Smart Order Routing Contracts in England

Smart Order Routing (SOR)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Smart Order Routing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Order Routing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 649 750
Rank change year-on-year +102 +101 -169
Contract jobs citing Smart Order Routing 1 19 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% 0.037% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% 0.042% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 28
10th Percentile - £650 £685
25th Percentile £638 £725 £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £950 £800
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - £1,475 £840
UK median daily rate £650 £950 £800
% change year-on-year -31.58% +18.75% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Smart Order Routing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Smart Order Routing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Smart Order Routing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Order Routing in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smart Order Routing in England.

Daily rate trend for Smart Order Routing in England

Smart Order Routing
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 Smart Order Routing within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +88 1 £650 -31.58% 4
Smart Order Routing
UK

Smart Order Routing
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) MiFID