Ultra-Low Latency Job Trends in London

Ultra-Low Latency
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Ultra-Low Latency 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 340 402 426
Rank change year-on-year +62 +24 +209
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 34 26 17
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.17% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.18% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 14
10th Percentile £71,000 £95,250 £94,125
25th Percentile £100,000 £108,438 £120,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £150,000 £200,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% -25.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £154,375 £166,250 £225,000
90th Percentile £193,500 £208,500 -
England median annual salary £100,000 £150,000 £200,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +60.00%

All Process & 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 12,365 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%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Ultra-Low Latency job vacancy trend in London

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ultra-Low Latency

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 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 +42 10 £122,000 +22.00% 4
Ultra-Low Latency
England

Ultra-Low Latency
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) Confluence
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (20.59%) MS Visio
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) AWS
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) GitHub
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Multicast
2 8 (23.53%) LAN
3 2 (5.88%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (2.94%) Firewall
4 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) InfluxDB
2 1 (2.94%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (2.94%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) CircleCI
3 1 (2.94%) Gradle
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Front Office
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Banking
5 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Spanish Language
6 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.88%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.94%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Network Engineer
1 9 (26.47%) Senior
2 6 (17.65%) Java Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Developer
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Business Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Product Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Product Business Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Product Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Java Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Performance Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Java Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (5.88%) DPDK
3 1 (2.94%) HTML
3 1 (2.94%) HTML5
3 1 (2.94%) J2SE
3 1 (2.94%) React
3 1 (2.94%) Spring
3 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (14.71%) Distributed Computing
2 5 (14.71%) Equities
2 5 (14.71%) Fixed Income
3 4 (11.76%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (11.76%) Eurex
3 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.82%) Hedge funds
5 2 (5.88%) Algorithms
5 2 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.94%) Derivative
6 1 (2.94%) FPGA
6 1 (2.94%) Sports Betting
6 1 (2.94%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Linux
2 4 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 11 (32.35%) Electronic Trading
3 8 (23.53%) Inventory Management
3 8 (23.53%) Validation
4 7 (20.59%) Change Control
4 7 (20.59%) Load Balancing
4 7 (20.59%) Software Engineering
5 6 (17.65%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) Concurrent Programming
5 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (11.76%) Epics
6 4 (11.76%) Memory Management
6 4 (11.76%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (11.76%) Scrum
6 4 (11.76%) SDLC
6 4 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) Java
2 5 (14.71%) C++
3 3 (8.82%) Rust
4 2 (5.88%) C
4 2 (5.88%) Python
5 1 (2.94%) C#
5 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.94%) SQL
5 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (23.53%) CCIE
3 8 (23.53%) CCNP
3 8 (23.53%) CCSA
3 8 (23.53%) CCSE
4 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Ansible
2 2 (5.88%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.94%) Grafana
3 1 (2.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Cisco
2 8 (23.53%) CheckPoint
3 7 (20.59%) F5
4 5 (14.71%) Arista
5 4 (11.76%) Bloomberg
5 4 (11.76%) CQG
5 4 (11.76%) ION Trading
5 4 (11.76%) Oracle
5 4 (11.76%) Patsystems
5 4 (11.76%) Reuters
5 4 (11.76%) Solarflare
5 4 (11.76%) Trayport
6 2 (5.88%) Atlassian
6 2 (5.88%) Mellanox
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.94%) Meraki
7 1 (2.94%) Solace