Hybrid/Remote Algorithmic Trading Contract Job Trends

Algo Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Algorithmic Trading skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 308 392
Rank change year-on-year +14 +84 +171
Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 14 24 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 23
10th Percentile £506 £683 £527
25th Percentile £589 £788 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £938 £725
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +29.31% -3.33%
75th Percentile £863 £1,166 £844
90th Percentile £1,005 £1,250 £938
UK median daily rate £738 £850 £650
% change year-on-year -13.24% +30.77% -10.34%

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 9,058 11,179 18,064
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.25% 87.88% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,025 7,137 12,723
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 298 434
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.04 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.03 £26.24
Median hourly rate £37.28 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.92 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.53%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Algorithmic Trading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Algorithmic Trading

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 19 September 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Multicast
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.14%) Gradle
2 1 (7.14%) IntelliJ
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) Maven
2 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
4 3 (21.43%) Front Office
4 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Back Office
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Algorithm Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
3 3 (21.43%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Java Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) C++ Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
5 1 (7.14%) QA Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Quantitative Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Research Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) Ultra Messaging
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 6 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (28.57%) Data Structures
3 4 (28.57%) Hedge funds
4 2 (14.29%) Derivative
4 2 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
5 1 (7.14%) Clustering
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (7.14%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (7.14%) Equities
5 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
5 1 (7.14%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (7.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Low Latency
2 9 (64.29%) CI/CD
3 7 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
3 7 (50.00%) Market Making
3 7 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (50.00%) OO
3 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (35.71%) Agile
5 5 (35.71%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 4 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (28.57%) Fintech
6 4 (28.57%) OOP
6 4 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (28.57%) Proprietary Trading
6 4 (28.57%) Scrum
6 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 3 (21.43%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Python
2 9 (64.29%) Java
3 7 (50.00%) C++
4 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
1 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) MiFID
1 1 (7.14%) QA
1 1 (7.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (7.14%) Kibana
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) logstash
2 1 (7.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Bloomberg
1 2 (14.29%) Solace
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Refinitiv
2 1 (7.14%) TIBCO
2 1 (7.14%) Tradeweb