High-Frequency Trading Job Trends in London

High-Frequency Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 404 386
Rank change year-on-year +66 -18 +227
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 36 24 57
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.26% 0.15% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.16% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 51
10th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £119,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £150,000 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £150,000 £183,750 £164,375
90th Percentile £180,000 £243,000 £200,000
England median annual salary £112,500 £150,000 £140,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +40.00%

All Process & 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 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing High-Frequency Trading relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

High-Frequency Trading job vacancy trend in London

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing High-Frequency Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing High-Frequency Trading

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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 +36 7 £112,500 -10.00% 4
High-Frequency Trading
England

High-Frequency Trading
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) BGP
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) HSRP
2 1 (2.78%) IGMP
2 1 (2.78%) Multicast
2 1 (2.78%) OSPF
2 1 (2.78%) VRRP
General
1 19 (52.78%) Finance
2 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 10 (27.78%) Front Office
4 8 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (19.44%) Banking
6 5 (13.89%) Financial Institution
7 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Developer
2 13 (36.11%) Java Developer
3 11 (30.56%) Quantitative Developer
4 10 (27.78%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
6 5 (13.89%) Rust Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Python Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Software Developer
8 3 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Head of Applications
8 3 (8.33%) Head of Technology
8 3 (8.33%) Java Developer - Fintech
8 3 (8.33%) Junior
8 3 (8.33%) Junior Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Junior Software Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Low Latency Java Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Rust Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Rust Software Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Kafka
2 1 (2.78%) gRPC
2 1 (2.78%) Node.js
2 1 (2.78%) NumPy
2 1 (2.78%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 17 (47.22%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (44.44%) Equities
3 15 (41.67%) Algorithms
4 6 (16.67%) Hedge funds
5 3 (8.33%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.78%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.78%) FPGA
6 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.78%) SIMD
6 1 (2.78%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) Low Latency
2 18 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 17 (47.22%) Algorithmic Trading
3 17 (47.22%) Electronic Trading
4 12 (33.33%) Market Making
5 11 (30.56%) Computer Science
5 11 (30.56%) Quantitative Research
5 11 (30.56%) Statistics
6 9 (25.00%) Order Management
7 8 (22.22%) Dependency Injection
7 8 (22.22%) Multithreading
7 8 (22.22%) Software Engineering
8 7 (19.44%) Mathematics
8 7 (19.44%) Systematic Trading
9 6 (16.67%) Business Strategy
9 6 (16.67%) Machine Learning
9 6 (16.67%) Stochastic Modelling
10 5 (13.89%) Analytics
10 5 (13.89%) Applied Mathematics
10 5 (13.89%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 22 (61.11%) Java
2 20 (55.56%) Python
3 8 (22.22%) Rust
4 5 (13.89%) C++
5 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (41.67%) Degree
1 15 (41.67%) Master's Degree
1 15 (41.67%) PhD
2 1 (2.78%) CCIE
2 1 (2.78%) CCNA
2 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Arista
1 1 (2.78%) Cisco
1 1 (2.78%) Fortinet