Automated Trading Job Trends in London

Automated Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Automated Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 417 412
Rank change year-on-year +62 -5 +229
Permanent jobs citing Automated Trading 19 13 40
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.14% 0.084% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.089% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 30
10th Percentile £72,500 £92,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £81,875 £105,000 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £125,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% +49.45%
75th Percentile £108,125 £137,500 £145,000
90th Percentile £129,800 £150,000 £187,500
England median annual salary £100,000 £110,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +49.45%

All Process & 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 12,269 14,580 16,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.64% 94.60% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,845 8,006 13,563
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £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 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Automated Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Automated Trading job vacancy trend in London

Automated Trading
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Automated Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Automated Trading

Automated Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automated Trading in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Automated Trading in London

Automated 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 Automated Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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 +37 2 £108,500 +44.67% 7
Automated Trading
England

Automated 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) AWS
2 6 (31.58%) Azure
3 4 (21.05%) SaaS
4 2 (10.53%) GCP
4 2 (10.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) BigQuery
1 2 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.26%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) CircleCI
2 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.26%) Selenium
2 1 (5.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (31.58%) Law
4 4 (21.05%) Billing
4 4 (21.05%) Front Office
4 4 (21.05%) Games
5 3 (15.79%) Financial Institution
5 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Front Office Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Integration Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) QA Leader
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (21.05%) Sass
2 4 (21.05%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (10.53%) Node.js
3 2 (10.53%) React
3 2 (10.53%) React Native
3 2 (10.53%) REST
3 2 (10.53%) XML
4 1 (5.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Algorithms
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (21.05%) Credit Risk
2 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (21.05%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (10.53%) Data Structures
3 2 (10.53%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (10.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Android
2 2 (10.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Computer Science
2 6 (31.58%) Algorithmic Trading
2 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
2 6 (31.58%) Microservices
2 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
2 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
3 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) AI
4 4 (21.05%) Analytics
4 4 (21.05%) Credit Risk Management
4 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (21.05%) Data Management
4 4 (21.05%) ETRM
4 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
4 4 (21.05%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 4 (21.05%) Proprietary Trading
4 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 4 (21.05%) Thought Leadership
4 4 (21.05%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Python
2 6 (31.58%) C#
2 6 (31.58%) C++
3 4 (21.05%) C
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
3 4 (21.05%) SQL
4 3 (15.79%) TypeScript
5 2 (10.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
2 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 4 (21.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) EMIR
2 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Argo
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) OpenLink