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 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 552 629
Rank change year-on-year -16 +77 +193
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading 2 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.016% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.018% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £825 £788 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £825 £875
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -5.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £875 £900 £938
90th Percentile - £938 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 31,437 33,917 43,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.87% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,929 20,451 29,620
10th Percentile £278 £300 £299
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 1,278 1,520
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.09 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.21 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%
75th Percentile £51.02 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

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 5 November 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
London +8 2 £850 +3.03%
England -8 2 £850 +3.03%
Work from Home - 1 - -

Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, 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 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Gradle
1 2 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
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%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Order Routing

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 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