MetaTrader Contracts

MetaQuotes Software MetaTrader (MT4, MT5)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MetaTrader skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MetaTrader over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MetaTrader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

MetaTrader falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,585 3,161 3,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.25% 7.27% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,462 1,856 2,214
10th Percentile £387 £366 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £665 £675 £678
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 58
10th Percentile £20.00 £15.74 £22.82
25th Percentile £30.25 £25.00 £39.56
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.33 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -18.54% +36.89%
75th Percentile £72.50 £57.50 £61.56
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £72.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year +50.00% -25.46% +59.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MetaTrader as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MetaTrader in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MetaTrader.

Daily rate trend for MetaTrader in the UK

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Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MetaTrader within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
London - 1 - - 16
England - 1 - - 18

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) FX Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing