Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VWAP in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited VWAP over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 701 - 965
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VWAP 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.005% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £60,600
25th Percentile - - £88,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 - £150,000
75th Percentile - - £172,500
90th Percentile - - £177,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

VWAP falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,763 35,685 41,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.18% 34.42% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,606 23,135 22,550
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,085 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

VWAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VWAP in the UK

VWAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VWAP.

Salary trend for VWAP in the UK

VWAP
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VWAP within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 - 1 £150,000 - 2
England - 1 £150,000 - 2

VWAP
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) TWAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sun