High-Frequency Trading Jobs

High-Frequency Trading
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 890 1124
Rank change year-on-year +43 +234 -192
Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 58 56 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.059% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.062% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 54 50 88
10th Percentile £72,500 £89,500 £83,750
25th Percentile £77,188 £90,000 £88,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £128,750 £102,500 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.61% - +13.89%
75th Percentile £150,000 £120,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £165,000 £136,000 £220,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

High-Frequency 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for High-Frequency Trading in the UK

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading.

Salary trend for High-Frequency Trading in the UK

High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for High-Frequency Trading in the UK

High-Frequency Trading
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High-Frequency Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +70 58 £128,750 +25.61% 37
London +109 55 £135,000 +31.71% 35
Work from Home +58 12 £77,500 -61.25% 11
UK excluding London - 3 £100,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £100,000 -
South East - 1 £100,000 - 1

High-Frequency Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.45%) Apache
1 2 (3.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.72%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) AWS
2 1 (1.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (5.17%) Firewall
1 3 (5.17%) Multicast
1 3 (5.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.79%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.45%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.72%) KDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 25 (43.10%) Finance
3 21 (36.21%) Banking
3 21 (36.21%) Front Office
4 11 (18.97%) Investment Banking
5 8 (13.79%) Back Office
6 4 (6.90%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Billing
8 1 (1.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (53.45%) Developer
2 16 (27.59%) Software Engineer
3 15 (25.86%) Java Developer
4 10 (17.24%) Analyst
5 8 (13.79%) Applications Support
5 8 (13.79%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (13.79%) Front Office Developer
5 8 (13.79%) Java Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Java Software Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Quantitative Developer
5 8 (13.79%) Support Analyst
6 7 (12.07%) Backend Developer
6 7 (12.07%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) Rust Developer
7 6 (10.34%) Electronic Trading Developer
7 6 (10.34%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
7 6 (10.34%) Java Software Developer
8 4 (6.90%) Rust Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Rust Software Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (24.14%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (12.07%) Spring
3 6 (10.34%) Kafka
3 6 (10.34%) Spring Boot
4 5 (8.62%) Rendezvous
5 4 (6.90%) Middleware
5 4 (6.90%) WebSockets
6 3 (5.17%) LDAP
7 2 (3.45%) Apache Commons
7 2 (3.45%) React
8 1 (1.72%) CSS
8 1 (1.72%) CSS3
8 1 (1.72%) HTML
8 1 (1.72%) HTML5
8 1 (1.72%) Node.js
8 1 (1.72%) Redux
8 1 (1.72%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Hedge funds
2 12 (20.69%) Client/Server
3 8 (13.79%) Algorithms
3 8 (13.79%) Onboarding
4 6 (10.34%) Equities
4 6 (10.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (8.62%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (5.17%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (5.17%) FPGA
8 2 (3.45%) Bitcoin
9 1 (1.72%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.72%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 22 (37.93%) Linux
2 11 (18.97%) Windows
3 10 (17.24%) Unix
4 3 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (56.90%) Low Latency
2 21 (36.21%) Electronic Trading
3 20 (34.48%) Software Engineering
4 14 (24.14%) Algorithmic Trading
4 14 (24.14%) Computer Science
5 11 (18.97%) Data Management
6 8 (13.79%) Business Continuity
6 8 (13.79%) Change Management
6 8 (13.79%) Client Onboarding
6 8 (13.79%) Compliance Audit
6 8 (13.79%) Incident Management
6 8 (13.79%) ITIL
6 8 (13.79%) Market Making
6 8 (13.79%) Workflow
7 7 (12.07%) Mathematics
8 5 (8.62%) Agile
8 5 (8.62%) Analytics
8 5 (8.62%) Proprietary Trading
8 5 (8.62%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 31 (53.45%) Java
2 15 (25.86%) Python
3 11 (18.97%) Rust
4 10 (17.24%) C++
5 8 (13.79%) PowerShell
5 8 (13.79%) SQL
6 4 (6.90%) C#
7 3 (5.17%) Bash
7 3 (5.17%) Perl
8 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) Degree
2 7 (12.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.17%) PhD
4 2 (3.45%) ISEB
5 1 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.17%) Ansible
2 3 (5.17%) Puppet
2 3 (5.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) IBM
2 8 (13.79%) Algorithmics
2 8 (13.79%) ION Trading
2 8 (13.79%) Oracle
3 5 (8.62%) TIBCO
4 3 (5.17%) Cisco
4 3 (5.17%) Fortinet
4 3 (5.17%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
4 3 (5.17%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.72%) Google
5 1 (1.72%) Solace