Systematic Trading Contracts in Scotland

Systematic Trading (Mechanical Trading)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Systematic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Systematic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Systematic Trading 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
UK median daily rate £656 £1,175 £1,125
% change year-on-year -44.15% +4.44% +73.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Systematic Trading 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Systematic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Systematic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Systematic Trading in Scotland

Systematic Trading
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systematic Trading within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh - 5 £700 -
Systematic Trading
UK

Systematic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Lead
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) ETRM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Databricks