Electronic Trading Developer Job Trends

Electronic Trading Developer
UK

The median Electronic Trading Developer salary in the UK is £112,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 772 732
Rank change year-on-year +125 -40 +423
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Developer 16 22 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.028% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.030% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 32
10th Percentile - £113,000 £82,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £115,000 £89,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £135,000 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £128,438 £157,500 £143,750
90th Percentile £157,500 £165,500 £162,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £85,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,334 74,253 58,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 95.25% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 26,030 45,319 45,191
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £74,258 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Electronic Trading Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Electronic Trading Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Electronic Trading Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Electronic Trading Developer job vacancies in the UK

Electronic Trading Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Developer over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Developer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Trading Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 September 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 +110 16 £112,500 -16.67% 5
London +76 16 £112,500 -16.67% 5
Work from Home +73 2 £157,500 +21.15% 1

Electronic Trading Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Electronic Trading Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Electronic Trading Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 16 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 15 (93.75%) Front Office
3 13 (81.25%) Fixed Income
4 10 (62.50%) Java
5 9 (56.25%) Performance Tuning
5 9 (56.25%) Multithreading
6 8 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (37.50%) Analytics
8 5 (31.25%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (31.25%) Re-Platforming
8 5 (31.25%) OpenFin
8 5 (31.25%) WebSockets
8 5 (31.25%) Highcharts JS
8 5 (31.25%) React
8 5 (31.25%) Solace
8 5 (31.25%) Concurrent Programming
8 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
8 5 (31.25%) Visualisation
8 5 (31.25%) AWS
8 5 (31.25%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (31.25%) Containerisation
8 5 (31.25%) Performance Optimisation
9 4 (25.00%) Distributed Cache
9 4 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
10 3 (18.75%) Investment Banking
10 3 (18.75%) Banking
11 2 (12.50%) Linux
11 2 (12.50%) Derivative

Electronic Trading Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) KDB
1 1 (6.25%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 15 (93.75%) Front Office
2 3 (18.75%) Banking
2 3 (18.75%) Investment Banking
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (31.25%) Highcharts JS
2 5 (31.25%) OpenFin
2 5 (31.25%) React
2 5 (31.25%) WebSockets
3 2 (12.50%) Kafka
4 1 (6.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (6.25%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (6.25%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) Fixed Income
2 4 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (12.50%) Derivative
3 2 (12.50%) Pricing Data
4 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (6.25%) Equities
4 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 16 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (56.25%) Multithreading
2 9 (56.25%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (37.50%) Analytics
4 5 (31.25%) Concurrent Programming
4 5 (31.25%) Containerisation
4 5 (31.25%) Dashboard Development
4 5 (31.25%) Data Visualisation
4 5 (31.25%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (31.25%) Re-Platforming
4 5 (31.25%) Visualisation
5 4 (25.00%) Distributed Cache
6 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven
6 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (12.50%) Smart Order Routing
7 1 (6.25%) Algorithmic Trading
7 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
7 1 (6.25%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Java
2 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Solace
2 1 (6.25%) ION Trading