Equities Job Trends in London

Equities
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Equities over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 111 119
Rank change year-on-year -175 +8 +164
Permanent jobs citing Equities 121 368 610
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.58% 3.00% 2.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% 6.77% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 70 329 594
10th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £77,500
25th Percentile £90,313 £105,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £148,750 £140,000 £146,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
England median annual salary £102,500 £115,000 £123,750
% change year-on-year -10.87% -7.07% +13.79%

All Generic Skills
London

Equities falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,058 5,437 9,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.05% 44.30% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,289 3,150 6,796
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,125 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £136,250 £130,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Equities job vacancy trend in London

Equities
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Equities.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Equities

Equities
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Equities in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Equities in London

Equities
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Equities within the London region over the 6 months to 21 May 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 -12 15 £95,000 +22.58% 10
South London - 2 £100,000 -
Equities
England

Equities
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 9 (7.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (7.44%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.83%) Azure
2 22 (18.18%) AWS
3 16 (13.22%) GCP
4 13 (10.74%) GitHub
5 4 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.65%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.18%) Multicast
2 4 (3.31%) DHCP
2 4 (3.31%) DNS
2 4 (3.31%) VLAN
3 2 (1.65%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.61%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.83%) KDB
3 1 (0.83%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 28 (23.14%) JIRA
2 17 (14.05%) Git
3 3 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) GitLab
General
1 91 (75.21%) Finance
2 68 (56.20%) Front Office
3 29 (23.97%) Social Skills
4 27 (22.31%) Banking
5 10 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Spanish Language
7 4 (3.31%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.65%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.83%) Back Office
10 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 54 (44.63%) Developer
2 44 (36.36%) Senior
3 32 (26.45%) Software Engineer
4 29 (23.97%) Python Developer
5 24 (19.83%) Python Engineer
5 24 (19.83%) Senior Developer
6 23 (19.01%) Quantitative Developer
7 22 (18.18%) Lead
8 21 (17.36%) C++ Developer
9 20 (16.53%) Python Software Engineer
10 19 (15.70%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (15.70%) Linux Developer
10 19 (15.70%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 19 (15.70%) Senior C++ Developer
10 19 (15.70%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
10 19 (15.70%) Senior Python Developer
10 19 (15.70%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 18 (14.88%) Analyst
12 16 (13.22%) C++ Software Engineer
12 16 (13.22%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (28.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 33 (27.27%) FIX Protocol
3 16 (13.22%) Node.js
3 16 (13.22%) pytest
3 16 (13.22%) React
3 16 (13.22%) Redux
4 4 (3.31%) Kafka
5 2 (1.65%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.65%) Java Concurrency
6 1 (0.83%) .NET
6 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.83%) Akka
6 1 (0.83%) FpML
6 1 (0.83%) JSON
6 1 (0.83%) MFC
6 1 (0.83%) Spring
6 1 (0.83%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.83%) Spring Integration
6 1 (0.83%) STL
6 1 (0.83%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 54 (44.63%) Derivative
1 54 (44.63%) Fixed Income
2 38 (31.40%) Algorithms
3 23 (19.01%) Hedge funds
4 21 (17.36%) Data Structures
4 21 (17.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (15.70%) Management Information System
6 17 (14.05%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (8.26%) Distributed Architecture
8 6 (4.96%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (4.96%) Eurex
8 6 (4.96%) Onboarding
9 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.65%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.83%) Equity Derivative
11 1 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.83%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.83%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 48 (39.67%) Linux
2 13 (10.74%) Windows
3 3 (2.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (49.59%) Low Latency
2 40 (33.06%) Agile
2 40 (33.06%) Software Engineering
3 35 (28.93%) OOP
4 32 (26.45%) Electronic Trading
5 31 (25.62%) Computer Science
6 26 (21.49%) SDLC
7 22 (18.18%) Mathematics
8 21 (17.36%) Order Management
8 21 (17.36%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (17.36%) Test Automation
9 20 (16.53%) Algorithmic Trading
9 20 (16.53%) Mentoring
9 20 (16.53%) Workflow
10 19 (15.70%) High-Frequency Trading
10 19 (15.70%) Market Making
10 19 (15.70%) OO
11 18 (14.88%) Asset Management
11 18 (14.88%) Data Analysis
11 18 (14.88%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 78 (64.46%) Python
2 38 (31.40%) C++
3 34 (28.10%) Java
4 17 (14.05%) TypeScript
5 16 (13.22%) JavaScript
6 14 (11.57%) SQL
7 4 (3.31%) C#
7 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.65%) Tcl
9 1 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (11.57%) Degree
2 13 (10.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.53%) QA
2 11 (9.09%) MiFID
3 5 (4.13%) EMIR
4 2 (1.65%) GAAP
4 2 (1.65%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (8.26%) Bloomberg
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.96%) CQG
3 6 (4.96%) ION Trading
3 6 (4.96%) Oracle
3 6 (4.96%) Patsystems
3 6 (4.96%) Reuters
3 6 (4.96%) Trayport
4 2 (1.65%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.65%) IBM
4 2 (1.65%) Sybase
4 2 (1.65%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.83%) Databricks
5 1 (0.83%) Red Hat