Blockchain Contract Job Trends in England

Blockchain
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blockchain in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blockchain over the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 461 480
Rank change year-on-year -95 +19 +103
Contract jobs citing Blockchain 31 18 60
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.080% 0.074% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% 0.22% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 11 42
10th Percentile £425 - £429
25th Percentile £472 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £585 £638
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% -8.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £564 £630 £738
90th Percentile £800 £680 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £585 £650
% change year-on-year -14.10% -10.00% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 - -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,798 8,317 11,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.03% 34.13% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,139 5,454 7,584
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £670 £674
90th Percentile £749 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 639 312 804
10th Percentile £15.97 £16.67 £12.31
25th Percentile £20.31 £22.27 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.39% +22.32% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.42 £84.90 £67.26
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +36.92% +16.07% +24.53%

Blockchain
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Blockchain job vacancy trend in England

Blockchain
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blockchain.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blockchain

Blockchain
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blockchain in England over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Blockchain in England

Blockchain
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blockchain.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blockchain

Blockchain
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blockchain within the England region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. 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
London -50 14 £479 -18.21% 38
South East - 11 £503 - 13
Yorkshire -57 2 £564 - 3
North of England -74 2 £564 - 4
Midlands -70 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Blockchain
UK

Blockchain
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (41.94%) Ethereum
2 9 (29.03%) Hyperledger
3 1 (3.23%) CMS
3 1 (3.23%) Solana
Business Applications
1 8 (25.81%) R3 Corda
2 6 (19.35%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (3.23%) Quorum
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) AWS
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) MongoDB
1 2 (6.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
1 2 (6.45%) JUnit
2 1 (3.23%) Hardhat
2 1 (3.23%) PEAR
General
1 22 (70.97%) Finance
2 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Legal
4 3 (9.68%) Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Architect
1 15 (48.39%) Blockchain Architect
2 7 (22.58%) Developer
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Blockchain Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Backend Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Content Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Data Analytics Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Digital Content Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Digital Director
6 1 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (3.23%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Mobile Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Backend Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Content Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (58.06%) Smart Contracts
2 5 (16.13%) web3js
3 4 (12.90%) React Native
4 3 (9.68%) Next.js
5 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
5 2 (6.45%) Flash
5 2 (6.45%) gRPC
5 2 (6.45%) J2EE
5 2 (6.45%) Kafka
5 2 (6.45%) REST
5 2 (6.45%) RESTful
5 2 (6.45%) Spring
5 2 (6.45%) Spring Batch
5 2 (6.45%) Spring Boot
6 1 (3.23%) CSS
6 1 (3.23%) Electron
6 1 (3.23%) ethers.js
6 1 (3.23%) HTML
6 1 (3.23%) Node.js
6 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Onboarding
2 5 (16.13%) Web3
3 3 (9.68%) Mobile App
4 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Android
1 4 (12.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) KYC
2 9 (29.03%) AI
2 9 (29.03%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 8 (25.81%) Digital Identity
4 6 (19.35%) CI/CD
4 6 (19.35%) Data Privacy
4 6 (19.35%) SDLC
5 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.90%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (12.90%) Code Quality
6 4 (12.90%) Cryptography
6 4 (12.90%) Microservices
7 3 (9.68%) Agile
7 3 (9.68%) API Integration
7 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
7 3 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
7 3 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (9.68%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (9.68%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) TypeScript
2 6 (19.35%) Solidity
3 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 3 (9.68%) Java
5 2 (6.45%) Rust
6 1 (3.23%) C#
6 1 (3.23%) DAML
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) CCSK
1 2 (6.45%) CEH
1 2 (6.45%) CISA
1 2 (6.45%) CISM
1 2 (6.45%) CISSP
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
1 2 (6.45%) OSCP
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
1 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.45%) NIST
1 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
1 2 (6.45%) SOC 2
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility