Backtesting Jobs in London

Backtesting
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Backtesting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Backtesting 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 489 582 830
Rank change year-on-year +93 +248 -274
Permanent jobs citing Backtesting 20 36 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17 26 67
10th Percentile £61,400 £42,241 £100,000
25th Percentile £88,750 £95,355 £110,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £155,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £155,000 £170,000 £146,250
90th Percentile £180,000 £195,000 £168,750
England median annual salary £135,000 £110,000 £125,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Backtesting 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%

Backtesting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Backtesting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Backtesting in London

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Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backtesting in London.

Salary trend for Backtesting in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backtesting in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Backtesting in London

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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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (10.00%) Tick Data
3 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 5 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Front Office
5 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.00%) Games
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Developer
2 13 (65.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C++ Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Python Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Database Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Front Office Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Junior
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 1 (5.00%) DBA
6 1 (5.00%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) NumPy
1 3 (15.00%) Pandas
2 2 (10.00%) React
2 2 (10.00%) STL
3 1 (5.00%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (5.00%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (60.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 12 (60.00%) Hedge funds
2 8 (40.00%) Equities
3 7 (35.00%) Fixed Income
4 5 (25.00%) Client/Server
5 2 (10.00%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (10.00%) FPGA
6 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
6 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Computer Science
2 13 (65.00%) Mathematics
3 8 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 8 (40.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 8 (40.00%) Multithreading
3 8 (40.00%) Physics
4 6 (30.00%) Low Latency
4 6 (30.00%) Memory Management
4 6 (30.00%) Systematic Trading
5 5 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 5 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Data Management
6 4 (20.00%) Order Management
6 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Analytics
7 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (15.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (15.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) C++
3 5 (25.00%) Java
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (10.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (5.00%) C
6 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) Master's Degree
3 6 (30.00%) PhD
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft