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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 461 479
Rank change year-on-year -92 +18 +91
Contract jobs citing Blockchain 29 20 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.071% 0.082% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.24% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 41
10th Percentile £425 - £425
25th Percentile £457 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% -2.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £725
90th Percentile £780 £679 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £585 £625
% change year-on-year -14.10% -6.40% -3.85%
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 13,091 8,331 11,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.21% 34.15% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,293 5,458 7,458
10th Percentile £306 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -0.32% -3.93%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 332 821
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.68 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.36 £15.17
Median hourly rate £47.00 £34.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.23% +9.52% +40.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.81 £61.30
90th Percentile £87.85 £84.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +38.46% +7.76% +34.13%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -44 15 £479 -24.94% 61
South East - 11 £503 - 8
Midlands -74 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 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 (44.83%) Ethereum
2 9 (31.03%) Hyperledger
3 1 (3.45%) CMS
3 1 (3.45%) Solana
Business Applications
1 8 (27.59%) R3 Corda
2 6 (20.69%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (3.45%) Quorum
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) AWS
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) MongoDB
1 2 (6.90%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.45%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
1 2 (6.90%) JUnit
2 1 (3.45%) Hardhat
2 1 (3.45%) PEAR
General
1 22 (75.86%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Architect
1 15 (51.72%) Blockchain Architect
2 6 (20.69%) Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Blockchain Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Backend Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Content Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Data Analytics Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Content Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Director
5 1 (3.45%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Lead
5 1 (3.45%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Monitoring Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Backend Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Content Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (51.72%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (13.79%) React Native
2 4 (13.79%) web3js
3 3 (10.34%) AngularJS
4 2 (6.90%) gRPC
4 2 (6.90%) J2EE
4 2 (6.90%) Kafka
4 2 (6.90%) Next.js
4 2 (6.90%) REST
4 2 (6.90%) RESTful
4 2 (6.90%) Spring
4 2 (6.90%) Spring Batch
4 2 (6.90%) Spring Boot
5 1 (3.45%) Electron
5 1 (3.45%) ethers.js
5 1 (3.45%) Node.js
5 1 (3.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.79%) Web3
3 3 (10.34%) Mobile App
3 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.45%) Clustering
5 1 (3.45%) Derivative
5 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.45%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Android
1 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) KYC
2 9 (31.03%) AI
3 7 (24.14%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 7 (24.14%) Digital Identity
4 6 (20.69%) CI/CD
4 6 (20.69%) Data Privacy
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (13.79%) Code Quality
5 4 (13.79%) Microservices
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) SDLC
5 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
6 3 (10.34%) API Integration
6 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (10.34%) Scrum
6 3 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (10.34%) User Experience
7 2 (6.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) TypeScript
2 4 (13.79%) Java
2 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
2 4 (13.79%) Solidity
3 2 (6.90%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) DAML
4 1 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Google