Ultra-Low Latency Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 131 115 126
Rank change year-on-year -16 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.058% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.062% 0.10%
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 - - -
Central London median daily rate £710 - £850

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,078 1,617 1,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.76% 93.74% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,398 1,029 1,372
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 14
10th Percentile £17.56 £19.25 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £20.29
Median hourly rate £24.47 £29.75 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +11.74% -23.93%
75th Percentile £42.91 £52.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £76.25 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £30.04 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.44% +8.00% -20.54%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Ultra-Low Latency job vacancy trend in the City of London

Ultra-Low Latency
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ultra-Low Latency

Ultra-Low Latency
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:

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