Market Making Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Market Maker
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Market Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Making over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 - 464
Rank change year-on-year - - +158
Contract jobs citing Market Making 8 0 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% - 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% - 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £635
25th Percentile £619 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.57%
75th Percentile £656 - £738
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 £563 £675
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Market Making 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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Market Making
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Market Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Market Making trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Market Making
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Market Making.

Market Making daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Market Making
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Front Office
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) C++ Software Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Algorithm Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Front Office Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 1 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Hedge funds
2 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 4 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (25.00%) Derivative
3 2 (25.00%) Equities
3 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (25.00%) Wiki
4 1 (12.50%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Algorithmic Trading
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Low Latency
2 5 (62.50%) OO
2 5 (62.50%) Scrum
2 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Fintech
3 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) OOP
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Proprietary Trading
3 4 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (37.50%) Electronic Trading
5 2 (25.00%) Capacity Management
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) Java
3 5 (62.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Master's Degree