Algorithmic Trading Developer Contracts in England

Algo Trading Developer
UK > England

The median Algo Trading Developer daily rate in England is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 538 650
Rank change year-on-year +57 +112 +121
Contract jobs requiring an Algorithmic Trading Developer 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.011% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.012% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £775 £839 -
25th Percentile £794 £878 £1,425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £1,063 £1,450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -26.72% +81.25%
75th Percentile £888 £1,163 £1,475
90th Percentile £895 - -
UK median daily rate £850 £1,063 £1,450
% change year-on-year -20.00% -26.72% +81.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Algorithmic Trading Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Algorithmic Trading Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading Developer in England

Algorithmic Trading Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Algorithmic Trading Developer in England

Algorithmic Trading Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithmic Trading Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithmic Trading Developer in England

Algorithmic Trading Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +38 4 £850 -20.00% 10
Algorithmic Trading Developer
UK

Algorithmic Trading Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Algorithmic Trading Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Algorithmic Trading Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) MongoDB
3 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Core
3 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Go
3 2 (50.00%) Low Latency
3 2 (50.00%) Microservices
3 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (50.00%) MuleSoft
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native

Algorithmic Trading Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Storage
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (50.00%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Solar Panel
2 1 (25.00%) TWAP
2 1 (25.00%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Data Development
3 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (50.00%) Low Latency
3 2 (50.00%) Microservices
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) FX Algorithmic Trading
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Go
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) MuleSoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle