Market Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Central London

Market Data Engineer
London > Central London

As of 29 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Market Data Engineer daily rate in Central London.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Market Data Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.043% - 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £385
London median daily rate £700 - £750

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,178 1,836 2,429
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 92.68% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,491 1,199 1,724
10th Percentile £350 £363 £338
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £768 £763 £791
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 16 33
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £20.18 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +13.08% -24.11%
75th Percentile £42.65 £35.00 £33.00
90th Percentile £59.40 £56.25 £49.95
London median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -20.54%

Market Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Market Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Market Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Market Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Market Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Market Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Market Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Market Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Market Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Market Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 29 March 2026, Market Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Market Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Backtesting
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Investing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Market Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Backtesting
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Investing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL