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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 349 347
Rank change year-on-year -82 -2 +66
Contract jobs citing Blockchain 19 16 32
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.094% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.31% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 23
10th Percentile £508 £496 £463
25th Percentile £519 £648 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.44% +22.73% -20.29%
75th Percentile £675 £731 £750
90th Percentile £875 £750 £885
England median daily rate £537 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -17.38% +18.18% -20.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
England median hourly rate - £75.00 -

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 7,493 5,118 5,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.19% 37.43% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,680 3,373 3,811
10th Percentile £357 £333 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £748
90th Percentile £793 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 118 83
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.37
25th Percentile £21.41 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £28.29 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +23.74% -6.22% -13.83%
75th Percentile £56.56 £45.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.50 £31.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +38.10% -33.68% +17.02%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -25 1 £525 -22.51% 7
East London - 1 £432 - 1
West London - 1 - - 3
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 13 (68.42%) Ethereum
2 6 (31.58%) Hyperledger
3 1 (5.26%) CMS
3 1 (5.26%) Solana
Business Applications
1 6 (31.58%) R3 Corda
2 5 (26.32%) Quorum
3 4 (21.05%) Ripple
4 3 (15.79%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
1 2 (10.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Hardhat
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Blockchain Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior
4 3 (15.79%) Lead
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Lead Software Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Blockchain Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Blockchain Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Content Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Content Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Director
6 1 (5.26%) Monitoring Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Platform Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Content Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) Smart Contracts
1 7 (36.84%) web3js
2 5 (26.32%) Node.js
3 4 (21.05%) REST
3 4 (21.05%) RESTful
3 4 (21.05%) Spring
3 4 (21.05%) Spring Boot
4 2 (10.53%) AngularJS
4 2 (10.53%) React
5 1 (5.26%) ethers.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Cloud Native
1 7 (36.84%) Web3
2 6 (31.58%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.53%) Derivative
3 2 (10.53%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (10.53%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.26%) Clustering
4 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Event-Driven
2 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
3 6 (31.58%) Microservices
4 4 (21.05%) AI
4 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Backlog Management
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (15.79%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (15.79%) Prototyping
6 2 (10.53%) API Development
6 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) Event-Driven Programming
6 2 (10.53%) Front End Development
6 2 (10.53%) Key Management
6 2 (10.53%) Product Backlog
6 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) Java
2 6 (31.58%) Solidity
3 4 (21.05%) TypeScript
4 3 (15.79%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) Python
5 2 (10.53%) DAML
5 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
6 1 (5.26%) Go
6 1 (5.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Google