Market Making Jobs

Market Maker
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Market Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Market Making over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 836 1159
Rank change year-on-year +24 +323 -192
Permanent jobs citing Market Making 30 51 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.063% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.066% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 16 46 52
10th Percentile £45,000 £65,000 £90,000
25th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 £115,000 £118,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -3.16% +18.75%
75th Percentile £170,000 - £140,000
90th Percentile £193,750 £170,000 £215,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Market Making falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Market Making
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Market Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Market Making in the UK

Market Making
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Market Making.

Salary trend for Market Making in the UK

Market Making
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Market Making over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Market Making in the UK

Market Making
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 Making within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
London +59 30 £117,500 +2.17% 7
England +14 30 £117,500 +2.17% 7
Work from Home +23 11 £160,000 +39.13%

Market Making
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 1 (3.33%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) ClickHouse
1 1 (3.33%) KDB
1 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (6.67%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (46.67%) Front Office
2 12 (40.00%) Finance
3 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (23.33%) Banking
4 7 (23.33%) Investment Banking
5 4 (13.33%) Retail
6 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (6.67%) Marketing
8 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) Developer
2 12 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 9 (30.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 8 (26.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 8 (26.67%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 7 (23.33%) Java Quantitative Developer
6 5 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) Software Engineer
7 4 (13.33%) C++ Developer
7 4 (13.33%) Services Director
8 3 (10.00%) IT Director
8 3 (10.00%) Senior
9 2 (6.67%) Business Development Director
9 2 (6.67%) Development Director
9 2 (6.67%) Java Pricing Developer
9 2 (6.67%) Pricing Developer
9 2 (6.67%) Sales Director
10 1 (3.33%) Senior UI Developer
10 1 (3.33%) Site Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (6.67%) Esper
2 2 (6.67%) web3js
3 1 (3.33%) Spring
3 1 (3.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Equities
1 8 (26.67%) Hedge funds
2 7 (23.33%) Fixed Income
3 5 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.67%) Blockchain
4 2 (6.67%) Data Structures
4 2 (6.67%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (6.67%) FPGA
4 2 (6.67%) NFT
4 2 (6.67%) Web3
5 1 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Unix
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 10 (33.33%) Low Latency
3 8 (26.67%) Electronic Trading
4 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (20.00%) High-Frequency Trading
6 5 (16.67%) Analytics
6 5 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 5 (16.67%) Systematic Trading
6 5 (16.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 4 (13.33%) Business Development
7 4 (13.33%) Business Strategy
7 4 (13.33%) Cryptocurrency
7 4 (13.33%) Data Analytics
7 4 (13.33%) Machine Learning
7 4 (13.33%) Mathematics
7 4 (13.33%) Multithreading
8 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (10.00%) Economics
8 3 (10.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) Java
2 8 (26.67%) C++
3 5 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Pega
1 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
1 4 (13.33%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) StreamBase
3 1 (3.33%) ION Trading