High-Frequency Trading Contract Job Trends in the City of London

High-Frequency Trading
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring High-Frequency Trading skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 116 -
Rank change year-on-year -27 - -
Contract jobs citing High-Frequency Trading 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.090% 0.29% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £1,215 £623 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,230 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year +89.23% - -
75th Percentile £1,245 £688 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £1,230 £650 -
% change year-on-year +89.23% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

High-Frequency 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 1,981 1,639 1,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.35% 94.30% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,366 1,099 1,221
10th Percentile £368 £325 £368
25th Percentile £456 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £763 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 19
10th Percentile £16.91 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.25 £28.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.06% -26.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £29.78 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £51.54 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.28% -18.57% +30.84%

High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing High-Frequency Trading relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

High-Frequency Trading job vacancy trend in the City of London

High-Frequency Trading
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing High-Frequency Trading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing High-Frequency Trading

High-Frequency Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) KDB
1 2 (100.00%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) QUnit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) KDB Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Flow Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
High-Frequency Trading jobs