Ultra-Low Latency Contract Job Trends in London

Ultra-Low Latency
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Ultra-Low Latency skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 370 437
Rank change year-on-year +11 +67 +132
Contract jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency 12 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.090% 0.050% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.056% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile - £770 £815
25th Percentile £725 £819 £819
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £850 £850
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £775 £925 £881
90th Percentile £880 - £885
England median daily rate £750 £850 £850
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +9.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Ultra-Low Latency 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 12,397 14,279 18,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.51% 89.25% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,181 9,248 13,594
10th Percentile £335 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £690
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 241 175 229
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.04 £24.17 £21.75
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -6.25% +5.44%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.75 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +33.65%

Ultra-Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ultra-Low Latency relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Ultra-Low Latency job vacancy trend in London

Ultra-Low Latency
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ultra-Low Latency.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ultra-Low Latency

Ultra-Low Latency
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ultra-Low Latency in London over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ultra-Low Latency in London

Ultra-Low Latency
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 Ultra-Low Latency within the London region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 +4 3 £750 -3.23% 3
Ultra-Low Latency
England

Ultra-Low Latency
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 6 (50.00%) HTTP
2 5 (41.67%) SSL
2 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) Multicast
4 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Python Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior
4 2 (16.67%) C++ Developer
4 2 (16.67%) C++ Quantitative Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Linux Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Low Latency C++ Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Python Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Quantitative Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Low Latency Java Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 3 (25.00%) Equities
3 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 2 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (8.33%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
4 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
2 6 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
3 6 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (41.67%) Load Balancing
5 4 (33.33%) Containerisation
5 4 (33.33%) High Availability
5 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (33.33%) SDLC
6 3 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
6 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (25.00%) Multithreading
7 2 (16.67%) Automated Trading
7 2 (16.67%) Benchmarking
7 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) High-Frequency Trading
7 2 (16.67%) OOP
7 2 (16.67%) Order Management
7 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Perl
3 2 (16.67%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Ansible
1 6 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (16.67%) Arista