High-Frequency Trading
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 597 | 652 | 812 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +55 | +160 | -91 |
| Contract jobs citing High-Frequency Trading | 5 | 43 | 44 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.077% | 0.050% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.014% | 0.086% | 0.055% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 43 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £565 | £511 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £650 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | - | -3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £725 | £850 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £788 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,914 | 49,809 | 79,437 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.21% | 89.64% | 90.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,592 | 34,469 | 55,846 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £649 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £743 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.04% | +8.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,564 | 1,687 | 1,868 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.70 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.75 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £35.80 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.96% | +39.41% | +11.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.25 | £65.00 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £35.00 | £20.51 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | +70.69% | -2.36% |
High-Frequency Trading
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing High-Frequency Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
High-Frequency Trading
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High-Frequency Trading.
High-Frequency Trading
Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing High-Frequency Trading within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +102 | 4 | £600 | -20.00% | 10 |
| England | +54 | 2 | £550 | -15.38% | 36 |
| London | +43 | 2 | £550 | -15.38% | 35 |
High-Frequency Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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