High-Frequency Trading Jobs in London

High-Frequency Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 452 553
Rank change year-on-year +81 +101 +246
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 22 55 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17 51 50
10th Percentile £32,000 £72,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £76,250 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £135,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year -61.11% +31.71% -
75th Percentile £122,500 £150,000 £119,063
90th Percentile £169,500 £165,000 £136,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £128,750 £102,500
% change year-on-year -41.75% +25.61% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

High-Frequency 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 12,216 21,652 31,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.32% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,929 15,871 22,511
10th Percentile £41,700 £37,500 £42,789
25th Percentile £55,500 £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 £122,500 £115,000 £115,055
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for High-Frequency Trading in London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for High-Frequency Trading in London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for High-Frequency Trading in London

High-Frequency 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 High-Frequency Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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 +18 4 £115,000 +2.22% 8
High-Frequency Trading
England

High-Frequency 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 2 (9.09%) GemFire
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) BGP
1 7 (31.82%) EIGRP
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
1 7 (31.82%) HSRP
1 7 (31.82%) IPsec
1 7 (31.82%) OSPF
1 7 (31.82%) SNMP
1 7 (31.82%) VPN
1 7 (31.82%) VRRP
2 6 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.55%) Multicast
3 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (9.09%) Redis
2 1 (4.55%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (50.00%) Banking
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Finance
3 7 (31.82%) Investment Banking
4 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Advertising
6 1 (4.55%) Back Office
6 1 (4.55%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Network Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Developer
2 5 (22.73%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) C++ Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Java Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Research Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior C++ Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Java Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.55%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Java Developer - Fintech
5 1 (4.55%) Junior
5 1 (4.55%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Low Latency C++ Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (9.09%) gRPC
2 2 (9.09%) Middleware
2 2 (9.09%) web3js
2 2 (9.09%) WebSockets
3 1 (4.55%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (4.55%) Flask
3 1 (4.55%) Motif
3 1 (4.55%) React
3 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Hedge funds
1 6 (27.27%) IPTV
2 3 (13.64%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (13.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 2 (9.09%) Blockchain
3 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (9.09%) Web3
4 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.55%) Derivative
4 1 (4.55%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (4.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Low Latency
2 7 (31.82%) Network Management
3 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (18.18%) Concurrent Programming
4 4 (18.18%) Multithreading
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Analytics
5 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
5 3 (13.64%) Cryptocurrency
5 3 (13.64%) DeFi
5 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
5 3 (13.64%) Mathematics
5 3 (13.64%) Quantitative Finance
5 3 (13.64%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 2 (9.09%) Agile
6 2 (9.09%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (9.09%) B2C
6 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Python
2 5 (22.73%) SQL
3 4 (18.18%) C++
3 4 (18.18%) Java
4 2 (9.09%) Rust
5 1 (4.55%) Bash
5 1 (4.55%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) CCNA
1 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) CCNP
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.09%) Grafana
2 2 (9.09%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (4.55%) Puppet
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Arista
1 7 (31.82%) Bloomberg
1 7 (31.82%) CheckPoint
1 7 (31.82%) Cisco
1 7 (31.82%) Fortinet
1 7 (31.82%) SolarWinds
2 6 (27.27%) Meraki
2 6 (27.27%) Refinitiv
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.55%) FXall
4 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.55%) Reuters