High-Frequency Trading Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

High-Frequency Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 572 658
Rank change year-on-year +146 +86 +116
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 4 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.025% 0.038% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.042% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 1
10th Percentile £109,750 - -
25th Percentile £120,625 £72,500 £135,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £157,500 £77,500 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +103.23% -44.64% +33.33%
75th Percentile £200,625 £150,000 £145,000
90th Percentile £215,250 £163,750 -
UK median annual salary £105,000 £132,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.75% +32.50% -2.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

High-Frequency Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,670 30,949 40,734
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.39% 91.59% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,785 23,494 28,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

High-Frequency Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

High-Frequency Trading trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing High-Frequency Trading.

High-Frequency Trading salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

High-Frequency Trading salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

High-Frequency 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 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (50.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Java Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior C++ Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) gRPC
1 2 (50.00%) Kafka
1 2 (50.00%) WebSockets
2 1 (25.00%) Flask
2 1 (25.00%) Motif
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Derivative
1 1 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) B2C
2 2 (50.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (50.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptocurrency
3 1 (25.00%) DeFi
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Order Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Investing
3 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Rust
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes