Electronic Trading Java Developer Contracts

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
UK

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading daily rate in the UK is £788, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 553 612
Rank change year-on-year +17 +59 +76
Contract jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 18 36 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.086% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.093% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 33 70
10th Percentile £603 - £650
25th Percentile £653 £775 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £875 £825
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.06% -
75th Percentile £863 £1,250 £938
90th Percentile £900 - £939
UK excluding London median daily rate - £650 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,111 38,832 52,326
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 93.03% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,142 25,109 36,225
10th Percentile £285 £291 £309
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £737 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,431 2,509 1,567
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.80 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £39.55
% change year-on-year -38.57% +3.51% +88.33%

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Electronic Trading Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronic Trading Java Developer.

Daily rate trend for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronic Trading Java Developer over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronic Trading Java Developer in the UK

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Trading Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 July 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
England +29 18 £788 -10.00% 4
London +21 18 £788 -10.00% 4
Work from Home +19 10 £800 -36.00%

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, Electronic Trading Java 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 featuring Electronic Trading Java Developer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Java
1 18 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 15 (83.33%) Low Latency
3 12 (66.67%) Banking
4 10 (55.56%) Multithreading
4 10 (55.56%) FIX Protocol
5 9 (50.00%) Investment Banking
6 8 (44.44%) Finance
6 8 (44.44%) Linux
7 7 (38.89%) Algorithmic Trading
8 6 (33.33%) KDB
8 6 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (33.33%) Fixed Income
8 6 (33.33%) Equities
8 6 (33.33%) Smart Order Routing
9 5 (27.78%) ION Trading
9 5 (27.78%) Front Office
10 4 (22.22%) Agile
10 4 (22.22%) Derivative
10 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
10 4 (22.22%) FIX Connectivity
11 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
11 3 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
11 3 (16.67%) Market Making
11 3 (16.67%) Solace
11 3 (16.67%) TDD
11 3 (16.67%) Bloomberg
11 3 (16.67%) Unix
12 2 (11.11%) OO
12 2 (11.11%) Middleware

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (5.56%) Multicast
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) KDB
2 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.56%) Gradle
2 1 (5.56%) IntelliJ
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (66.67%) Banking
2 9 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 8 (44.44%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Front Office
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
2 2 (11.11%) Middleware
2 2 (11.11%) REST
2 2 (11.11%) Spring
3 1 (5.56%) HTML
3 1 (5.56%) HTML5
3 1 (5.56%) JSON
3 1 (5.56%) Web Services
3 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Equities
1 6 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 6 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (22.22%) Derivative
3 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.11%) Clustering
3 2 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 2 (11.11%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.11%) State Machine
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 15 (83.33%) Low Latency
3 10 (55.56%) Multithreading
4 7 (38.89%) Algorithmic Trading
5 6 (33.33%) Smart Order Routing
6 4 (22.22%) Agile
7 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 3 (16.67%) Market Making
7 3 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (16.67%) TDD
8 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 2 (11.11%) Concurrent Programming
8 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
8 2 (11.11%) OO
8 2 (11.11%) Order Management
8 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) SDLC
9 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
9 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering
9 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) ITRS Geneos
1 1 (5.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) ION Trading
2 3 (16.67%) Bloomberg
2 3 (16.67%) Solace
3 2 (11.11%) Refinitiv
4 1 (5.56%) Tradeweb