Electronic Trading Java Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
UK > Work from Home

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading salary for remote or hybrid work is £155,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 578 668
Rank change year-on-year +190 +90 +183
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 9 14 5
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.060% 0.041% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.043% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £125,000 £129,875 £99,500
25th Percentile £142,500 £131,563 £125,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £155,000 £138,750 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.71% +6.73% +18.18%
75th Percentile £162,500 £146,563 £136,250
90th Percentile £163,500 £148,625 £140,750
UK median annual salary £110,000 £150,000 £145,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +3.45% +34.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Electronic Trading Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Electronic Trading Java Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Electronic Trading Java Developer.

Electronic Trading Java Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Electronic Trading Java Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Electronic Trading Java Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Electronic Trading Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Electronic Trading Java Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) Front Office
1 9 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 8 (88.89%) Low Latency
3 6 (66.67%) TDD
3 6 (66.67%) Docker
3 6 (66.67%) Kubernetes
3 6 (66.67%) Re-Platforming
3 6 (66.67%) AWS
3 6 (66.67%) Kafka
3 6 (66.67%) Event-Driven
4 3 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (22.22%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Algorithmic Trading
5 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
5 2 (22.22%) Concurrent Programming
5 2 (22.22%) Order Management
6 1 (11.11%) Smart Order Routing
6 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (11.11%) State Machine
6 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Solace
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Market Making

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Gradle
General
1 9 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) Kafka
2 2 (22.22%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Equities
1 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (11.11%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 8 (88.89%) Low Latency
3 6 (66.67%) Event-Driven
3 6 (66.67%) Re-Platforming
3 6 (66.67%) TDD
4 2 (22.22%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (22.22%) Concurrent Programming
4 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
4 2 (22.22%) Order Management
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Market Making
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Smart Order Routing
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) ION Trading
1 1 (11.11%) Solace