Electronic Trading Contracts in the City of London

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 58 98
Rank change year-on-year -58 +40 -19
Contract jobs citing Electronic Trading 13 138 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.59% 3.78% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 4.12% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 112 85
10th Percentile £536 £613 £625
25th Percentile £638 £625 £636
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £838 £955 £838
90th Percentile £868 £1,063 £913
Central London median daily rate £775 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,011 3,350 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 91.88% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 2,249 2,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.93 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.25 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.20% +5.49% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Electronic Trading in the City of London

Electronic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (7.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) KDB
General
1 8 (61.54%) Front Office
2 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Investment Banking
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Back Office
4 1 (7.69%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) C# Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Data Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Java Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Java Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Market Data Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Market Data Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) React Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) FIX Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack C# Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (23.08%) React
3 2 (15.38%) .NET
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Core
3 2 (15.38%) Middleware
3 2 (15.38%) Rendezvous
4 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
4 1 (7.69%) RxJS
4 1 (7.69%) Ultra Messaging
4 1 (7.69%) WebSockets
4 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (30.77%) Fixed Income
3 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (7.69%) Derivative
4 1 (7.69%) Equities
4 1 (7.69%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Unix
3 1 (7.69%) Windows
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Low Latency
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (15.38%) B2B
4 2 (15.38%) E-business
4 2 (15.38%) OO
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) SDLC
4 2 (15.38%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.69%) Model Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Requirements Workshops
5 1 (7.69%) Smart Order Routing
5 1 (7.69%) Vendor Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
1 3 (23.08%) Java
1 3 (23.08%) Python
1 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) Perl
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCNA
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Bloomberg
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Solace
2 3 (23.08%) TIBCO
3 2 (15.38%) Arista
3 2 (15.38%) BT
3 2 (15.38%) Radianz
3 2 (15.38%) Refinitiv
3 2 (15.38%) Reuters
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
4 1 (7.69%) Dell
4 1 (7.69%) HP
4 1 (7.69%) ION Trading
4 1 (7.69%) MarketAxess
4 1 (7.69%) Murex
4 1 (7.69%) Sun
4 1 (7.69%) Tradeweb
4 1 (7.69%) VMware