Blockchain Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Blockchain
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blockchain in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blockchain over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Contract jobs citing Blockchain 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% - 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% - 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile £456 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £469 - £750
90th Percentile - - £773
Central London median daily rate £463 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Blockchain falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 668 585 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 36.52% 31.02% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 363 499
10th Percentile £350 £377 £325
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £688 £710 £713
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 9
10th Percentile £18.76 - -
25th Percentile £20.30 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.86%
75th Percentile £35.63 - £36.50
90th Percentile £41.83 - £52.15
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £25.79 £24.00
% change year-on-year +1.24% +7.46% -42.51%

Blockchain
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Blockchain relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Blockchain job vacancy trend in the City of London

Blockchain
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Blockchain.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Blockchain

Blockchain
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (50.00%) Hyperledger
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Hardhat
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Blockchain Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Contracts
1 1 (50.00%) Truffle
1 1 (50.00%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) RAD
1 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft