Algorithmic Trading Contracts with Work from Home Options

Algo Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Algorithmic Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 443 585
Rank change year-on-year +136 +142 -147
Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 40 25 37
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.10% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.11% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 23 29
10th Percentile £713 £525 £558
25th Percentile £750 £550 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,200 £600 £775
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -22.58% +3.33%
75th Percentile £1,250 £738 £900
90th Percentile - £818 -
UK median daily rate £925 £650 £750
% change year-on-year +42.31% -13.33% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Algorithmic 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Algorithmic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Algorithmic Trading trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading.

Algorithmic Trading daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Algorithmic Trading daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.50%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Kerberos
General
1 15 (37.50%) Banking
2 14 (35.00%) Finance
3 12 (30.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.00%) Front Office
5 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (75.00%) Developer
2 15 (37.50%) Quantitative Developer
3 14 (35.00%) Java Developer
4 13 (32.50%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 13 (32.50%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 13 (32.50%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 10 (25.00%) C++ Developer
6 8 (20.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 1 (2.50%) Data Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Digital Project Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Endur Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) OpenLink Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Reinsurance Project Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Risk Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.50%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (55.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (5.00%) Ultra Messaging
2 2 (5.00%) XML
3 1 (2.50%) OAuth
3 1 (2.50%) Rendezvous
3 1 (2.50%) SAML
3 1 (2.50%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Fixed Income
2 10 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 10 (25.00%) Hedge funds
3 8 (20.00%) Derivative
3 8 (20.00%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (10.00%) Equities
4 4 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.50%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) Electronic Trading
2 21 (52.50%) Low Latency
3 9 (22.50%) Analytics
4 8 (20.00%) Systematic Trading
5 3 (7.50%) Agile
5 3 (7.50%) Automated Trading
5 3 (7.50%) Multithreading
6 2 (5.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.50%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.50%) ETRM
7 1 (2.50%) High Availability
7 1 (2.50%) Information Security
7 1 (2.50%) Mathematics
7 1 (2.50%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (2.50%) Predictive Analytics
7 1 (2.50%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.50%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (40.00%) Java
2 11 (27.50%) C++
3 5 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (5.00%) Perl
4 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.50%) Go
5 1 (2.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) CCNA
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (7.50%) Solace
2 3 (7.50%) TIBCO
3 1 (2.50%) IBM