Automated Trading Jobs in London

Automated Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Automated Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automated Trading over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 371 554
Rank change year-on-year -14 +183 +224
Permanent jobs citing Automated Trading 8 136 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.064% 0.57% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.63% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6 122 46
10th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 -
25th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% -12.64%
75th Percentile £135,625 £115,000 £99,375
90th Percentile £137,500 £136,250 £138,125
England median annual salary £115,000 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -10.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Automated 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 12,030 21,547 31,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.27% 90.53% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,812 15,864 22,815
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,924
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,073 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.03% -6.57% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Automated Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Automated Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Automated Trading in London

Automated Trading
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automated Trading in London.

Salary trend for Automated Trading in London

Automated Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automated Trading in London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automated Trading in London

Automated Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Front Office
3 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Law
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Front Office Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Data Strategist
3 1 (12.50%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office RAD Developer
3 1 (12.50%) RAD Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) NumPy
1 3 (37.50%) Pandas
2 2 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (25.00%) Django
2 2 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 2 (25.00%) Flask
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) Hedge funds
2 1 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Electronic Trading
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
1 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
2 2 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Data Science
2 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
2 2 (25.00%) Pricing Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (25.00%) RAD
2 2 (25.00%) Systematic Trading
2 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Linear Programming
3 1 (12.50%) People Management
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) C++
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
1 1 (12.50%) Refinitiv