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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 203 159
Rank change year-on-year -197 -44 +40
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 239 375 539
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 1.36% 1.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 3.90% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 285 437
10th Percentile £457 £505 £550
25th Percentile £555 £650 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £925 £850 £888
90th Percentile £938 £875 £900
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £800
% change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +10.34%
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 £58.38 £70.00
% change year-on-year +22.48% -16.61% -

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 14,966 9,624 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.25% 34.86% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,284 6,081 6,944
10th Percentile £318 £305 £300
25th Percentile £421 £408 £425
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 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 816 482 623
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.48 £12.40
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.86
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.72 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.34% -27.28% +11.23%
75th Percentile £71.00 £60.00 £66.38
90th Percentile £86.71 £80.00 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +12.68%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -114 212 £725 -6.45% 130
North of England -78 9 £875 +64.01% 4
Midlands -51 6 £563 +103.62% 3
East Midlands -8 5 £550 -
South West - 5 £875 - 1
North East - 4 £875 -
North West -56 3 £875 +64.01% 4
Yorkshire -47 2 - -
South East -72 2 £613 +48.94% 8
East of England -20 1 - -
West Midlands -54 1 £875 +216.74% 3
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 6 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.09%) Confluence
3 4 (1.67%) IIS
4 2 (0.84%) JBoss
4 2 (0.84%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.51%) Orchestrade
2 4 (1.67%) Loan IQ
3 3 (1.26%) Findur
3 3 (1.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 3 (1.26%) Summit
4 2 (0.84%) Actimize
4 2 (0.84%) Cognos Controller
4 2 (0.84%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.84%) Global One
4 2 (0.84%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.84%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.42%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.42%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.42%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.53%) AWS
1 18 (7.53%) Azure
2 13 (5.44%) Power Platform
3 7 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (2.93%) Power Automate
3 7 (2.93%) PowerApps
4 5 (2.09%) GCP
4 5 (2.09%) SaaS
5 4 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (1.67%) Azure Functions
5 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.67%) Serverless
6 3 (1.26%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon EventBridge
7 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.84%) npm
7 2 (0.84%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.84%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.84%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.02%) Multicast
2 4 (1.67%) VPN
3 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.84%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.02%) KDB
2 11 (4.60%) Power BI
3 8 (3.35%) Tableau
4 6 (2.51%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.51%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.09%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.26%) Big Data
7 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.84%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.84%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.84%) Metadata
8 2 (0.84%) Redis
8 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.42%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (7.11%) JIRA
2 8 (3.35%) Git
3 3 (1.26%) GitLab
3 3 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.26%) webpack
4 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.84%) Gradle
4 2 (0.84%) Maven
4 2 (0.84%) Postman
4 2 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.84%) REST Assured
4 2 (0.84%) Selenium
4 2 (0.84%) Storybook
4 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.42%) Gatling
5 1 (0.42%) JMeter
5 1 (0.42%) JUnit
5 1 (0.42%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.42%) TestNG
5 1 (0.42%) Vite
General
1 151 (63.18%) Finance
2 127 (53.14%) Banking
3 104 (43.51%) Front Office
4 81 (33.89%) Investment Banking
5 57 (23.85%) Social Skills
6 37 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (5.44%) Back Office
8 12 (5.02%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.93%) Legal
10 5 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.09%) Law
11 4 (1.67%) Billing
12 3 (1.26%) Retail
12 3 (1.26%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.84%) Private Banking
13 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (48.95%) Developer
2 64 (26.78%) Senior
3 58 (24.27%) Java Developer
4 47 (19.67%) Senior Developer
5 43 (17.99%) Analyst
6 36 (15.06%) Senior Java Developer
7 33 (13.81%) Business Analyst
8 32 (13.39%) React Developer
9 31 (12.97%) UI Developer
10 29 (12.13%) Senior React Developer
11 28 (11.72%) Senior UI Developer
12 22 (9.21%) C# Developer
13 9 (3.77%) Architect
13 9 (3.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (3.35%) Project Manager
14 8 (3.35%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
15 7 (2.93%) Front Office Developer
15 7 (2.93%) Full-Stack Developer
15 7 (2.93%) Lead
15 7 (2.93%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (23.01%) React
2 35 (14.64%) Redux
3 20 (8.37%) FIX Protocol
4 19 (7.95%) Kafka
5 18 (7.53%) Spring
6 12 (5.02%) Middleware
7 10 (4.18%) .NET
7 10 (4.18%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.35%) REST
8 8 (3.35%) RxJava
8 8 (3.35%) XML
9 7 (2.93%) CSS
9 7 (2.93%) OpenFin
9 7 (2.93%) Ultra Messaging
10 6 (2.51%) Electron
10 6 (2.51%) Web Services
11 5 (2.09%) HTML
12 3 (1.26%) JSON
12 3 (1.26%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.84%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 78 (32.64%) Fixed Income
2 58 (24.27%) Derivative
3 49 (20.50%) Equities
4 33 (13.81%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (13.39%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (9.21%) Algorithms
7 13 (5.44%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (4.60%) Data Structures
8 11 (4.60%) OTC Derivatives
9 8 (3.35%) Hedge funds
9 8 (3.35%) Onboarding
9 8 (3.35%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.51%) Exotic Derivative
10 6 (2.51%) Market Risk
11 5 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.26%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.28%) Linux
2 9 (3.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.47%) Low Latency
2 77 (32.22%) Electronic Trading
3 52 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (20.50%) Agile
5 48 (20.08%) CI/CD
6 35 (14.64%) Software Engineering
7 32 (13.39%) Event-Driven
7 32 (13.39%) Microservices
8 31 (12.97%) AI
8 31 (12.97%) Full-Stack Development
9 29 (12.13%) Analytics
10 26 (10.88%) Multithreading
10 26 (10.88%) User Acceptance Testing
11 25 (10.46%) Computer Science
11 25 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (9.62%) Validation
13 22 (9.21%) DevOps
14 19 (7.95%) Performance Tuning
15 18 (7.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 17 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 98 (41.00%) Java
2 57 (23.85%) C#
3 54 (22.59%) TypeScript
4 41 (17.15%) JavaScript
5 40 (16.74%) SQL
6 39 (16.32%) Python
7 17 (7.11%) C++
8 5 (2.09%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.67%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.67%) VBA
10 3 (1.26%) Scala
11 2 (0.84%) Perl
11 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.42%) ABAP
12 1 (0.42%) Bash
12 1 (0.42%) C
12 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.42%) Korn
12 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (12.13%) Degree
2 11 (4.60%) Master's Degree
3 9 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.77%) PhD
4 8 (3.35%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.51%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.26%) ACCA
6 3 (1.26%) CIMA
7 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.77%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.35%) QA
3 5 (2.09%) IFRS
4 3 (1.26%) EMIR
4 3 (1.26%) MiFID
5 2 (0.84%) GAAP
5 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.84%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.42%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (5.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.35%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.51%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (1.26%) Ansible
3 3 (1.26%) Control-M
3 3 (1.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.84%) Kibana
4 2 (0.84%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (10.88%) Murex
2 16 (6.69%) Solace
3 15 (6.28%) Bloomberg
4 9 (3.77%) IBM
5 8 (3.35%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.35%) Oracle
6 5 (2.09%) SAP
7 3 (1.26%) Calypso
7 3 (1.26%) OpenLink
8 2 (0.84%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.84%) Barracuda Networks
8 2 (0.84%) Cognos
8 2 (0.84%) Refinitiv
8 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.84%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.42%) Apple
9 1 (0.42%) Charles River
9 1 (0.42%) Citrix
9 1 (0.42%) Reuters
9 1 (0.42%) Temenos