Ultra-Low Latency Jobs in London

Ultra-Low Latency
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 471 611
Rank change year-on-year +94 +140 +252
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 15 21 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.088% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.097% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 5 18 17
10th Percentile £102,250 £72,375 £103,000
25th Percentile £107,500 £98,750 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £155,000 £142,500 £132,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.77% +7.55% -5.36%
75th Percentile £162,500 £146,250 £232,500
90th Percentile £200,000 £158,625 -
England median annual salary £180,000 £142,500 £132,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% +7.55% -5.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Ultra-Low Latency 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 12,081 21,583 31,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.41% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,866 15,843 22,594
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £55,656 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,576 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -5.90% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Ultra-Low Latency in London

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in London.

Salary trend for Ultra-Low Latency in London

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in London

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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 4 £130,000 +79.31% 2
Ultra-Low Latency
England

Ultra-Low Latency
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 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) BGP
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (6.67%) IOS XR
2 1 (6.67%) Multicast
2 1 (6.67%) NX-OS
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Tick Data
2 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (13.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
3 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (20.00%) Front Office
4 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Law
6 1 (6.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) C++ Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior
4 3 (20.00%) Java Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Lead
4 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Java Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Lead Developer
6 1 (6.67%) QA Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Senior C++ Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (13.33%) gRPC
1 2 (13.33%) Kafka
1 2 (13.33%) WebSockets
2 1 (6.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 5 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 3 (20.00%) Equities
3 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
3 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.67%) Derivative
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (6.67%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (60.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 9 (60.00%) Multithreading
3 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Algorithmic Trading
4 4 (26.67%) Backtesting
4 4 (26.67%) Data Management
4 4 (26.67%) Investment Management
4 4 (26.67%) Memory Management
4 4 (26.67%) Physics
4 4 (26.67%) Systematic Trading
5 3 (20.00%) High-Frequency Trading
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Change Control
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
6 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) C++
3 4 (26.67%) Java
4 2 (13.33%) Rust
5 1 (6.67%) Bash
5 1 (6.67%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CCNP
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) CCIE
2 2 (13.33%) CCSA
2 2 (13.33%) CCSE
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Arista
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (13.33%) F5
3 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
3 1 (6.67%) Reuters