Proprietary Trading Jobs in the City of London

Proprietary Trading (Prop Trading)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Proprietary Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Proprietary 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 164 176 287
Rank change year-on-year +12 +111 -
Permanent jobs citing Proprietary Trading 13 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.43% 0.40% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.42% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 1
10th Percentile - £62,000 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £110,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +109.52% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,000 £61,250
90th Percentile - £119,500 -
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £110,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -31.82% +109.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Proprietary 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%

Proprietary Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Proprietary Trading in the City of London

Proprietary Trading
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Proprietary Trading in the City of London

Proprietary 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Multicast
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Front Office
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (38.46%) Front Office Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Junior
4 3 (23.08%) Junior Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Junior Quantitative Developer
5 1 (7.69%) C++ Developer
5 1 (7.69%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Front Office RAD Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Market Data Manager
5 1 (7.69%) RAD Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (23.08%) WebSockets
2 1 (7.69%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) ASIC
1 1 (7.69%) Equities
1 1 (7.69%) FPGA
1 1 (7.69%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) High-Frequency Trading
2 5 (38.46%) Low Latency
2 5 (38.46%) RAD
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Ultra-Low Latency
3 4 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) DeFi
4 3 (23.08%) Observability
5 2 (15.38%) Market Making
6 1 (7.69%) Automated Trading
6 1 (7.69%) Concurrent Programming
6 1 (7.69%) Market Data Development
6 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
6 1 (7.69%) Physics
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) Python
2 6 (46.15%) Java
3 5 (38.46%) Haskell
4 4 (30.77%) F#
5 2 (15.38%) C++
6 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree