TWAP Contract Job Trends in Central London

Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term TWAP in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TWAP over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 126 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing TWAP 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.051% 0.093% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £568 -
25th Percentile £875 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% - -
75th Percentile £925 £838 -
90th Percentile - £883 -
London median daily rate £900 £825 -
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Generic Skills
Central London

TWAP falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 727 665 831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.83% 31.03% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 423 571
10th Percentile £353 £375 £313
25th Percentile £454 £474 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% -1.50% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £713
90th Percentile £788 £821 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 12
10th Percentile £19.53 - £17.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £25.40 £18.45
Median hourly rate £26.11 £25.79 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.24% +7.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £29.31 £26.19 £30.69
90th Percentile £41.77 - £45.73
London median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £29.25
% change year-on-year -24.86% +19.66% -3.31%

TWAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TWAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

TWAP job vacancy trend in Central London

TWAP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing TWAP

TWAP
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 TWAP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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 -1 1 £900 +24.14%
TWAP
London

TWAP
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%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Java Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) VWAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java