Algorithmic Trading Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Algo Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 302 452
Rank change year-on-year +22 +150 +142
Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 24 43 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.28% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.32% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 38 23
10th Percentile £587 £713 £485
25th Percentile £619 £750 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £1,250 £600
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% +108.33% -22.58%
75th Percentile £825 - £738
90th Percentile £855 - £818
UK median daily rate £661 £850 £650
% change year-on-year -22.29% +30.77% -13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Algorithmic Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Algorithmic Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Algorithmic Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Algorithmic Trading trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Algorithmic Trading.

Algorithmic Trading daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Algorithmic Trading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Algorithmic Trading daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithmic Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.17%) BizTalk Server
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) AWS
1 1 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (4.17%) Azure Functions
1 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (4.17%) Azure Storage
1 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (4.17%) BGP
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
2 1 (4.17%) HSRP
2 1 (4.17%) IGMP
2 1 (4.17%) IPsec
2 1 (4.17%) Multicast
2 1 (4.17%) OSPF
2 1 (4.17%) Unicast
2 1 (4.17%) VLAN
2 1 (4.17%) VRRP
2 1 (4.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Git
General
1 14 (58.33%) Banking
2 13 (54.17%) Investment Banking
3 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (25.00%) Finance
5 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (16.67%) Front Office
7 1 (4.17%) Advertising
7 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 12 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 11 (45.83%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 11 (45.83%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 5 (20.83%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Algorithm Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior
5 4 (16.67%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (12.50%) Lead
7 2 (8.33%) Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) .NET Developer
8 1 (4.17%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
8 1 (4.17%) Lead Software Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Risk Management Specialist
8 1 (4.17%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.17%) Senior Java Developer
8 1 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (4.17%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.17%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Derivative
1 13 (54.17%) Equities
2 5 (20.83%) Hedge funds
3 4 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 4 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 4 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (8.33%) Wiki
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (4.17%) TWAP
6 1 (4.17%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
3 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 14 (58.33%) Electronic Trading
3 12 (50.00%) Smart Order Routing
4 8 (33.33%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) Market Making
6 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) OO
7 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.83%) Scrum
7 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
7 5 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (16.67%) Fintech
8 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 4 (16.67%) OOP
8 4 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
8 4 (16.67%) Proprietary Trading
8 4 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (12.50%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (70.83%) Java
2 9 (37.50%) Python
3 6 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (4.17%) C#
4 1 (4.17%) Go
4 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.17%) SQL
4 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
1 5 (20.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco
2 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle