High-Frequency Trading
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for High-Frequency Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 918 1108
Rank change year-on-year +77 +190 -213
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 61 54 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.053% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.056% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 57 48 78
10th Percentile £72,500 £80,625 £83,750
25th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £88,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £100,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £150,000 £110,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £165,000 £131,500 £220,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

High-Frequency Trading is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for High-Frequency Trading in the UK

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading.

Salary trend for High-Frequency Trading in the UK

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for High-Frequency Trading in the UK

High-Frequency Trading
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High-Frequency Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +109 61 £125,000 +23.46% 38
London +112 58 £133,750 +32.10% 36
Work from Home +84 13 £77,500 -44.64% 10
UK excluding London - 3 £100,000 - 2
East of England - 2 £100,000 -
South East - 1 £100,000 - 1

High-Frequency Trading
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 2 (3.28%) Apache
1 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.64%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.20%) AWS
2 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (4.92%) Firewall
1 3 (4.92%) Multicast
1 3 (4.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.28%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.64%) KDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Git
General
1 28 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 27 (44.26%) Finance
3 22 (36.07%) Front Office
4 21 (34.43%) Banking
5 11 (18.03%) Investment Banking
6 8 (13.11%) Back Office
7 4 (6.56%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 34 (55.74%) Developer
2 17 (27.87%) Java Developer
3 16 (26.23%) Software Engineer
4 10 (16.39%) Analyst
5 9 (14.75%) Front Office Developer
5 9 (14.75%) Quantitative Developer
6 8 (13.11%) Applications Support
6 8 (13.11%) Applications Support Analyst
6 8 (13.11%) Java Engineer
6 8 (13.11%) Java Software Engineer
6 8 (13.11%) Support Analyst
7 7 (11.48%) Backend Developer
7 7 (11.48%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 7 (11.48%) Rust Developer
8 6 (9.84%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 6 (9.84%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
8 6 (9.84%) Java Software Developer
9 4 (6.56%) Rust Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) Rust Software Engineer
10 3 (4.92%) Java Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.95%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (11.48%) Spring
3 6 (9.84%) Kafka
3 6 (9.84%) Spring Boot
4 5 (8.20%) Rendezvous
5 4 (6.56%) Middleware
5 4 (6.56%) WebSockets
6 3 (4.92%) LDAP
7 2 (3.28%) Apache Commons
7 2 (3.28%) React
8 1 (1.64%) CSS
8 1 (1.64%) CSS3
8 1 (1.64%) HTML
8 1 (1.64%) HTML5
8 1 (1.64%) Node.js
8 1 (1.64%) Redux
8 1 (1.64%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (1.64%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Hedge funds
2 12 (19.67%) Client/Server
3 8 (13.11%) Algorithms
3 8 (13.11%) Onboarding
4 7 (11.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (9.84%) Equities
6 5 (8.20%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (6.56%) FPGA
8 3 (4.92%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (3.28%) Bitcoin
9 2 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.64%) Blockchain
10 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
10 1 (1.64%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 24 (39.34%) Linux
2 11 (18.03%) Windows
3 10 (16.39%) Unix
4 3 (4.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (59.02%) Low Latency
2 21 (34.43%) Electronic Trading
3 20 (32.79%) Software Engineering
4 15 (24.59%) Algorithmic Trading
4 15 (24.59%) Computer Science
5 11 (18.03%) Data Management
6 9 (14.75%) Market Making
7 8 (13.11%) Business Continuity
7 8 (13.11%) Change Management
7 8 (13.11%) Client Onboarding
7 8 (13.11%) Compliance Audit
7 8 (13.11%) Incident Management
7 8 (13.11%) ITIL
7 8 (13.11%) Mathematics
7 8 (13.11%) Workflow
8 6 (9.84%) Agile
8 6 (9.84%) Proprietary Trading
9 5 (8.20%) Analytics
9 5 (8.20%) Requirements Analysis
10 4 (6.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (54.10%) Java
2 16 (26.23%) Python
3 12 (19.67%) C++
4 11 (18.03%) Rust
5 8 (13.11%) PowerShell
5 8 (13.11%) SQL
6 5 (8.20%) C#
7 3 (4.92%) Bash
7 3 (4.92%) Perl
8 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (36.07%) Degree
2 7 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.92%) PhD
4 2 (3.28%) ISEB
4 2 (3.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.92%) Ansible
2 3 (4.92%) Puppet
2 3 (4.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) IBM
2 8 (13.11%) Algorithmics
2 8 (13.11%) ION Trading
2 8 (13.11%) Oracle
3 5 (8.20%) TIBCO
4 3 (4.92%) Cisco
4 3 (4.92%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.92%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) Solace