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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 303 369
Rank change year-on-year -260 +66 +182
Permanent jobs citing Equities 120 386 596
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.99% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 2.30% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 69 338 579
10th Percentile £74,750 £85,000 £77,500
25th Percentile £91,250 £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 £143,750 £147,500
90th Percentile - £152,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £102,500 £115,000 £125,000
% change year-on-year -10.87% -8.00% +19.05%

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 21,809 16,800 29,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.82% 42.90% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,469 8,291 20,820
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £81,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
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 16 May 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 May 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 -179 120 £102,500 -10.87% 44
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 7 (5.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.33%) Azure
2 21 (17.50%) AWS
3 16 (13.33%) GCP
4 13 (10.83%) GitHub
5 4 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.67%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (17.50%) Multicast
2 4 (3.33%) DHCP
2 4 (3.33%) DNS
2 4 (3.33%) VLAN
3 2 (1.67%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) KDB
4 1 (0.83%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 26 (21.67%) JIRA
2 17 (14.17%) Git
3 3 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 90 (75.00%) Finance
2 66 (55.00%) Front Office
3 30 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 29 (24.17%) Banking
5 9 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.33%) Investment Banking
6 4 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.33%) Spanish Language
7 3 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.67%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.83%) Back Office
9 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.83%) Games
9 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (43.33%) Developer
2 44 (36.67%) Senior
3 32 (26.67%) Software Engineer
4 28 (23.33%) Python Developer
5 24 (20.00%) Python Engineer
6 23 (19.17%) Senior Developer
7 22 (18.33%) Lead
7 22 (18.33%) Quantitative Developer
8 20 (16.67%) C++ Developer
8 20 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
9 19 (15.83%) Analyst
10 18 (15.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 18 (15.00%) Linux Developer
10 18 (15.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 18 (15.00%) Senior C++ Developer
10 18 (15.00%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
10 18 (15.00%) Senior Python Developer
10 18 (15.00%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 16 (13.33%) C++ Software Engineer
11 16 (13.33%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (28.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 33 (27.50%) FIX Protocol
3 17 (14.17%) React
4 16 (13.33%) Node.js
4 16 (13.33%) pytest
4 16 (13.33%) Redux
5 4 (3.33%) Kafka
6 2 (1.67%) .NET
6 2 (1.67%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.67%) Java Concurrency
7 1 (0.83%) Akka
7 1 (0.83%) CSS
7 1 (0.83%) FpML
7 1 (0.83%) HTML
7 1 (0.83%) MFC
7 1 (0.83%) REST
7 1 (0.83%) Spring
7 1 (0.83%) Spring Integration
7 1 (0.83%) STL
7 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (46.67%) Derivative
2 54 (45.00%) Fixed Income
3 37 (30.83%) Algorithms
4 22 (18.33%) Hedge funds
5 20 (16.67%) Data Structures
5 20 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (15.00%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (15.00%) Management Information System
7 8 (6.67%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (3.33%) Cloud Native
9 4 (3.33%) Eurex
9 4 (3.33%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.67%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.83%) Credit Derivative
11 1 (0.83%) Equity Derivative
11 1 (0.83%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 1 (0.83%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.83%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 46 (38.33%) Linux
2 12 (10.00%) Windows
3 3 (2.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (48.33%) Low Latency
2 40 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 39 (32.50%) Agile
4 34 (28.33%) OOP
5 30 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 30 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
6 25 (20.83%) SDLC
7 22 (18.33%) Mathematics
8 21 (17.50%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (17.50%) Test Automation
9 20 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
9 20 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 20 (16.67%) Order Management
10 19 (15.83%) Asset Management
10 19 (15.83%) Data Analysis
10 19 (15.83%) High-Frequency Trading
10 19 (15.83%) Market Making
10 19 (15.83%) Process Improvement
10 19 (15.83%) Workflow
11 18 (15.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 77 (64.17%) Python
2 38 (31.67%) C++
3 36 (30.00%) Java
4 18 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 17 (14.17%) JavaScript
6 15 (12.50%) SQL
7 4 (3.33%) C#
7 4 (3.33%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.67%) Tcl
9 1 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (10.83%) Degree
2 12 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.83%) ISEB
3 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.50%) QA
2 10 (8.33%) MiFID
3 5 (4.17%) EMIR
4 2 (1.67%) GAAP
4 2 (1.67%) IFRS
5 1 (0.83%) COREP
System Software
1 4 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.67%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.33%) CQG
3 4 (3.33%) ION Trading
3 4 (3.33%) Oracle
3 4 (3.33%) Patsystems
3 4 (3.33%) Reuters
3 4 (3.33%) Trayport
4 2 (1.67%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.67%) IBM
4 2 (1.67%) Sybase
4 2 (1.67%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.83%) Databricks
5 1 (0.83%) Red Hat