Smart Order Routing Contract Job Trends in London

Smart Order Routing (SOR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Smart Order Routing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 356 416
Rank change year-on-year -12 +60 +167
Contract jobs citing Smart Order Routing 5 21 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.037% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 31
10th Percentile £603 £704 £600
25th Percentile £606 £788 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £825 £650
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +26.92% -27.78%
75th Percentile £756 £922 £900
90th Percentile £828 £963 -
England median daily rate £625 £825 £650
% change year-on-year -24.24% +26.92% -27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Smart Order Routing 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 12,460 14,546 19,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.52% 89.21% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,243 9,682 14,351
10th Percentile £327 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 179 228
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.11
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -7.28% +4.86%
75th Percentile £49.56 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

Smart Order Routing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Smart Order Routing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Smart Order Routing in London

Smart Order Routing
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Smart Order Routing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Smart Order Routing

Smart Order Routing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Order Routing in London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smart Order Routing in London

Smart Order Routing
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 Smart Order Routing within the London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
South London - 1 £850 -
Smart Order Routing
England

Smart Order Routing
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MetaTrader
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Gradle
1 1 (20.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Front Office
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Analyst Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) FX Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (20.00%) QuickFIX
2 1 (20.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) TWAP
2 1 (20.00%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (60.00%) Low Latency
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (40.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Tradeweb