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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 838 | 926 | 1080 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +154 | -179 |
| Permanent jobs citing High-Frequency Trading | 60 | 54 | 121 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.060% | 0.053% | 0.077% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.071% | 0.056% | 0.080% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56 | 48 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £80,625 | £83,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £79,063 | £90,000 | £88,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £128,750 | £100,000 | £102,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.75% | -2.44% | +13.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £150,000 | £110,000 | £130,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £165,000 | £131,500 | £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 | 84,917 | 96,578 | 150,488 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 85.59% | 95.61% | 95.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 59,883 | 56,844 | 82,330 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,008 | £34,000 | £33,515 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £45,000 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £61,190 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.12% | +1.98% | +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% |
High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
High-Frequency Trading
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading.
High-Frequency Trading
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
High-Frequency Trading
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 10 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 | +107 | 60 | £128,750 | +27.16% | 38 |
| London | +121 | 57 | £135,000 | +33.33% | 36 |
| Work from Home | +76 | 12 | £77,500 | -44.64% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £100,000 | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 2 | £100,000 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | £100,000 | - | 1 |
High-Frequency Trading
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: