Electronic Trading Developer Contract Job Trends in London

Electronic Trading Developer
England > London

The median Electronic Trading Developer daily rate in London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 317 339
Rank change year-on-year -45 +22 -24
Contract jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Developer 19 64 64
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.42% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.45% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 46 63
10th Percentile £609 - £755
25th Percentile £750 £763 £800
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £825 £900
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £1,050 £888 £938
90th Percentile - £931 £1,250
England median daily rate £900 £825 £900
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,157 14,282 17,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.50% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 9,248 12,923
10th Percentile £340 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 154 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £56.63 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Electronic Trading Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Electronic Trading Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Electronic Trading Developer job vacancy trend in London

Electronic Trading Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Electronic Trading Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Electronic Trading Developer job vacancies in London

Electronic Trading Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Developer in London over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronic Trading Developer in London

Electronic Trading Developer
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 Electronic Trading Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London +1 1 £900 +5.88% 1
Electronic Trading Developer
England

Electronic Trading Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Electronic Trading Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Electronic Trading Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 19 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (78.95%) Low Latency
3 13 (68.42%) Multithreading
4 10 (52.63%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (42.11%) Design Patterns
6 7 (36.84%) Algorithmic Trading
7 6 (31.58%) KDB
7 6 (31.58%) Memory Management
7 6 (31.58%) Smart Order Routing
7 6 (31.58%) TDD
8 5 (26.32%) Concurrent Programming
8 5 (26.32%) Kdb+
8 5 (26.32%) OO
8 5 (26.32%) Quantitative Trading
9 4 (21.05%) FIX Connectivity
9 4 (21.05%) Garbage Collection
9 4 (21.05%) Linux
9 4 (21.05%) UML
10 3 (15.79%) DevOps
10 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
10 3 (15.79%) React
11 2 (10.53%) Agile
11 2 (10.53%) Azure
11 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
11 2 (10.53%) CSS
11 2 (10.53%) Electron
11 2 (10.53%) Event-Driven
11 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development

Electronic Trading Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (10.53%) npm
1 2 (10.53%) Yarn
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) KDB
2 5 (26.32%) Kdb+
3 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Maven
1 2 (10.53%) webpack
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Gradle
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (89.47%) Front Office
2 7 (36.84%) Banking
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Investment Banking
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (52.63%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (15.79%) React
3 2 (10.53%) CSS
3 2 (10.53%) Electron
3 2 (10.53%) HTML
3 2 (10.53%) Redux
3 2 (10.53%) RxJS
4 1 (5.26%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (5.26%) Spring
4 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Fixed Income
2 7 (36.84%) Derivative
2 7 (36.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (31.58%) Algorithms
3 6 (31.58%) Data Structures
4 5 (26.32%) Equities
4 5 (26.32%) TWAP
4 5 (26.32%) VWAP
5 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 15 (78.95%) Low Latency
3 13 (68.42%) Multithreading
4 8 (42.11%) Design Patterns
5 7 (36.84%) Algorithmic Trading
6 6 (31.58%) Memory Management
6 6 (31.58%) Smart Order Routing
6 6 (31.58%) TDD
7 5 (26.32%) Concurrent Programming
7 5 (26.32%) OO
7 5 (26.32%) Quantitative Trading
8 4 (21.05%) Garbage Collection
8 4 (21.05%) UML
9 3 (15.79%) DevOps
10 2 (10.53%) Agile
10 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
10 2 (10.53%) Event-Driven
10 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
11 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
1 1 (5.26%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg
1 1 (5.26%) ION Trading
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle
1 1 (5.26%) Solace
1 1 (5.26%) Sybase
1 1 (5.26%) Tradeweb