FpML Contract Job Trends in England

Financial Products Markup Language (FpML)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring FpML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 464 526
Rank change year-on-year - +62 +167
Contract jobs citing FpML 0 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in England - 0.052% 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.24% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 15
10th Percentile - £284 £616
25th Percentile - £573 £670
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £595 £950
Median % change year-on-year - -37.37% +40.74%
75th Percentile - £650 -
90th Percentile - £802 -
UK median daily rate - £595 £950
% change year-on-year - -37.37% +40.74%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

FpML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,879 5,852 7,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.18% 21.91% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,588 3,742 5,599
10th Percentile £356 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 68 164
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £28.87
25th Percentile £44.75 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.45 £74.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £59.36 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -5.02% +16.82% -17.69%

FpML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FpML relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

FpML job vacancy trend in England

FpML
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FpML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FpML