Fintech Contracts in London

Financial Technology (FinTech)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Fintech skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fintech over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 126 133
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -28
Contract jobs citing Fintech 295 335 524
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.35% 1.88% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 2.12% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 292 411
10th Percentile £404 £400 £413
25th Percentile £504 £500 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £788 £750 £698
90th Percentile £841 £800 £750
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £49.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Fintech falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Fintech as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Fintech in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fintech in London.

Daily rate trend for Fintech in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fintech in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fintech in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fintech in London.

Hourly rate trend for Fintech in London

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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 Fintech within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +8 39 £544 +17.57% 123
Fintech
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 39 (13.22%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (6.10%) Apache
3 7 (2.37%) Confluence
4 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.36%) nginx
5 3 (1.02%) CMS
5 3 (1.02%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.69%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.69%) Sketch
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle TCA
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 131 (44.41%) AWS
2 90 (30.51%) GCP
3 53 (17.97%) Azure
4 40 (13.56%) dbt
5 15 (5.08%) Serverless
6 14 (4.75%) Amazon SQS
7 13 (4.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.07%) Amazon ECS
9 11 (3.73%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.73%) Figma
9 11 (3.73%) SaaS
10 10 (3.39%) GitHub
11 9 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.05%) Dagster
12 5 (1.69%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.36%) Miro
13 4 (1.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.69%) Firewall
2 3 (1.02%) HTTP
2 3 (1.02%) Network Security
2 3 (1.02%) VPN
3 2 (0.68%) BGP
3 2 (0.68%) HSRP
3 2 (0.68%) IGMP
3 2 (0.68%) Multicast
3 2 (0.68%) OSPF
3 2 (0.68%) VRRP
4 1 (0.34%) DNS
4 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.34%) SSL
4 1 (0.34%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.34%) tcpdump
4 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (17.63%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (12.88%) Amazon Athena
2 38 (12.88%) Apache Iceberg
2 38 (12.88%) Dremio
3 27 (9.15%) Apache Arrow
4 12 (4.07%) Data Lake
5 11 (3.73%) Apache Ignite
6 10 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (3.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.37%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.37%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.03%) Big Data
8 6 (2.03%) DB2
9 5 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.69%) Tableau
10 4 (1.36%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.36%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.36%) Power BI
11 3 (1.02%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 11 (3.73%) Git
2 8 (2.71%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.37%) JIRA
4 3 (1.02%) Ant
4 3 (1.02%) git-flow
4 3 (1.02%) GitLab
4 3 (1.02%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.68%) Babel
5 2 (0.68%) PHPUnit
5 2 (0.68%) Postman
5 2 (0.68%) webpack
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Ivy
6 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.34%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.34%) Gradle
6 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.34%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.34%) Maven
6 1 (0.34%) MLflow
6 1 (0.34%) Terragrunt
General
1 220 (74.58%) Finance
2 99 (33.56%) Front Office
3 98 (33.22%) Banking
4 68 (23.05%) Social Skills
5 43 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.41%) Marketing
7 10 (3.39%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.05%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.71%) Retail
10 7 (2.37%) Legal
11 5 (1.69%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.36%) German Language
12 4 (1.36%) Law
13 3 (1.02%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.68%) Back Office
14 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 119 (40.34%) Developer
2 85 (28.81%) Software Engineer
3 73 (24.75%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 40 (13.56%) AWS Engineer
4 40 (13.56%) Python Engineer
5 34 (11.53%) React Developer
6 29 (9.83%) AWS Developer
7 28 (9.49%) AWS Software Engineer
7 28 (9.49%) Senior
8 25 (8.47%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (7.80%) Python Developer
10 21 (7.12%) Python Software Engineer
11 19 (6.44%) Analyst
12 17 (5.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 17 (5.76%) UI Developer
13 16 (5.42%) Data Engineer
13 16 (5.42%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 15 (5.08%) Java Engineer
15 14 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
16 13 (4.41%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (32.88%) React
2 63 (21.36%) Node.js
2 63 (21.36%) Redux
3 58 (19.66%) AngularJS
4 44 (14.92%) Vue
5 37 (12.54%) NumPy
5 37 (12.54%) Pandas
6 36 (12.20%) SciPy
7 13 (4.41%) gRPC
8 12 (4.07%) CSS
8 12 (4.07%) HTML
8 12 (4.07%) Kafka
9 11 (3.73%) Protocol Buffers
10 10 (3.39%) RESTful
10 10 (3.39%) Web Services
11 9 (3.05%) .NET
11 9 (3.05%) PySpark
11 9 (3.05%) Spring
12 5 (1.69%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 78 (26.44%) Fixed Income
2 28 (9.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (7.46%) Equities
4 21 (7.12%) Hedge funds
5 10 (3.39%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.05%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.36%) Derivative
9 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.02%) Digital Wallet
10 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.68%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.75%) Linux
2 9 (3.05%) Windows
3 6 (2.03%) Unix
4 4 (1.36%) Android
5 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) VMS
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (50.17%) Agile
2 110 (37.29%) Software Engineering
3 99 (33.56%) Asset Management
4 83 (28.14%) Investment Management
5 48 (16.27%) User Experience
6 47 (15.93%) Analytics
7 37 (12.54%) CI/CD
7 37 (12.54%) DevOps
8 34 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (10.85%) Risk Management
10 30 (10.17%) Full-Stack Development
11 27 (9.15%) Performance Attribution
12 25 (8.47%) TDD
13 23 (7.80%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.12%) Roadmaps
15 19 (6.44%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (6.44%) Visualisation
16 16 (5.42%) Order Management
17 15 (5.08%) Customer Experience
17 15 (5.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (39.32%) Python
2 104 (35.25%) JavaScript
3 93 (31.53%) TypeScript
4 48 (16.27%) Java
5 29 (9.83%) SQL
6 10 (3.39%) C#
7 8 (2.71%) C++
8 7 (2.37%) Scala
9 5 (1.69%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.36%) Perl
10 4 (1.36%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.36%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.02%) C
11 3 (1.02%) Go
11 3 (1.02%) PHP
11 3 (1.02%) Rust
12 2 (0.68%) Bash
12 2 (0.68%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (10.51%) Degree
2 13 (4.41%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.03%) PMI Certification
3 6 (2.03%) PMP
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.34%) ACSP
5 1 (0.34%) CFA
5 1 (0.34%) CIPD
5 1 (0.34%) CISSP
5 1 (0.34%) CSPO
5 1 (0.34%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.71%) PMO
2 7 (2.37%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.69%) PSD2
4 4 (1.36%) GDPR
4 4 (1.36%) QA
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.02%) MiFID
6 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.34%) UCITS
System Software
1 32 (10.85%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.44%) Terraform
3 2 (0.68%) Ansible
3 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.68%) SCCM
3 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.34%) CASB
4 1 (0.34%) Grafana
4 1 (0.34%) Kibana
4 1 (0.34%) logstash
4 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (4.75%) Oracle
2 9 (3.05%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.69%) Adobe
4 4 (1.36%) Fortinet
4 4 (1.36%) Google
4 4 (1.36%) Sybase
5 3 (1.02%) Cisco
5 3 (1.02%) Databricks
5 3 (1.02%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.02%) SAP
6 2 (0.68%) Apple
6 2 (0.68%) Arista
6 2 (0.68%) Avaloq
6 2 (0.68%) Cribl.io
6 2 (0.68%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.68%) IBM
6 2 (0.68%) Optimizely
6 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.68%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.34%) Klarna