Foreign Exchange (FX) Contract Job Trends in East London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in East London 7.69% - 3.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.00% - 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £850 - -
25th Percentile £875 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - £534
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.85%
75th Percentile - - £660
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
East London

Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 50 58 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 42.74% 41.13% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 110
10th Percentile £256 £300 £213
25th Percentile £433 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £453 £557
Median % change year-on-year +29.14% -18.67% +17.26%
75th Percentile £769 £540 £658
90th Percentile £1,000 £596 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Foreign Exchange (FX) job vacancy trend in East London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
Tower Hamlets - 5 £1,000 -
Docklands, London - 2 £900 -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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 9 (100.00%) Front Office
2 7 (77.78%) Banking
3 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) Financial Institution
4 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Law
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Quantitative Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Quantitative Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Derivative
1 5 (55.56%) Equities
1 5 (55.56%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Pipeline
1 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
1 5 (55.56%) Physics
2 2 (22.22%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (22.22%) FX Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (22.22%) Low Latency
2 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C++
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Sophis