Pay at XTX Markets rose modestly for most employees despite massive revenue boost.

London based electronic market maker XTX had a fine 2025. Revenues across its three primary entities rose by roughly a third to a total of £3.93bn ($5.21bn). Pay for staff also rose, but not by nearly as much.

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Of three entities that released accounts earlier this month, only 'XTX Markets Technologies Limited' released headcount and compensation figures. The entity, which defines its principal activity as protecting and enhancing XTX Markets' intellectual property, increased headcount from 113 in 2024 to 127 in 2025. 

Overall spending on 'wages and salaries' was up ~18% last year but, due to the increased headcount, the rise in compensation per head was more marginal. XTX paid staff £457k ($606k) in 2025, up ~5% from the £436k per head it paid in 2024.

These figures do not include XTX's limited partnership entity, 'XTX Research LLP,' which releases accounts months after its other entities. In 2024, that entity paid 30 partners an average of almost £20m. That entity also had 19 employees who were paid £555k in 'salaries and wages'. Perhaps they benefitted more from the firm's success last year than XTX Technologies' employees.

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