Algorithmic Trading Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Algo Trading
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 558
Rank change year-on-year - - +210
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 0 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - - 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.56%
75th Percentile - - £68,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £122,000 £120,000 £130,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% -7.69% +20.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Algorithmic 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithmic Trading relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Algorithmic Trading job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Algorithmic Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Algorithmic Trading