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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 513 545
Rank change year-on-year -20 +32 +185
Contract jobs citing FpML 7 8 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.024% 0.026% 0.080%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.10% 0.12% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 27
10th Percentile £550 £406 £678
25th Percentile £594 £573 £800
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £595 £950
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -37.37% +35.71%
75th Percentile £850 £664 -
90th Percentile £875 £736 -
UK median daily rate £625 £595 £950
% change year-on-year +5.04% -37.37% +35.71%

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 6,787 6,781 8,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.80% 21.77% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,590 4,326 6,483
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £733 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.34% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 100 179
10th Percentile £30.08 £26.48 £37.29
25th Percentile £42.50 £45.51 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £73.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.29% +15.91% -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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FpML in England over the 6 months to 8 November 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 8 November 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 +9 7 £625 +5.04% 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Front Office
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Python Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer - Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) XML Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) FIX Protocol
1 5 (71.43%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
1 5 (71.43%) Data Structures
1 5 (71.43%) Derivative
1 5 (71.43%) Fixed Income
1 5 (71.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) DTCC
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (71.43%) Design Patterns
1 5 (71.43%) High Availability
1 5 (71.43%) Kanban
1 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
1 5 (71.43%) OO
1 5 (71.43%) Physics
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Scrum
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) C++
2 4 (57.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) EMIR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) MiFID