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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 335 238
Rank change year-on-year -283 -97 +152
Permanent jobs citing Equities 124 357 845
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.82% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 1.93% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 74 283 815
10th Percentile £68,750 £97,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £85,625 £105,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £125,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £131,875 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 - £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £125,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +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 24,331 18,454 23,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.85% 42.14% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 15,876 9,320 14,539
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -204 123 £100,000 -20.00% 409
North of England -51 1 - - 2
North East -56 1 - - 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 (9.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (10.48%) 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
3 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.77%) Azure
2 24 (19.35%) AWS
3 14 (11.29%) GCP
4 8 (6.45%) GitHub
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.42%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.61%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.61%) Google Gemini
7 2 (1.61%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.61%) SaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (18.55%) Multicast
2 7 (5.65%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (3.23%) DHCP
3 4 (3.23%) DNS
3 4 (3.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.23%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.42%) KDB
5 2 (1.61%) Power BI
6 1 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (25.81%) JIRA
2 13 (10.48%) Git
3 6 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
4 1 (0.81%) Selenium
General
1 99 (79.84%) Finance
2 64 (51.61%) Front Office
3 38 (30.65%) Banking
3 38 (30.65%) Social Skills
4 24 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.87%) Investment Banking
6 10 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.45%) Law
7 8 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.45%) Spanish Language
8 4 (3.23%) Back Office
8 4 (3.23%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.81%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (38.71%) Developer
2 41 (33.06%) Senior
3 31 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 24 (19.35%) Lead
5 22 (17.74%) Senior Developer
6 21 (16.94%) Python Engineer
7 20 (16.13%) Python Developer
8 18 (14.52%) Analyst
8 18 (14.52%) Quantitative Developer
9 16 (12.90%) Business Analyst
9 16 (12.90%) Python Software Engineer
10 15 (12.10%) Lead Developer
10 15 (12.10%) Lead Software Engineer
11 14 (11.29%) C++ Developer
11 14 (11.29%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 14 (11.29%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 13 (10.48%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (10.48%) Linux Developer
12 13 (10.48%) Senior C++ Developer
12 13 (10.48%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (31.45%) FIX Protocol
2 26 (20.97%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 14 (11.29%) React
4 13 (10.48%) Node.js
4 13 (10.48%) pytest
5 12 (9.68%) Redux
6 7 (5.65%) Kafka
7 3 (2.42%) .NET
7 3 (2.42%) CSS
7 3 (2.42%) HTML
8 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.61%) RESTful
8 2 (1.61%) Spring
8 2 (1.61%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.81%) JSON
9 1 (0.81%) NumPy
9 1 (0.81%) Pandas
9 1 (0.81%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 61 (49.19%) Fixed Income
2 57 (45.97%) Derivative
3 35 (28.23%) Algorithms
4 29 (23.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (16.13%) Hedge funds
6 18 (14.52%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (10.48%) Data Structures
7 13 (10.48%) Management Information System
8 11 (8.87%) Distributed Architecture
9 9 (7.26%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (7.26%) Onboarding
10 8 (6.45%) Eurex
11 5 (4.03%) Market Risk
12 4 (3.23%) Cloud Native
13 3 (2.42%) AI Agents
13 3 (2.42%) Distributed Applications
13 3 (2.42%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 44 (35.48%) Linux
2 14 (11.29%) Windows
3 2 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.94%) Low Latency
2 48 (38.71%) Agile
3 43 (34.68%) Software Engineering
4 33 (26.61%) Computer Science
5 29 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (22.58%) SDLC
7 27 (21.77%) Electronic Trading
8 26 (20.97%) OOP
9 22 (17.74%) Mathematics
10 19 (15.32%) Investment Management
10 19 (15.32%) Order Management
10 19 (15.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (15.32%) Technical Leadership
11 18 (14.52%) Asset Management
11 18 (14.52%) Mentoring
12 17 (13.71%) Fintech
12 17 (13.71%) Market Making
12 17 (13.71%) OO
12 17 (13.71%) Test Automation
13 16 (12.90%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 75 (60.48%) Python
2 36 (29.03%) C++
3 33 (26.61%) Java
4 27 (21.77%) SQL
5 15 (12.10%) TypeScript
6 12 (9.68%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.65%) C#
8 5 (4.03%) Tcl
9 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.61%) VBA
11 1 (0.81%) Bash
11 1 (0.81%) Perl
11 1 (0.81%) R
11 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) Degree
2 17 (13.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.52%) QA
2 9 (7.26%) MiFID
3 5 (4.03%) EMIR
4 4 (3.23%) GAAP
5 2 (1.61%) IFRS
5 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Control-M
2 1 (0.81%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (10.48%) Bloomberg
2 12 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.87%) Oracle
4 8 (6.45%) CQG
4 8 (6.45%) ION Trading
4 8 (6.45%) Patsystems
4 8 (6.45%) Reuters
4 8 (6.45%) Trayport
5 6 (4.84%) Atlassian
6 5 (4.03%) IBM
6 5 (4.03%) Sybase
6 5 (4.03%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.61%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.61%) Foundry
7 2 (1.61%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.81%) FXall
8 1 (0.81%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.81%) Moogsoft
8 1 (0.81%) Splunk
8 1 (0.81%) Tradeweb