Company details

London, UK

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

https://freetrade.io/

About the company

Freetrade runs a UK investing app that lets customers buy and hold shares, ETFs and other investments, with a focus on making investing simpler and lower-cost. The company also offers tax-wrapped accounts like ISAs and pensions (SIPPs). Freetrade builds and operates its own brokerage platform and regulated operations so customers can place trades and hold assets in-app. Freetrade became part of IG Group via an announced acquisition deal, while continuing to operate as Freetrade.

Locations and presence

Freetrade is London-based and hires into London roles, with additional hiring visible in Budapest for some operations and financial crime roles. Freetrade describes an office-first setup with flexibility, and several current openings are labelled hybrid.

Palpable Score

61.2

/ 100

Freetrade offers some real entry points through junior and early-career roles, but Freetrade does not show a consistent, high-volume graduate or internship pipeline in public materials. Hiring stages look fairly structured from candidate reports, and pay ranges show up in at least some listings, but growth and development signals are mixed in employee feedback. Outcome evidence is the main limiter because Freetrade does not publish early-career conversion, retention, or promotion metrics.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

12.5

/ 20

The company has publicly advertised graduate-level roles such as an operations generalist position with a graduate salary band, which shows some intentional entry-level hiring rather than only senior recruitment.
Freetrade has had junior engineering roles advertised externally, indicating the company does sometimes hire people into first or second professional roles.
The company does not publicly show a recurring internship cohort, graduate scheme, or apprenticeship pathway, so entry-level access looks present but not consistently programmatic.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company has candidate-reported interview processes that follow a clear sequence such as recruiter screen, technical interview(s), and a values or leadership round.
Freetrade has Glassdoor interview reports describing long multi-stage loops for engineering roles, which can feel heavy for early-career candidates if timelines are not managed tightly.
The company does not publish a candidate-facing timeline or feedback promise on the careers site, so transparency depends on the recruiter and team.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

11.5

/ 20

The company lists learning and development as a benefit and states that Freetrade pays for qualifications to support growth as a financial services professional.
Freetrade has employee review feedback that mentions limited growth opportunities and uneven learning support, suggesting onboarding and development quality can vary by team.
The company positions an office-first collaboration model with flexibility, which can support early-career learning through proximity, but the public detail on mentoring or structured onboarding is limited.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

14.4

/ 20

The company includes pay ranges on at least some role adverts, including London roles with salary bands and a graduate role advertised with a clear range.
Freetrade lists benefits that support stability, including pension matching, insurance, enhanced parental leave, and a clear holiday allowance with additional tenure-based leave.
The company’s pay transparency is not consistent across every listing source and location, so early-career candidates may still need to ask for ranges role-by-role.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.8

/ 20

The company has employee review feedback that points to limited growth opportunities, which reduces confidence that early-career progression is consistently supported across teams.
Freetrade’s acquisition by IG Group changes the operating context, and public materials do not spell out what that means for early-career mobility, retention, or internal transfers.
The company does not publish early-career outcomes like internship return-offer rates, early-career retention, or typical time-to-promotion, which keeps outcomes scoring cautious.

Useful links & resources

Freetrade careers (benefits and working style)Freetrade jobs (Ashby job board)Freetrade graduate opportunities on Bright Network (example listing)