Automated Trading Contracts in the City of London

Automated Trading
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Automated Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automated Trading over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - 175
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Automated Trading 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% - 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £593
25th Percentile £875 - £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - £675
75th Percentile £925 - £813
90th Percentile - - £888
Central London median daily rate £900 £1,000 £675
% change year-on-year -10.00% +48.15% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Automated 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Automated Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Automated Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Automated Trading in the City of London

Automated Trading
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automated Trading in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Automated Trading in the City of London

Automated Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) KDB
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Market Making
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ION Trading