Low Latency
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Low Latency over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 385 416 529
Rank change year-on-year +31 +113 -165
Permanent jobs citing Low Latency 397 979 687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.78% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.82% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 345 655 421
10th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £97,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +8.33% +2.86%
75th Percentile £150,000 £120,000 £118,750
90th Percentile £200,000 £151,500 £143,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Low Latency 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 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency in the UK

Low Latency
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Low Latency.

Salary trend for Low Latency in the UK

Low Latency
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Low Latency over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Low Latency in the UK

Low Latency
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Low Latency within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. 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 +86 370 £120,000 +20.00% 177
London +83 347 £120,000 +17.07% 151
Work from Home +46 154 £96,250 +8.45% 74
UK excluding London +50 43 £60,000 -7.69% 49
Scotland -51 20 £57,500 -14.81% 9
North of England +103 14 £55,493 -11.21% 5
North West +111 13 £55,493 -14.63% 3
Northern Ireland +4 4 £110,000 - 3
West Midlands +108 2 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Midlands +104 2 £60,000 - 2
South West +60 2 £92,778 - 3
South East +161 1 £75,000 -44.44% 23
Yorkshire +72 1 - - 2

Low Latency
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 8 (2.02%) Confluence
2 5 (1.26%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.01%) MQSeries
4 2 (0.50%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 7 (1.76%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.25%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 39 (9.82%) AWS
2 32 (8.06%) Azure
3 17 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.03%) Azure Service Bus
5 9 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (1.76%) Amazon S3
6 7 (1.76%) GitHub
7 6 (1.51%) GCP
7 6 (1.51%) Serverless
8 5 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.01%) SaaS
9 4 (1.01%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.50%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.50%) IBM Cloud
10 2 (0.50%) npm
11 1 (0.25%) Amazon MSK
11 1 (0.25%) Datadog
11 1 (0.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.80%) Internet
2 11 (2.77%) Multicast
3 10 (2.52%) Firewall
4 8 (2.02%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (1.51%) BGP
5 6 (1.51%) HTTP
5 6 (1.51%) OSPF
6 4 (1.01%) Network Security
6 4 (1.01%) Unicast
6 4 (1.01%) WAN
7 2 (0.50%) DHCP
7 2 (0.50%) DNS
7 2 (0.50%) Extranet
7 2 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.50%) HSRP
7 2 (0.50%) MPLS
7 2 (0.50%) tcpdump
7 2 (0.50%) VPLS
7 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.04%) NoSQL
2 19 (4.79%) Redis
3 14 (3.53%) Tick Data
4 13 (3.27%) Big Data
4 13 (3.27%) KDB
5 9 (2.27%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.51%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.26%) MySQL
8 5 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.01%) Metadata
9 4 (1.01%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.76%) Hazelcast
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.50%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (7.05%) Jenkins
2 22 (5.54%) Git
3 15 (3.78%) Maven
4 12 (3.02%) GitLab
5 9 (2.27%) JIRA
6 8 (2.02%) GCC
7 6 (1.51%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.51%) Selenium
8 4 (1.01%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.50%) GDB
9 2 (0.50%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.25%) Appium
10 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 173 (43.58%) Finance
2 78 (19.65%) Banking
3 56 (14.11%) Social Skills
4 51 (12.85%) Front Office
5 44 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (10.83%) Financial Institution
7 32 (8.06%) Law
8 28 (7.05%) Investment Banking
9 27 (6.80%) Games
10 24 (6.05%) Legal
11 9 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.02%) Marketing
13 5 (1.26%) Retail
14 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.25%) Environmental Health
15 1 (0.25%) Prime Brokerage
15 1 (0.25%) Publishing
15 1 (0.25%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 205 (51.64%) Developer
2 122 (30.73%) Java Developer
3 70 (17.63%) Software Engineer
4 55 (13.85%) Senior
5 46 (11.59%) Senior Developer
6 29 (7.30%) Java Engineer
7 23 (5.79%) Senior Java Developer
8 19 (4.79%) .NET Developer
8 19 (4.79%) Lead
9 18 (4.53%) Architect
9 18 (4.53%) Senior .NET Developer
10 17 (4.28%) C++ Developer
11 14 (3.53%) Front Office Developer
11 14 (3.53%) Network Engineer
11 14 (3.53%) Python Engineer
11 14 (3.53%) Quantitative Developer
12 13 (3.27%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 13 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.02%) Software Developer
14 11 (2.77%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (12.85%) REST
2 43 (10.83%) Spring
3 39 (9.82%) Kafka
4 37 (9.32%) React
5 28 (7.05%) .NET
6 24 (6.05%) FIX Protocol
7 22 (5.54%) .NET Core
8 20 (5.04%) AngularJS
9 19 (4.79%) ASP.NET
10 18 (4.53%) .NET Framework
10 18 (4.53%) ASP.NET Web API
10 18 (4.53%) LINQ
11 14 (3.53%) JSON
11 14 (3.53%) Spring Boot
12 13 (3.27%) Node.js
13 11 (2.77%) Middleware
14 8 (2.02%) HTML
14 8 (2.02%) STL
14 8 (2.02%) WPF
15 7 (1.76%) J2SE
Miscellaneous
1 76 (19.14%) Greenfield Project
2 73 (18.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 57 (14.36%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (11.59%) Hedge funds
5 42 (10.58%) Fixed Income
6 31 (7.81%) Equities
7 25 (6.30%) Distributed Applications
8 24 (6.05%) Sports Betting
9 18 (4.53%) Derivative
10 12 (3.02%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.52%) Distributed Computing
11 10 (2.52%) Hackathon
12 8 (2.02%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.26%) Blockchain
13 5 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (1.26%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.26%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 4 (1.01%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 68 (17.13%) Linux
2 13 (3.27%) Unix
3 9 (2.27%) Windows
4 6 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.01%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.50%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (32.24%) Microservices
2 112 (28.21%) Computer Science
3 95 (23.93%) Software Engineering
4 93 (23.43%) Fintech
5 83 (20.91%) Multithreading
6 74 (18.64%) Agile
7 71 (17.88%) Algorithmic Trading
8 50 (12.59%) High Availability
9 48 (12.09%) DevOps
10 47 (11.84%) Electronic Trading
11 46 (11.59%) Concurrent Programming
12 44 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (10.83%) CI/CD
14 40 (10.08%) Mathematics
15 37 (9.32%) Investment Management
15 37 (9.32%) SDLC
15 37 (9.32%) TDD
16 34 (8.56%) Continuous Integration
17 31 (7.81%) Integration Testing
18 30 (7.56%) High-Frequency Trading
Programming Languages
1 195 (49.12%) Java
2 84 (21.16%) Python
3 77 (19.40%) C++
4 60 (15.11%) SQL
5 56 (14.11%) C#
6 23 (5.79%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.02%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.52%) C
9 8 (2.02%) Bash
10 7 (1.76%) Go
10 7 (1.76%) Rust
11 6 (1.51%) Scala
12 4 (1.01%) F#
12 4 (1.01%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.01%) R
12 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.76%) Erlang
13 3 (0.76%) Haskell
14 2 (0.50%) ABAP
15 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (21.66%) Degree
2 56 (14.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.27%) CCIE
4 9 (2.27%) CCNP
5 8 (2.02%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (1.01%) PhD
6 4 (1.01%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.76%) CCNA
7 3 (0.76%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.50%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.05%) QA
2 8 (2.02%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.76%) SLA
4 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.50%) NIST
5 1 (0.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 44 (11.08%) Docker
2 3 (0.76%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.25%) Ceph
3 1 (0.25%) HDFS
3 1 (0.25%) NFS
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (11.34%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.03%) Ansible
3 7 (1.76%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.76%) Puppet
4 6 (1.51%) Grafana
5 4 (1.01%) Terraform
5 4 (1.01%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.50%) Istio
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.25%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.25%) Oozie
Vendors
1 13 (3.27%) Cisco
2 8 (2.02%) Databricks
2 8 (2.02%) F5
2 8 (2.02%) Red Hat
2 8 (2.02%) Splunk
2 8 (2.02%) TIBCO
3 7 (1.76%) Fortinet
3 7 (1.76%) Google
3 7 (1.76%) Solace
4 6 (1.51%) CheckPoint
4 6 (1.51%) Confluent
4 6 (1.51%) Microsoft
4 6 (1.51%) Palo Alto
4 6 (1.51%) Riverbed
4 6 (1.51%) VMware
5 4 (1.01%) Arista
5 4 (1.01%) Murex
6 3 (0.76%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.50%) IBM
7 2 (0.50%) SolarWinds