Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in Edinburgh

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 77 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 0 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh - 0.23% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £539 -
Scotland median daily rate £750 £539 -
% change year-on-year +39.28% - -

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 251 298 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.16% 34.29% 36.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 161 288
10th Percentile £199 £210 £164
25th Percentile £350 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £538
90th Percentile £610 £656 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £461 £484
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 5
10th Percentile - £12.97 -
25th Percentile - £14.36 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.13 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -14.72% -54.08%
75th Percentile £18.73 £21.47 £21.67
90th Percentile £34.10 £60.75 £40.92
Scotland median hourly rate £19.90 £18.13 £15.25
% change year-on-year +9.76% +18.92% -65.74%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Edinburgh

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Edinburgh