Ultra-Low Latency Jobs in England

Ultra-Low Latency
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 821 896
Rank change year-on-year +158 +75 +242
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 20 21 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.024% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.028% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 17
10th Percentile £107,500 £72,375 £103,000
25th Percentile £150,625 £98,750 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £180,000 £142,500 £132,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +7.55% -5.36%
75th Percentile £190,000 £146,250 £232,500
90th Percentile £210,000 £158,625 -
UK median annual salary £180,000 £142,500 £132,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% +7.55% -5.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ultra-Low Latency 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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ultra-Low Latency in England

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in England.

Salary trend for Ultra-Low Latency in England

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in England

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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 +112 13 £155,000 +8.77% 85
Midlands - 1 - - 60
West Midlands - 1 - - 32
Ultra-Low Latency
UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (5.00%) Multicast
2 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Tick Data
2 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (10.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) GitLab
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Front Office
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Games
5 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Java Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (10.00%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Java Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Lead Developer
5 1 (5.00%) QA Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior C++ Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Software Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (10.00%) gRPC
1 2 (10.00%) Kafka
1 2 (10.00%) WebSockets
2 1 (5.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Hedge funds
2 6 (30.00%) Blockchain
2 6 (30.00%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (10.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (10.00%) Equities
5 1 (5.00%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (5.00%) Derivative
5 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (5.00%) FPGA
5 1 (5.00%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Android
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 11 (55.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (40.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 8 (40.00%) Multithreading
3 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 7 (35.00%) Market Making
5 6 (30.00%) Cryptocurrency
6 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
7 4 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
7 4 (20.00%) Backtesting
7 4 (20.00%) Data Management
7 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
7 4 (20.00%) Memory Management
7 4 (20.00%) Physics
7 4 (20.00%) Systematic Trading
8 3 (15.00%) Agile
8 3 (15.00%) High-Frequency Trading
9 2 (10.00%) Change Control
9 2 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
9 2 (10.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) Java
2 7 (35.00%) C++
3 6 (30.00%) Python
4 2 (10.00%) Rust
5 1 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) C
5 1 (5.00%) Kotlin
5 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) CCIE
2 2 (10.00%) CCNP
2 2 (10.00%) CCSA
2 2 (10.00%) CCSE
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Arista
1 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco
1 2 (10.00%) F5
2 1 (5.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (5.00%) QNX
2 1 (5.00%) Reuters