Electronic Trading Contracts in London

Electronic Trading (eTrading)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 98 165
Rank change year-on-year -94 +67 +2
Contract jobs citing Electronic Trading 218 703 718
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.23% 2.62% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 2.88% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 617 639
10th Percentile £613 £550 £575
25th Percentile £725 £625 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £875 £858 £838
90th Percentile £1,043 £950 £888
England median daily rate £800 £750 £750
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £64.25 -
England median hourly rate - £64.25 -

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,688 24,387 35,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 91.02% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,246 17,526 26,214
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 425
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.56 £17.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +7.11% +10.84%
75th Percentile £47.34 £64.06 £50.75
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.50
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Electronic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic Trading
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic Trading
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronic Trading in London

Electronic Trading
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London -60 12 £788 +5.00% 2
East London - 2 £850 -
Electronic Trading
England

Electronic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 12 (5.50%) Confluence
2 6 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.75%) SAS
3 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
Applications
1 13 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (5.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 13 (5.96%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (5.96%) ION MarketView
2 3 (1.38%) RMDS
3 2 (0.92%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.92%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.46%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.01%) npm
2 9 (4.13%) Azure
3 4 (1.83%) AWS
3 4 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.38%) Azure App Service
4 3 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (1.38%) Yarn
5 1 (0.46%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.34%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (17.43%) KDB
2 22 (10.09%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.88%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.21%) Kdb+
5 4 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.92%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.46%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 52 (23.85%) JIRA
2 35 (16.06%) TeamCity
3 25 (11.47%) Git
4 24 (11.01%) webpack
5 16 (7.34%) Moq
6 14 (6.42%) Cucumber
7 12 (5.50%) NUnit
8 9 (4.13%) Cypress.io
9 7 (3.21%) git-flow
9 7 (3.21%) SpecFlow
10 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
11 3 (1.38%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.92%) GitLab
12 2 (0.92%) Gradle
12 2 (0.92%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.92%) JUnit
12 2 (0.92%) Mockito
General
1 119 (54.59%) Front Office
2 81 (37.16%) Finance
3 69 (31.65%) Banking
4 68 (31.19%) Social Skills
5 62 (28.44%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (22.48%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.75%) Marketing
8 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.46%) French Language
8 1 (0.46%) Legal
8 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 145 (66.51%) Developer
2 56 (25.69%) Java Developer
3 44 (20.18%) Senior
4 43 (19.72%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 39 (17.89%) C# Developer
6 34 (15.60%) Senior Developer
7 25 (11.47%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
8 23 (10.55%) React Developer
9 22 (10.09%) Angular Developer
9 22 (10.09%) Full Stack Developer
10 21 (9.63%) UI Developer
11 19 (8.72%) Business Analyst
12 18 (8.26%) Real Time Developer
12 18 (8.26%) Senior Java Developer
13 17 (7.80%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 16 (7.34%) Applications Developer
14 16 (7.34%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
14 16 (7.34%) Web Applications Developer
15 15 (6.88%) Analyst
15 15 (6.88%) KDB Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (31.19%) React
2 58 (26.61%) FIX Protocol
3 29 (13.30%) AngularJS
3 29 (13.30%) WebSockets
4 26 (11.93%) .NET
4 26 (11.93%) RxJS
5 25 (11.47%) REST
6 24 (11.01%) CSS
7 22 (10.09%) Redux
8 18 (8.26%) Middleware
8 18 (8.26%) WPF
9 16 (7.34%) XML
10 15 (6.88%) .NET Core
10 15 (6.88%) Reactive Extensions
11 13 (5.96%) ASP.NET
12 12 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
12 12 (5.50%) RabbitMQ
12 12 (5.50%) RESTful
12 12 (5.50%) SignalR
13 10 (4.59%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 88 (40.37%) Fixed Income
2 41 (18.81%) Derivative
3 34 (15.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (7.34%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (6.42%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (6.42%) Equities
6 9 (4.13%) Algorithms
6 9 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.67%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.29%) Wiki
10 4 (1.83%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.92%) Clustering
11 2 (0.92%) Credit Derivative
11 2 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.68%) Unix
2 28 (12.84%) Linux
3 5 (2.29%) Windows
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (38.07%) Agile
2 54 (24.77%) Low Latency
3 45 (20.64%) Design Patterns
4 41 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (17.43%) Algorithmic Trading
5 38 (17.43%) Software Engineering
6 37 (16.97%) Continuous Integration
7 35 (16.06%) Multithreading
8 34 (15.60%) Test Automation
9 33 (15.14%) Full Stack Development
10 30 (13.76%) TDD
11 26 (11.93%) CI/CD
11 26 (11.93%) OO
12 25 (11.47%) Economics
12 25 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (10.55%) Risk Management
13 23 (10.55%) SDLC
14 21 (9.63%) Analytics
14 21 (9.63%) Computer Science
14 21 (9.63%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 85 (38.99%) Java
2 70 (32.11%) C#
3 57 (26.15%) TypeScript
4 54 (24.77%) SQL
5 48 (22.02%) JavaScript
6 25 (11.47%) Python
7 6 (2.75%) C++
8 5 (2.29%) Perl
9 3 (1.38%) Bicep
9 3 (1.38%) Scala
10 2 (0.92%) Bash
10 2 (0.92%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (16.51%) Degree
2 11 (5.05%) CCNA
2 11 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (4.59%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.05%) QA
2 8 (3.67%) Dodd-Frank
2 8 (3.67%) EMIR
2 8 (3.67%) MiFID
3 6 (2.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (6.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (3.67%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (0.92%) Ansible
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (16.06%) ION Trading
2 19 (8.72%) TIBCO
3 17 (7.80%) Bloomberg
4 16 (7.34%) Tradeweb
5 15 (6.88%) MarketAxess
6 11 (5.05%) Cisco
6 11 (5.05%) Solace
7 4 (1.83%) Microsoft
7 4 (1.83%) Murex
8 3 (1.38%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.92%) Arista
9 2 (0.92%) BT
9 2 (0.92%) Google
9 2 (0.92%) HP
9 2 (0.92%) IBM
9 2 (0.92%) Radianz
9 2 (0.92%) Reuters
9 2 (0.92%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.92%) Splunk
9 2 (0.92%) Sybase