Real Time Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Real-Time Engineer
England > London

The median Real-Time Engineer daily rate in London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 363 -
Rank change year-on-year -62 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Real Time Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.010% 0.015% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.016% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% - -
England median daily rate £700 £725 -
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,383 12,634 15,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.20% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,023 8,540 11,361
10th Percentile £362 £331 £333
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 197 257
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.20
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -5.39% -18.69%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £78.71 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.40 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.26% -35.53% -3.53%

Real Time Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Real Time Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Real Time Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Real Time Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in London

Real Time Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in London

Real Time Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Real Time Engineer 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 Real Time Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) KDB
1 2 (100.00%) Kdb+
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) RTP
1 2 (100.00%) Tick Data
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case

Real Time Engineer 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 2 (100.00%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) KDB
1 2 (100.00%) Kdb+
1 2 (100.00%) Tick Data
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case