High-Frequency Trading Contracts in the City of London
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for High-Frequency Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 3 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
High-Frequency Trading is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
3,978
2,923
2,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
91.74%
91.49%
88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,938
2,146
1,794
10th Percentile
£388
£358
£333
25th Percentile
£475
£450
£416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£550
£520
Median % change year-on-year
+4.55%
+5.77%
-0.95%
75th Percentile
£695
£638
£601
90th Percentile
£788
£719
£675
Central London median daily rate
£575
£543
£508
% change year-on-year
+5.99%
+6.90%
-3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted
44
32
39
10th Percentile
£18.50
£8.35
£12.42
25th Percentile
£26.00
£12.38
£14.19
Median hourly rate
£43.12
£23.23
£24.00
Median % change year-on-year
+85.66%
-3.23%
+23.87%
75th Percentile
£54.13
£32.55
£39.00
90th Percentile
£60.85
£41.75
£53.30
Central London median hourly rate
£42.75
£22.25
£26.22
% change year-on-year
+92.13%
-15.14%
+31.10%
High-Frequency Trading Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
High-Frequency Trading Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading in the City of London.
High-Frequency Trading Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 3 July 2022, IT contractor jobs citing High-Frequency Trading also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for High-Frequency Trading.
High-Frequency Trading Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
