Low Latency C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer - Low Latency
England > London

The median C++ Developer - Low Latency salary in London is £137,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 472 619
Rank change year-on-year +138 +147 +250
Permanent jobs requiring a Low Latency C++ Developer 58 30 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.46% 0.13% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.13% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 11
10th Percentile £105,500 £118,750 £130,000
25th Percentile £113,750 - £130,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £137,500 £125,000 £175,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -28.57% +45.83%
75th Percentile £166,250 - £232,500
90th Percentile £177,500 £126,250 -
England median annual salary £137,500 £125,000 £175,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -28.57% +45.83%

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 11,480 22,230 33,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.12% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,467 16,731 24,760
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,454 £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 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Low Latency C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency C++ Developer in London

Low Latency C++ Developer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Low Latency C++ Developer in London.

Salary trend for Low Latency C++ Developer in London

Low Latency C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Low Latency C++ Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Low Latency C++ Developer in London

Low Latency 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 Low Latency C++ Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 £105,000 -
Low Latency C++ Developer
England

Low Latency C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Low Latency 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 Low Latency C++ Developer in the job title.

1 58 (100.00%) C++
1 58 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 57 (98.28%) Finance
3 41 (70.69%) C
4 36 (62.07%) Linux
5 22 (37.93%) Fintech
6 21 (36.21%) FPGA
7 20 (34.48%) TCP/IP
8 16 (27.59%) Hedge funds
8 16 (27.59%) Front Office
9 15 (25.86%) Equities
9 15 (25.86%) Python
9 15 (25.86%) Data Structures
9 15 (25.86%) Algorithms
10 14 (24.14%) Order Management
10 14 (24.14%) Test Automation
10 14 (24.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 14 (24.14%) Management Information System
10 14 (24.14%) OOP
10 14 (24.14%) OO
10 14 (24.14%) Java
10 14 (24.14%) Agile
10 14 (24.14%) Banking
10 14 (24.14%) Investment Banking
11 3 (5.17%) Multithreading
12 2 (3.45%) Systematic Trading
13 1 (1.72%) Proprietary Trading
13 1 (1.72%) High-Frequency Trading
13 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (1.72%) Problem-Solving

Low Latency 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:

Communications & Networking
1 20 (34.48%) TCP/IP
General
1 57 (98.28%) Finance
2 16 (27.59%) Front Office
3 14 (24.14%) Banking
3 14 (24.14%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.72%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (24.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.21%) FPGA
2 16 (27.59%) Hedge funds
3 15 (25.86%) Algorithms
3 15 (25.86%) Data Structures
3 15 (25.86%) Equities
4 14 (24.14%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 36 (62.07%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 22 (37.93%) Fintech
3 14 (24.14%) Agile
3 14 (24.14%) OO
3 14 (24.14%) OOP
3 14 (24.14%) Order Management
3 14 (24.14%) Test Automation
4 3 (5.17%) Multithreading
5 2 (3.45%) Systematic Trading
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.72%) Concurrent Programming
6 1 (1.72%) Direct Market Access
6 1 (1.72%) High-Frequency Trading
6 1 (1.72%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.72%) Metaprogramming
6 1 (1.72%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (1.72%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (1.72%) Proprietary Trading
6 1 (1.72%) Quantitative Analysis
6 1 (1.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (100.00%) C++
2 41 (70.69%) C
3 15 (25.86%) Python
4 14 (24.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.72%) Degree