Hybrid/Remote Ultra-Low Latency Job Trends

Ultra-Low Latency
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 441 486
Rank change year-on-year +93 +45 +193
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 13 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.087% 0.012% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.013% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile £137,500 - -
25th Percentile £175,625 £150,000 £93,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £230,000 £160,000 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% +42.22% -33.82%
75th Percentile - £170,000 £131,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £110,000 £150,000 £200,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% -25.00% +60.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Ultra-Low Latency 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 13,114 15,432 20,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.46% 93.53% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,324 9,112 16,422
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,938 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Ultra-Low Latency job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ultra-Low Latency

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Ultra-Low Latency salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Ultra-Low Latency
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 7 (53.85%) Ethereum
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) AWS
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) GitHub
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) CircleCI
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Front Office
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Rust Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Java Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Quantitative Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Rust Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) Smart Contracts
1 7 (53.85%) web3js
2 2 (15.38%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Hedge funds
2 7 (53.85%) Blockchain
2 7 (53.85%) Web3
3 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
3 2 (15.38%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (7.69%) FPGA
4 1 (7.69%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 8 (61.54%) DeFi
3 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
3 7 (53.85%) Design Patterns
3 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (53.85%) Software Engineering
3 7 (53.85%) Workflow
4 3 (23.08%) Multithreading
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Concurrent Programming
5 2 (15.38%) Data Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Event-Driven
5 2 (15.38%) Fintech
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
5 2 (15.38%) Memory Management
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) MLOps
5 2 (15.38%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Rust
2 7 (53.85%) Go
2 7 (53.85%) TypeScript
3 3 (23.08%) C++
4 2 (15.38%) C
4 2 (15.38%) Java
4 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Solarflare