Ultra-Low Latency Contract Job Trends in Central London

Ultra-Low Latency
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 125 131
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.11% 0.052% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.056% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £705 - £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - £850
75th Percentile £715 - £875
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £725 £900 £850
% change year-on-year -19.44% +5.88% +6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Ultra-Low Latency 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 2,256 1,792 2,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.44% 93.48% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,522 1,158 1,531
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £681
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 24
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.78 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £22.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.04 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% +8.00% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.50 £49.25 £30.28
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £41.29
London median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year +10.29% +19.30% -28.75%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Ultra-Low Latency job vacancy trend in Central London

Ultra-Low Latency
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Ultra-Low Latency

Ultra-Low Latency
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 Ultra-Low Latency within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 June 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 -16 3 £710 - 3
Ultra-Low Latency
London

Ultra-Low Latency
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Multicast
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Solace