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 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 862 949 1194
Rank change year-on-year +87 +245 -288
Permanent jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 22 26 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.026% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.027% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 19 17 15
10th Percentile £73,250 £103,000 £80,000
25th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £142,500 £132,500 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% -5.36% +14.29%
75th Percentile £146,250 £232,500 £165,000
90th Percentile £154,500 - £169,500
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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 20 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 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
London +106 22 £142,500 +7.55% 23
England +82 22 £142,500 +7.55% 24
Work from Home +93 16 £142,500 +29.55% 12

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 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) BGP
2 1 (4.55%) HSRP
2 1 (4.55%) IGMP
2 1 (4.55%) Multicast
2 1 (4.55%) OSPF
2 1 (4.55%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Tick Data
General
1 5 (22.73%) Banking
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (86.36%) Developer
2 11 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 10 (45.45%) Lead
3 10 (45.45%) Lead Developer
4 8 (36.36%) Lead Java Developer
4 8 (36.36%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 4 (18.18%) C++ Developer
6 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 3 (13.64%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Junior
7 2 (9.09%) Junior Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Junior Quantitative Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Market Data Developer
7 2 (9.09%) Senior
7 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.55%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 1 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (4.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (27.27%) Hedge funds
3 3 (13.64%) Equities
4 2 (9.09%) ASIC
4 2 (9.09%) FPGA
5 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Debian
2 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 8 (36.36%) Multithreading
3 7 (31.82%) Software Engineering
4 6 (27.27%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (13.64%) Concurrent Programming
6 3 (13.64%) Market Making
6 3 (13.64%) Proprietary Trading
7 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
7 2 (9.09%) DeFi
7 2 (9.09%) High-Frequency Trading
7 2 (9.09%) Performance Engineering
7 2 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (4.55%) Data Management
8 1 (4.55%) Identity Management
8 1 (4.55%) Mathematics
8 1 (4.55%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Java
2 8 (36.36%) C#
3 6 (27.27%) C++
3 6 (27.27%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) Bash
4 1 (4.55%) Go
4 1 (4.55%) Perl
4 1 (4.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Ansible
1 2 (9.09%) Puppet
1 2 (9.09%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Arista
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco
1 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
1 1 (4.55%) Red Hat