Equities
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Equities over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 361 326
Rank change year-on-year -277 -35 +137
Permanent jobs citing Equities 121 372 824
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.76% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 1.85% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 77 294 803
10th Percentile £68,750 £93,750 £77,500
25th Percentile £88,750 £105,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £122,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +6.52% +2.22%
75th Percentile £132,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £148,750 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £20,000
% change year-on-year - - -70.37%

All Generic Skills
UK

Equities falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,710 20,142 33,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 41.08% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 16,406 10,000 20,929
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +4.55% -14.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -9.09%

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Equities relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Equities job vacancy trend in the UK

Equities
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Equities.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Equities

Equities
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Equities over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Equities in the UK

Equities
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Equities within the UK over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. 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 -176 119 £102,500 -18.00% 47
England -282 119 £102,500 -18.00% 47
Work from Home -169 37 £100,000 -21.57% 8
Scotland +10 1 £50,000 -
UK excluding London -89 1 £50,000 - 5

Equities
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (9.92%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.83%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 28 (23.14%) Azure
2 25 (20.66%) AWS
3 16 (13.22%) GCP
4 10 (8.26%) GitHub
5 4 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.65%) Google Gemini
6 2 (1.65%) SaaS
6 2 (1.65%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.83%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.83%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.01%) Multicast
2 6 (4.96%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (3.31%) DHCP
3 4 (3.31%) DNS
3 4 (3.31%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (10.74%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (28.10%) JIRA
2 16 (13.22%) Git
3 4 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 98 (80.99%) Finance
2 65 (53.72%) Front Office
3 34 (28.10%) Social Skills
4 29 (23.97%) Banking
5 15 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.79%) Spanish Language
7 5 (4.13%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.31%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.65%) Back Office
10 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (42.15%) Developer
2 44 (36.36%) Senior
3 31 (25.62%) Software Engineer
4 26 (21.49%) Python Engineer
5 25 (20.66%) Python Developer
6 22 (18.18%) Lead
6 22 (18.18%) Senior Developer
7 20 (16.53%) Python Software Engineer
8 17 (14.05%) Quantitative Developer
8 17 (14.05%) Senior Quantitative Developer
9 16 (13.22%) Analyst
9 16 (13.22%) C++ Developer
9 16 (13.22%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 16 (13.22%) C++ Software Engineer
9 16 (13.22%) Lead Developer
9 16 (13.22%) Linux Developer
9 16 (13.22%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 16 (13.22%) Senior C++ Developer
9 16 (13.22%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
9 16 (13.22%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (28.10%) FIX Protocol
2 32 (26.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (14.88%) React
4 17 (14.05%) Node.js
5 16 (13.22%) pytest
5 16 (13.22%) Redux
6 3 (2.48%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.48%) CSS
6 3 (2.48%) HTML
7 2 (1.65%) .NET
7 2 (1.65%) Kafka
7 2 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.65%) Spring
7 2 (1.65%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.83%) Akka
8 1 (0.83%) NumPy
8 1 (0.83%) Pandas
8 1 (0.83%) SciPy
8 1 (0.83%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 60 (49.59%) Fixed Income
2 55 (45.45%) Derivative
3 37 (30.58%) Algorithms
4 27 (22.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (16.53%) Hedge funds
6 16 (13.22%) Data Structures
6 16 (13.22%) Management Information System
7 13 (10.74%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (8.26%) Distributed Architecture
9 8 (6.61%) Distributed Computing
9 8 (6.61%) Onboarding
10 7 (5.79%) Eurex
11 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
12 3 (2.48%) Product Ownership
13 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (1.65%) Market Risk
13 2 (1.65%) Mobile App
14 1 (0.83%) Credit Risk
14 1 (0.83%) Equity Derivative
14 1 (0.83%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 48 (39.67%) Linux
2 13 (10.74%) Windows
3 2 (1.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (44.63%) Low Latency
2 48 (39.67%) Agile
3 41 (33.88%) Software Engineering
4 32 (26.45%) OOP
5 31 (25.62%) Computer Science
6 28 (23.14%) SDLC
7 23 (19.01%) Electronic Trading
7 23 (19.01%) Mathematics
8 22 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
9 21 (17.36%) Fintech
10 20 (16.53%) Investment Management
10 20 (16.53%) Mentoring
11 19 (15.70%) Workflow
12 18 (14.88%) Asset Management
12 18 (14.88%) Market Making
12 18 (14.88%) Process Improvement
12 18 (14.88%) Test Automation
13 17 (14.05%) Line Management
13 17 (14.05%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (64.46%) Python
2 37 (30.58%) C++
3 34 (28.10%) Java
4 23 (19.01%) SQL
5 20 (16.53%) TypeScript
6 16 (13.22%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.13%) C#
7 5 (4.13%) Tcl
8 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.65%) VBA
10 1 (0.83%) Bash
10 1 (0.83%) Perl
10 1 (0.83%) R
10 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (14.05%) Degree
2 12 (9.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.65%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.36%) QA
2 9 (7.44%) MiFID
3 5 (4.13%) EMIR
4 4 (3.31%) GAAP
5 2 (1.65%) IFRS
5 2 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) SCCM
2 2 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.83%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Control-M
3 1 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (9.92%) Bloomberg
1 12 (9.92%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) Oracle
3 7 (5.79%) CQG
3 7 (5.79%) ION Trading
3 7 (5.79%) Patsystems
3 7 (5.79%) Reuters
3 7 (5.79%) Trayport
4 5 (4.13%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.13%) IBM
4 5 (4.13%) Sybase
4 5 (4.13%) TIBCO
5 2 (1.65%) Foundry
5 2 (1.65%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.83%) Databricks
6 1 (0.83%) FXall
6 1 (0.83%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.83%) Moogsoft
6 1 (0.83%) Splunk
6 1 (0.83%) Tradeweb