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 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 181 214
Rank change year-on-year -75 +33 -19
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 338 721 952
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.91% 1.42% 1.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.95% 4.23% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 587 804
10th Percentile £546 £550 £538
25th Percentile £650 £638 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £875 £861 £800
90th Percentile £888 £950 £875
UK median daily rate £750 £750 £725
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £43.00
% change year-on-year +8.95% +49.42% -

All Generic Skills
England

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable 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 11,453 17,051 24,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.81% 33.65% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,473 11,843 17,078
10th Percentile £263 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 605 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +0.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -44 311 £800 +6.67% 176
South West +33 11 £570 - 13
Midlands +35 9 £600 - 4
East Midlands +27 6 £600 - 1
West Midlands +33 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 £600 - 4
South East +24 1 £600 - 4
North of England +21 1 £625 +25.00% 1
North West +14 1 £625 +25.00% 1
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 73 (21.60%) Apache Airflow
2 66 (19.53%) Apache
3 7 (2.07%) Confluence
3 7 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.25%) Aladdin
2 10 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.07%) ION MarketView
4 5 (1.48%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.48%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.48%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.89%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.59%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.30%) Actimize
8 1 (0.30%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.30%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.30%) RMDS
8 1 (0.30%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 138 (40.83%) AWS
2 82 (24.26%) GCP
3 65 (19.23%) dbt
4 60 (17.75%) Snowflake
5 58 (17.16%) Azure
6 8 (2.37%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.37%) Power Automate
6 8 (2.37%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.37%) PowerApps
7 7 (2.07%) GitHub
8 6 (1.78%) PaaS
9 5 (1.48%) Azure API Management
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Storage
9 5 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.48%) npm
9 5 (1.48%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.18%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.18%) Internet
2 3 (0.89%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (19.23%) Amazon Athena
1 65 (19.23%) Apache Arrow
1 65 (19.23%) Apache Ignite
1 65 (19.23%) Dremio
2 58 (17.16%) Data Lake
3 23 (6.80%) KDB
4 10 (2.96%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.66%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.37%) Data Mart
7 5 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.18%) Metadata
8 4 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.89%) Power BI
10 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.30%) QlikView
11 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (7.69%) JIRA
2 14 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.85%) Git
4 6 (1.78%) GoogleTest
4 6 (1.78%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.48%) Postman
5 5 (1.48%) webpack
6 4 (1.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.59%) Babel
7 2 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 225 (66.57%) Finance
2 188 (55.62%) Front Office
3 153 (45.27%) Banking
4 111 (32.84%) Investment Banking
5 60 (17.75%) Social Skills
6 27 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.55%) Back Office
8 6 (1.78%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.78%) Wholesale Banking
9 5 (1.48%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.89%) French Language
12 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Law
12 2 (0.59%) Legal
12 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 137 (40.53%) Developer
2 79 (23.37%) Software Engineer
3 67 (19.82%) Analyst
4 62 (18.34%) Senior
5 53 (15.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 49 (14.50%) Business Analyst
7 44 (13.02%) Finance Manager
8 42 (12.43%) Lead
9 41 (12.13%) Java Developer
10 38 (11.24%) Senior Developer
11 34 (10.06%) .NET Developer
12 28 (8.28%) Financial Analyst
12 28 (8.28%) Java Engineer
12 28 (8.28%) Java Software Engineer
13 27 (7.99%) .NET Software Engineer
13 27 (7.99%) Python Engineer
13 27 (7.99%) Python Software Engineer
14 26 (7.69%) .NET Software Developer
14 26 (7.69%) Software Asset Manager
14 26 (7.69%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (21.01%) gRPC
1 71 (21.01%) Pandas
1 71 (21.01%) Protocol Buffers
2 64 (18.93%) NumPy
2 64 (18.93%) SciPy
3 59 (17.46%) React
4 39 (11.54%) .NET
5 26 (7.69%) Redux
6 24 (7.10%) FIX Protocol
7 22 (6.51%) .NET Core
8 20 (5.92%) AngularJS
9 18 (5.33%) Vue
10 16 (4.73%) CSS
11 15 (4.44%) HTML
12 12 (3.55%) ASP.NET
12 12 (3.55%) ASP.NET Core
13 11 (3.25%) Middleware
14 8 (2.37%) Material-UI
14 8 (2.37%) Rendezvous
15 6 (1.78%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 166 (49.11%) Fixed Income
2 161 (47.63%) Derivative
3 149 (44.08%) Equities
4 123 (36.39%) Hedge funds
5 34 (10.06%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (3.55%) Management Information System
9 11 (3.25%) Algorithms
10 9 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.37%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (2.07%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 4 (1.18%) Equity Derivative
14 4 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (1.18%) Pricing Data
15 3 (0.89%) Market Risk
15 3 (0.89%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.10%) Unix
2 23 (6.80%) Linux
3 9 (2.66%) Windows
4 4 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (57.99%) Agile
2 137 (40.53%) Asset Management
3 122 (36.09%) Software Engineering
4 114 (33.73%) Investment Management
5 47 (13.91%) Analytics
5 47 (13.91%) Fintech
6 44 (13.02%) DevOps
7 41 (12.13%) TDD
8 37 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (10.65%) Electronic Trading
10 35 (10.36%) Low Latency
11 32 (9.47%) Line Management
12 31 (9.17%) Full Stack Development
13 29 (8.58%) Machine Learning
14 27 (7.99%) Artificial Intelligence
15 23 (6.80%) Product Management
15 23 (6.80%) Roadmaps
16 22 (6.51%) E-Commerce
16 22 (6.51%) Greeks
17 21 (6.21%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 139 (41.12%) Python
2 135 (39.94%) Java
3 125 (36.98%) JavaScript
4 108 (31.95%) TypeScript
5 55 (16.27%) SQL
6 47 (13.91%) C#
7 19 (5.62%) C++
8 9 (2.66%) Perl
9 6 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.78%) Ruby
9 6 (1.78%) Scala
10 5 (1.48%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.48%) VBA
11 2 (0.59%) VB
12 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.30%) VBScript
12 1 (0.30%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (5.62%) Degree
2 11 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.37%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (1.48%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.18%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.89%) CCNA
6 3 (0.89%) CISA
6 3 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.89%) CISM
6 3 (0.89%) CISSP
6 3 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.06%) QA
2 28 (8.28%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.78%) MiFID
3 6 (1.78%) MISRA
3 6 (1.78%) SEPA
4 4 (1.18%) GAAP
5 2 (0.59%) EMIR
6 1 (0.30%) COREP
6 1 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) IFRS
6 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.30%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.30%) P3O
6 1 (0.30%) PMO
6 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.18%) Docker
3 3 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.48%) ITRS Geneos
1 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.18%) Ansible
3 2 (0.59%) Terraform
4 1 (0.30%) Control-M
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.92%) Bloomberg
3 15 (4.44%) Murex
4 14 (4.14%) SAP
5 11 (3.25%) BISAM
5 11 (3.25%) ION Trading
5 11 (3.25%) Oracle
5 11 (3.25%) TIBCO
6 9 (2.66%) Solace
7 6 (1.78%) Google
8 5 (1.48%) Refinitiv
9 4 (1.18%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.89%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (0.89%) Calypso
10 3 (0.89%) Cisco
10 3 (0.89%) IBM
10 3 (0.89%) Qualys
10 3 (0.89%) Tradeweb
10 3 (0.89%) VMware