Smart Order Routing Contract Job Trends in England

Smart Order Routing (SOR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Smart Order Routing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 514 571
Rank change year-on-year -1 +57 +215
Contract jobs citing Smart Order Routing 5 21 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.064% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.074% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 31
10th Percentile £603 £704 £600
25th Percentile £606 £788 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £825 £650
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +26.92% -27.78%
75th Percentile £756 £922 £900
90th Percentile £828 £963 -
UK median daily rate £625 £825 £650
% change year-on-year -24.24% +26.92% -27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Smart Order Routing 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 25,056 28,263 37,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.86% 86.13% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,889 17,551 26,191
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £645 £653
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,513 1,284 1,449
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%
75th Percentile £48.71 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

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

Smart Order Routing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart Order Routing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Smart Order Routing

Smart Order Routing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Order Routing in England over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 21 September 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 £625 -24.24% 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MetaTrader
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Gradle
1 1 (20.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Front Office
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Analyst Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) FX Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (20.00%) QuickFIX
2 1 (20.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) TWAP
2 1 (20.00%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (60.00%) Low Latency
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (40.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Tradeweb