Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading Contract Job Trends

Java Developer - Algo Trading
UK

The median Java Developer - Algo Trading daily rate in the UK is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 530 -
Rank change year-on-year -85 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading 15 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £793 - -
25th Percentile £800 £788 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £825 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% - -
75th Percentile £900 £863 -
90th Percentile £908 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 39,253 28,458 41,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 92.86% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,589 18,093 27,411
10th Percentile £310 £293 £273
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 876 2,465
10th Percentile £14.84 £16.17 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.89 £21.39 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +6.06% -18.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.17 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +2.06% -1.71% -14.67%

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading job vacancy trend in the UK

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading job vacancies in the UK

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 7 March 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
London -28 15 £850 +3.03%
England -90 15 £850 +3.03%
Work from Home - 13 - -

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 15 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 14 (93.33%) Design Patterns
2 14 (93.33%) FIX Protocol
2 14 (93.33%) Garbage Collection
2 14 (93.33%) Low Latency
2 14 (93.33%) Multithreading
2 14 (93.33%) Smart Order Routing
2 14 (93.33%) TDD
3 13 (86.67%) FIX Connectivity
3 13 (86.67%) OO
3 13 (86.67%) Quantitative Trading
3 13 (86.67%) UML
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.67%) Eclipse
4 1 (6.67%) Git
4 1 (6.67%) Gradle
4 1 (6.67%) IntelliJ
4 1 (6.67%) Maven
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) Unit Testing

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (86.67%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Eclipse
1 1 (6.67%) Git
1 1 (6.67%) Gradle
1 1 (6.67%) IntelliJ
1 1 (6.67%) Maven
General
1 14 (93.33%) Front Office
2 13 (86.67%) Banking
2 13 (86.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (93.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Equities
2 14 (93.33%) Derivative
2 14 (93.33%) TWAP
2 14 (93.33%) VWAP
3 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 15 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 14 (93.33%) Design Patterns
2 14 (93.33%) Garbage Collection
2 14 (93.33%) Low Latency
2 14 (93.33%) Multithreading
2 14 (93.33%) Smart Order Routing
2 14 (93.33%) TDD
3 13 (86.67%) OO
3 13 (86.67%) Quantitative Trading
3 13 (86.67%) UML
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Java