Hybrid/Remote Electronic Trading Support Contract Job Trends

Electronic Trading Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Electronic Trading Support daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 - 378
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Electronic Trading Support 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £510
25th Percentile £425 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £700
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £513 £600 £750
% change year-on-year -14.58% -20.00% +25.00%

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 9,539 10,876 16,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 93.12% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,224 6,884 11,082
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 199 363
10th Percentile £15.27 £18.30 £17.66
25th Percentile £20.72 £23.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.28 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.94% -29.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

Electronic Trading Support
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Electronic Trading Support job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Electronic Trading Support
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Electronic Trading Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Electronic Trading Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) E-business
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ION MarketView
1 1 (100.00%) ION Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Electronic Trading Support 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ION MarketView
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) E-business
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ION Trading