High-Frequency Trading Job Trends in England

High-Frequency Trading
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 655 623
Rank change year-on-year +74 -32 +292
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 36 24 57
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.068% 0.050% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.055% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 51
10th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £119,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £150,000 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £150,000 £183,750 £164,375
90th Percentile £180,000 £243,000 £200,000
UK median annual salary £112,500 £150,000 £140,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

High-Frequency Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing High-Frequency Trading relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

High-Frequency Trading job vacancy trend in England

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing High-Frequency Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing High-Frequency Trading

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for High-Frequency Trading in England

High-Frequency Trading
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High-Frequency Trading within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 +66 36 £112,500 -25.00% 14
High-Frequency Trading
UK

High-Frequency Trading
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) BGP
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) HSRP
2 1 (2.78%) IGMP
2 1 (2.78%) Multicast
2 1 (2.78%) OSPF
2 1 (2.78%) VRRP
General
1 19 (52.78%) Finance
2 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 10 (27.78%) Front Office
4 8 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (19.44%) Banking
6 5 (13.89%) Financial Institution
7 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Developer
2 13 (36.11%) Java Developer
3 11 (30.56%) Quantitative Developer
4 10 (27.78%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
6 5 (13.89%) Rust Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Python Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Software Developer
8 3 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Head of Applications
8 3 (8.33%) Head of Technology
8 3 (8.33%) Java Developer - Fintech
8 3 (8.33%) Junior
8 3 (8.33%) Junior Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Junior Software Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Low Latency Java Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Rust Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Rust Software Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Kafka
2 1 (2.78%) gRPC
2 1 (2.78%) Node.js
2 1 (2.78%) NumPy
2 1 (2.78%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 17 (47.22%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (44.44%) Equities
3 15 (41.67%) Algorithms
4 6 (16.67%) Hedge funds
5 3 (8.33%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.78%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.78%) FPGA
6 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.78%) SIMD
6 1 (2.78%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) Low Latency
2 18 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 17 (47.22%) Algorithmic Trading
3 17 (47.22%) Electronic Trading
4 12 (33.33%) Market Making
5 11 (30.56%) Computer Science
5 11 (30.56%) Quantitative Research
5 11 (30.56%) Statistics
6 9 (25.00%) Order Management
7 8 (22.22%) Dependency Injection
7 8 (22.22%) Multithreading
7 8 (22.22%) Software Engineering
8 7 (19.44%) Mathematics
8 7 (19.44%) Systematic Trading
9 6 (16.67%) Business Strategy
9 6 (16.67%) Machine Learning
9 6 (16.67%) Stochastic Modelling
10 5 (13.89%) Analytics
10 5 (13.89%) Applied Mathematics
10 5 (13.89%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 22 (61.11%) Java
2 20 (55.56%) Python
3 8 (22.22%) Rust
4 5 (13.89%) C++
5 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (41.67%) Degree
1 15 (41.67%) Master's Degree
1 15 (41.67%) PhD
2 1 (2.78%) CCIE
2 1 (2.78%) CCNA
2 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Arista
1 1 (2.78%) Cisco
1 1 (2.78%) Fortinet