Algo Trading
London > East London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 34 | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -1 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Trading | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London | - | 0.93% | 0.51% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 1.00% | 0.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £825 | £875 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £850 | £900 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.56% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £875 | £925 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| London median daily rate | £675 | £971 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.45% | +49.31% | -13.33% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
East London
Algorithmic 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 East London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 95 | 201 | 178 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London | 96.94% | 93.49% | 89.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 80 | 175 | 140 |
| 10th Percentile | £299 | £316 | £199 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £420 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £545 | £540 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | - | -6.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £586 | £625 | £730 |
| 90th Percentile | £635 | £750 | £775 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £590 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.78% | +2.61% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.33 | £11.95 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25.65 | £14.21 | £21.24 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.30 | £23.32 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.93% | +3.71% | +24.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.75 | £33.78 | £23.73 |
| 90th Percentile | £38.50 | £38.28 | - |
| London median hourly rate | £32.00 | £28.00 | £39.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -28.21% | +9.86% |
Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in East London
Job postings citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East London.
Algorithmic Trading
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in East London.