Hybrid/Remote Electronic Trading Java Developer Job Trends

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
UK > Work from Home

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading salary for remote/hybrid work is £160,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 446 463
Rank change year-on-year +79 +17 +272
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 1 5 20
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.028% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.030% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £118,250 £102,500
25th Percentile £150,000 £123,125 £115,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £160,000 £135,000 £137,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -1.82% +71.88%
75th Percentile £170,000 £150,625 £146,875
90th Percentile - £157,750 £150,000
UK median annual salary £127,500 £115,000 £136,250
% change year-on-year +10.87% -15.60% +2.83%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 14,352 16,943 18,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 96.26% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,323 10,583 15,353
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Electronic Trading Java Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Electronic Trading Java Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Electronic Trading Java Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Electronic Trading Java Developer job vacancies

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Electronic Trading Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Electronic Trading Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Market Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing
1 1 (100.00%) Tick Data
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Tick Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Market Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree