Hybrid/Remote Electronic Trading Java Developer Contract Job Trends

Java Developer - Electronic Trading
UK > Work from Home

The median Java Developer - Electronic Trading daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 304 373
Rank change year-on-year -7 +69 +120
Contract jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Java Developer 2 22 39
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 39
10th Percentile - £688 £700
25th Percentile £750 £763 £913
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £825 £925
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -10.81% +12.12%
75th Percentile £850 £900 £938
90th Percentile - £1,048 £1,250
UK median daily rate £900 £825 £925
% change year-on-year +9.09% -10.81% +12.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,356 11,262 17,605
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 93.16% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,132 7,061 12,313
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £644
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 196 389
10th Percentile £14.82 £19.15 £17.11
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.76 £25.18
Median hourly rate £41.68 £40.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% -20.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +53.98%

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Electronic Trading Java Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Electronic Trading Java Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Electronic Trading Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Electronic Trading Java Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Electronic Trading Java Developer job vacancies

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Electronic Trading Java Developer 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Electronic Trading Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (50.00%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Market Making
2 1 (50.00%) Multicast
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Refinitiv
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Order Routing
2 1 (50.00%) Solace

Electronic Trading Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (50.00%) Multicast
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Equities
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (50.00%) TWAP
1 1 (50.00%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Market Making
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Order Routing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITRS Geneos
1 1 (50.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (50.00%) Refinitiv
1 1 (50.00%) Solace