Backtesting Jobs in London

Backtesting
England > London

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 483 559
Rank change year-on-year +90 +76 +316
Permanent jobs citing Backtesting 10 23 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.078% 0.094% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 30
10th Percentile - £61,675 £47,448
25th Percentile £155,000 £93,438 £94,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £160,000 £145,000 £145,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - +16.00%
75th Percentile £165,000 £155,000 £170,000
90th Percentile - £219,750 £175,000
England median annual salary £160,000 £135,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% +22.73% -12.00%

All Process and 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 12,318 21,823 28,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 95.85% 89.37% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,083 15,844 21,410
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £117,500 £116,250
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.73% -12.00% +4.17%

Backtesting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backtesting in London

Backtesting
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Backtesting in London

Backtesting
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 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Tick Data
2 1 (10.00%) KDB
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Banking
1 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Front Office
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) C++ Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) NumPy
1 2 (20.00%) Pandas
2 1 (10.00%) Django
2 1 (10.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (10.00%) Flask
2 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (10.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (50.00%) Hedge funds
3 3 (30.00%) Equities
3 3 (30.00%) Fixed Income
4 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (90.00%) Mathematics
3 8 (80.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 7 (70.00%) Concurrent Programming
4 7 (70.00%) Low Latency
4 7 (70.00%) Memory Management
4 7 (70.00%) Multithreading
4 7 (70.00%) Physics
5 5 (50.00%) Data Management
6 4 (40.00%) Investment Management
6 4 (40.00%) Systematic Trading
6 4 (40.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
7 3 (30.00%) Statistics
7 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
8 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
8 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
9 1 (10.00%) Analytics
9 1 (10.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C++
1 4 (40.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Bloomberg