Proprietary Trading Contract Job Trends in England

Proprietary Trading (Prop Trading)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Proprietary Trading skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 494 560
Rank change year-on-year -43 +66 +189
Contract jobs citing Proprietary Trading 5 10 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.035% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.039% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% -
75th Percentile - £781 £695
90th Percentile - £948 £728
UK median daily rate £650 £650 £640
% change year-on-year - +1.56% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Proprietary 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 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Proprietary Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Proprietary Trading relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Proprietary Trading job vacancy trend in England

Proprietary Trading
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Proprietary Trading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Proprietary Trading

Proprietary Trading
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Proprietary Trading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Proprietary Trading

Proprietary Trading
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 Proprietary Trading 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 -5 5 £650 - 9
Proprietary Trading
UK

Proprietary Trading
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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (40.00%) Derivative
1 2 (40.00%) Equities
1 2 (40.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Product Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) SEPA