Electronic Trading C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer - Electronic Trading
England > London

The median C++ Developer - Electronic Trading salary in London is £170,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 503 630
Rank change year-on-year +119 +127 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading C++ Developer 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.008% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £165,000 £125,000 £127,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £170,000 £130,000 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
75th Percentile £175,000 £135,000 £132,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £170,000 £130,000 £130,000
% change year-on-year +30.77% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,521 22,183 33,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 94.12% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,470 16,676 24,569
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Electronic Trading C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading C++ Developer in London

Electronic Trading C++ Developer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading C++ Developer in London.

Salary trend for Electronic Trading C++ Developer in London

Electronic Trading C++ Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Trading C++ Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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 - 1 £170,000 -
Electronic Trading C++ Developer
England

Electronic Trading C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Electronic Trading C++ Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Electronic Trading C++ Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis

Electronic Trading C++ Developer Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL