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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 516 544
Rank change year-on-year +12 +28 +228
Contract jobs citing FpML 10 12 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.037% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.17% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 41
10th Percentile £513 £466 £490
25th Percentile £559 £573 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £645 £800
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% -19.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £838 £706 £950
90th Percentile £875 £730 -
UK median daily rate £625 £645 £800
% change year-on-year -3.10% -19.38% +6.67%

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 6,134 7,272 9,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.28% 22.37% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 4,795 6,860
10th Percentile £350 £357 £377
25th Percentile £410 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £678
90th Percentile £750 £813 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 176 165
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.38 £36.37
25th Percentile £42.88 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.35 £62.93 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% +4.88% -4.13%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.65
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.47 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.77% +2.67% -2.44%

FpML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing FpML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for FpML 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

FpML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FpML in England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FpML in England

FpML
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 FpML within the England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +28 10 £625 -3.10%
FpML
UK

FpML
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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Front Office
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (10.00%) Back Office
6 1 (10.00%) Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
1 5 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Python Developer - Fintech
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) XML Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 5 (50.00%) Middleware
1 5 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 5 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 5 (50.00%) Derivative
1 5 (50.00%) Fixed Income
1 5 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (40.00%) DTCC
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
1 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 5 (50.00%) High Availability
1 5 (50.00%) Kanban
1 5 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (50.00%) OO
1 5 (50.00%) Physics
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (50.00%) Scrum
2 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (40.00%) C#
3 4 (40.00%) C++
3 4 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) EMIR
1 4 (40.00%) MiFID
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001