Algorithmic Trading Job Trends in London

Algo Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Algorithmic 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 308 358 334
Rank change year-on-year +50 -24 +219
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 66 70 109
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.47% 0.45% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.48% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 43 50 90
10th Percentile £90,000 £60,000 £87,875
25th Percentile £101,500 £95,000 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £122,000 £120,000 £133,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -10.28% +27.38%
75th Percentile £147,500 £161,875 £151,875
90th Percentile £165,000 £170,000 £225,000
England median annual salary £122,000 £120,000 £132,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% -9.43% +23.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Algorithmic 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithmic Trading relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Algorithmic Trading job vacancy trend in London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Algorithmic Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Algorithmic Trading

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the London 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
Central London +41 20 £112,500 +15.38% 8
Algorithmic Trading
England

Algorithmic Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Endur
2 4 (6.06%) Fidessa
3 1 (1.52%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.18%) AWS
2 9 (13.64%) Azure
3 3 (4.55%) GCP
4 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.52%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) Multicast
2 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) KDB
2 1 (1.52%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.52%) Kdb+
2 1 (1.52%) Power BI
2 1 (1.52%) Tableau
2 1 (1.52%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) VisualVM
1 2 (3.03%) YourKit
2 1 (1.52%) Gradle
General
1 37 (56.06%) Finance
2 20 (30.30%) Front Office
3 17 (25.76%) Social Skills
4 16 (24.24%) Banking
5 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (12.12%) Financial Institution
7 5 (7.58%) Investment Banking
8 4 (6.06%) Billing
8 4 (6.06%) Games
8 4 (6.06%) Law
9 2 (3.03%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Legal
10 1 (1.52%) Retail
10 1 (1.52%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (51.52%) Developer
2 15 (22.73%) Quantitative Developer
3 13 (19.70%) Java Developer
4 11 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
5 9 (13.64%) Java Quantitative Developer
6 8 (12.12%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
7 6 (9.09%) Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) C++ Developer
8 4 (6.06%) IT Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Software Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) Applications Support
9 3 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Equity Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) Support Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Analyst Developer
10 2 (3.03%) Developer Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Qualitative Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Quantitative Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.76%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (12.12%) Kafka
3 4 (6.06%) Java Concurrency
4 2 (3.03%) Akka
5 1 (1.52%) .NET
5 1 (1.52%) JMS
5 1 (1.52%) Middleware
5 1 (1.52%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.52%) React
5 1 (1.52%) REST
5 1 (1.52%) Spring
5 1 (1.52%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (53.03%) Equities
2 26 (39.39%) Algorithms
3 16 (24.24%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (19.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (12.12%) Credit Risk
6 7 (10.61%) Derivative
7 4 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (4.55%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (4.55%) Hedge funds
8 3 (4.55%) Private Cloud
9 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
9 2 (3.03%) Fixed Income
9 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.52%) SIMD
10 1 (1.52%) Stable Diffusion
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.73%) Linux
2 4 (6.06%) Unix
2 4 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (57.58%) Low Latency
2 31 (46.97%) Electronic Trading
3 27 (40.91%) Computer Science
4 21 (31.82%) Data Analysis
5 17 (25.76%) High-Frequency Trading
5 17 (25.76%) Market Making
6 16 (24.24%) Analytics
7 15 (22.73%) Quantitative Research
8 14 (21.21%) Statistics
9 13 (19.70%) Quantitative Trading
9 13 (19.70%) Risk Management
10 12 (18.18%) Agile
10 12 (18.18%) Mathematics
11 11 (16.67%) AI
11 11 (16.67%) Business Strategy
12 9 (13.64%) Microservices
12 9 (13.64%) Systematic Trading
13 8 (12.12%) Applied Mathematics
13 8 (12.12%) ETRM
13 8 (12.12%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 39 (59.09%) Java
2 28 (42.42%) Python
3 10 (15.15%) C++
4 4 (6.06%) SQL
5 1 (1.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (37.88%) Degree
2 20 (30.30%) Master's Degree
3 15 (22.73%) PhD
4 10 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (12.12%) PMI Certification
5 8 (12.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) EMIR
2 2 (3.03%) MiFID
3 1 (1.52%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.52%) Grafana
2 1 (1.52%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.52%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) OpenLink
2 2 (3.03%) Splunk
3 1 (1.52%) AppDynamics
3 1 (1.52%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.52%) Charles River
3 1 (1.52%) Solace