Electronic Trading Java Developer Jobs

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
UK

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading salary in the UK is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 752 703 1028
Rank change year-on-year -49 +325 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 14 27 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.051% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.053% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 43
10th Percentile - £102,500 £79,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £103,125 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £133,750 £132,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.02% +0.94% +26.19%
75th Percentile £137,500 £148,438 £157,500
90th Percentile £147,500 £155,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £60,000 -

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 64,932 50,573 117,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 95.45% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32,232 36,954 73,757
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,798
25th Percentile £43,650 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

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

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

Salary trend for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Java Developer over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Top 5 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 8 December 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
England -70 14 £115,000 -14.02% 3
London -28 11 £115,000 -14.81% 3
Work from Home -9 5 £135,000 - 1
UK excluding London -70 3 - -
South East - 3 - -

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, 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 14 (100.00%) Java
1 14 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 11 (78.57%) Front Office
3 9 (64.29%) Banking
3 9 (64.29%) Low Latency
4 8 (57.14%) Multithreading
5 7 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (42.86%) Concurrent Programming
7 5 (35.71%) SQL
7 5 (35.71%) Linux
7 5 (35.71%) Fixed Income
7 5 (35.71%) Equities
8 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
8 4 (28.57%) AWS
8 4 (28.57%) Re-Platforming
9 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (21.43%) Distributed Cache
9 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (21.43%) Solace
9 3 (21.43%) Finance
10 2 (14.29%) Degree
10 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 2 (14.29%) Algorithmic Trading
10 2 (14.29%) Gradle
10 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 2 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
10 2 (14.29%) Social Skills

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 4 (28.57%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Gradle
General
1 11 (78.57%) Front Office
2 9 (64.29%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Kafka
1 1 (7.14%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (35.71%) Equities
2 5 (35.71%) Fixed Income
3 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 9 (64.29%) Low Latency
3 8 (57.14%) Multithreading
4 6 (42.86%) Concurrent Programming
5 4 (28.57%) Re-Platforming
6 3 (21.43%) Distributed Cache
6 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (14.29%) Algorithmic Trading
7 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
8 1 (7.14%) Event-Driven
8 1 (7.14%) Microservices
8 1 (7.14%) People Management
8 1 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
8 1 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (7.14%) SDLC
8 1 (7.14%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Solace