Ultra-Low Latency
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ultra-Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ultra-Low Latency 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 875 956 1158
Rank change year-on-year +81 +202 -266
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 23 24 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.024% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.025% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 20 15 13
10th Percentile £74,125 £102,000 £80,000
25th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £142,500 £165,000 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £146,250 £232,500 £165,000
90th Percentile £191,250 - £171,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ultra-Low Latency 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%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Salary trend for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in the UK

Ultra-Low Latency
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 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
London +115 23 £142,500 -13.64% 12
England +98 23 £142,500 -13.64% 13
Work from Home +74 16 £142,500 +29.55% 8

Ultra-Low Latency
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
2 1 (4.35%) BGP
2 1 (4.35%) HSRP
2 1 (4.35%) IGMP
2 1 (4.35%) Multicast
2 1 (4.35%) OSPF
2 1 (4.35%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Tick Data
General
1 5 (21.74%) Banking
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Developer
2 11 (47.83%) Java Developer
3 10 (43.48%) Lead
3 10 (43.48%) Lead Developer
4 8 (34.78%) Lead Java Developer
4 8 (34.78%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 5 (21.74%) C++ Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (8.70%) Junior
7 2 (8.70%) Junior Developer
7 2 (8.70%) Junior Quantitative Developer
7 2 (8.70%) Market Data Developer
7 2 (8.70%) Senior
7 2 (8.70%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.35%) Linux Engineer
8 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
8 1 (4.35%) Rust Software Engineer
8 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
8 1 (4.35%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (4.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (30.43%) Hedge funds
3 3 (13.04%) Equities
4 2 (8.70%) ASIC
4 2 (8.70%) FPGA
5 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Debian
2 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (39.13%) Multithreading
3 7 (30.43%) Software Engineering
4 6 (26.09%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
6 4 (17.39%) Algorithmic Trading
6 4 (17.39%) Concurrent Programming
7 3 (13.04%) Market Making
7 3 (13.04%) Proprietary Trading
8 2 (8.70%) Backtesting
8 2 (8.70%) Data Management
8 2 (8.70%) DeFi
8 2 (8.70%) High-Frequency Trading
8 2 (8.70%) Investment Management
8 2 (8.70%) Memory Management
8 2 (8.70%) Performance Engineering
8 2 (8.70%) Performance Monitoring
8 2 (8.70%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.70%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) Java
2 8 (34.78%) C#
3 7 (30.43%) C++
4 6 (26.09%) Python
5 1 (4.35%) Bash
5 1 (4.35%) Go
5 1 (4.35%) Perl
5 1 (4.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) CCNP
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Ansible
1 2 (8.70%) Puppet
1 2 (8.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Arista
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco
1 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
1 1 (4.35%) Red Hat