Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 248 186
Rank change year-on-year +82 -62 +31
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 403 351 716
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.65% 0.94% 1.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.85% 3.06% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 285 582
10th Percentile £576 £550 £550
25th Percentile £650 £650 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £775 £750
Median % change year-on-year - +3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £875 £875 £859
90th Percentile £938 £888 £950
UK median daily rate £775 £750 £750
% change year-on-year +3.33% - +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.50 - -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £70.00 £64.25
Median % change year-on-year -41.43% +8.95% -
75th Percentile £41.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £70.00 £64.25
% change year-on-year -41.43% +8.95% +49.42%

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 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 +40 380 £775 -3.13% 372
North of England +30 12 £492 -21.28% 3
North West +25 9 £575 -8.00% 2
South West +38 4 £375 -34.21% 2
Midlands +17 4 £348 -42.04% 3
West Midlands +15 4 £348 - 3
Yorkshire - 3 £402 - 1
South East +47 2 £411 -31.46% 91
North East - 1 £460 -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 55 (13.65%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (11.17%) Apache
3 5 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.50%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.50%) MQSeries
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.25%) DataSynapse
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.50%) Sketch
3 1 (0.25%) Maya
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 5 (1.24%) Kondor
2 3 (0.74%) SAP CO
2 3 (0.74%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.50%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.50%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.25%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle TCA
4 1 (0.25%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.25%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 86 (21.34%) AWS
2 55 (13.65%) dbt
3 46 (11.41%) GCP
4 45 (11.17%) Snowflake
5 25 (6.20%) Azure
6 17 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
6 17 (4.22%) Amazon ECS
6 17 (4.22%) Amazon EKS
6 17 (4.22%) Dagster
7 11 (2.73%) npm
7 11 (2.73%) Yarn
8 7 (1.74%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.99%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.50%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.50%) Figma
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.99%) Multicast
2 6 (1.49%) Network Security
3 4 (0.99%) BGP
3 4 (0.99%) IMAP
3 4 (0.99%) IOS XR
3 4 (0.99%) MPLS
3 4 (0.99%) OSPF
3 4 (0.99%) POP3
3 4 (0.99%) SMTP
4 3 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.74%) Firewall
5 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.25%) DSLAM
6 1 (0.25%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.25%) SNMP
6 1 (0.25%) SSH
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (29.78%) Data Lake
2 55 (13.65%) Amazon Athena
2 55 (13.65%) Apache Arrow
2 55 (13.65%) Apache Iceberg
2 55 (13.65%) Dremio
3 29 (7.20%) Apache Ignite
4 16 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.97%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.48%) KDB
6 7 (1.74%) Data Mart
7 5 (1.24%) Kdb+
7 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.99%) Power BI
9 3 (0.74%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.50%) Big Data
10 2 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.50%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.25%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.25%) Looker
Development Applications
1 32 (7.94%) Git
2 11 (2.73%) webpack
3 8 (1.99%) JIRA
4 7 (1.74%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.74%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.24%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.99%) GCC
6 4 (0.99%) GDB
7 2 (0.50%) Ant
7 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.50%) JUnit
7 2 (0.50%) Maven
8 1 (0.25%) GitLab
8 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 321 (79.65%) Finance
2 249 (61.79%) Front Office
3 135 (33.50%) Banking
4 99 (24.57%) Social Skills
5 93 (23.08%) Investment Banking
6 66 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (4.71%) Financial Institution
8 14 (3.47%) Back Office
9 6 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.99%) French Language
11 2 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.50%) Law
12 1 (0.25%) Advertising
12 1 (0.25%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Games
12 1 (0.25%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.25%) International Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Legal
12 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (37.22%) Developer
2 74 (18.36%) Software Engineer
3 70 (17.37%) Analyst
4 63 (15.63%) Senior
5 55 (13.65%) AWS Engineer
5 55 (13.65%) AWS Software Engineer
6 52 (12.90%) Business Analyst
7 40 (9.93%) Java Engineer
8 38 (9.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 38 (9.43%) Java Software Engineer
9 37 (9.18%) Head of Finance
9 37 (9.18%) Java Developer
10 36 (8.93%) C# Developer
11 33 (8.19%) AWS Developer
11 33 (8.19%) Python Engineer
12 31 (7.69%) C++ Developer
12 31 (7.69%) Python Software Engineer
12 31 (7.69%) Senior Developer
13 30 (7.44%) Lead
14 29 (7.20%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (14.39%) React
2 48 (11.91%) NumPy
2 48 (11.91%) Pandas
3 46 (11.41%) SciPy
4 41 (10.17%) .NET
5 37 (9.18%) Kafka
5 37 (9.18%) Protocol Buffers
6 36 (8.93%) AngularJS
7 35 (8.68%) gRPC
8 33 (8.19%) ASP.NET
8 33 (8.19%) PySpark
9 27 (6.70%) Vue
10 24 (5.96%) .NET Core
11 23 (5.71%) CSS
12 22 (5.46%) Web Services
13 20 (4.96%) Node.js
13 20 (4.96%) Redux
13 20 (4.96%) WCF
14 17 (4.22%) FIX Protocol
15 14 (3.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 207 (51.36%) Equities
2 206 (51.12%) Fixed Income
3 202 (50.12%) Derivative
4 172 (42.68%) Hedge funds
5 53 (13.15%) Product Ownership
6 19 (4.71%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (3.72%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.98%) Pricing Data
9 8 (1.99%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.49%) Equity Derivative
11 6 (1.49%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 6 (1.49%) Market Risk
12 5 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.99%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.74%) Distributed Applications
14 3 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.93%) Linux
2 27 (6.70%) Unix
3 18 (4.47%) Apple iOS
4 13 (3.23%) Windows
5 5 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.25%) CentOS
6 1 (0.25%) Debian
6 1 (0.25%) Fedora
6 1 (0.25%) Solaris
6 1 (0.25%) SUSE
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (60.79%) Agile
2 145 (35.98%) Investment Management
3 118 (29.28%) Migration
4 111 (27.54%) Roadmaps
5 98 (24.32%) Regulatory Compliance
6 97 (24.07%) Data Governance
7 86 (21.34%) Asset Management
7 86 (21.34%) Software Engineering
8 82 (20.35%) Data Management
9 74 (18.36%) Analytics
10 47 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (10.92%) Risk Management
12 43 (10.67%) Low Latency
13 40 (9.93%) DevOps
14 38 (9.43%) Electronic Trading
15 32 (7.94%) Full-Stack Development
15 32 (7.94%) Order Management
16 28 (6.95%) Fintech
17 27 (6.70%) CI/CD
18 24 (5.96%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 123 (30.52%) Java
2 115 (28.54%) Python
3 84 (20.84%) JavaScript
4 78 (19.35%) TypeScript
5 72 (17.87%) SQL
6 63 (15.63%) C#
7 55 (13.65%) C++
8 7 (1.74%) Rust
9 4 (0.99%) Ruby
9 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.74%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.74%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.50%) Perl
11 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.25%) Bash
12 1 (0.25%) C
12 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (8.68%) Degree
2 8 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (0.99%) CCNA
3 4 (0.99%) CCNP
3 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (0.99%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.50%) CFA
4 2 (0.50%) MBA
5 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.25%) PhD
5 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.68%) MiFID
2 8 (1.99%) EMIR
3 7 (1.74%) Basel III
3 7 (1.74%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.49%) QA
5 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.50%) Basel II
5 2 (0.50%) Dodd-Frank
5 2 (0.50%) SLA
6 1 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) IFRS
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.25%) SEPA
6 1 (0.25%) TARGET2
System Software
1 12 (2.98%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) FreeRADIUS
2 1 (0.25%) iptables
2 1 (0.25%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 11 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.24%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.50%) Control-M
3 2 (0.50%) Grafana
3 2 (0.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) Cacti
4 1 (0.25%) Graylog
4 1 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.25%) Kibana
4 1 (0.25%) logstash
4 1 (0.25%) Nagios
4 1 (0.25%) Netcool
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
4 1 (0.25%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (8.93%) Oracle
2 18 (4.47%) Murex
3 11 (2.73%) Atlassian
4 10 (2.48%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.23%) Bloomberg
6 7 (1.74%) Sybase
7 6 (1.49%) Reuters
7 6 (1.49%) TIBCO
8 5 (1.24%) Nokia
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco
9 4 (0.99%) ION Trading
9 4 (0.99%) Refinitiv
9 4 (0.99%) SAP
9 4 (0.99%) Splunk
10 3 (0.74%) Calypso
10 3 (0.74%) Citrix
10 3 (0.74%) IBM
10 3 (0.74%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.50%) Adobe
11 2 (0.50%) CQG