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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 160 248
Rank change year-on-year -227 +88 -53
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 200 407 353
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 1.67% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 4.89% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 344 286
10th Percentile £443 £579 £546
25th Percentile £525 £650 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £705 £775 £800
Median % change year-on-year -9.03% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £849 £875 £875
90th Percentile £925 £938 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £775 £775
% change year-on-year -16.13% - +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
Median hourly rate - £41.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.43% +8.95%
UK median hourly rate - £41.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -41.43% +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 13,091 8,331 11,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.21% 34.15% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,293 5,458 7,458
10th Percentile £306 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -0.32% -3.93%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 332 821
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.68 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.36 £15.17
Median hourly rate £47.00 £34.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.23% +9.52% +40.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.81 £61.30
90th Percentile £87.85 £84.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +38.46% +7.76% +34.13%

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 6 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 6 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 -134 189 £720 -7.10% 64
North of England -67 5 £413 -16.16% 4
Yorkshire -56 4 £575 +43.21% 1
Midlands -71 3 £575 +65.35% 1
East Midlands - 3 £575 -
North West -50 1 £250 -56.52% 3
South East -52 1 - - 22
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 8 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.50%) Confluence
3 3 (1.50%) IIS
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.00%) JBoss
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Loan IQ
1 5 (2.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (2.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.50%) Findur
3 3 (1.50%) Summit
4 2 (1.00%) Front Arena
4 2 (1.00%) Global One
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.00%) Orchestrade
4 2 (1.00%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.50%) Actimize
5 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.50%) Endur
5 1 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.50%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.50%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.50%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.50%) Azure
2 19 (9.50%) Power Platform
3 12 (6.00%) AWS
4 10 (5.00%) PowerApps
5 9 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.00%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.50%) SaaS
9 4 (2.00%) GCP
9 4 (2.00%) npm
9 4 (2.00%) Yarn
10 3 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.00%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.00%) OCI
11 2 (1.00%) Serverless
12 1 (0.50%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.00%) Multicast
2 2 (1.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.00%) HTTP
2 2 (1.00%) RTMP
3 1 (0.50%) Intranet
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.00%) KDB
2 13 (6.50%) Power BI
3 9 (4.50%) Tableau
4 5 (2.50%) Kdb+
4 5 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.50%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.00%) Big Data
6 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.50%) Metadata
6 3 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.50%) Tick Data
7 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.00%) Data Mart
7 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.00%) Redis
7 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.00%) JIRA
2 7 (3.50%) Git
3 6 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.50%) webpack
5 3 (1.50%) Gradle
5 3 (1.50%) Maven
6 2 (1.00%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.00%) GitLab
6 2 (1.00%) JUnit
6 2 (1.00%) Postman
6 2 (1.00%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (1.00%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.00%) Selenium
6 2 (1.00%) TestNG
7 1 (0.50%) Gatling
7 1 (0.50%) JMeter
7 1 (0.50%) Newman
7 1 (0.50%) NUnit
7 1 (0.50%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.50%) Storybook
General
1 127 (63.50%) Finance
2 88 (44.00%) Banking
3 79 (39.50%) Front Office
4 55 (27.50%) Social Skills
5 45 (22.50%) Investment Banking
6 30 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (8.50%) Back Office
8 15 (7.50%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.00%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.00%) Law
9 4 (2.00%) Legal
9 4 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.50%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.50%) Retail
11 2 (1.00%) Billing
11 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.00%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.50%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 92 (46.00%) Developer
2 39 (19.50%) Java Developer
3 35 (17.50%) Analyst
4 34 (17.00%) Senior
5 30 (15.00%) Business Analyst
6 17 (8.50%) Senior Developer
7 12 (6.00%) C# Developer
8 10 (5.00%) Senior Java Developer
9 9 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (4.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 9 (4.50%) FX Business Analyst
9 9 (4.50%) Lead
10 7 (3.50%) Java Engineer
10 7 (3.50%) Quantitative Developer
10 7 (3.50%) React Developer
10 7 (3.50%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 6 (3.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 6 (3.00%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.00%) Risk Analyst
11 6 (3.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (13.00%) React
2 24 (12.00%) FIX Protocol
3 12 (6.00%) Redux
4 11 (5.50%) CSS
4 11 (5.50%) Kafka
5 10 (5.00%) Spring
6 9 (4.50%) .NET
7 8 (4.00%) HTML
8 7 (3.50%) REST
8 7 (3.50%) XML
9 6 (3.00%) Spring Boot
10 5 (2.50%) Electron
10 5 (2.50%) Middleware
10 5 (2.50%) OpenFin
11 4 (2.00%) Ultra Messaging
12 3 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Graph
12 3 (1.50%) NumPy
12 3 (1.50%) RxJS
12 3 (1.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.50%) Fixed Income
2 39 (19.50%) Derivative
3 28 (14.00%) Equities
4 20 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (9.00%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (7.50%) Algorithms
7 9 (4.50%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.50%) Product Ownership
8 8 (4.00%) Hedge funds
8 8 (4.00%) Market Risk
9 7 (3.50%) Data Structures
9 7 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (3.00%) OTC Derivatives
11 5 (2.50%) Credit Risk
12 4 (2.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (1.50%) Cloud Native
13 3 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (1.00%) Eurex
14 2 (1.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.00%) Linux
2 11 (5.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.50%) Low Latency
2 47 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (22.00%) Agile
4 41 (20.50%) Electronic Trading
5 32 (16.00%) CI/CD
6 29 (14.50%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (12.50%) AI
8 24 (12.00%) Analytics
9 23 (11.50%) Risk Management
10 22 (11.00%) Multithreading
11 21 (10.50%) Data Protection
11 21 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (9.50%) Software Engineering
14 18 (9.00%) Microservices
14 18 (9.00%) Scrum
15 17 (8.50%) Data Analysis
15 17 (8.50%) DevOps
15 17 (8.50%) User Experience
16 16 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 73 (36.50%) Java
2 39 (19.50%) SQL
3 31 (15.50%) C#
4 30 (15.00%) Python
5 25 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 19 (9.50%) JavaScript
7 15 (7.50%) C++
8 4 (2.00%) Kotlin
8 4 (2.00%) Perl
8 4 (2.00%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.00%) Scala
8 4 (2.00%) VBA
9 3 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.50%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 12 (6.00%) Degree
2 6 (3.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.00%) PMP
5 3 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.50%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.00%) ACCA
6 2 (1.00%) CIMA
6 2 (1.00%) PhD
7 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.50%) CBAP
7 1 (0.50%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.00%) QA
2 8 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.50%) Basel III
5 4 (2.00%) EMIR
5 4 (2.00%) IFRS
5 4 (2.00%) MiFID
5 4 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.50%) GAAP
6 3 (1.50%) SLA
7 2 (1.00%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.50%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.50%) GDPR
8 1 (0.50%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.50%) NIST
8 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.50%) PMO
8 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.50%) Ansible
1 5 (2.50%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (2.00%) Control-M
3 3 (1.50%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.00%) Grafana
5 1 (0.50%) Kibana
5 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (11.00%) Murex
2 13 (6.50%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.50%) Bloomberg
4 8 (4.00%) Solace
5 7 (3.50%) Oracle
6 6 (3.00%) SAP
7 5 (2.50%) IBM
8 4 (2.00%) Workday
9 3 (1.50%) Calypso
9 3 (1.50%) OpenLink
9 3 (1.50%) Splunk
10 2 (1.00%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.00%) Avaloq
10 2 (1.00%) Charles River
10 2 (1.00%) Citrix
10 2 (1.00%) Informatica
10 2 (1.00%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.00%) MarketAxess
10 2 (1.00%) Sybase
10 2 (1.00%) Tradeweb