Electronic Trading Support Contract Job Trends in England

Electronic Trading Support
UK > England

The median Electronic Trading Support daily rate in England is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 502 544
Rank change year-on-year -37 +42 +192
Contract jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Support 3 2 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.007% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.007% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 19
10th Percentile £439 - £513
25th Percentile £459 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £750
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £559 £650 -
90th Percentile £576 - -
UK median daily rate £513 £600 £750
% change year-on-year -14.58% -20.00% +25.00%

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 28,510 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,200 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,749 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% -23.60% +48.33%

Electronic Trading Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Electronic Trading Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Electronic Trading Support job vacancy trend in England

Electronic Trading Support
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Electronic Trading Support job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Electronic Trading Support job vacancies in England

Electronic Trading Support
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Electronic Trading Support job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Electronic Trading Support job vacancies in England

Electronic Trading Support
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 Electronic Trading Support within the England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 +1 3 £513 -14.58%
Electronic Trading Support
UK

Electronic Trading Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Electronic Trading Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Electronic Trading Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
2 2 (66.67%) E-business
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ION MarketView
2 2 (66.67%) ION Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (33.33%) Kerberos
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Solace
3 1 (33.33%) SSH
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) TIBCO
3 1 (33.33%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Electronic Trading Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Kerberos
1 1 (33.33%) SSH
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
1 1 (33.33%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) E-business
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ION Trading
2 1 (33.33%) Solace
2 1 (33.33%) TIBCO