Electronic Trading Jobs with Work from Home Options

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
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 Electronic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 509 779
Rank change year-on-year -17 +270 -227
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Trading 54 152 88
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.38% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.40% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28 144 61
10th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £80,213
25th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £95,000 £90,427
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +5.06% -4.81%
75th Percentile £140,000 £125,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £162,500 £139,250 £125,000
UK median annual salary £115,000 £100,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Electronic 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 30,919 38,346 69,821
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.84% 96.05% 97.08%
Number of salaries quoted 23,399 26,633 41,549
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Electronic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Electronic Trading trend for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic 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 Electronic Trading.

Electronic Trading salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic Trading
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Electronic Trading over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Electronic Trading salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Electronic 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (3.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) KDB
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.70%) Metasploit
General
1 36 (66.67%) Front Office
2 29 (53.70%) Banking
3 23 (42.59%) Investment Banking
4 19 (35.19%) Social Skills
5 8 (14.81%) Finance
6 4 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.41%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Developer
2 19 (35.19%) Analyst
3 18 (33.33%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 17 (31.48%) Java Developer
5 12 (22.22%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
6 11 (20.37%) Java Quantitative Developer
6 11 (20.37%) Quantitative Developer
7 10 (18.52%) Business Analyst
8 8 (14.81%) Senior
9 6 (11.11%) Applications Support
10 5 (9.26%) Electronic Trading Support
10 5 (9.26%) Python Developer
10 5 (9.26%) Senior Developer
10 5 (9.26%) Senior Java Developer
11 4 (7.41%) Electronic Trading Specialist
11 4 (7.41%) Support Analyst
11 4 (7.41%) Support Specialist
12 3 (5.56%) Murex Analyst
12 3 (5.56%) Murex Support
12 3 (5.56%) Murex Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (38.89%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (3.70%) Playwright
2 2 (3.70%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.85%) Spring
3 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (42.59%) Fixed Income
2 15 (27.78%) Equities
3 13 (24.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (9.26%) Hedge funds
4 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
5 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.85%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.85%) Derivative
7 1 (1.85%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Algorithmic Trading
2 14 (25.93%) Agile
3 11 (20.37%) Market Making
4 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (14.81%) Analytics
6 7 (12.96%) Fintech
6 7 (12.96%) Low Latency
6 7 (12.96%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 6 (11.11%) Data Analytics
7 6 (11.11%) DevOps
7 6 (11.11%) Multithreading
7 6 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
7 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 6 (11.11%) Software Testing
8 5 (9.26%) Asset Management
8 5 (9.26%) Design Patterns
8 5 (9.26%) Direct Market Access
8 5 (9.26%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 21 (38.89%) Java
2 16 (29.63%) SQL
3 10 (18.52%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) C#
4 1 (1.85%) F#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.70%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) SLA
2 2 (3.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Bloomberg
1 7 (12.96%) ION Trading
2 3 (5.56%) Murex
3 1 (1.85%) FFastFill
3 1 (1.85%) Refinitiv
3 1 (1.85%) Reuters