Smart Order Routing (SOR)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Smart Order Routing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Order Routing over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 897 981 1225
Rank change year-on-year +84 +244 -321
Permanent jobs citing Smart Order Routing 10 14 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.014% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 7
10th Percentile £85,625 - -
25th Percentile £93,438 £75,000 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile - £122,500 £125,000
90th Percentile £101,875 £123,500 £160,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Smart Order Routing 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 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
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 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Smart Order Routing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Smart Order Routing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Order Routing in the UK

Smart Order Routing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Smart Order Routing.

Salary trend for Smart Order Routing in the UK

Smart Order Routing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smart Order Routing over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Smart Order Routing in the UK

Smart Order Routing
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Order Routing within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
London +118 10 £100,000 -13.04% 3
England +86 10 £100,000 -13.04% 3
Work from Home +72 1 £85,000 +6.25% 1

Smart Order Routing
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) KDB
1 5 (50.00%) Kdb+
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
1 5 (50.00%) KDB Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (40.00%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Equities
2 4 (40.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Direct Market Access
2 4 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 4 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Fintech
2 4 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 4 (40.00%) Order Management
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Solace