Electronic Trading Developer Jobs

Electronic Trading Developer
UK

The median Electronic Trading Developer salary in the UK is £150,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 913 1214
Rank change year-on-year +41 +301 -401
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Developer 42 51 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.049% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.054% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 30 51 17
10th Percentile £129,875 £82,500 £72,500
25th Percentile £132,500 £105,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £145,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +31.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £162,500 £157,500 £135,000
90th Percentile £167,500 £167,500 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £85,000 -

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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
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 5 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 +121 42 £150,000 +3.45% 6
England +95 42 £150,000 +3.45% 6
Work from Home +89 20 £150,000 +15.38% 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 42 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 41 (97.62%) Front Office
3 40 (95.24%) Banking
3 40 (95.24%) Investment Banking
4 34 (80.95%) Java
5 22 (52.38%) Low Latency
6 21 (50.00%) Social Skills
7 19 (45.24%) Fixed Income
7 19 (45.24%) Agile
8 18 (42.86%) Algorithmic Trading
8 18 (42.86%) Market Making
8 18 (42.86%) Multithreading
9 14 (33.33%) TDD
10 11 (26.19%) FIX Protocol
11 9 (21.43%) Spring
11 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (19.05%) Design Patterns
12 8 (19.05%) Python
13 7 (16.67%) Kubernetes
13 7 (16.67%) Spring Boot
13 7 (16.67%) Kafka
13 7 (16.67%) Docker
14 6 (14.29%) DevOps
14 6 (14.29%) High-Frequency Trading
14 6 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
14 6 (14.29%) OOP
14 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
14 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
14 6 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
15 5 (11.90%) Computer Science

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.38%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) KDB
1 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Git
1 1 (2.38%) Maven
General
1 41 (97.62%) Front Office
2 40 (95.24%) Banking
2 40 (95.24%) Investment Banking
3 21 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (11.90%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.19%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (21.43%) Spring
3 7 (16.67%) Kafka
3 7 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (45.24%) Fixed Income
2 2 (4.76%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 22 (52.38%) Low Latency
3 19 (45.24%) Agile
4 18 (42.86%) Algorithmic Trading
4 18 (42.86%) Market Making
4 18 (42.86%) Multithreading
5 14 (33.33%) TDD
6 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (19.05%) Design Patterns
8 6 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
8 6 (14.29%) High-Frequency Trading
8 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 6 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
8 6 (14.29%) OOP
8 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
10 4 (9.52%) OO
10 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
11 3 (7.14%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 34 (80.95%) Java
2 8 (19.05%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) C++
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 3 (7.14%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.76%) ION Trading