Market Data Developer Job Trends

Market Data Developer
UK

The median Market Data Developer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 689 717
Rank change year-on-year +43 +28 +285
Permanent jobs requiring a Market Data Developer 7 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.019% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.020% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £81,750 £89,375
25th Percentile - £103,125 £92,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £140,000 £121,250
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% +15.46% +34.72%
75th Percentile - £176,875 £136,875
90th Percentile - £184,750 £140,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Market Data Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Market Data Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Market Data Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Market Data Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Market Data Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Market Data Developer job vacancies in the UK

Market Data 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 Market Data Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
England +59 7 £75,000 -46.43% 1
London +51 7 £75,000 -46.43% 1
Work from Home +65 3 - - 1

Market Data Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Market Data Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Market Data Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) ETL
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (71.43%) Databricks
3 5 (71.43%) Deployment Automation
3 5 (71.43%) Docker
3 5 (71.43%) Market Data Development
3 5 (71.43%) Tick Data
4 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
4 3 (42.86%) Data Management
4 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (28.57%) Data Acquisition
6 1 (14.29%) .NET
6 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
6 1 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (14.29%) C++
6 1 (14.29%) CMake
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) Fintech
6 1 (14.29%) Git
6 1 (14.29%) GitHub
6 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (14.29%) Linux
6 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) React
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) TypeScript

Market Data Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (71.43%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CMake
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ETL
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Deployment Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Market Data Development
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (28.57%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Fintech
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Databricks