RMDS Contract Job Trends in London

Reuters Market Data System (RMDS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring RMDS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RMDS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.075% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £800
% change year-on-year - - +45.45%

All Business Application Skills
London

RMDS falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,326 1,143 1,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.30% 7.54% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 661 885
10th Percentile £350 £388 £372
25th Percentile £435 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% -2.23%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £713
90th Percentile £838 £813 £800
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 16
10th Percentile £26.41 £22.27 £20.50
25th Percentile £38.13 £24.72 £40.25
Median hourly rate £49.75 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.14% -58.82% +178.69%
75th Percentile £67.81 £80.75 £86.50
90th Percentile £92.38 - £90.63
England median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +19.10% -18.25% +61.40%

RMDS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RMDS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

RMDS job vacancy trend in London

RMDS
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RMDS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RMDS

RMDS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RMDS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RMDS

RMDS
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 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Radianz
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk