Backtesting Contracts with Work from Home Options

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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 Backtesting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backtesting over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 458 616
Rank change year-on-year +121 +158 -132
Contract jobs citing Backtesting 10 9 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.036% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.040% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £235 - -
25th Percentile £471 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £963 £800 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.31% +60.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £1,116 - £600
90th Percentile £1,200 - £660
UK median daily rate £850 £800 £775
% change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Backtesting 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 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Backtesting trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Backtesting.

Backtesting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Backtesting over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Backtesting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 (10.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (10.00%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Front Office
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Pricing Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Qualitative Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Risk Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Quantitative Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) React
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) HTML5
2 2 (20.00%) Pandas
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
3 1 (10.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) NumPy
3 1 (10.00%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (10.00%) SciPy
3 1 (10.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Derivative
2 3 (30.00%) Fixed Income
3 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (20.00%) Equities
3 2 (20.00%) Equity Derivative
3 2 (20.00%) Market Risk
4 1 (10.00%) Blockchain
4 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (10.00%) Hedge funds
4 1 (10.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (30.00%) Low Latency
1 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (20.00%) Automated Trading
2 2 (20.00%) BDD
2 2 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (20.00%) TDD
2 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Time Series Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Cryptocurrency
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Fintech
3 1 (10.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Probabilistic Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Systematic Trading
3 1 (10.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) C++
3 4 (40.00%) Java
4 3 (30.00%) C#
4 3 (30.00%) R
5 2 (20.00%) PHP
5 2 (20.00%) Scala
6 1 (10.00%) Bash
6 1 (10.00%) Perl
6 1 (10.00%) Ruby
6 1 (10.00%) Rust
6 1 (10.00%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
2 2 (20.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) ION Trading
1 2 (20.00%) Solace