DeFi Contracts in England

Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DeFi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DeFi over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 652 758
Rank change year-on-year +125 +106 -130
Contract jobs citing DeFi 9 2 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.004% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.004% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 24
10th Percentile £600 - £371
25th Percentile £713 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £700
75th Percentile £738 - £900
90th Percentile £775 - £918
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £650
% change year-on-year -3.33% +15.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DeFi is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,110 45,282 64,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.21% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,055 31,791 45,856
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,587 1,766
10th Percentile £12.95 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.68
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

DeFi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DeFi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DeFi in England

DeFi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DeFi in England.

Daily rate trend for DeFi in England

DeFi
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DeFi in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DeFi in England

DeFi
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 DeFi within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 +113 8 £725 - 17
East Midlands - 1 £550 -
Midlands - 1 £550 -
DeFi
UK

DeFi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Ethereum
1 1 (11.11%) MetaMask
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Distributed Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
5 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Architect
2 6 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Blockchain Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Blockchain Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Blockchain Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Blockchain Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) CSS3
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) HTML5
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) Smart Contracts
1 1 (11.11%) Truffle
1 1 (11.11%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Blockchain
2 7 (77.78%) Web3
3 6 (66.67%) CBDC
4 3 (33.33%) IoT
5 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Fintech
1 5 (55.56%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (44.44%) Cryptography
3 3 (33.33%) API Development
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Data Science
3 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 3 (33.33%) Regtech
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Cryptocurrency
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) High Availability
5 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (11.11%) Low Latency
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Degree