Backtesting Contract Job Trends in the South East

Backtesting
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Backtesting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backtesting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £750 £850
% change year-on-year -30.00% -11.76% +6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Backtesting 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,435 3,137 4,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.97% 89.96% 82.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,358 1,962 2,495
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £415 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 284 325
10th Percentile £15.03 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £15.13 £26.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £21.41 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +156.89% -62.67% +14.70%
75th Percentile £78.75 £50.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.50 £76.86
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

Backtesting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backtesting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Backtesting job vacancy trend in the South East

Backtesting
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Backtesting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Backtesting

Backtesting
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backtesting within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. 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
Berkshire - 1 £500 - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £500 - 2
Backtesting
England

Backtesting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL