Electronic Trading Developer Jobs

Electronic Trading Developer
UK

The median Electronic Trading Developer salary in the UK is £137,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 704 1009 1065
Rank change year-on-year +305 +56 -369
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Developer 37 67 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.054% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.057% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 23 63 27
10th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 -
25th Percentile £103,750 £105,000 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £137,500 £145,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +38.10% -
75th Percentile £160,000 £157,500 £120,000
90th Percentile £162,500 - £138,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 50,797 118,142 122,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.32% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37,144 73,821 84,079
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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

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

Salary trend for Electronic Trading Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Developer
Top 6 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 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 +303 37 £137,500 -5.17% 6
London +236 36 £137,500 -5.17% 6
Work from Home +273 29 £137,500 +71.88% 2
UK excluding London - 1 £60,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, 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 37 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 30 (81.08%) Java
3 27 (72.97%) Banking
3 27 (72.97%) Investment Banking
4 23 (62.16%) Fixed Income
5 21 (56.76%) Front Office
6 18 (48.65%) Algorithmic Trading
7 14 (37.84%) Multithreading
7 14 (37.84%) FIX Protocol
8 13 (35.14%) Agile
9 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
9 11 (29.73%) Design Patterns
10 9 (24.32%) Finance
11 8 (21.62%) TDD
12 7 (18.92%) Degree
12 7 (18.92%) OO
12 7 (18.92%) Python
12 7 (18.92%) OOD
13 6 (16.22%) Spring
13 6 (16.22%) Maven
13 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
13 6 (16.22%) Git
13 6 (16.22%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (16.22%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (13.51%) Low Latency
14 5 (13.51%) Microservices
14 5 (13.51%) DevOps
14 5 (13.51%) Spring Boot
14 5 (13.51%) OOP
15 4 (10.81%) Risk Management

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 1 (2.70%) AWS
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Git
1 6 (16.22%) Maven
2 1 (2.70%) Robot Framework
General
1 27 (72.97%) Banking
1 27 (72.97%) Investment Banking
2 21 (56.76%) Front Office
3 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
4 9 (24.32%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (16.22%) Spring
3 5 (13.51%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.70%) J2SE
4 1 (2.70%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (2.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (62.16%) Fixed Income
2 6 (16.22%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
3 4 (10.81%) Data Structures
3 4 (10.81%) Derivative
4 1 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.70%) Equities
4 1 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.70%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 18 (48.65%) Algorithmic Trading
3 14 (37.84%) Multithreading
4 13 (35.14%) Agile
5 11 (29.73%) Design Patterns
6 8 (21.62%) TDD
7 7 (18.92%) OO
7 7 (18.92%) OOD
8 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
9 5 (13.51%) DevOps
9 5 (13.51%) Low Latency
9 5 (13.51%) Microservices
9 5 (13.51%) OOP
10 4 (10.81%) Garbage Collection
10 4 (10.81%) Market Making
10 4 (10.81%) Risk Management
11 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis
11 2 (5.41%) Data Collection
11 2 (5.41%) Multithreaded Programming
11 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 30 (81.08%) Java
2 7 (18.92%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) C++
4 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 6 (16.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes