FIS Contract Job Trends in England

FIS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of FIS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FIS over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Fidelity National Information Services, Inc (FIS).

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 497 538
Rank change year-on-year -40 +41 +154
Contract jobs citing FIS 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.011% 0.019%
As % of the Vendors category 0.027% 0.023% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £393 £554
25th Percentile £675 £462 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £663
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -9.43% -14.52%
75th Percentile £725 £709 £784
90th Percentile - £759 £801
UK median daily rate £700 £600 £663
% change year-on-year +16.67% -9.43% -14.52%

All Vendors
England

FIS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,957 13,044 15,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.25% 46.09% 44.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,743 7,926 10,406
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 702 375 608
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.23
25th Percentile £18.14 £17.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £46.12
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -34.95% +69.24%
75th Percentile £47.69 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.69 £76.82
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.43 £46.06
% change year-on-year -13.13% -40.45% +77.13%

FIS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FIS job vacancy trend in England

FIS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FIS

FIS
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 FIS within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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 -7 4 £700 +0.57% 5
FIS
UK

FIS
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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (25.00%) Equities
2 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) API Design
1 1 (25.00%) API Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Cash Management
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (25.00%) Fintech
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (25.00%) SDLC
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) IFRS
1 1 (25.00%) IFRS 9
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (25.00%) Adyen
2 1 (25.00%) Fiserv
2 1 (25.00%) WorldPay