Foreign Exchange (FX) Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £376 - -
25th Percentile £397 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £500
75th Percentile £472 - £550
90th Percentile £489 - -
England median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 506 393 596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.81% 30.51% 33.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 175 325
10th Percentile £189 £261 £200
25th Percentile £338 £329 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.53%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 53 85
10th Percentile £12.88 £23.65 £20.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +4.17% +26.46%
75th Percentile £67.38 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £42.88 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.37% -3.64% +27.14%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Foreign Exchange (FX) job vacancy trend in the East of England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the East of England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Essex - 2 £438 - 5
Foreign Exchange (FX)
England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft