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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 178 287
Rank change year-on-year -192 +109 -99
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 214 368 277
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 1.52% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.68% 4.46% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 313 233
10th Percentile £450 £550 £501
25th Percentile £506 £638 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £775 £750
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £849 £888 £850
90th Percentile £950 £938 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £775 £750
% change year-on-year -16.13% +3.33% -
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 12,705 8,258 11,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.13% 34.06% 30.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,078 5,419 7,560
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £672
90th Percentile £748 £776 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 632 310 799
10th Percentile £15.79 £16.67 £12.36
25th Percentile £19.96 £22.33 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.23 £34.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.06% +24.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.49 £85.00 £66.35
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.46% +18.18% +22.30%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -128 205 £708 -8.65% 75
North of England -72 5 £413 -13.34% 7
Yorkshire -60 4 £575 +43.21% 1
Midlands -66 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
North West -52 1 £250 -53.14% 6
South East -54 1 - - 29
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 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.80%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.80%) Confluence
3 2 (0.93%) Apache
3 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.93%) JBoss
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Loan IQ
1 5 (2.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.40%) Summit
4 2 (0.93%) Findur
4 2 (0.93%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.93%) Global One
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.93%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.47%) Actimize
5 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.47%) Endur
5 1 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.47%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.47%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.47%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.75%) Azure
2 21 (9.81%) Power Platform
3 16 (7.48%) AWS
4 12 (5.61%) PowerApps
5 10 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.67%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.27%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.34%) SaaS
9 4 (1.87%) GCP
9 4 (1.87%) npm
9 4 (1.87%) Yarn
10 3 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.40%) GitHub
10 3 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.93%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.80%) Multicast
2 2 (0.93%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.93%) HTTP
2 2 (0.93%) RTMP
3 1 (0.47%) Firewall
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.94%) KDB
2 13 (6.07%) Power BI
3 12 (5.61%) Kdb+
4 9 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.74%) Tableau
6 6 (2.80%) Tick Data
7 5 (2.34%) Big Data
8 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.40%) Metadata
8 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.93%) Apache Arrow
9 2 (0.93%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.93%) Apache Ignite
9 2 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.93%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.93%) Dremio
9 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.07%) JIRA
2 9 (4.21%) Git
3 7 (3.27%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.34%) webpack
5 3 (1.40%) Gradle
5 3 (1.40%) Maven
6 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.93%) GitLab
6 2 (0.93%) JUnit
6 2 (0.93%) Postman
6 2 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.93%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.93%) Selenium
6 2 (0.93%) TestNG
7 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.47%) Gatling
7 1 (0.47%) GCC
7 1 (0.47%) GDB
7 1 (0.47%) Newman
7 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
General
1 140 (65.42%) Finance
2 98 (45.79%) Banking
3 95 (44.39%) Front Office
4 62 (28.97%) Social Skills
5 44 (20.56%) Investment Banking
6 34 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (7.94%) Financial Institution
8 15 (7.01%) Back Office
9 7 (3.27%) Legal
10 6 (2.80%) Law
11 5 (2.34%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.87%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.40%) Retail
14 2 (0.93%) Billing
14 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.93%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.47%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (46.73%) Developer
2 41 (19.16%) Java Developer
3 36 (16.82%) Analyst
4 34 (15.89%) Senior
5 32 (14.95%) Business Analyst
6 13 (6.07%) Python Developer
6 13 (6.07%) Senior Developer
7 10 (4.67%) FX Business Analyst
7 10 (4.67%) Lead
8 9 (4.21%) Java Engineer
8 9 (4.21%) RAD Developer
9 8 (3.74%) C# Developer
9 8 (3.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (3.74%) KDB Developer
9 8 (3.74%) Low Latency Java Developer
9 8 (3.74%) Senior Java Developer
10 7 (3.27%) Consultant
10 7 (3.27%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (2.80%) Electronic Trading Developer
11 6 (2.80%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.08%) FIX Protocol
2 19 (8.88%) React
3 14 (6.54%) NumPy
3 14 (6.54%) Pandas
4 13 (6.07%) REST
5 10 (4.67%) CSS
6 9 (4.21%) COM
7 8 (3.74%) .NET
8 7 (3.27%) HTML
8 7 (3.27%) Kafka
8 7 (3.27%) Redux
8 7 (3.27%) Spring
9 6 (2.80%) Dask
10 5 (2.34%) AngularJS
10 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (2.34%) SciPy
10 5 (2.34%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.87%) Middleware
11 4 (1.87%) OpenFin
11 4 (1.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.03%) Equities
2 41 (19.16%) Fixed Income
3 37 (17.29%) Derivative
4 23 (10.75%) Algorithms
4 23 (10.75%) Hedge funds
5 20 (9.35%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (5.14%) Product Ownership
8 10 (4.67%) Onboarding
9 9 (4.21%) Data Structures
9 9 (4.21%) Market Risk
10 7 (3.27%) Cloud Native
10 7 (3.27%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (2.80%) Credit Risk
12 5 (2.34%) OTC Derivatives
13 4 (1.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
15 2 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
15 2 (0.93%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.75%) Linux
2 18 (8.41%) Unix
3 3 (1.40%) Windows
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (26.64%) Low Latency
2 56 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (19.63%) Agile
4 39 (18.22%) Analytics
5 36 (16.82%) Risk Management
6 35 (16.36%) Electronic Trading
7 27 (12.62%) CI/CD
8 26 (12.15%) AI
8 26 (12.15%) Multithreading
9 25 (11.68%) Data Analysis
10 23 (10.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 23 (10.75%) Software Engineering
10 23 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (10.28%) Scrum
12 21 (9.81%) Computer Science
12 21 (9.81%) Data Protection
13 20 (9.35%) Mathematics
13 20 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
14 18 (8.41%) DevOps
15 16 (7.48%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 80 (37.38%) Java
2 44 (20.56%) SQL
3 42 (19.63%) Python
4 27 (12.62%) C#
5 22 (10.28%) C++
6 19 (8.88%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.88%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.67%) VBA
8 4 (1.87%) Perl
8 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.87%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.40%) Rust
9 3 (1.40%) Scala
10 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (8.88%) Degree
2 8 (3.74%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.80%) PhD
4 5 (2.34%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.87%) PMP
5 4 (1.87%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.40%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.47%) ACCA
7 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.47%) CBAP
7 1 (0.47%) CFA
7 1 (0.47%) CIMA
7 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.41%) QA
2 6 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.34%) Basel III
3 5 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.40%) EMIR
5 3 (1.40%) GAAP
5 3 (1.40%) IFRS
5 3 (1.40%) MiFID
5 3 (1.40%) SLA
6 2 (0.93%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.47%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.47%) GDPR
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (3.74%) Docker
2 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.80%) Ansible
1 6 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.34%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (1.87%) Control-M
4 2 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.47%) Kibana
5 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (9.35%) Murex
2 18 (8.41%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.67%) Bloomberg
3 10 (4.67%) Oracle
4 6 (2.80%) SAP
4 6 (2.80%) Solace
5 5 (2.34%) IBM
6 4 (1.87%) Workday
7 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.40%) Splunk
8 2 (0.93%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.93%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.93%) Calypso
8 2 (0.93%) Charles River
8 2 (0.93%) Citrix
8 2 (0.93%) Informatica
8 2 (0.93%) MarketAxess
8 2 (0.93%) OpenLink
8 2 (0.93%) Sybase
8 2 (0.93%) Tradeweb