Proprietary Trading Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Proprietary Trading (Prop Trading)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Proprietary Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proprietary Trading 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 300 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Proprietary Trading 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £650 - £640
% change year-on-year - - +28.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Proprietary 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 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%

Proprietary Trading
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Proprietary Trading trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Proprietary Trading
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Proprietary Trading daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Proprietary 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithm Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (100.00%) Fintech
1 4 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 4 (100.00%) Market Making
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) OOP
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree