Hybrid/Remote Flow Trading Contract Job Trends

Flow Trading
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Flow Trading skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 - 407
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Flow Trading 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £670 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Flow 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 8,888 10,894 17,000
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.93% 88.08% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,898 6,846 11,961
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £736 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 253 414
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.36 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £27.84 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.95 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.41% -18.10% +4.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%

Flow Trading
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Flow Trading and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Flow Trading job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Flow Trading
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) QUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy