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 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 224 156
Rank change year-on-year -200 -68 +61
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 217 337 505
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 1.22% 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 3.38% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 247 402
10th Percentile £513 £525 £551
25th Percentile £598 £633 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £938 £838 £888
90th Percentile - £875 £913
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £800
% change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 27
10th Percentile £60.70 - -
25th Percentile £64.75 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £71.50 £87.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £78.25 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £82.30 - -
UK median hourly rate £71.50 £87.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% +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 15,814 9,959 10,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.14% 36.14% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,545 6,247 6,064
10th Percentile £325 £300 £295
25th Percentile £425 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £538
% change year-on-year +1.20% -3.49% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,108 509 380
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £15.61
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £35.82 £30.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -47.69% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £74.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £29.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +29.31% -42.00% +11.73%

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 29 September 2026.

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)
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in England over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

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 29 September 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 -154 191 £725 -3.33% 403
North of England -72 11 £875 +103.96% 9
North West -51 6 £310 -27.74% 6
Midlands -39 5 £563 +81.45% 5
South West - 5 £875 - 8
East Midlands -14 4 £550 - 1
North East - 4 £875 - 2
East of England -28 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -41 1 - - 1
West Midlands -44 1 £875 +182.26% 4
South East - 1 £613 - 18
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 5 (2.30%) IIS
2 3 (1.38%) Confluence
3 2 (0.92%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.30%) Orchestrade
2 4 (1.84%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.92%) Actimize
4 2 (0.92%) Cognos Controller
4 2 (0.92%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.92%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.92%) Summit
5 1 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.46%) Endur
5 1 (0.46%) Global One
5 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.45%) Azure
2 13 (5.99%) AWS
3 6 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.76%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (1.84%) Amazon SQS
4 4 (1.84%) GCP
5 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (0.92%) Amazon EventBridge
6 2 (0.92%) Azure AI
6 2 (0.92%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.92%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (0.92%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.92%) SaaS
6 2 (0.92%) Serverless
6 2 (0.92%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.37%) Multicast
2 6 (2.76%) VLAN
2 6 (2.76%) WAN
3 4 (1.84%) Spanning Tree
3 4 (1.84%) VPN
4 1 (0.46%) Firewall
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.69%) KDB
2 6 (2.76%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.30%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.30%) Power BI
3 5 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.38%) Tableau
5 2 (0.92%) Redis
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.46%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.46%) Kdb+
6 1 (0.46%) MS Access
6 1 (0.46%) Power Query
6 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.53%) JIRA
2 7 (3.23%) Git
3 6 (2.76%) Storybook
4 5 (2.30%) Vite
5 2 (0.92%) GitLab
5 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.46%) Gatling
6 1 (0.46%) Gradle
6 1 (0.46%) JMeter
6 1 (0.46%) JUnit
6 1 (0.46%) Maven
6 1 (0.46%) Newman
6 1 (0.46%) NUnit
6 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.46%) Selenium
6 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.46%) TestNG
General
1 144 (66.36%) Finance
2 124 (57.14%) Banking
3 109 (50.23%) Front Office
4 83 (38.25%) Investment Banking
5 58 (26.73%) Social Skills
6 31 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (6.45%) Financial Institution
8 9 (4.15%) Back Office
8 9 (4.15%) Legal
9 6 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.30%) Law
10 5 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.38%) Billing
11 3 (1.38%) French Language
11 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.92%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.92%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 101 (46.54%) Developer
2 56 (25.81%) Senior
3 49 (22.58%) Java Developer
4 42 (19.35%) Analyst
4 42 (19.35%) Senior Developer
5 36 (16.59%) Business Analyst
6 33 (15.21%) Senior Java Developer
6 33 (15.21%) UI Developer
7 32 (14.75%) React Developer
8 28 (12.90%) Senior React Developer
9 27 (12.44%) Senior UI Developer
10 24 (11.06%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.69%) Banking Analyst
11 8 (3.69%) Front Office Developer
12 7 (3.23%) Architect
12 7 (3.23%) Lead
12 7 (3.23%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.76%) Project Manager
13 6 (2.76%) Python Developer
13 6 (2.76%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (25.35%) React
2 39 (17.97%) Redux
3 18 (8.29%) Kafka
4 14 (6.45%) .NET
4 14 (6.45%) Spring
5 12 (5.53%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (5.07%) Middleware
7 9 (4.15%) REST
7 9 (4.15%) WebSockets
8 8 (3.69%) OpenFin
9 7 (3.23%) RxJava
9 7 (3.23%) Spring Boot
9 7 (3.23%) XML
10 6 (2.76%) Web Services
11 5 (2.30%) RxJS
11 5 (2.30%) Vitest
12 4 (1.84%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.84%) CSS
12 4 (1.84%) Next.js
12 4 (1.84%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 81 (37.33%) Fixed Income
2 68 (31.34%) Derivative
3 50 (23.04%) Equities
4 34 (15.67%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (12.90%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (6.45%) Algorithms
7 9 (4.15%) Data Centre
7 9 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.69%) Hedge funds
8 8 (3.69%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.69%) OTC Derivatives
9 7 (3.23%) Cloud Native
9 7 (3.23%) Data Structures
10 6 (2.76%) Exotic Derivative
11 5 (2.30%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.84%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.84%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.38%) Credit Risk
13 3 (1.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.07%) Linux
2 7 (3.23%) Unix
3 6 (2.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.02%) Low Latency
2 70 (32.26%) Electronic Trading
3 49 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (19.82%) Agile
5 38 (17.51%) CI/CD
6 35 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (15.21%) Software Engineering
7 33 (15.21%) Validation
8 29 (13.36%) Analytics
8 29 (13.36%) Event-Driven
9 28 (12.90%) Microservices
10 26 (11.98%) AI
11 23 (10.60%) Requirements Gathering
12 22 (10.14%) Computer Science
12 22 (10.14%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (9.68%) Business Analysis
13 21 (9.68%) DevOps
14 20 (9.22%) Full-Stack Development
15 19 (8.76%) Migration
15 19 (8.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 82 (37.79%) Java
2 63 (29.03%) C#
3 55 (25.35%) TypeScript
4 41 (18.89%) SQL
5 39 (17.97%) Python
6 38 (17.51%) JavaScript
7 16 (7.37%) C++
8 5 (2.30%) VBA
9 4 (1.84%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.84%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.46%) ABAP
11 1 (0.46%) Bash
11 1 (0.46%) C
11 1 (0.46%) Korn
11 1 (0.46%) Perl
11 1 (0.46%) Scala
11 1 (0.46%) X++
Qualifications
1 28 (12.90%) Degree
2 12 (5.53%) Master's Degree
3 10 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.61%) PhD
4 4 (1.84%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.92%) ACCA
6 2 (0.92%) CCNA
6 2 (0.92%) CCNP
6 2 (0.92%) CIMA
6 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.46%) CCIE
7 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.07%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.76%) QA
3 5 (2.30%) IFRS
3 5 (2.30%) MiFID
4 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.84%) EMIR
5 2 (0.92%) GAAP
5 2 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.92%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (5.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.30%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.46%) Control-M
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (12.44%) Murex
2 18 (8.29%) Bloomberg
3 14 (6.45%) Solace
4 9 (4.15%) Oracle
5 7 (3.23%) Arista
5 7 (3.23%) Cisco
6 6 (2.76%) Aruba
7 5 (2.30%) IBM
7 5 (2.30%) Microsoft
8 4 (1.84%) Calypso
9 3 (1.38%) Databricks
9 3 (1.38%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.38%) SAP
10 2 (0.92%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (0.92%) Cognos
10 2 (0.92%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.92%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.92%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.92%) Tradeweb
438 Foreign Exchange (FX) jobs in England