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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 332 405
Rank change year-on-year -121 +73 +137
Permanent jobs citing Equities 163 414 292
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.86% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 2.30% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 113 365 273
10th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £68,000
25th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £93,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% - +6.98%
75th Percentile £137,500 £147,500 £145,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £152,500 £155,000
UK median annual salary £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% - +9.52%

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 18,654 18,002 18,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.93% 37.46% 36.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,446 8,455 13,402
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,770 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% +0.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 -89 161 £112,500 -2.17% 33
North of England +15 2 - - 1
North East -1 1 - - 1
North West - 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 52 (31.90%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (17.18%) Apache
3 6 (3.68%) Confluence
4 3 (1.84%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (6.13%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.61%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.61%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 66 (40.49%) AWS
2 51 (31.29%) dbt
3 31 (19.02%) Snowflake
4 23 (14.11%) GCP
5 9 (5.52%) GitHub
6 5 (3.07%) Azure
7 2 (1.23%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.61%) Datadog
8 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.61%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.04%) Multicast
2 2 (1.23%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (31.29%) Amazon Athena
1 51 (31.29%) Apache Arrow
1 51 (31.29%) Apache Iceberg
1 51 (31.29%) Dremio
2 30 (18.40%) Data Lake
3 28 (17.18%) Apache Ignite
4 23 (14.11%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (4.29%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.45%) KDB
8 3 (1.84%) Big Data
8 3 (1.84%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.84%) Tick Data
9 2 (1.23%) Power BI
10 1 (0.61%) Kdb+
10 1 (0.61%) Metadata
10 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (12.27%) JIRA
2 8 (4.91%) Git
3 4 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.84%) Selenium
5 2 (1.23%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.23%) Maven
6 1 (0.61%) GitLab
6 1 (0.61%) Postman
6 1 (0.61%) REST Assured
General
1 131 (80.37%) Finance
2 108 (66.26%) Front Office
3 62 (38.04%) Banking
4 36 (22.09%) Investment Banking
5 21 (12.88%) Social Skills
6 13 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.91%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.07%) Back Office
9 5 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.45%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.23%) Games
11 2 (1.23%) Legal
11 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (44.17%) Developer
2 64 (39.26%) Python Engineer
2 64 (39.26%) Software Engineer
3 63 (38.65%) Python Software Engineer
4 60 (36.81%) Senior
5 51 (31.29%) AWS Engineer
5 51 (31.29%) AWS Software Engineer
6 47 (28.83%) Python Developer
7 38 (23.31%) Senior Software Engineer
8 32 (19.63%) Quantitative Developer
9 31 (19.02%) Java Engineer
10 29 (17.79%) Java Software Engineer
11 26 (15.95%) Senior Java Engineer
11 26 (15.95%) Senior Java Software Engineer
12 23 (14.11%) AWS Developer
12 23 (14.11%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 20 (12.27%) Analyst
13 20 (12.27%) C++ Developer
14 18 (11.04%) Senior C++ Developer
14 18 (11.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (31.90%) Pandas
2 51 (31.29%) NumPy
2 51 (31.29%) SciPy
3 32 (19.63%) FIX Protocol
4 30 (18.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 28 (17.18%) gRPC
5 28 (17.18%) Protocol Buffers
6 26 (15.95%) React
7 23 (14.11%) AngularJS
7 23 (14.11%) Node.js
7 23 (14.11%) Vue
8 13 (7.98%) pytest
9 10 (6.13%) Kafka
10 6 (3.68%) Java Concurrency
11 4 (2.45%) REST
12 3 (1.84%) .NET
12 3 (1.84%) CSS
12 3 (1.84%) HTML
12 3 (1.84%) Playwright
13 2 (1.23%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (49.69%) Fixed Income
2 74 (45.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 64 (39.26%) Derivative
4 53 (32.52%) Algorithms
5 51 (31.29%) Hedge funds
6 29 (17.79%) Pricing Data
7 20 (12.27%) Data Structures
8 19 (11.66%) Management Information System
9 18 (11.04%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (4.29%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (3.68%) Cloud Native
11 6 (3.68%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (3.07%) Onboarding
13 4 (2.45%) Eurex
14 3 (1.84%) Equity Derivative
15 2 (1.23%) Credit Derivative
15 2 (1.23%) Interest Rate Derivative
15 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
16 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
16 1 (0.61%) TWAP
Operating Systems
1 47 (28.83%) Linux
2 11 (6.75%) Windows
3 3 (1.84%) Unix
4 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (44.17%) Agile
2 68 (41.72%) Software Engineering
3 65 (39.88%) Low Latency
4 55 (33.74%) Asset Management
5 52 (31.90%) Investment Management
6 48 (29.45%) Order Management
7 36 (22.09%) Electronic Trading
8 35 (21.47%) Algorithmic Trading
8 35 (21.47%) Computer Science
9 30 (18.40%) OOP
10 27 (16.56%) Mathematics
10 27 (16.56%) Risk Management
11 25 (15.34%) Data Analysis
12 23 (14.11%) Fintech
12 23 (14.11%) Performance Attribution
13 22 (13.50%) Test Automation
14 20 (12.27%) Analytics
15 19 (11.66%) OO
15 19 (11.66%) Quantitative Research
15 19 (11.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 125 (76.69%) Python
2 76 (46.63%) Java
3 54 (33.13%) JavaScript
3 54 (33.13%) TypeScript
4 35 (21.47%) C++
5 16 (9.82%) SQL
6 1 (0.61%) C#
6 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (15.95%) Degree
2 14 (8.59%) Master's Degree
2 14 (8.59%) PhD
3 5 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.84%) ISEB
4 3 (1.84%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.61%) CISM
5 1 (0.61%) CISSP
5 1 (0.61%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.04%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.84%) MiFID
4 2 (1.23%) COREP
5 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.61%) FINRA
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.61%) Grafana
2 1 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (4.29%) Bloomberg
2 4 (2.45%) CQG
2 4 (2.45%) ION Trading
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle
2 4 (2.45%) Patsystems
2 4 (2.45%) Reuters
2 4 (2.45%) Trayport
3 2 (1.23%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.23%) Charles River
3 2 (1.23%) Databricks
3 2 (1.23%) Solace
3 2 (1.23%) Splunk
4 1 (0.61%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.61%) FactSet
4 1 (0.61%) Murex
4 1 (0.61%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.61%) Refinitiv