Calypso Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Calypso
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of Calypso products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Calypso over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Calypso Technology.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 118 148
Rank change year-on-year -1 +30 +54
Contract jobs citing Calypso 3 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.33% 0.035%
As % of the Vendors category 0.35% 0.75% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £633 £542 -
25th Percentile £646 £551 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £685 £593 £467
Median % change year-on-year +15.57% +26.87% -43.39%
75th Percentile £716 £659 -
90th Percentile £724 £684 -
Central London median daily rate £685 £593 £467
% change year-on-year +15.57% +26.87% -43.39%

All Vendors
City of London

Calypso falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 851 936 1,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 50.27% 44.17% 41.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 594 815
10th Percentile £325 £338 £315
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £789
Central London median daily rate £539 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -1.51% -0.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.70 £16.05
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £71.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.61% +216.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £56.75 £118.38 £52.50
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £57.90
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £50.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -51.00% +140.96% -12.34%

Calypso
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Calypso job vacancy trend in the City of London

Calypso
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Calypso
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collateral Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Straight-Through Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Murex