Low Latency Contracts in England

Low Latency
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Low Latency skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Low Latency over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 353 312
Rank change year-on-year +32 -41 -46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Low Latency 205 183 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.55% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.64% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 145 256
10th Percentile £502 £513 £542
25th Percentile £575 £600 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 £725
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £828 £900 £850
90th Percentile £921 £958 £950
UK median daily rate £725 £788 £725
% change year-on-year -7.94% +8.62% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £83.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £83.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,203 28,495 38,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.82% 85.75% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,050 18,347 27,166
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £424 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £751 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,478 1,523 1,388
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +56.36%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -3.67% +57.41%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Low Latency as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency in England

Low Latency
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Low Latency.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Low Latency

Low Latency
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Low Latency in England over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Low Latency in England

Low Latency
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Low Latency.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Low Latency

Low Latency
DemandTrendContract 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 Low Latency within the England region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +67 196 £750 -9.09% 217
North of England -31 6 £425 +10.46% 11
North West -15 5 £481 +25.02% 6
South West +19 1 £675 +25.58% 6
West Midlands -11 1 £600 -1.96% 7
Midlands -15 1 £600 -1.96% 8
South East - 1 - - 53
Yorkshire - 1 £425 - 3
Low Latency
UK

Low Latency
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 (2.93%) Apache Spark
1 6 (2.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.49%) nginx
3 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Eikon
1 1 (0.49%) Eze OMS
1 1 (0.49%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.49%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.66%) AWS
2 18 (8.78%) Azure
3 4 (1.95%) AWS Direct Connect
3 4 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (1.95%) GitHub
3 4 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (1.95%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.46%) GCP
4 3 (1.46%) Serverless
4 3 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.49%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.68%) Multicast
2 15 (7.32%) Firewall
3 14 (6.83%) BGP
4 13 (6.34%) OSPF
4 13 (6.34%) TCP/IP
5 8 (3.90%) Ethernet VPN
6 7 (3.41%) HTTP
6 7 (3.41%) SSL
7 6 (2.93%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (2.93%) VPN
7 6 (2.93%) VXLAN
8 5 (2.44%) IGMP
9 4 (1.95%) DNS
9 4 (1.95%) Network Security
9 4 (1.95%) WAN
10 3 (1.46%) BIG-IP
10 3 (1.46%) HSRP
10 3 (1.46%) SNMP
10 3 (1.46%) tcpdump
10 3 (1.46%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.88%) KDB
2 8 (3.90%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.93%) Big Data
3 6 (2.93%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.95%) Kdb+
5 4 (1.95%) MemSQL
5 4 (1.95%) Power BI
5 4 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.46%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.46%) Power Query
6 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.98%) Hazelcast
7 2 (0.98%) Redis
8 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.49%) HDInsight
8 1 (0.49%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (11.71%) Git
2 17 (8.29%) JIRA
3 16 (7.80%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.41%) GCC
4 7 (3.41%) GDB
5 5 (2.44%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.44%) Gradle
5 5 (2.44%) Maven
6 4 (1.95%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (1.95%) IntelliJ
6 4 (1.95%) JUnit
6 4 (1.95%) Robot Framework
6 4 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.46%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.98%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.98%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.98%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.98%) Gatling
8 2 (0.98%) git-flow
8 2 (0.98%) LoadRunner
General
1 108 (52.68%) Finance
2 82 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 58 (28.29%) Banking
4 47 (22.93%) Front Office
5 36 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (15.12%) Investment Banking
7 14 (6.83%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.93%) International Banking
9 2 (0.98%) Advertising
9 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.49%) Automotive
10 1 (0.49%) French Language
10 1 (0.49%) Games
10 1 (0.49%) Law
10 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (47.32%) Developer
2 40 (19.51%) Java Developer
3 33 (16.10%) Senior
4 24 (11.71%) C++ Developer
4 24 (11.71%) Network Engineer
5 18 (8.78%) Senior Developer
6 16 (7.80%) Software Engineer
7 15 (7.32%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 14 (6.83%) Architect
9 13 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.85%) C# Developer
11 11 (5.37%) Python Developer
12 9 (4.39%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 8 (3.90%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.90%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
13 8 (3.90%) Applications Engineer
13 8 (3.90%) C++ Software Engineer
13 8 (3.90%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
13 8 (3.90%) Python Engineer
14 7 (3.41%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (22.93%) FIX Protocol
2 22 (10.73%) Middleware
3 16 (7.80%) .NET
4 15 (7.32%) Kafka
5 11 (5.37%) AngularJS
5 11 (5.37%) STL
6 8 (3.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 8 (3.90%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (3.41%) Reactive Extensions
7 7 (3.41%) REST
8 6 (2.93%) React
9 5 (2.44%) TIBCO EMS
10 4 (1.95%) AWT
10 4 (1.95%) GWT
10 4 (1.95%) JMS
10 4 (1.95%) Rendezvous
10 4 (1.95%) Ultra Messaging
11 3 (1.46%) MyBatis
11 3 (1.46%) Node.js
11 3 (1.46%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 55 (26.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 28 (13.66%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (11.22%) Algorithms
4 21 (10.24%) Equities
5 17 (8.29%) Data Centre
5 17 (8.29%) Fixed Income
6 14 (6.83%) Cloud Native
7 12 (5.85%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (4.88%) Data Structures
8 10 (4.88%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (4.39%) Hedge funds
10 8 (3.90%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (3.41%) Derivative
11 7 (3.41%) Reference Data
12 6 (2.93%) Market Risk
12 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
12 6 (2.93%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.93%) Replication
13 5 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 82 (40.00%) Linux
2 24 (11.71%) Unix
3 11 (5.37%) Windows
4 4 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.37%) Electronic Trading
2 44 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (20.98%) Multithreading
4 38 (18.54%) CI/CD
5 33 (16.10%) Algorithmic Trading
5 33 (16.10%) High Availability
6 32 (15.61%) Agile
7 30 (14.63%) DevOps
8 28 (13.66%) Software Engineering
9 27 (13.17%) Computer Science
9 27 (13.17%) Performance Tuning
10 25 (12.20%) OO
11 22 (10.73%) SDLC
12 21 (10.24%) Test Automation
13 18 (8.78%) Risk Management
14 17 (8.29%) Machine Learning
15 16 (7.80%) Design Patterns
16 15 (7.32%) Configuration Management
16 15 (7.32%) High-Frequency Trading
16 15 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 89 (43.41%) Python
2 84 (40.98%) Java
3 53 (25.85%) C++
4 35 (17.07%) SQL
5 22 (10.73%) C#
6 16 (7.80%) JavaScript
7 15 (7.32%) PowerShell
8 14 (6.83%) TypeScript
9 12 (5.85%) Bash
10 9 (4.39%) Perl
11 8 (3.90%) C
12 4 (1.95%) Go
12 4 (1.95%) Jython
12 4 (1.95%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.95%) Rust
12 4 (1.95%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (15.12%) Degree
2 20 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.83%) Master's Degree
4 11 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.39%) CCNP
6 7 (3.41%) CCIE
7 6 (2.93%) PhD
8 2 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.49%) CCIE Data Center
9 1 (0.49%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.49%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.41%) QA
2 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.49%) GDPR
3 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (7.32%) Docker
2 6 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.98%) KVM
3 2 (0.98%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.49%) GPFS
4 1 (0.49%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 30 (14.63%) Ansible
2 22 (10.73%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.32%) ITRS Geneos
4 13 (6.34%) Terraform
5 11 (5.37%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.41%) Kibana
6 7 (3.41%) logstash
7 3 (1.46%) Grafana
8 2 (0.98%) Nagios
8 2 (0.98%) Puppet
9 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.49%) Icinga
9 1 (0.49%) Observium
9 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.49%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.49%) SCCM
9 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (11.71%) Solace
2 21 (10.24%) Arista
3 17 (8.29%) Cisco
4 15 (7.32%) F5
5 9 (4.39%) Oracle
5 9 (4.39%) VMware
6 8 (3.90%) Microsoft
6 8 (3.90%) TIBCO
7 7 (3.41%) Bloomberg
7 7 (3.41%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.93%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.44%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.95%) Alibaba
10 4 (1.95%) Google
10 4 (1.95%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.95%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.95%) Refinitiv
11 3 (1.46%) NVIDIA
11 3 (1.46%) Reuters
12 2 (0.98%) Extreme Networks