Electronic Trading Jobs in London

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Electronic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 349 306
Rank change year-on-year +16 -43 +307
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Trading 63 159 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.49% 0.67% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.74% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 53 124 336
10th Percentile £80,000 £67,750 £53,125
25th Percentile £85,000 £99,375 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £133,750 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +33.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £150,000 £157,500 £134,063
90th Percentile £162,500 £165,000 £157,500
England median annual salary £110,000 £120,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -6.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Electronic 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 12,287 21,502 32,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.16% 91.13% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,368 15,970 23,578
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,800 £43,477
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,565 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -5.91% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic Trading
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic 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 Electronic Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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 +6 17 £97,000 -19.17% 6
Electronic Trading
England

Electronic 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.63%) AWS
2 5 (7.94%) Azure
3 1 (1.59%) GCP
3 1 (1.59%) npm
3 1 (1.59%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) DHCP
1 4 (6.35%) DNS
1 4 (6.35%) Firewall
1 4 (6.35%) FIX Connectivity
1 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.35%) Data Mining
3 3 (4.76%) KDB
4 2 (3.17%) Kdb+
4 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.17%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Git
2 8 (12.70%) Gradle
3 1 (1.59%) webpack
General
1 41 (65.08%) Front Office
2 29 (46.03%) Banking
3 27 (42.86%) Finance
4 13 (20.63%) Investment Banking
5 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (73.02%) Developer
2 30 (47.62%) Java Developer
3 25 (39.68%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 22 (34.92%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 19 (30.16%) Front Office Developer
6 10 (15.87%) Senior
7 7 (11.11%) Senior Developer
8 5 (7.94%) Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) C# Developer
9 4 (6.35%) Applications Support
9 4 (6.35%) Applications Support Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) FIX Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) FIX Support Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Linux Support
9 4 (6.35%) Risk Manager
9 4 (6.35%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (6.35%) Software Developer
9 4 (6.35%) SQL Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) SQL Support Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.46%) Kafka
2 9 (14.29%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (9.52%) Middleware
4 3 (4.76%) React
4 3 (4.76%) Spring
5 2 (3.17%) .NET
5 2 (3.17%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.17%) Web Services
5 2 (3.17%) XML
6 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (1.59%) Node.js
6 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.59%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 28 (44.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 15 (23.81%) Algorithms
2 15 (23.81%) Equities
2 15 (23.81%) Fixed Income
3 10 (15.87%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (11.11%) Derivative
4 7 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (6.35%) Bitcoin
5 4 (6.35%) Eurex
6 3 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.59%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.59%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.59%) State Machine
8 1 (1.59%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.63%) Linux
2 6 (9.52%) Unix
3 4 (6.35%) CentOS
3 4 (6.35%) Rocky
4 2 (3.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.03%) Low Latency
2 18 (28.57%) Algorithmic Trading
3 16 (25.40%) TDD
4 12 (19.05%) Re-Platforming
5 11 (17.46%) Agile
5 11 (17.46%) Multithreading
5 11 (17.46%) Software Engineering
6 10 (15.87%) Fintech
7 9 (14.29%) BDD
7 9 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 9 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 8 (12.70%) CI/CD
8 8 (12.70%) Concurrent Programming
8 8 (12.70%) Quantitative Research
9 7 (11.11%) Event-Driven
10 5 (7.94%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (7.94%) Distributed Cache
10 5 (7.94%) High Availability
10 5 (7.94%) Performance Tuning
11 4 (6.35%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 41 (65.08%) Java
2 20 (31.75%) SQL
3 14 (22.22%) Python
4 10 (15.87%) C++
5 7 (11.11%) C#
6 4 (6.35%) Bash
6 4 (6.35%) Kotlin
6 4 (6.35%) Perl
7 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (9.52%) Solace
2 5 (7.94%) ION Trading
2 5 (7.94%) Oracle
3 4 (6.35%) Atlassian
3 4 (6.35%) Bloomberg
3 4 (6.35%) CQG
3 4 (6.35%) Databricks
3 4 (6.35%) Patsystems
3 4 (6.35%) Red Hat
3 4 (6.35%) Reuters
3 4 (6.35%) Trayport
4 1 (1.59%) Google
4 1 (1.59%) Murex