Automated Trading Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Automated Trading
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Automated Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 560 561
Rank change year-on-year +53 +1 +197
Permanent jobs citing Automated Trading 7 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.012% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £30,000 £46,500 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile - £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £110,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +49.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Automated 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 33,182 32,357 28,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.09% 88.47% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 18,966 14,690 21,477
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,329
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,778
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%

Automated Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Automated Trading job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Automated Trading
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Automated Trading
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automated Trading in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Automated Trading in the UK excluding London

Automated Trading
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automated Trading within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
East of England - 7 £100,000 - 2
Automated Trading
UK

Automated Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Software Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Junior
2 3 (42.86%) Quantitative Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 7 (100.00%) Proprietary Trading
1 7 (100.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
3 3 (42.86%) Quantitative Research