Electronic Trading Contracts in Central London

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Electronic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronic Trading over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 64 103
Rank change year-on-year -57 +39 -9
Contract jobs citing Electronic Trading 12 131 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.50% 3.42% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 3.74% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 112 84
10th Percentile £526 £590 £625
25th Percentile £655 £625 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £838 £950 £841
90th Percentile £871 £1,063 £913
London median daily rate £800 £750 £750
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Electronic Trading is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,190 3,501 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.61% 91.34% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,562 2,371 3,191
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 30 42
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.23 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £29.11 £57.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.43
London median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Electronic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in Central London

Electronic Trading
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Electronic Trading in Central London

Electronic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronic Trading in Central London

Electronic Trading
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Electronic Trading in Central London

Electronic Trading
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Trading within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -54 12 £788 +5.00% 2
Electronic Trading
London

Electronic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (8.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) KDB
General
1 8 (66.67%) Front Office
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Investment Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) French Language
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Java Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Market Data Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Market Data Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) React Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Angular Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Full Stack Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack C# Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (25.00%) React
3 2 (16.67%) .NET
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 2 (16.67%) Middleware
3 2 (16.67%) Rendezvous
4 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (8.33%) RxJS
4 1 (8.33%) Ultra Messaging
4 1 (8.33%) WebSockets
4 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (33.33%) Fixed Income
3 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 2 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (8.33%) Derivative
4 1 (8.33%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Unix
3 1 (8.33%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Low Latency
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) B2B
4 2 (16.67%) E-business
4 2 (16.67%) OO
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) SDLC
4 2 (16.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Algorithmic Trading
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (8.33%) Model Validation
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C#
1 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCNA
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Bloomberg
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Solace
2 3 (25.00%) TIBCO
3 2 (16.67%) Arista
3 2 (16.67%) BT
3 2 (16.67%) Radianz
3 2 (16.67%) Refinitiv
3 2 (16.67%) Reuters
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) CyberArk
4 1 (8.33%) Dell
4 1 (8.33%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) ION Trading
4 1 (8.33%) MarketAxess
4 1 (8.33%) Murex
4 1 (8.33%) Sun
4 1 (8.33%) Tradeweb
4 1 (8.33%) VMware