Algorithmic Trading Contract Job Trends in Central London

Algo Trading
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 119 146
Rank change year-on-year +6 +27 +59
Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 14 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.72% 0.48% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.52% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 13
10th Percentile £623 £774 £545
25th Percentile £625 £838 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £925 £800
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +15.63% +60.00%
75th Percentile £899 £1,050 £938
90th Percentile £913 £1,213 £948
London median daily rate £738 £850 £650
% change year-on-year -13.24% +30.77% -10.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Algorithmic Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,828 2,117 2,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.89% 92.04% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,370 2,025
10th Percentile £318 £375 £358
25th Percentile £418 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £774 £787 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 17
10th Percentile £18.96 £17.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.28 £16.61
Median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%
75th Percentile £50.75 £41.75 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.67% +7.82%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in Central London

Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Algorithmic Trading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Algorithmic Trading

Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in Central London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithmic Trading in Central London

Algorithmic 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 Algorithmic Trading within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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 +10 12 £675 -25.00% 9
Algorithmic Trading
London

Algorithmic 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (14.29%) KDB
3 1 (7.14%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) Artifactory
2 1 (7.14%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) QUnit
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) Banking
3 7 (50.00%) Investment Banking
4 5 (35.71%) Front Office
5 4 (28.57%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) C++ Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Java Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C++ Quantitative Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Low Latency C++ Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Low Latency Java Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Quantitative Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
5 1 (7.14%) Front Office Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
5 1 (7.14%) KDB Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (35.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (42.86%) Fixed Income
3 5 (35.71%) Cloud Native
4 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
5 2 (14.29%) TWAP
5 2 (14.29%) VWAP
6 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
6 1 (7.14%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Low Latency
2 7 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 7 (50.00%) Event-Driven
3 6 (42.86%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 5 (35.71%) Data Pipeline
4 5 (35.71%) Data Science
4 5 (35.71%) DevOps
4 5 (35.71%) High-Frequency Trading
4 5 (35.71%) Machine Learning
4 5 (35.71%) Observability
4 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 5 (35.71%) RBAC
4 5 (35.71%) Time Management
5 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) Kanban
6 2 (14.29%) Market Making
6 2 (14.29%) Multithreading
6 2 (14.29%) Scrum
6 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
3 4 (28.57%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (7.14%) C
5 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) ITRS Geneos
1 5 (35.71%) Kibana
1 5 (35.71%) Kubernetes
1 5 (35.71%) logstash
2 1 (7.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Solace