Blockchain Contract Job Trends in London

Blockchain
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blockchain in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blockchain over the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 335 350
Rank change year-on-year -63 +15 +81
Contract jobs citing Blockchain 14 12 45
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.081% 0.095% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.26% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 31
10th Percentile £335 £561 £475
25th Percentile £425 £585 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -24.94% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £800 £675 £738
90th Percentile £854 £684 £775
England median daily rate £503 £585 £613
% change year-on-year -14.10% -4.49% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 - -

All Generic Skills
London

Blockchain falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,235 4,530 5,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 35.82% 33.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,017 3,065 4,211
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £718
90th Percentile £800 £845 £838
England median daily rate £513 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -6.35% -0.50% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 71 165
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.84 £15.50
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.70 £18.93
Median hourly rate £32.56 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +23.21% -20.00%
75th Percentile £58.57 £50.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.13 £80.75 £66.05
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.45 £28.25
% change year-on-year +28.26% +25.47% +25.56%

Blockchain
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Blockchain job vacancy trend in London

Blockchain
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Blockchain.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Blockchain

Blockchain
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blockchain in London over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Blockchain in London

Blockchain
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Blockchain.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Blockchain

Blockchain
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blockchain within the London region over the 6 months to 12 April 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
Central London -16 1 £92 -86.39% 13
East London - 1 £432 -
Blockchain
England

Blockchain
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) Ethereum
2 4 (28.57%) Hyperledger
3 1 (7.14%) CMS
3 1 (7.14%) Solana
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) R3 Corda
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (7.14%) Quorum
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 2 (14.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
1 2 (14.29%) JUnit
2 1 (7.14%) Hardhat
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Blockchain Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Blockchain Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Backend Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Content Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Content Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Director
4 1 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Backend Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Content Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (71.43%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (28.57%) web3js
3 3 (21.43%) React Native
4 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 2 (14.29%) gRPC
4 2 (14.29%) J2EE
4 2 (14.29%) Kafka
4 2 (14.29%) Next.js
4 2 (14.29%) REST
4 2 (14.29%) RESTful
4 2 (14.29%) Spring
4 2 (14.29%) Spring Batch
4 2 (14.29%) Spring Boot
5 1 (7.14%) ethers.js
5 1 (7.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Web3
2 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
3 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Android
1 3 (21.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 4 (28.57%) Code Quality
2 4 (28.57%) Microservices
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) SDLC
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) API Integration
3 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) AI
4 2 (14.29%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 2 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Identity
4 2 (14.29%) KYC
4 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (14.29%) Scrum
4 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) TypeScript
2 4 (28.57%) Solidity
3 3 (21.43%) Java
3 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) C#
4 1 (7.14%) DAML
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree