Foreign Exchange (FX) Contract Job Trends in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 181 237
Rank change year-on-year -67 +56 -48
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 316 425 410
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 1.36% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.92% 4.35% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 344 349
10th Percentile £463 £500 £495
25th Percentile £613 £650 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £838 £888 £825
90th Percentile £906 £913 £950
UK median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

All Generic Skills
England

Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 10,821 9,766 12,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.38% 31.24% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,767 5,850 8,809
10th Percentile £286 £294 £281
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 591 296 464
10th Percentile £14.34 £16.49 £17.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £21.31
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +6.15% +65.86%
75th Percentile £50.88 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £75.16 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.50% -10.11% +64.94%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Foreign Exchange (FX) job vacancy trend in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in England over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 Foreign Exchange (FX) within the England region over the 6 months to 7 November 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 -29 304 £750 -6.25% 306
North of England -28 8 £429 -15.05% 11
North West -20 6 £429 - 9
East of England -13 2 £438 -32.69%
Midlands -20 2 £310 -32.61% 1
Yorkshire -27 2 - - 2
West Midlands -30 1 £310 -32.61% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 59 (18.67%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (11.39%) Apache
3 8 (2.53%) Confluence
4 5 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Aladdin
2 7 (2.22%) Fidessa
3 4 (1.27%) thinkFolio
4 3 (0.95%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.63%) Kondor
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.32%) Actimize
6 1 (0.32%) Endur
6 1 (0.32%) Findur
6 1 (0.32%) MetaTrader
6 1 (0.32%) MultiFonds
6 1 (0.32%) RMDS
6 1 (0.32%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (31.65%) AWS
2 59 (18.67%) dbt
3 37 (11.71%) GCP
4 36 (11.39%) Azure
4 36 (11.39%) Snowflake
5 15 (4.75%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (2.53%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.22%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.90%) GitHub
10 6 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.58%) SaaS
11 5 (1.58%) Serverless
12 4 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.95%) npm
13 3 (0.95%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.43%) Multicast
2 9 (2.85%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.90%) Firewall
4 2 (0.63%) Internet
4 2 (0.63%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.63%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.32%) HTTP
5 1 (0.32%) SSL
5 1 (0.32%) VPN
5 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (18.67%) Amazon Athena
1 59 (18.67%) Apache Arrow
1 59 (18.67%) Apache Iceberg
1 59 (18.67%) Dremio
2 36 (11.39%) Apache Ignite
2 36 (11.39%) Data Lake
3 30 (9.49%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (7.28%) SQL Server
5 13 (4.11%) KDB
6 12 (3.80%) Kdb+
7 7 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.22%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.90%) Data Mart
8 6 (1.90%) Power BI
9 5 (1.58%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.95%) Tableau
10 3 (0.95%) Tick Data
11 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.32%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (8.23%) Git
2 14 (4.43%) JIRA
3 10 (3.16%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.85%) GCC
4 9 (2.85%) GDB
5 5 (1.58%) Gradle
6 3 (0.95%) Maven
6 3 (0.95%) webpack
7 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.63%) git-flow
7 2 (0.63%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.63%) PROIV
7 2 (0.63%) Selenium
7 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.32%) Ant
8 1 (0.32%) GitLab
8 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 233 (73.73%) Finance
2 177 (56.01%) Front Office
3 162 (51.27%) Banking
4 102 (32.28%) Social Skills
5 95 (30.06%) Investment Banking
6 35 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (8.54%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.48%) Back Office
9 8 (2.53%) International Banking
10 6 (1.90%) Legal
11 5 (1.58%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.58%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.27%) Law
13 3 (0.95%) Local Government
13 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Wholesale Banking
15 1 (0.32%) Corporate Banking
15 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 161 (50.95%) Developer
2 81 (25.63%) Software Engineer
3 68 (21.52%) Senior
4 59 (18.67%) AWS Engineer
4 59 (18.67%) AWS Software Engineer
5 55 (17.41%) Python Developer
6 53 (16.77%) Python Engineer
6 53 (16.77%) Python Software Engineer
7 46 (14.56%) Java Engineer
7 46 (14.56%) Java Software Engineer
8 41 (12.97%) AWS Developer
9 37 (11.71%) Senior Software Engineer
10 36 (11.39%) Senior Java Engineer
10 36 (11.39%) Senior Java Software Engineer
11 35 (11.08%) Analyst
11 35 (11.08%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 35 (11.08%) Java Developer
12 28 (8.86%) Business Analyst
13 18 (5.70%) JavaScript Developer
13 18 (5.70%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (26.27%) NumPy
1 83 (26.27%) Pandas
2 77 (24.37%) SciPy
3 65 (20.57%) React
4 49 (15.51%) FIX Protocol
5 47 (14.87%) AngularJS
5 47 (14.87%) Vue
6 37 (11.71%) Protocol Buffers
7 36 (11.39%) gRPC
8 29 (9.18%) Node.js
9 25 (7.91%) .NET
10 22 (6.96%) REST
11 19 (6.01%) Middleware
12 18 (5.70%) FastAPI
12 18 (5.70%) Flask
12 18 (5.70%) Polars
13 12 (3.80%) Redux
14 10 (3.16%) .NET Framework
15 9 (2.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 9 (2.85%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 134 (42.41%) Fixed Income
2 109 (34.49%) Equities
3 94 (29.75%) Derivative
4 79 (25.00%) Hedge funds
5 36 (11.39%) Pricing Data
6 23 (7.28%) Algorithms
7 18 (5.70%) Cloud Native
8 17 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (4.75%) Data Structures
10 10 (3.16%) Distributed Computing
10 10 (3.16%) Product Ownership
11 9 (2.85%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (2.85%) Onboarding
12 7 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (2.22%) Market Risk
13 6 (1.90%) Credit Derivative
13 6 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.90%) Equity Derivative
14 4 (1.27%) Clustering
14 4 (1.27%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 65 (20.57%) Linux
2 26 (8.23%) Unix
3 17 (5.38%) Windows
4 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (43.35%) Agile
2 118 (37.34%) Software Engineering
3 78 (24.68%) Investment Management
4 76 (24.05%) Asset Management
5 62 (19.62%) Low Latency
5 62 (19.62%) Risk Management
6 53 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (16.14%) Electronic Trading
8 45 (14.24%) Analytics
9 44 (13.92%) Mathematics
10 41 (12.97%) Fintech
11 40 (12.66%) CI/CD
11 40 (12.66%) DevOps
12 33 (10.44%) Scrum
13 31 (9.81%) Computer Science
13 31 (9.81%) Multithreading
14 28 (8.86%) Order Management
15 27 (8.54%) Clean Code
15 27 (8.54%) Data Engineering
16 23 (7.28%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 157 (49.68%) Python
2 124 (39.24%) Java
3 106 (33.54%) JavaScript
4 77 (24.37%) TypeScript
5 70 (22.15%) SQL
6 55 (17.41%) C#
7 54 (17.09%) C++
8 18 (5.70%) Rust
9 13 (4.11%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.53%) VBA
11 4 (1.27%) Bash
11 4 (1.27%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (9.18%) Degree
2 16 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.85%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.58%) PhD
5 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.63%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.32%) ACCA
7 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.32%) CIMA
7 1 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.80%) QA
2 10 (3.16%) MiFID
3 5 (1.58%) GDPR
4 4 (1.27%) Basel III
4 4 (1.27%) EMIR
5 3 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.63%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) Basel II
7 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) SEPA
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (10.76%) Docker
2 3 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (9.49%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.01%) ITRS Geneos
3 9 (2.85%) Ansible
4 7 (2.22%) Kibana
4 7 (2.22%) logstash
5 6 (1.90%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.27%) BladeLogic
6 4 (1.27%) Terraform
7 3 (0.95%) Control-M
7 3 (0.95%) Grafana
7 3 (0.95%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (6.65%) Microsoft
1 21 (6.65%) Solace
2 19 (6.01%) Oracle
3 17 (5.38%) Murex
4 8 (2.53%) Bloomberg
5 7 (2.22%) TIBCO
6 6 (1.90%) Sophis
7 5 (1.58%) Splunk
8 4 (1.27%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.27%) Portware
8 4 (1.27%) Refinitiv
8 4 (1.27%) Reuters
9 3 (0.95%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.95%) CQG
9 3 (0.95%) ION Trading
9 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.95%) TOWER Software
9 3 (0.95%) Tradeweb
9 3 (0.95%) Wallstreet Suite
10 2 (0.63%) IBM