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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 451 620
Rank change year-on-year +13 +169 -148
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 71 170 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.50% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.53% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 45 137 209
10th Percentile £39,750 £67,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £110,000 £82,500 £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 £166,250 £180,000 £152,500
England median annual salary £140,000 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% - +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 21,516 32,155 68,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.97% 95.34% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,872 23,232 34,355
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,171 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +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 20 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 20 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 +49 9 £150,000 +66.67% 4
East London - 8 £150,000 - 25
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 (1.41%) MQSeries
1 1 (1.41%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.23%) Azure
2 1 (1.41%) AWS
2 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.41%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) KDB
2 2 (2.82%) Tick Data
3 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.41%) Redis
3 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 30 (42.25%) Front Office
2 26 (36.62%) Banking
2 26 (36.62%) Finance
2 26 (36.62%) Investment Banking
3 12 (16.90%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.41%) Back Office
5 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (74.65%) Developer
2 33 (46.48%) Quantitative Developer
3 25 (35.21%) Java Developer
4 18 (25.35%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 18 (25.35%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 14 (19.72%) Software Engineer
6 12 (16.90%) Java Quantitative Developer
7 11 (15.49%) C++ Developer
8 10 (14.08%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 10 (14.08%) Front Office Developer
9 7 (9.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 7 (9.86%) Senior
10 6 (8.45%) Java Engineer
10 6 (8.45%) Java Software Developer
10 6 (8.45%) Java Software Engineer
10 6 (8.45%) Python Developer
11 5 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
12 3 (4.23%) Applications Support
12 3 (4.23%) KDB Developer
12 3 (4.23%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (25.35%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (9.86%) Kafka
2 7 (9.86%) Spring
3 6 (8.45%) Spring Boot
4 5 (7.04%) .NET
4 5 (7.04%) Rendezvous
4 5 (7.04%) REST
5 4 (5.63%) Middleware
5 4 (5.63%) React
6 3 (4.23%) .NET Core
6 3 (4.23%) .NET Framework
6 3 (4.23%) AngularJS
6 3 (4.23%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (2.82%) LINQ
8 1 (1.41%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.41%) OAuth
8 1 (1.41%) OpenID
8 1 (1.41%) RESTful
8 1 (1.41%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (38.03%) Fixed Income
2 22 (30.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (29.58%) Algorithms
4 20 (28.17%) Equities
5 16 (22.54%) Hedge funds
6 10 (14.08%) Data Structures
7 5 (7.04%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.41%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.41%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.13%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Unix
2 1 (1.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (43.66%) Electronic Trading
2 25 (35.21%) Low Latency
3 21 (29.58%) Market Making
4 20 (28.17%) Computer Science
4 20 (28.17%) Software Engineering
5 18 (25.35%) Mathematics
5 18 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (19.72%) High-Frequency Trading
7 13 (18.31%) Quantitative Trading
8 10 (14.08%) Multithreading
9 9 (12.68%) Quantitative Research
10 8 (11.27%) Backtesting
10 8 (11.27%) Concurrent Programming
11 7 (9.86%) Agile
11 7 (9.86%) Physics
11 7 (9.86%) Quantitative Finance
12 6 (8.45%) Asset Management
12 6 (8.45%) Automated Trading
12 6 (8.45%) DevOps
12 6 (8.45%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (50.70%) Java
2 24 (33.80%) Python
3 20 (28.17%) C++
4 10 (14.08%) C#
4 10 (14.08%) SQL
5 5 (7.04%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.82%) Go
6 2 (2.82%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.41%) C
7 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.41%) Ruby
7 1 (1.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) Degree
2 2 (2.82%) PhD
3 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) QA
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (7.04%) TIBCO
2 2 (2.82%) Solace
3 1 (1.41%) IBM
3 1 (1.41%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle