Algorithmic Trading Developer Contracts in South London

Algo Trading Developer
London > South London

The median Algo Trading Developer daily rate in South London is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Algorithmic Trading Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 1.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £825 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
75th Percentile £875 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £825 £825 £875
% change year-on-year - -5.71% -2.78%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in South London with a recognized job title 164 185 296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 97.37% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 120 225
10th Percentile £213 £298 £330
25th Percentile £320 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year - -5.30% -4.00%
75th Percentile £630 £567 £600
90th Percentile £704 £741 £680
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 20
10th Percentile - - £14.73
25th Percentile - £17.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £47.13
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -58.62% +6.84%
75th Percentile - £71.88 £55.00
90th Percentile - £73.75 £65.34
London median hourly rate £29.54 £33.29 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.27% -11.24% +9.84%

Algorithmic Trading Developer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading Developer within the South London region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bromley - 1 £850 - 1
Algorithmic Trading Developer
London

Algorithmic Trading Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Algorithmic Trading Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South London region featuring Algorithmic Trading Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
1 2 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Gradle
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Order Routing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) TWAP
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) VWAP
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative

Algorithmic Trading Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Gradle
1 2 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Equities
1 1 (50.00%) TWAP
1 1 (50.00%) VWAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) E-business
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Order Routing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA