Algorithmic Trading Jobs

Algo Trading
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 689 871
Rank change year-on-year +26 +182 +1
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 71 115 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 54 94 129
10th Percentile £66,875 £55,000 £67,250
25th Percentile £100,938 £92,500 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £130,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £165,000 £153,750 £137,500
90th Percentile £170,000 £189,250 £162,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year - -52.17% +119.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55,992 68,309 104,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.42% 88.68% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 25,152 50,933 63,892
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,485 £34,324
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.90% +7.61%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in the UK

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading.

Salary trend for Algorithmic Trading in the UK

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in the UK

Algorithmic Trading
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 19 February 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
England +23 71 £120,000 -7.69% 80
London +1 71 £120,000 -11.11% 75
Work from Home +57 12 £110,000 +15.79% 22

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (4.23%) Apache
1 3 (4.23%) Confluence
1 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.45%) AWS
1 6 (8.45%) Azure
2 3 (4.23%) IaaS
2 3 (4.23%) SaaS
3 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.45%) KDB
2 4 (5.63%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.23%) Kdb+
3 3 (4.23%) Tick Data
4 2 (2.82%) Apache Arrow
5 1 (1.41%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (12.68%) Git
2 7 (9.86%) Gradle
3 4 (5.63%) JIRA
General
1 37 (52.11%) Finance
2 20 (28.17%) Banking
3 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
4 14 (19.72%) Front Office
5 8 (11.27%) Investment Banking
6 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Advertising
8 2 (2.82%) Back Office
8 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.41%) Legal
9 1 (1.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (71.83%) Developer
2 24 (33.80%) Quantitative Developer
3 16 (22.54%) C++ Developer
4 11 (15.49%) Java Developer
5 10 (14.08%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 7 (9.86%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 7 (9.86%) Senior
7 6 (8.45%) Applications Support
7 6 (8.45%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
8 5 (7.04%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
9 4 (5.63%) Analytics Developer
9 4 (5.63%) Electronic Trading Support
9 4 (5.63%) Linux Support
9 4 (5.63%) Real Time Developer
9 4 (5.63%) Senior Developer
9 4 (5.63%) Unix Support
10 3 (4.23%) Lead Developer
10 3 (4.23%) Python Developer
10 3 (4.23%) Senior Java Developer
10 3 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.68%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.82%) Kafka
2 2 (2.82%) Spring
2 2 (2.82%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.41%) NumPy
3 1 (1.41%) Pandas
3 1 (1.41%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.41%) React
3 1 (1.41%) SciPy
3 1 (1.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.80%) Algorithms
1 24 (33.80%) Equities
2 21 (29.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (12.68%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (12.68%) Hedge funds
4 7 (9.86%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (8.45%) Data Structures
6 5 (7.04%) Cloud Native
6 5 (7.04%) Fixed Income
7 4 (5.63%) Derivative
8 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
8 3 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.82%) Energy Derivatives
9 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (2.82%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (1.41%) Blockchain
10 1 (1.41%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.80%) Linux
2 6 (8.45%) Unix
3 3 (4.23%) Windows
4 1 (1.41%) Android
4 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Electronic Trading
1 18 (25.35%) Low Latency
2 14 (19.72%) Computer Science
3 13 (18.31%) Physics
4 12 (16.90%) Analytics
4 12 (16.90%) CI/CD
5 11 (15.49%) Quantitative Research
6 10 (14.08%) Mathematics
7 9 (12.68%) Backtesting
7 9 (12.68%) Concurrent Programming
7 9 (12.68%) Fintech
7 9 (12.68%) Multithreading
7 9 (12.68%) Software Engineering
7 9 (12.68%) Test Automation
8 8 (11.27%) Memory Management
9 7 (9.86%) Agile
9 7 (9.86%) Data Management
9 7 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.86%) Quantitative Trading
10 6 (8.45%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 26 (36.62%) Python
2 24 (33.80%) C++
3 23 (32.39%) Java
4 18 (25.35%) SQL
5 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.23%) Bash
6 3 (4.23%) C#
7 2 (2.82%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.82%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.82%) R
7 2 (2.82%) Rust
8 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) Degree
2 6 (8.45%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.63%) PhD
4 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.63%) Ansible
3 3 (4.23%) Terraform
4 2 (2.82%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (2.82%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
1 4 (5.63%) Oracle
2 2 (2.82%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.41%) Splunk