Market Making Jobs in London

Market Maker
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Market Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Market Making over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 466 580
Rank change year-on-year +81 +114 +157
Permanent jobs citing Market Making 16 39 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 25 42
10th Percentile £106,250 £97,500 £68,125
25th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £87,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £152,500 £150,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +50.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £167,813 £172,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £172,500 £187,500 £142,500
England median annual salary £157,500 £150,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +50.00% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Market Making 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 12,416 21,495 32,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.21% 91.13% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,234 15,924 23,365
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,428
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,555 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% -5.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Market Making
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Market Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Market Making in London

Market Making
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Market Making in London.

Salary trend for Market Making in London

Market Making
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Market Making in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Market Making in London

Market Making
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Market Making within the London region over the 6 months to 15 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 +36 8 £157,500 -4.55% 27
Market Making
England

Market Making
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) KDB
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) GitLab
1 2 (12.50%) TeamCity
2 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 9 (56.25%) Front Office
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Java Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Java Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Front Office Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Developer
5 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Java Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Algorithms
2 5 (31.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (31.25%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (25.00%) Derivative
4 3 (18.75%) Equity Derivative
4 3 (18.75%) Fixed Income
5 2 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (12.50%) Equities
6 1 (6.25%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (6.25%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Low Latency
2 7 (43.75%) Algorithmic Trading
2 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 5 (31.25%) Concurrent Programming
4 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
4 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
5 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 4 (25.00%) Garbage Collection
6 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Statistical Modelling
7 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 2 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
7 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 2 (12.50%) Quantitative Trading
7 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (12.50%) Workflow
8 1 (6.25%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Java
2 5 (31.25%) C++
3 3 (18.75%) C#
4 2 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (6.25%) SQL
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Murex