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 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 184 318
Rank change year-on-year -189 +134 -140
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 210 364 240
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 1.47% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 4.34% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 307 200
10th Percentile £453 £550 £500
25th Percentile £519 £638 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £775 £725
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +6.90% -3.99%
75th Percentile £838 £888 £825
90th Percentile £950 £938 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £768 £700
% change year-on-year -15.31% +9.64% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £41.00 -

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 12,366 8,384 11,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.63% 33.89% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,845 5,432 7,630
10th Percentile £297 £287 £258
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% - -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £749 £787 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 611 299 786
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.91 £12.56
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.39 £15.45
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.81 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +17.18% +17.70%
75th Percentile £68.38 £66.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £84.20 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% +22.22%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -110 204 £700 -12.50% 60
Yorkshire -58 2 £575 +43.21%
Midlands -58 2 - - 4
North of England -67 2 £575 +20.80% 4
East Midlands - 2 - - 3
South East -48 1 - - 27
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 10 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.86%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.86%) Confluence
3 3 (1.43%) Apache
3 3 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.95%) JBoss
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Loan IQ
1 5 (2.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.43%) Summit
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.95%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.48%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.48%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.48%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.48%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.48%) AWS
1 22 (10.48%) Azure
1 22 (10.48%) Power Platform
2 12 (5.71%) PowerApps
3 10 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 9 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.90%) GCP
8 4 (1.90%) npm
8 4 (1.90%) SaaS
8 4 (1.90%) Yarn
9 3 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.43%) dbt
9 3 (1.43%) GitHub
9 3 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.38%) Multicast
2 2 (0.95%) RTMP
2 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.48%) HTTP
3 1 (0.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.48%) SSL
3 1 (0.48%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.67%) KDB
1 14 (6.67%) Power BI
2 13 (6.19%) Kdb+
3 10 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.33%) Tableau
5 6 (2.86%) Tick Data
6 4 (1.90%) Big Data
7 3 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.43%) Apache Arrow
7 3 (1.43%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (1.43%) Apache Ignite
7 3 (1.43%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.43%) Dremio
7 3 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.43%) Metadata
7 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.95%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (6.19%) JIRA
2 11 (5.24%) Git
3 7 (3.33%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.38%) webpack
5 4 (1.90%) Gradle
6 2 (0.95%) GCC
6 2 (0.95%) GDB
6 2 (0.95%) Maven
7 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.48%) GitLab
7 1 (0.48%) JUnit
7 1 (0.48%) NUnit
7 1 (0.48%) Postman
7 1 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.48%) Selenium
7 1 (0.48%) Subversion
7 1 (0.48%) TestNG
General
1 138 (65.71%) Finance
2 96 (45.71%) Front Office
3 95 (45.24%) Banking
4 66 (31.43%) Social Skills
5 41 (19.52%) Investment Banking
6 31 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (8.10%) Financial Institution
8 10 (4.76%) Back Office
9 7 (3.33%) Law
9 7 (3.33%) Legal
10 5 (2.38%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.95%) International Banking
12 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Retail
12 2 (0.95%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (48.57%) Developer
2 38 (18.10%) Analyst
3 36 (17.14%) Java Developer
4 33 (15.71%) Business Analyst
5 30 (14.29%) Senior
6 15 (7.14%) Python Developer
7 11 (5.24%) FX Business Analyst
8 9 (4.29%) KDB Developer
8 9 (4.29%) Lead
8 9 (4.29%) Low Latency Java Developer
8 9 (4.29%) RAD Developer
9 8 (3.81%) Front Office Developer
9 8 (3.81%) Java Engineer
9 8 (3.81%) Quantitative Developer
9 8 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.81%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.33%) C# Developer
10 7 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (3.33%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.86%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.90%) FIX Protocol
2 18 (8.57%) NumPy
2 18 (8.57%) Pandas
2 18 (8.57%) React
3 14 (6.67%) REST
4 12 (5.71%) CSS
5 9 (4.29%) COM
5 9 (4.29%) HTML
5 9 (4.29%) SciPy
6 8 (3.81%) .NET
7 7 (3.33%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.86%) Dask
8 6 (2.86%) FastAPI
8 6 (2.86%) Flask
8 6 (2.86%) Polars
8 6 (2.86%) Vue
8 6 (2.86%) XML
9 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (1.90%) Middleware
10 4 (1.90%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.43%) Equities
1 45 (21.43%) Fixed Income
2 40 (19.05%) Derivative
3 27 (12.86%) Hedge funds
4 21 (10.00%) Algorithms
5 19 (9.05%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.76%) Data Structures
7 9 (4.29%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.29%) Market Risk
7 9 (4.29%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.81%) Product Ownership
9 7 (3.33%) Credit Risk
9 7 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.90%) OTC Derivatives
12 3 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.43%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (1.43%) Pricing Data
13 2 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.29%) Linux
2 18 (8.57%) Unix
3 4 (1.90%) Windows
4 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.71%) Low Latency
2 52 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (20.48%) Analytics
4 40 (19.05%) Agile
5 38 (18.10%) Risk Management
6 32 (15.24%) Electronic Trading
7 28 (13.33%) Mathematics
8 27 (12.86%) Data Analysis
9 26 (12.38%) Software Engineering
10 25 (11.90%) CI/CD
11 24 (11.43%) Scrum
12 22 (10.48%) Computer Science
13 21 (10.00%) Multithreading
13 21 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (9.52%) Data Protection
15 19 (9.05%) AI
16 18 (8.57%) DevOps
17 17 (8.10%) Full-Stack Development
17 17 (8.10%) Pricing Analytics
18 16 (7.62%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 75 (35.71%) Java
2 55 (26.19%) Python
3 49 (23.33%) SQL
4 30 (14.29%) C#
5 29 (13.81%) C++
6 22 (10.48%) JavaScript
7 15 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.71%) VBA
9 7 (3.33%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.86%) Rust
11 3 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.43%) Scala
12 2 (0.95%) Perl
12 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.48%) Bash
13 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (10.48%) Degree
2 10 (4.76%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.86%) PhD
4 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.90%) PMP
5 3 (1.43%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.43%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) CBAP
7 1 (0.48%) CFA
7 1 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.10%) QA
2 6 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.38%) Basel III
4 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.43%) EMIR
5 3 (1.43%) GAAP
5 3 (1.43%) IFRS
5 3 (1.43%) MiFID
5 3 (1.43%) SLA
6 2 (0.95%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.48%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (5.24%) Docker
2 3 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.81%) Ansible
3 6 (2.86%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.43%) Grafana
4 3 (1.43%) Kibana
4 3 (1.43%) Terraform
5 2 (0.95%) Control-M
5 2 (0.95%) logstash
5 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.48%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (9.52%) Murex
2 17 (8.10%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.24%) Oracle
4 10 (4.76%) Bloomberg
5 8 (3.81%) Solace
6 6 (2.86%) SAP
7 4 (1.90%) IBM
7 4 (1.90%) Workday
8 3 (1.43%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.43%) Splunk
8 3 (1.43%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.95%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.95%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.95%) Charles River
9 2 (0.95%) Citrix
9 2 (0.95%) Informatica
9 2 (0.95%) MarketAxess
9 2 (0.95%) Sybase
9 2 (0.95%) Tradeweb
10 1 (0.48%) FXall