Algorithmic Trading Jobs with Work from Home Options

Algo Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Algorithmic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 628 702
Rank change year-on-year +76 +74 -150
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 33 31 132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.098% 0.073% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.076% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 20 27 82
10th Percentile £31,250 £75,000 -
25th Percentile £47,188 £80,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £107,500 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% +4.88% +20.59%
75th Percentile £160,000 £158,750 £130,000
90th Percentile £170,875 £180,000 £149,375
UK median annual salary £135,000 £102,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year +31.71% -2.38% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Algorithmic Trading 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,949 40,734 65,929
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.59% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,494 28,287 41,473
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Algorithmic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Algorithmic Trading trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading.

Algorithmic Trading salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Algorithmic Trading salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Simulink
1 4 (12.12%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) AWS
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
1 3 (9.09%) Redis
General
1 12 (36.36%) Front Office
2 11 (33.33%) Banking
2 11 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Games
4 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Developer
2 16 (48.48%) Quantitative Developer
3 12 (36.36%) Java Developer
3 12 (36.36%) Java Quantitative Developer
4 11 (33.33%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 11 (33.33%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 5 (15.15%) Senior
6 4 (12.12%) Machine Learning Developer
7 3 (9.09%) .NET Developer
7 3 (9.09%) Applications Support
7 3 (9.09%) Python Developer
7 3 (9.09%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
9 1 (3.03%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 1 (3.03%) Graduate Developer
9 1 (3.03%) Graduate Software Developer
9 1 (3.03%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (51.52%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (15.15%) REST
3 4 (12.12%) .NET
3 4 (12.12%) PyTorch
3 4 (12.12%) React
3 4 (12.12%) TensorFlow
4 3 (9.09%) .NET Core
4 3 (9.09%) .NET Framework
4 3 (9.09%) AngularJS
4 3 (9.09%) ASP.NET
4 3 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (9.09%) Kafka
4 3 (9.09%) LINQ
5 1 (3.03%) Redux
5 1 (3.03%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Fixed Income
2 9 (27.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (21.21%) Equities
4 6 (18.18%) Hedge funds
5 5 (15.15%) Algorithms
5 5 (15.15%) Onboarding
6 4 (12.12%) Robotics
7 2 (6.06%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (3.03%) Blockchain
8 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Electronic Trading
2 13 (39.39%) Market Making
3 7 (21.21%) DevOps
3 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.15%) Asset Management
4 5 (15.15%) Automated Trading
4 5 (15.15%) Direct Market Access
4 5 (15.15%) Fintech
4 5 (15.15%) Low Latency
4 5 (15.15%) Machine Learning
4 5 (15.15%) Mathematics
4 5 (15.15%) Portfolio Management
4 5 (15.15%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
5 4 (12.12%) Computer Vision
5 4 (12.12%) Deep Learning
5 4 (12.12%) Feasibility Study
5 4 (12.12%) Random Forest
5 4 (12.12%) Reinforcement Learning
5 4 (12.12%) Statistical Inference
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) Python
2 16 (48.48%) Java
3 10 (30.30%) SQL
4 5 (15.15%) C++
5 4 (12.12%) C#
5 4 (12.12%) MATLAB
6 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.03%) C
7 1 (3.03%) Ruby
7 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) PhD
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) OpenAI
2 1 (3.03%) Solace