Algorithmic Trading Contracts in England

Algo Trading
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 464 504
Rank change year-on-year +53 +40 +114
Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 74 78 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.24% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 71 134
10th Percentile £525 £550 £525
25th Percentile £600 £700 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £659 £850 £650
Median % change year-on-year -22.53% +30.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £825 £1,250 £806
90th Percentile £913 - £989
UK median daily rate £661 £850 £650
% change year-on-year -22.29% +30.77% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Algorithmic Trading in England

Algorithmic Trading
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithmic Trading in England.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithmic Trading in England

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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 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 +34 72 £661 -22.29% 152
South West - 1 - -
Algorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
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 6 (8.11%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (4.05%) Confluence
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.16%) Azure
2 6 (8.11%) AWS
2 6 (8.11%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (8.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 6 (8.11%) Azure Logic Apps
2 6 (8.11%) Serverless
3 5 (6.76%) Azure Functions
3 5 (6.76%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.86%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (8.11%) Multicast
3 3 (4.05%) BGP
3 3 (4.05%) HSRP
3 3 (4.05%) IGMP
3 3 (4.05%) OSPF
3 3 (4.05%) VRRP
4 2 (2.70%) Firewall
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.35%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.35%) IPsec
5 1 (1.35%) Unicast
5 1 (1.35%) VLAN
5 1 (1.35%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (8.11%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.41%) KDB
2 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (22.97%) Git
General
1 32 (43.24%) Finance
2 25 (33.78%) Social Skills
3 24 (32.43%) Banking
4 21 (28.38%) Investment Banking
5 17 (22.97%) Front Office
6 12 (16.22%) Financial Institution
7 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (5.41%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (5.41%) Retail
8 4 (5.41%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.70%) Advertising
9 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 27 (36.49%) Developer
2 16 (21.62%) Java Developer
2 16 (21.62%) Software Engineer
3 12 (16.22%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 12 (16.22%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 11 (14.86%) Lead
5 10 (13.51%) Algorithm Engineer
5 10 (13.51%) Senior
6 9 (12.16%) Analyst
7 6 (8.11%) Senior Developer
7 6 (8.11%) Test Analyst
8 5 (6.76%) C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Team Leader
9 4 (5.41%) .NET Developer
9 4 (5.41%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
9 4 (5.41%) C++ Developer
9 4 (5.41%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Quantitative Developer
9 4 (5.41%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
10 3 (4.05%) MiFID Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.27%) FIX Protocol
2 13 (17.57%) .NET
3 10 (13.51%) .NET Core
3 10 (13.51%) Blazor
4 2 (2.70%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.70%) HTML
4 2 (2.70%) HTML5
4 2 (2.70%) Middleware
5 1 (1.35%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.68%) Algorithms
1 19 (25.68%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (21.62%) Derivative
2 16 (21.62%) Equities
3 14 (18.92%) Hedge funds
4 9 (12.16%) Data Structures
5 8 (10.81%) TWAP
5 8 (10.81%) VWAP
6 7 (9.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (8.11%) Cloud Native
8 4 (5.41%) Fixed Income
8 4 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (4.05%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (4.05%) Solar Panel
9 3 (4.05%) Wiki
10 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (31.08%) Linux
2 8 (10.81%) Windows
3 5 (6.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (54.05%) Electronic Trading
2 33 (44.59%) Low Latency
3 30 (40.54%) Market Making
4 27 (36.49%) Software Engineering
5 24 (32.43%) CI/CD
6 18 (24.32%) Proprietary Trading
7 14 (18.92%) Agile
7 14 (18.92%) Multithreading
8 13 (17.57%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (16.22%) Continuous Deployment
9 12 (16.22%) Smart Order Routing
10 11 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (13.51%) OO
12 9 (12.16%) Computer Science
12 9 (12.16%) Full-Stack Development
12 9 (12.16%) OOP
13 8 (10.81%) Front End Development
13 8 (10.81%) Scrum
13 8 (10.81%) SDLC
13 8 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 35 (47.30%) Python
2 33 (44.59%) Java
3 32 (43.24%) C++
4 14 (18.92%) C
5 12 (16.22%) C#
6 9 (12.16%) JavaScript
7 7 (9.46%) Go
7 7 (9.46%) SQL
8 6 (8.11%) PL/SQL
8 6 (8.11%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.35%) Fortran
9 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (10.81%) Degree
1 8 (10.81%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) QA
2 4 (5.41%) MiFID
3 2 (2.70%) SEPA
4 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) MuleSoft
1 6 (8.11%) Oracle
2 3 (4.05%) Cisco
2 3 (4.05%) Murex
3 2 (2.70%) Arista
3 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.35%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft