%) CQG
3 4 (3.28%) ION Trading
3 4 (3.28%) Oracle
3 4 (3.28%) Patsystems
3 4 (3.28%) Reuters
3 4 (3.28%) Trayport
4 2 (1.64%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.64%) Databricks
4 2 (1.64%) Splunk
5 1 (0.82%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.82%) Charles River
5 1 (0.82%) Red Hat