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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 831 | 920 | 1115 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +89 | +195 | -215 |
| Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading | 59 | 57 | 129 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.059% | 0.057% | 0.080% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.069% | 0.060% | 0.084% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 55 | 51 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £82,500 | £83,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £78,125 | £90,000 | £88,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £125,000 | £102,500 | £102,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.95% | - | +20.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £150,000 | £111,250 | £130,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £165,000 | £130,000 | £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 | 85,135 | 94,784 | 153,905 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 85.22% | 95.58% | 95.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 59,872 | 55,911 | 82,488 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,089 | £34,000 | £33,635 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £45,000 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £61,180 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.10% | +1.97% | +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% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
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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 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +93 | 59 | £125,000 | +21.95% | 47 |
| London | +111 | 56 | £133,750 | +30.49% | 46 |
| Work from Home | +85 | 12 | £77,500 | -44.64% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £100,000 | - | 9 |
| East of England | - | 2 | £100,000 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | £100,000 | - | 9 |
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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: