Electronic Trading Jobs in the City of London

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Electronic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 126 214
Rank change year-on-year -28 +88 -21
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Trading 23 63 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.77% 1.94% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 2.03% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 63 72
10th Percentile £53,250 £71,400 £65,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £88,750 £71,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £120,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £145,000 £143,750 £112,500
90th Percentile £147,500 £152,500 £125,000
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £120,000 £97,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +23.08% -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Electronic 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 requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,843 3,105 6,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 94.67% 95.54% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,725 2,604 5,263
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% +7.14%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Electronic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading in the City of London.

Salary trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Tableau
2 2 (8.70%) KDB
2 2 (8.70%) Power BI
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Front Office
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Back Office
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Applications Support
1 5 (21.74%) Electronic Trading Support
1 5 (21.74%) Linux Support
1 5 (21.74%) Unix Support
2 4 (17.39%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Electronic Trading Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Java Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Junior
3 3 (13.04%) Qualitative Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Java Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Java Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Junior Quantitative Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (8.70%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) .NET Core
2 2 (8.70%) FpML
2 2 (8.70%) Middleware
2 2 (8.70%) WPF
3 1 (4.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Equities
2 5 (21.74%) Fixed Income
3 3 (13.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (8.70%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.35%) Fat Client
5 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.35%) Thin Client
5 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (4.35%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Linux
1 6 (26.09%) Unix
2 3 (13.04%) Windows
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Algorithmic Trading
2 8 (34.78%) Low Latency
3 5 (21.74%) Fintech
4 4 (17.39%) Design Patterns
4 4 (17.39%) Garbage Collection
4 4 (17.39%) Multithreading
4 4 (17.39%) OO
4 4 (17.39%) OOP
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Analytics
6 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (8.70%) Concurrent Programming
6 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.70%) Distributed Cache
6 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce
6 2 (8.70%) Re-Platforming
6 2 (8.70%) Scrum
6 2 (8.70%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) SQL
2 6 (26.09%) Java
3 4 (17.39%) Python
3 4 (17.39%) Shell Script
4 3 (13.04%) R
5 2 (8.70%) C#
6 1 (4.35%) Perl
6 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) MOM
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Bloomberg
2 2 (8.70%) Citrix
2 2 (8.70%) MicroStrategy
2 2 (8.70%) Solace
2 2 (8.70%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) MobileIron
3 1 (4.35%) Tradeweb