Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 105 120
Rank change year-on-year -23 +15 -18
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 335 649 918
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.90% 2.47% 2.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.71% 6.89% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 533 785
10th Percentile £575 £550 £538
25th Percentile £669 £638 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £888 £850 £800
90th Percentile - £950 £888
England median daily rate £800 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £64.25 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 -
% change year-on-year +8.95% - -

All Generic Skills
London

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,862 9,425 14,059
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.22% 35.93% 36.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,153 6,772 10,253
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 113 196
10th Percentile £15.49 £19.04 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.64 £21.67 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +33.79%
75th Percentile £49.88 £65.00 £55.34
90th Percentile £69.00 £84.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £33.00 £22.49 £26.98
% change year-on-year +46.76% -16.66% +3.34%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in London.

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in London.

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Central London -49 33 £700 -6.67% 15
South London +11 6 £850 +100.00% 1
West London - 1 - - 1
Foreign Exchange (FX)
England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 90 (26.87%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (25.07%) Apache
3 5 (1.49%) Confluence
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Aladdin
2 8 (2.39%) ION MarketView
3 4 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.90%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.90%) Orchestrade
4 3 (0.90%) thinkFolio
5 2 (0.60%) Endur
5 2 (0.60%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.30%) Actimize
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.30%) RMDS
6 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 154 (45.97%) AWS
2 86 (25.67%) GCP
3 83 (24.78%) dbt
4 77 (22.99%) Snowflake
5 53 (15.82%) Azure
6 8 (2.39%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.79%) PaaS
8 5 (1.49%) Azure API Management
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Storage
8 5 (1.49%) npm
8 5 (1.49%) Yarn
9 4 (1.19%) Collibra
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.90%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.90%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.19%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.19%) Internet
2 2 (0.60%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (24.78%) Amazon Athena
1 83 (24.78%) Apache Arrow
1 83 (24.78%) Apache Ignite
1 83 (24.78%) Dremio
2 76 (22.69%) Data Lake
3 27 (8.06%) KDB
4 10 (2.99%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.39%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.09%) Data Mart
7 5 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.19%) Metadata
8 4 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.90%) Power BI
10 2 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.30%) QlikView
11 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (4.18%) JIRA
2 12 (3.58%) Git
3 7 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.79%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.49%) Postman
5 5 (1.49%) webpack
6 4 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.60%) Babel
7 2 (0.60%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 242 (72.24%) Finance
2 208 (62.09%) Front Office
3 171 (51.04%) Banking
4 128 (38.21%) Investment Banking
5 54 (16.12%) Social Skills
6 27 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.18%) Back Office
8 7 (2.09%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.79%) Wholesale Banking
10 4 (1.19%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.60%) French Language
11 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Retail
12 1 (0.30%) Billing
12 1 (0.30%) Law
12 1 (0.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 136 (40.60%) Developer
2 82 (24.48%) Software Engineer
3 69 (20.60%) Analyst
4 68 (20.30%) Senior
5 54 (16.12%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 50 (14.93%) Business Analyst
7 47 (14.03%) Lead
8 46 (13.73%) Java Developer
9 43 (12.84%) Finance Manager
10 35 (10.45%) Senior Developer
11 34 (10.15%) Python Engineer
11 34 (10.15%) Python Software Engineer
12 33 (9.85%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (9.25%) .NET Developer
13 31 (9.25%) Financial Analyst
14 30 (8.96%) Java Engineer
14 30 (8.96%) Java Software Engineer
15 28 (8.36%) Architect
15 28 (8.36%) Lead Developer
16 26 (7.76%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (26.27%) gRPC
1 88 (26.27%) Pandas
1 88 (26.27%) Protocol Buffers
2 82 (24.48%) NumPy
2 82 (24.48%) SciPy
3 56 (16.72%) React
4 35 (10.45%) .NET
5 24 (7.16%) Redux
6 22 (6.57%) FIX Protocol
7 21 (6.27%) .NET Core
8 17 (5.07%) AngularJS
9 15 (4.48%) CSS
9 15 (4.48%) HTML
9 15 (4.48%) Vue
10 11 (3.28%) Middleware
11 10 (2.99%) ASP.NET
11 10 (2.99%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (2.39%) Rendezvous
13 7 (2.09%) Material-UI
14 6 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 185 (55.22%) Fixed Income
2 181 (54.03%) Derivative
3 168 (50.15%) Equities
4 140 (41.79%) Hedge funds
5 36 (10.75%) Product Ownership
6 17 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (3.58%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.28%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.39%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (2.39%) Pricing Data
11 7 (2.09%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 4 (1.19%) Equity Derivative
15 3 (0.90%) Market Risk
15 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.90%) PMI
16 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.16%) Unix
2 21 (6.27%) Linux
3 9 (2.69%) Windows
4 4 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (60.30%) Agile
2 155 (46.27%) Asset Management
3 129 (38.51%) Software Engineering
4 128 (38.21%) Investment Management
5 48 (14.33%) Analytics
6 45 (13.43%) Fintech
7 40 (11.94%) Line Management
8 39 (11.64%) TDD
9 37 (11.04%) Low Latency
9 37 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (10.75%) DevOps
11 35 (10.45%) Electronic Trading
12 32 (9.55%) Machine Learning
13 30 (8.96%) Artificial Intelligence
14 29 (8.66%) Full Stack Development
15 28 (8.36%) Greeks
16 25 (7.46%) E-Commerce
16 25 (7.46%) Product Management
17 23 (6.87%) Roadmaps
18 21 (6.27%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (46.87%) Python
2 149 (44.48%) Java
3 139 (41.49%) JavaScript
4 122 (36.42%) TypeScript
5 57 (17.01%) SQL
6 44 (13.13%) C#
7 14 (4.18%) C++
8 9 (2.69%) Perl
9 6 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.79%) Ruby
9 6 (1.79%) Scala
10 5 (1.49%) VBA
11 4 (1.19%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.60%) VB
13 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.30%) VBScript
13 1 (0.30%) XPath
Qualifications
1 18 (5.37%) Degree
2 11 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.39%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.90%) CCNA
5 3 (0.90%) CISA
5 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (0.90%) CISM
5 3 (0.90%) CISSP
5 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.15%) Data Quality
2 31 (9.25%) QA
3 6 (1.79%) MiFID
4 5 (1.49%) SEPA
5 4 (1.19%) GAAP
6 2 (0.60%) EMIR
7 1 (0.30%) COREP
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.19%) Docker
3 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.19%) Ansible
2 4 (1.19%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (0.90%) Control-M
4 2 (0.60%) Terraform
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (5.97%) Bloomberg
1 20 (5.97%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.18%) Murex
3 12 (3.58%) BISAM
3 12 (3.58%) ION Trading
4 11 (3.28%) Oracle
4 11 (3.28%) TIBCO
5 10 (2.99%) Solace
6 5 (1.49%) Refinitiv
7 4 (1.19%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.90%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (0.90%) Calypso
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco
8 3 (0.90%) IBM
8 3 (0.90%) Okta
8 3 (0.90%) Qualys
8 3 (0.90%) SAP
8 3 (0.90%) Tradeweb
8 3 (0.90%) VMware