Backtesting Contracts in London

Backtesting
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Backtesting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backtesting over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 367 455
Rank change year-on-year +14 +88 +134
Contract jobs citing Backtesting 8 32 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.059% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.21% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 15
10th Percentile £435 £519 £381
25th Percentile £550 £738 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £838 £875
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% +25.00%
75th Percentile £800 £1,059 £1,188
90th Percentile £825 £1,200 -
England median daily rate £750 £838 £838
% change year-on-year -10.45% - +19.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Backtesting 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,568 15,106 22,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.09% 88.72% 90.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,416 10,742 16,462
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 254 247
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.99 £23.88
Median hourly rate £30.40 £33.53 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% -19.22% +16.90%
75th Percentile £50.13 £51.50 £65.05
90th Percentile £63.50 £70.73 £82.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -7.06% +63.46%

Backtesting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Backtesting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Backtesting in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backtesting in London.

Daily rate trend for Backtesting in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backtesting in London over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backtesting in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backtesting in London.

Hourly rate trend for Backtesting in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backtesting within the London region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Central London -10 1 £300 -69.09% 7
Backtesting
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (12.50%) EViews
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) KDB
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Front Office
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Qualitative Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Research Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) NumPy
1 3 (37.50%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Equities
1 3 (37.50%) Fixed Income
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Team
2 2 (25.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (25.00%) Derivative
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
3 1 (12.50%) OTC Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Clean Code
2 3 (37.50%) Code Quality
2 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Deployment
2 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) OOP
2 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Econometrics
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Physics
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA