Electronic Trading Java Developer Job Trends

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
UK

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading salary in the UK is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 769 731
Rank change year-on-year +109 -38 +437
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 10 17 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.022% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.023% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 27
10th Percentile £84,750 £112,500 £79,200
25th Percentile £85,000 £115,000 £95,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £135,000 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £148,125 £157,500 £143,750
90th Percentile £163,250 £167,500 £153,000
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 44,026 73,874 58,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 95.25% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 25,758 44,964 44,983
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 £75,000 £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 Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Java Developer over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java 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 Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +113 10 £97,500 -27.78% 2
London +82 10 £97,500 -27.78% 2
Work from Home +78 2 £157,500 +36.96%

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Electronic Trading Java 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 Java Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Java
1 10 (100.00%) Front Office
1 10 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 10 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (90.00%) Multithreading
3 7 (70.00%) Fixed Income
4 5 (50.00%) AWS
4 5 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
4 5 (50.00%) Solace
4 5 (50.00%) Concurrent Programming
5 4 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (40.00%) Distributed Cache
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
6 3 (30.00%) Banking
6 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
7 2 (20.00%) Pricing Data
7 2 (20.00%) Smart Order Routing
7 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
7 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (20.00%) Kafka
8 1 (10.00%) Analytics
8 1 (10.00%) Derivative
8 1 (10.00%) Degree
8 1 (10.00%) Memory Management
8 1 (10.00%) Ultra Messaging
8 1 (10.00%) Java Concurrency
8 1 (10.00%) Multicast
8 1 (10.00%) Docker

Electronic Trading Java 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 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) KDB
1 1 (10.00%) Tick Data
General
1 10 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
2 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (20.00%) Kafka
2 1 (10.00%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (10.00%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Fixed Income
2 4 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (20.00%) Pricing Data
4 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (10.00%) Derivative
4 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (10.00%) Equities
4 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 10 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (90.00%) Multithreading
3 5 (50.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 5 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
4 4 (40.00%) Distributed Cache
4 4 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
5 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (20.00%) Smart Order Routing
6 1 (10.00%) Algorithmic Trading
6 1 (10.00%) Analytics
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Garbage Collection
6 1 (10.00%) Market Making
6 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 1 (10.00%) Memory Management
6 1 (10.00%) Microservices
6 1 (10.00%) Order Management
6 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Solace
2 1 (10.00%) ION Trading