Memory Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Memory Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Memory Management over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 722 935 901
Rank change year-on-year +213 -34 -195
Permanent jobs citing Memory Management 19 141 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18 52 87
10th Percentile £46,750 £55,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £97,500 £74,688 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £97,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +44.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £225,000 £110,000 £93,750
90th Percentile - £162,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% -38.10% +110.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Memory Management 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 50,088 118,671 122,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.74% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,209 72,079 81,851
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,492 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,025 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,219 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +6.44% +4.17%

Memory Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Memory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Memory Management in the UK

Memory Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Memory Management.

Salary trend for Memory Management in the UK

Memory Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Memory Management over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Memory Management in the UK

Memory Management
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Memory Management within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 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 +230 17 £175,000 +79.49% 25
London +183 14 £200,000 +105.13% 4
UK excluding London +209 4 £55,000 -15.38% 24
Work from Home +233 3 £50,000 -37.50% 13
South East +163 2 £50,000 -42.86% 10
North of England +149 1 £90,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 1
North West - 1 £90,000 - 2

Memory Management
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Tick Data
General
1 5 (26.32%) Banking
1 5 (26.32%) Investment Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Electronics
3 1 (5.26%) Front Office
3 1 (5.26%) Games
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) C++ Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Java Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Embedded Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Embedded C Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Quantitative Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) C Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Development Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 3 (15.79%) Yocto
2 2 (10.53%) Vulkan
3 1 (5.26%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.26%) OpenCL
3 1 (5.26%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.26%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 13 (68.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (42.11%) Hedge funds
3 5 (26.32%) Equities
4 4 (21.05%) Device Driver
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (15.79%) FPGA
6 1 (5.26%) Derivative
6 1 (5.26%) Fixed Income
6 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (5.26%) Hackathon
6 1 (5.26%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (5.26%) IoT
6 1 (5.26%) Mali
6 1 (5.26%) Ray Tracing
6 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (5.26%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Computer Science
1 14 (73.68%) Mathematics
2 13 (68.42%) Algorithmic Trading
2 13 (68.42%) Backtesting
2 13 (68.42%) Concurrent Programming
2 13 (68.42%) Low Latency
2 13 (68.42%) Multithreading
2 13 (68.42%) Physics
3 8 (42.11%) Data Management
3 8 (42.11%) Investment Management
4 7 (36.84%) Systematic Trading
4 7 (36.84%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
5 6 (31.58%) Unit Testing
6 5 (26.32%) End-to-End Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Device Driver Development
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.79%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (15.79%) Linux Kernel Development
8 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) C++
2 6 (31.58%) Java
3 3 (15.79%) C
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree