Trading, London: currently 100 jobs.The latest job was posted on 16 Oct 18.

Trading Roles in London

Trading professionals in London can often earn £60,000 per year, not including bonuses. That amount can vary widely, depending on the products traded and the way they are traded. Although there is no clear-cut path for career progression to the executive suite, top traders can become some of the best-paid people working at investment banks.

Recruiters seek candidates with analytical thinking skills and the ability to pull together fragments of information in order to see the big picture. Success as a trading professional requires the ability to research the market, gather information, and analyze it. Candidates must be able to extract meaningful correlations, find causal relationships and form meaningful conclusions.

Because finance is the largest industry in London, opportunities for trading roles open frequently. The most in-demand trading roles in London are Associate, Trading Assistant, and C++ Developer.

More About Working in London

London is the financial centre of the United Kingdom, and a world leader in investment banking. International banks account for a large part of the recent growth in the London financial districts, based in the Square Mile and Canary Wharf. Although the resident population of the City is less than 10,000 people, more than 300,000 people commute every day. London is the number-one most competitive financial centre in the world, according to the 2018 Global Financial Centres Index.

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