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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 164 221
Rank change year-on-year -224 +57 -21
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 203 386 380
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 1.60% 1.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 4.68% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 329 306
10th Percentile £448 £613 £550
25th Percentile £525 £663 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £696 £775 £800
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £849 £875 £884
90th Percentile £925 £938 £888
UK median daily rate £667 £775 £800
% change year-on-year -13.94% -3.13% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate - £35.13 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -49.82% +8.95%

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 13,084 8,243 11,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.12% 34.06% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,268 5,401 7,348
10th Percentile £312 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -3.51%
75th Percentile £626 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.14% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 666 328 820
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.67 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.94 £15.17
Median hourly rate £46.00 £34.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +2.99% +48.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £42.60 £32.05 £31.50
% change year-on-year +32.93% +1.75% +40.09%

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 15 May 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)
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 15 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 -142 193 £710 -8.39% 64
Midlands -65 4 £563 +131.96% 4
East Midlands - 4 £563 - 2
North of England -69 3 £250 -56.52% 3
Yorkshire -56 2 - - 2
North West -40 1 £250 -56.52% 1
South East -58 1 - - 15
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 7 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.46%) Confluence
3 4 (1.97%) IIS
4 2 (0.99%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Loan IQ
1 5 (2.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (2.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.97%) Orchestrade
3 3 (1.48%) Findur
3 3 (1.48%) Summit
4 2 (0.99%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.99%) Global One
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.99%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.49%) Actimize
5 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.49%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.49%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.49%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.85%) Azure
2 16 (7.88%) Power Platform
3 12 (5.91%) AWS
4 8 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.45%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.96%) SaaS
7 5 (2.46%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.97%) GCP
8 4 (1.97%) npm
8 4 (1.97%) Yarn
9 3 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.99%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.99%) OCI
10 2 (0.99%) Serverless
11 1 (0.49%) Apple Pay
11 1 (0.49%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.49%) Collibra
11 1 (0.49%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.94%) Multicast
2 2 (0.99%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.99%) HTTP
2 2 (0.99%) RTMP
3 1 (0.49%) Intranet
3 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.39%) KDB
2 12 (5.91%) Power BI
3 9 (4.43%) Tableau
4 5 (2.46%) Kdb+
4 5 (2.46%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.46%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.97%) Big Data
6 3 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.48%) Metadata
6 3 (1.48%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.48%) Tick Data
7 2 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.99%) Redis
7 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.39%) JIRA
2 7 (3.45%) Git
3 6 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.46%) webpack
5 3 (1.48%) GitLab
5 3 (1.48%) Gradle
5 3 (1.48%) Maven
6 2 (0.99%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.99%) JUnit
6 2 (0.99%) Postman
6 2 (0.99%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.99%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.99%) Selenium
6 2 (0.99%) TestNG
7 1 (0.49%) Gatling
7 1 (0.49%) JMeter
7 1 (0.49%) Newman
7 1 (0.49%) NUnit
7 1 (0.49%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.49%) Storybook
General
1 125 (61.58%) Finance
2 90 (44.33%) Banking
3 81 (39.90%) Front Office
4 52 (25.62%) Social Skills
5 51 (25.12%) Investment Banking
6 30 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (7.39%) Back Office
8 12 (5.91%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.97%) Legal
9 4 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.48%) Billing
10 3 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.48%) Law
10 3 (1.48%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.99%) Retail
12 1 (0.49%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 96 (47.29%) Developer
2 42 (20.69%) Java Developer
3 38 (18.72%) Senior
4 35 (17.24%) Analyst
5 30 (14.78%) Business Analyst
6 20 (9.85%) Senior Developer
7 15 (7.39%) C# Developer
8 13 (6.40%) Senior Java Developer
9 9 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (4.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 9 (4.43%) FX Business Analyst
9 9 (4.43%) Lead
10 8 (3.94%) React Developer
11 7 (3.45%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.45%) Quantitative Developer
11 7 (3.45%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.45%) UI Developer
12 6 (2.96%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 6 (2.96%) Risk Analyst
12 6 (2.96%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.81%) React
2 25 (12.32%) FIX Protocol
3 12 (5.91%) Redux
4 11 (5.42%) Kafka
4 11 (5.42%) Spring
5 9 (4.43%) .NET
5 9 (4.43%) CSS
6 8 (3.94%) XML
7 7 (3.45%) Ultra Messaging
8 6 (2.96%) HTML
8 6 (2.96%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.46%) Electron
9 5 (2.46%) Middleware
9 5 (2.46%) OpenFin
9 5 (2.46%) REST
10 4 (1.97%) RxJava
11 3 (1.48%) HTML5 Canvas
11 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (1.48%) RxJS
11 3 (1.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (21.18%) Fixed Income
2 39 (19.21%) Derivative
3 28 (13.79%) Equities
4 23 (11.33%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (9.85%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (9.36%) Algorithms
7 9 (4.43%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.43%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.94%) Market Risk
9 7 (3.45%) Data Structures
9 7 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (3.45%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (2.46%) Credit Risk
10 5 (2.46%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.99%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.88%) Linux
2 11 (5.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (27.59%) Low Latency
2 47 (23.15%) Agile
2 47 (23.15%) Electronic Trading
3 45 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (17.73%) CI/CD
5 30 (14.78%) Full-Stack Development
6 24 (11.82%) AI
6 24 (11.82%) Multithreading
7 22 (10.84%) Analytics
8 21 (10.34%) Data Protection
8 21 (10.34%) Microservices
9 19 (9.36%) Event-Driven
9 19 (9.36%) Risk Management
9 19 (9.36%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (8.37%) DevOps
10 17 (8.37%) Scrum
10 17 (8.37%) User Experience
11 16 (7.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 79 (38.92%) Java
2 39 (19.21%) SQL
3 34 (16.75%) C#
4 31 (15.27%) Python
5 25 (12.32%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.37%) C++
6 17 (8.37%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.46%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.97%) Perl
8 4 (1.97%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.97%) Scala
9 3 (1.48%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.99%) VBA
11 1 (0.49%) Bash
11 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (6.90%) Degree
2 6 (2.96%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.46%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.97%) PMP
5 3 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.48%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.99%) ACCA
6 2 (0.99%) CIMA
6 2 (0.99%) PhD
7 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.49%) CBAP
7 1 (0.49%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.40%) QA
2 8 (3.94%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.96%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.46%) Basel III
4 5 (2.46%) IFRS
4 5 (2.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.97%) EMIR
5 4 (1.97%) MiFID
6 3 (1.48%) GAAP
6 3 (1.48%) SLA
7 2 (0.99%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.49%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.49%) GDPR
8 1 (0.49%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.49%) NIST
8 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (3.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.46%) Ansible
1 5 (2.46%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (1.97%) Control-M
3 3 (1.48%) Grafana
3 3 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.99%) Kibana
4 2 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (11.33%) Murex
2 12 (5.91%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.42%) Bloomberg
4 8 (3.94%) Oracle
4 8 (3.94%) Solace
5 7 (3.45%) SAP
6 5 (2.46%) IBM
7 4 (1.97%) Workday
8 3 (1.48%) Calypso
8 3 (1.48%) OpenLink
8 3 (1.48%) Splunk
9 2 (0.99%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.99%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (0.99%) Charles River
9 2 (0.99%) Citrix
9 2 (0.99%) Informatica
9 2 (0.99%) ION Trading
9 2 (0.99%) MarketAxess
9 2 (0.99%) Sybase
9 2 (0.99%) Tradeweb