The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 5 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
10,719
26,524
30,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
33.91%
31.95%
32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted
6,825
17,110
20,035
Median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
10th Percentile
£263
£280
£275
90th Percentile
£725
£675
£675
UK median daily rate
£481
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+1.21%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
463
949
961
Median hourly rate
£33.00
£20.96
£21.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.48%
-2.53%
+10.26%
10th Percentile
£12.93
£11.63
£12.00
90th Percentile
£52.50
£53.00
£50.75
Median hourly rate
£31.25
£20.75
£21.33
% change year-on-year
+50.60%
-2.70%
+6.63%
Foreign Exchange (FX) Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Foreign Exchange (FX) Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in England.
Foreign Exchange (FX) Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in England over the 6 months to 5 August 2020.
Foreign Exchange (FX) Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 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 5 August 2020. 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
Foreign Exchange (FX) Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 5 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Foreign Exchange (FX).
Foreign Exchange (FX) Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
