Automated Trading
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Automated Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Automated Trading over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 694 1018 1003
Rank change year-on-year +324 -15 -331
Permanent jobs citing Automated Trading 47 58 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.047% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.049% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 37 28 76
10th Percentile £35,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £72,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -19.44% +33.33%
75th Percentile £145,000 £95,938 £142,500
90th Percentile £187,500 £110,500 £162,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +81.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Automated Trading is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,088 118,671 122,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.74% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,209 72,079 81,851
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,492 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,025 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,219 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +6.44% +4.17%

Automated Trading
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automated Trading in the UK

Automated Trading
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automated Trading in the UK

Automated Trading
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automated Trading over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Automated Trading in the UK

Automated Trading
Top 5 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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 +324 47 £120,000 +65.52% 38
London +253 42 £120,000 +65.52% 38
Work from Home +250 19 £62,500 -10.71% 12
UK excluding London +246 5 £50,000 - 5
South East - 5 £50,000 - 5

Automated 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 8 (17.02%) Apache
1 8 (17.02%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) AWS
2 11 (23.40%) GCP
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.13%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) Apache Ignite
1 8 (17.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Cypress.io
2 3 (6.38%) GitLab
3 2 (4.26%) Git
4 1 (2.13%) Appium
4 1 (2.13%) JIRA
4 1 (2.13%) Postman
4 1 (2.13%) Selenium
4 1 (2.13%) TestRail
General
1 29 (61.70%) Finance
2 21 (44.68%) Front Office
3 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
4 9 (19.15%) Banking
4 9 (19.15%) Financial Institution
4 9 (19.15%) Law
5 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Developer
2 16 (34.04%) Software Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) Product Manager
4 8 (17.02%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Full Stack Developer
4 8 (17.02%) Full Stack Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Full Stack Python Developer
4 8 (17.02%) Full Stack Software Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Python Developer
4 8 (17.02%) Python Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Python Software Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) React Developer
5 4 (8.51%) Junior
6 3 (6.38%) Automation Tester
6 3 (6.38%) C++ Developer
6 3 (6.38%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Senior
6 3 (6.38%) Tester
7 2 (4.26%) Junior Desktop Support
7 2 (4.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.28%) React
2 8 (17.02%) gRPC
2 8 (17.02%) Material-UI
2 8 (17.02%) Protocol Buffers
2 8 (17.02%) Redux
3 5 (10.64%) STL
4 3 (6.38%) .NET
5 2 (4.26%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.13%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (2.13%) NumPy
6 1 (2.13%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 21 (44.68%) Fixed Income
2 14 (29.79%) Equities
3 12 (25.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (21.28%) Hedge funds
5 9 (19.15%) Virtual Team
6 8 (17.02%) Derivative
7 2 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
8 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Linux
2 4 (8.51%) Windows
3 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Software Engineering
2 17 (36.17%) Electronic Trading
3 16 (34.04%) Computer Science
4 14 (29.79%) Agile
5 12 (25.53%) Order Management
6 10 (21.28%) Market Making
7 9 (19.15%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (19.15%) Asset Management
7 9 (19.15%) Machine Learning
7 9 (19.15%) Roadmaps
8 8 (17.02%) Full Stack Development
8 8 (17.02%) Investment Management
9 7 (14.89%) Algorithmic Trading
9 7 (14.89%) Quantitative Trading
10 6 (12.77%) Multithreading
10 6 (12.77%) Quantitative Research
10 6 (12.77%) Workflow
11 5 (10.64%) Backtesting
11 5 (10.64%) Concurrent Programming
11 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) Python
2 15 (31.91%) C++
3 10 (21.28%) SQL
4 9 (19.15%) Java
5 8 (17.02%) C#
5 8 (17.02%) TypeScript
6 5 (10.64%) Go
7 2 (4.26%) PHP
7 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Computer Science Degree
1 16 (34.04%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.26%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Google
2 2 (4.26%) Veeam
2 2 (4.26%) VMware
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) SAP