Market Data Developer Contract Job Trends in London

Market Data Developer
England > London

The median Market Data Developer daily rate in London is £950, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 - 396
Rank change year-on-year - - +165
Contract jobs requiring a Market Data Developer 7 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.049% - 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% - 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £780 - £474
25th Percentile £825 - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £1,075 - £961
90th Percentile £1,120 - £1,022
England median daily rate £950 - £700
% change year-on-year - - -9.68%

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 13,276 14,056 17,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 93.53% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,790 9,097 12,749
10th Percentile £345 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.65
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Market Data Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Market Data Developer job vacancy trend in London

Market Data Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Market Data Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Market Data Developer job vacancies in London

Market Data Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Data Developer in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Market Data Developer in London

Market Data Developer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Market Data 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 Market Data Developer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) C++
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Low Latency
2 5 (71.43%) C
2 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Docker
3 1 (14.29%) ETL
3 1 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (14.29%) Market Data Development
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Tick Data
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing

Market Data 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Big Data
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) FPGA
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Low Latency
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
2 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (14.29%) Data Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Market Data Development
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) C
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker