Backtesting Job Trends in London

Backtesting
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Backtesting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 415 411
Rank change year-on-year +60 -4 +267
Permanent jobs citing Backtesting 20 16 33
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.15% 0.10% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 24
10th Percentile - £85,000 £43,250
25th Percentile £82,500 £117,125 £109,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £155,000 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +3.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £127,500 £172,500 £225,000
90th Percentile £172,250 £225,000 -
England median annual salary £115,000 £119,000 £150,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% -20.67% +36.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Backtesting 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 12,162 14,894 16,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.56% 94.33% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,768 8,375 13,273
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,881 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Backtesting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Backtesting job vacancy trend in London

Backtesting
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Backtesting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Backtesting

Backtesting
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backtesting in London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Backtesting in London

Backtesting
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backtesting within the London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Central London +44 2 £137,500 +44.74% 10
Backtesting
England

Backtesting
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Dagster
1 2 (10.00%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Front Office
2 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Developer
2 9 (45.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Data Scientist
4 4 (20.00%) Qualitative Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Quantitative Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
6 1 (5.00%) C# Developer
6 1 (5.00%) C# Pricing Developer
6 1 (5.00%) C++ Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Developer Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Lead
6 1 (5.00%) Pricing Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Pricing Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Rust Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (20.00%) Equities
2 4 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (15.00%) Hedge funds
4 2 (10.00%) Derivative
5 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (5.00%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (5.00%) Fixed Income
5 1 (5.00%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Mathematics
2 7 (35.00%) Analytics
2 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (35.00%) Data Science
2 7 (35.00%) Machine Learning
2 7 (35.00%) Physics
3 6 (30.00%) Clean Code
4 5 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (25.00%) Low Latency
4 5 (25.00%) OO
4 5 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 5 (25.00%) Quantitative Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Mathematical Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) Pricing Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (20.00%) Use Case
6 3 (15.00%) Model Validation
6 3 (15.00%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 15 (75.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) Java
3 5 (25.00%) C++
4 2 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (5.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 7 (35.00%) Master's Degree
3 6 (30.00%) PhD
4 5 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker