Algorithmic Trading Jobs in London

Algo Trading
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 469 623
Rank change year-on-year +52 +154 -139
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 74 167 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.51% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.53% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 47 134 207
10th Percentile £44,000 £67,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £110,000 £83,125 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £115,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £155,000 £151,875 £140,000
90th Percentile £166,500 £180,000 £151,000
England median annual salary £140,000 £115,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,583 31,348 70,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.41% 95.32% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15,843 22,594 34,368
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,874 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Algorithmic Trading in London

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Central London +28 11 £142,500 +58.33% 5
East London - 8 £150,000 -
West London - 1 - -
Algorithmic Trading
England

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (1.35%) MQSeries
1 1 (1.35%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) Azure
2 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.35%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) KDB
2 2 (2.70%) Tick Data
3 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Git
General
1 31 (41.89%) Front Office
2 29 (39.19%) Finance
3 27 (36.49%) Banking
3 27 (36.49%) Investment Banking
4 13 (17.57%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Back Office
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (72.97%) Developer
2 34 (45.95%) Quantitative Developer
3 25 (33.78%) Java Developer
4 18 (24.32%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 18 (24.32%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 15 (20.27%) Software Engineer
6 12 (16.22%) C++ Developer
6 12 (16.22%) Java Quantitative Developer
7 10 (13.51%) C++ Quantitative Developer
7 10 (13.51%) Front Office Developer
8 7 (9.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 7 (9.46%) Java Engineer
8 7 (9.46%) Java Software Engineer
9 6 (8.11%) Java Software Developer
9 6 (8.11%) Python Developer
9 6 (8.11%) Senior
10 5 (6.76%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (4.05%) Algorithm Engineer
11 3 (4.05%) Applications Support
11 3 (4.05%) KDB Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (24.32%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (9.46%) Spring
3 6 (8.11%) Kafka
3 6 (8.11%) Spring Boot
4 5 (6.76%) Rendezvous
5 4 (5.41%) .NET
5 4 (5.41%) Middleware
5 4 (5.41%) REST
6 3 (4.05%) React
7 2 (2.70%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.70%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.70%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.35%) CSS
8 1 (1.35%) HTML
8 1 (1.35%) LINQ
8 1 (1.35%) OAuth
8 1 (1.35%) RESTful
8 1 (1.35%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (37.84%) Fixed Income
2 22 (29.73%) Algorithms
2 22 (29.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (28.38%) Equities
4 17 (22.97%) Hedge funds
5 10 (13.51%) Data Structures
6 5 (6.76%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.70%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.35%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.35%) Unix
2 1 (1.35%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (43.24%) Electronic Trading
2 26 (35.14%) Low Latency
3 22 (29.73%) Market Making
4 21 (28.38%) Computer Science
4 21 (28.38%) Software Engineering
5 19 (25.68%) Mathematics
5 19 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (18.92%) High-Frequency Trading
7 13 (17.57%) Quantitative Trading
8 11 (14.86%) Multithreading
9 9 (12.16%) Backtesting
9 9 (12.16%) Concurrent Programming
9 9 (12.16%) Quantitative Research
10 8 (10.81%) Physics
11 7 (9.46%) Automated Trading
11 7 (9.46%) Memory Management
11 7 (9.46%) Quantitative Finance
12 6 (8.11%) End-to-End Testing
12 6 (8.11%) Machine Learning
12 6 (8.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (51.35%) Java
2 25 (33.78%) Python
3 22 (29.73%) C++
4 9 (12.16%) C#
4 9 (12.16%) SQL
5 5 (6.76%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.70%) Go
6 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.35%) C
7 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.35%) Ruby
7 1 (1.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (13.51%) Degree
2 2 (2.70%) PhD
3 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (6.76%) TIBCO
2 2 (2.70%) Solace
3 1 (1.35%) IBM
3 1 (1.35%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle