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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 462 517
Rank change year-on-year -53 +55 +54
Contract jobs citing Blockchain 31 34 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.099% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.38% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 24
10th Percentile £416 £580 £398
25th Percentile £447 £609 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £698 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +26.82% -6.78%
75th Percentile £736 £725 £775
90th Percentile £800 £834 £866
UK median daily rate £479 £673 £598
% change year-on-year -28.85% +12.46% +1.36%

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 11,082 8,925 11,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.23% 32.48% 31.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,030 5,369 7,733
10th Percentile £287 £275 £263
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.08%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £744 £776 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 261 487
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.80 £20.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £42.31
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -12.54% +38.70%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.20 £76.92
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £33.27 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.34% -16.83% +34.59%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -14 25 £479 -24.05% 58
Yorkshire -46 2 £564 -19.48% 7
North of England -50 2 £564 -19.48% 14
East Midlands - 1 - - 6
Midlands - 1 - - 14
South East - 1 £503 - 35
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 10 (32.26%) Hyperledger
3 1 (3.23%) Solana
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (12.90%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) GCP
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
3 3 (9.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 3 (9.68%) Stackdriver
4 1 (3.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) GitLab
1 3 (9.68%) Hardhat
1 3 (9.68%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (64.52%) Finance
2 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Legal
4 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Banking
4 3 (9.68%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Back Office
5 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Developer
2 6 (19.35%) Architect
3 5 (16.13%) Blockchain Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Blockchain Developer
4 3 (9.68%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) GCP DevOps
4 3 (9.68%) GCP DevOps Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) GCP Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Product Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Engineering Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Subject Matter Expert
6 1 (3.23%) Data Analytics Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Designer
6 1 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (3.23%) Java Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Lead
6 1 (3.23%) Payments Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (54.84%) Smart Contracts
2 8 (25.81%) web3js
3 3 (9.68%) Next.js
3 3 (9.68%) React Native
3 3 (9.68%) Truffle
4 2 (6.45%) Flash
4 2 (6.45%) REST
5 1 (3.23%) .NET
5 1 (3.23%) CSS
5 1 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (3.23%) HTML
5 1 (3.23%) Quarkus
5 1 (3.23%) React
5 1 (3.23%) SOAP
5 1 (3.23%) Spring
5 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Onboarding
1 5 (16.13%) Web3
2 3 (9.68%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (9.68%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Android
1 4 (12.90%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) AI
2 8 (25.81%) CI/CD
2 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (22.58%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 7 (22.58%) Data Privacy
3 7 (22.58%) KYC
4 6 (19.35%) Digital Identity
4 6 (19.35%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
4 6 (19.35%) SDLC
5 5 (16.13%) DevOps
5 5 (16.13%) DevSecOps
5 5 (16.13%) Incident Response
5 5 (16.13%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (16.13%) Use Case
6 4 (12.90%) Analytics
6 4 (12.90%) API Integration
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.90%) Open Source
6 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) Solidity
2 6 (19.35%) Java
3 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
3 5 (16.13%) Python
4 4 (12.90%) Bash
4 4 (12.90%) Rust
4 4 (12.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.23%) C
5 1 (3.23%) C++
5 1 (3.23%) DAML
5 1 (3.23%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.23%) Perl
5 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.45%) CCSK
3 2 (6.45%) CEH
3 2 (6.45%) CISA
3 2 (6.45%) CISM
3 2 (6.45%) CISSP
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.45%) OSCP
4 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) NIST
2 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.45%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.23%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Docker
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.23%) KVM
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Kubernetes
2 4 (12.90%) Grafana
2 4 (12.90%) Prometheus
3 3 (9.68%) Ansible
3 3 (9.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Google
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) VMware