High-Frequency Trading
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for High-Frequency Trading skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited High-Frequency Trading over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 339 | 452 | 608 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +113 | +156 | -118 |
| Contract jobs citing High-Frequency Trading | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 0.027% | 0.057% | 0.048% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.031% | 0.063% | 0.052% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £565 | £653 | £549 |
| 25th Percentile | £588 | £725 | £644 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £775 | £775 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.58% | - | +82.35% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £788 | £900 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £840 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £600 | £700 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | - | +3.70% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
High-Frequency Trading is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 13,003 | 22,075 | 40,116 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 87.92% | 89.68% | 91.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,720 | 15,632 | 29,130 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £363 | £361 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £432 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.31% | +3.43% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.16% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 566 | 503 | 534 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.94 | £18.63 | £14.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.44 | £26.68 | £20.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £52.50 | £38.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.10% | +35.21% | +61.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £68.75 | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £80.00 | £71.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £36.05 | £35.65 | £25.68 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.11% | +38.82% | +5.90% |
High-Frequency Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
High-Frequency Trading
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing High-Frequency Trading.
High-Frequency 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: