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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 463 544
Rank change year-on-year -90 +81 +121
Contract jobs citing FpML 1 14 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.055% 0.040%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.013% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 13
10th Percentile - £314 £575
25th Percentile - £573 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £595 £640
Median % change year-on-year - -7.03% -3.40%
75th Percentile - £665 £950
90th Percentile - £814 -
UK median daily rate - £595 £640
% change year-on-year - -7.03% -3.40%

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 7,508 5,766 7,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.89% 22.49% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,040 3,737 5,525
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £534
% change year-on-year -3.30% -0.75% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 74 185
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.80 £23.25
25th Percentile £50.81 £51.56 £44.60
Median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.55 £76.37 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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

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 17 February 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 -41 1 - - 4
FpML
UK

FpML
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL