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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 907 1098
Rank change year-on-year +134 +191 -288
Permanent jobs citing Automated Trading 129 65 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.064% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.067% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 117 48 46
10th Percentile £73,750 - £48,125
25th Percentile £85,000 £70,735 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £95,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +40.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £140,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £135,000 £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £76,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +17.31% -2.26%

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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automated Trading in the UK

Automated 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 Automated Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
London +171 129 £110,000 +15.79% 23
England +165 129 £110,000 +15.79% 27
Work from Home +46 16 £77,500 -18.42% 8

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 91 (70.54%) Apache
1 91 (70.54%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 99 (76.74%) AWS
2 98 (75.97%) Azure
3 91 (70.54%) GCP
4 6 (4.65%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (70.54%) Apache Ignite
1 91 (70.54%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.43%) NoSQL
3 6 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.88%) MySQL
4 5 (3.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 55 (42.64%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.78%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.78%) Selenium
2 1 (0.78%) TestComplete
General
1 107 (82.95%) Front Office
2 105 (81.40%) Finance
3 93 (72.09%) Banking
4 8 (6.20%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (92.25%) Developer
2 96 (74.42%) Python Developer
3 92 (71.32%) Python Engineer
4 91 (70.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 91 (70.54%) Python Software Engineer
4 91 (70.54%) Software Engineer
5 89 (68.99%) React Developer
6 39 (30.23%) Full Stack Developer
6 39 (30.23%) Full Stack Engineer
6 39 (30.23%) Full Stack Python Developer
6 39 (30.23%) Full Stack Software Engineer
7 7 (5.43%) C# Developer
7 7 (5.43%) Lead
7 7 (5.43%) Lead Developer
8 6 (4.65%) .NET Developer
8 6 (4.65%) .NET Developer - Fintech
8 6 (4.65%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (4.65%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.88%) C# Software Developer
9 5 (3.88%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (70.54%) gRPC
1 91 (70.54%) Material-UI
1 91 (70.54%) Protocol Buffers
1 91 (70.54%) React
1 91 (70.54%) Redux
2 7 (5.43%) .NET
3 6 (4.65%) Kafka
3 6 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (4.65%) WebSockets
4 5 (3.88%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (3.88%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.78%) NumPy
5 1 (0.78%) Pandas
5 1 (0.78%) pytest
5 1 (0.78%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 107 (82.95%) Hedge funds
2 100 (77.52%) Fixed Income
3 53 (41.09%) Equities
4 16 (12.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (4.65%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.88%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.33%) Bitcoin
8 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.78%) Derivative
8 1 (0.78%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.40%) Linux
2 11 (8.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (83.72%) Agile
2 97 (75.19%) Machine Learning
3 96 (74.42%) Asset Management
4 94 (72.87%) Software Engineering
5 91 (70.54%) Artificial Intelligence
5 91 (70.54%) Full Stack Development
5 91 (70.54%) Investment Management
6 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (13.95%) Multithreading
8 15 (11.63%) Electronic Trading
8 15 (11.63%) Low Latency
8 15 (11.63%) Test Automation
9 11 (8.53%) DevOps
10 9 (6.98%) SDLC
11 8 (6.20%) Fintech
12 7 (5.43%) Algorithmic Trading
12 7 (5.43%) Change Control
12 7 (5.43%) High Availability
12 7 (5.43%) System Testing
12 7 (5.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 121 (93.80%) Python
2 91 (70.54%) TypeScript
3 49 (37.98%) SQL
4 19 (14.73%) C++
5 14 (10.85%) C#
6 10 (7.75%) Java
7 7 (5.43%) Rust
8 1 (0.78%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (4.65%) Degree
2 2 (1.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.33%) QA
2 2 (1.55%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 6 (4.65%) Grafana
1 6 (4.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (70.54%) Google
2 6 (4.65%) Splunk