Algorithmic Trading Jobs in England

Algo Trading
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Algorithmic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 774 705 874
Rank change year-on-year -69 +169 -142
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 87 169 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 55 135 209
10th Percentile £53,500 £67,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £155,000 £150,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £180,000 £180,000 £152,500
UK median annual salary £140,000 £110,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Algorithmic 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,844 79,154 138,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 95.46% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,725 48,396 74,307
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,259
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in England.

Salary trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -10 81 £145,000 +31.82% 59
South West - 4 £55,000 -
South East - 2 £85,000 -
Algorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Simulink
1 5 (5.75%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.30%) Azure
2 1 (1.15%) AWS
2 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.15%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Tick Data
2 3 (3.45%) KDB
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Git
General
1 34 (39.08%) Finance
2 31 (35.63%) Front Office
3 28 (32.18%) Banking
3 28 (32.18%) Investment Banking
4 17 (19.54%) Social Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Financial Institution
5 4 (4.60%) Games
6 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Back Office
7 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (72.41%) Developer
2 36 (41.38%) Quantitative Developer
3 26 (29.89%) Java Developer
4 20 (22.99%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 20 (22.99%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 17 (19.54%) Software Engineer
6 14 (16.09%) C++ Developer
7 12 (13.79%) Java Quantitative Developer
8 10 (11.49%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 10 (11.49%) Front Office Developer
9 8 (9.20%) Java Engineer
9 8 (9.20%) Java Software Engineer
9 8 (9.20%) Python Developer
9 8 (9.20%) Senior
10 7 (8.05%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 6 (6.90%) Java Software Developer
12 5 (5.75%) Senior Software Engineer
13 4 (4.60%) Machine Learning Developer
13 4 (4.60%) Senior Developer
14 3 (3.45%) Algorithm Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (20.69%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (8.05%) Spring
3 6 (6.90%) Kafka
3 6 (6.90%) Spring Boot
4 5 (5.75%) PyTorch
4 5 (5.75%) TensorFlow
5 4 (4.60%) .NET
5 4 (4.60%) Middleware
5 4 (4.60%) Rendezvous
5 4 (4.60%) REST
6 3 (3.45%) React
7 2 (2.30%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.30%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.30%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.30%) scikit-learn
8 1 (1.15%) LINQ
8 1 (1.15%) OAuth
8 1 (1.15%) RESTful
8 1 (1.15%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.18%) Algorithms
1 28 (32.18%) Fixed Income
2 23 (26.44%) Equities
2 23 (26.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (22.99%) Hedge funds
4 10 (11.49%) Data Structures
5 5 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (5.75%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.60%) Robotics
7 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.15%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.39%) Linux
2 1 (1.15%) Unix
2 1 (1.15%) Windows
2 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.38%) Electronic Trading
2 29 (33.33%) Low Latency
3 26 (29.89%) Mathematics
4 25 (28.74%) Software Engineering
5 24 (27.59%) Computer Science
6 22 (25.29%) Market Making
7 19 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (16.09%) High-Frequency Trading
8 14 (16.09%) Quantitative Trading
9 13 (14.94%) Machine Learning
10 11 (12.64%) Multithreading
11 10 (11.49%) Backtesting
12 9 (10.34%) Concurrent Programming
12 9 (10.34%) Decision-Making
12 9 (10.34%) OO
12 9 (10.34%) Physics
12 9 (10.34%) Quantitative Research
13 8 (9.20%) Memory Management
13 8 (9.20%) Quantitative Finance
13 8 (9.20%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 41 (47.13%) Java
2 33 (37.93%) Python
3 25 (28.74%) C++
4 10 (11.49%) SQL
5 9 (10.34%) C#
6 6 (6.90%) MATLAB
7 5 (5.75%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.30%) Go
8 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.15%) C
9 1 (1.15%) Ruby
9 1 (1.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Degree
2 8 (9.20%) PhD
3 4 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.15%) CFA
5 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.15%) MBA
5 1 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (5.75%) OpenAI
2 4 (4.60%) TIBCO
3 1 (1.15%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle
3 1 (1.15%) Solace