Hybrid/Remote Equities Job Trends

Equities
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Equities over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 240 379
Rank change year-on-year -102 +139 +187
Permanent jobs citing Equities 48 210 156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 1.35% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.84% 3.33% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 32 202 147
10th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £116,875 £98,750 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £115,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £148,750 £138,750
90th Percentile £149,500 £159,250 £146,250
UK median annual salary £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -1.09% - +9.52%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Equities 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,683 6,310 10,254
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.73% 40.50% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,559 3,495 8,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,173
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.28% -15.12%

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Equities and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Equities job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Equities
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Equities.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Equities

Equities
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Equities over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Equities salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Equities
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (20.83%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 29 (60.42%) AWS
2 24 (50.00%) dbt
3 18 (37.50%) GCP
4 10 (20.83%) Snowflake
5 5 (10.42%) Azure
6 1 (2.08%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (50.00%) Amazon Athena
1 24 (50.00%) Apache Arrow
1 24 (50.00%) Apache Iceberg
1 24 (50.00%) Dremio
2 18 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (20.83%) Apache Ignite
3 10 (20.83%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 39 (81.25%) Front Office
2 38 (79.17%) Finance
3 10 (20.83%) Banking
3 10 (20.83%) Investment Banking
4 8 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 26 (54.17%) Python Engineer
2 26 (54.17%) Python Software Engineer
3 24 (50.00%) AWS Engineer
3 24 (50.00%) AWS Software Engineer
4 22 (45.83%) Developer
5 18 (37.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 16 (33.33%) Python Developer
7 14 (29.17%) AWS Developer
8 10 (20.83%) Java Engineer
8 10 (20.83%) Java Software Engineer
9 8 (16.67%) Platform Specialist
9 8 (16.67%) Senior
9 8 (16.67%) Senior Java Engineer
9 8 (16.67%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 8 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (8.33%) Lead
10 4 (8.33%) Lead Developer
10 4 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
10 4 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (50.00%) NumPy
1 24 (50.00%) Pandas
1 24 (50.00%) SciPy
2 18 (37.50%) Node.js
2 18 (37.50%) React
3 14 (29.17%) AngularJS
3 14 (29.17%) Vue
4 10 (20.83%) FIX Protocol
4 10 (20.83%) gRPC
4 10 (20.83%) Protocol Buffers
5 4 (8.33%) Redux
6 2 (4.17%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 37 (77.08%) Fixed Income
2 25 (52.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 16 (33.33%) Derivative
4 10 (20.83%) Hedge funds
4 10 (20.83%) Pricing Data
5 6 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (4.17%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.08%) Grid Computing
7 1 (2.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
1 8 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 36 (75.00%) Investment Management
2 28 (58.33%) Agile
2 28 (58.33%) Software Engineering
3 22 (45.83%) Order Management
4 19 (39.58%) Fintech
5 14 (29.17%) Performance Attribution
5 14 (29.17%) Risk Management
6 10 (20.83%) Algorithmic Trading
6 10 (20.83%) Electronic Trading
7 8 (16.67%) Coaching
7 8 (16.67%) ITIL
8 6 (12.50%) Backtesting
8 6 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 6 (12.50%) High-Frequency Trading
8 6 (12.50%) Market Making
9 4 (8.33%) Analytics
9 4 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 4 (8.33%) Low Latency
9 4 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (79.17%) Python
2 28 (58.33%) JavaScript
2 28 (58.33%) TypeScript
3 18 (37.50%) Java
4 8 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 8 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (4.17%) C++
6 1 (2.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) ITRS Geneos
1 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.08%) Prometheus
1 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Charles River
2 1 (2.08%) Splunk