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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 126 132
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 -22
Contract jobs citing Fintech 306 354 506
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.40% 2.01% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.28% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 297 399
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £489 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £838 £750 £701
90th Percentile £875 £825 £788
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £47.13 -
25th Percentile - £48.44 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £51.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £53.44 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £54.38 -
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 11,767 15,549 22,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.38% 88.45% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,877 11,092 16,508
10th Percentile £336 £340 £375
25th Percentile £425 £445 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 300 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £22.66
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.00% +9.86%
75th Percentile £49.94 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.40 £68.08 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.17
% change year-on-year -34.02% +2.56% +44.74%

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 27 June 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fintech in London over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 27 June 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 +20 40 £538 +10.26% 449
Fintech
England

Fintech
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 40 (13.07%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.59%) Confluence
3 10 (3.27%) Apache
4 7 (2.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.31%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.65%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.33%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 131 (42.81%) AWS
2 103 (33.66%) GCP
3 57 (18.63%) Azure
4 41 (13.40%) dbt
5 11 (3.59%) SaaS
6 10 (3.27%) GitHub
7 9 (2.94%) Serverless
8 8 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.63%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (1.63%) Figma
10 5 (1.63%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.31%) Dagster
11 4 (1.31%) Miro
11 4 (1.31%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.98%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.63%) Firewall
2 3 (0.98%) BGP
2 3 (0.98%) DNS
2 3 (0.98%) HTTP
2 3 (0.98%) Network Security
2 3 (0.98%) OSPF
2 3 (0.98%) VPN
3 2 (0.65%) DHCP
3 2 (0.65%) HSRP
3 2 (0.65%) IGMP
3 2 (0.65%) Multicast
3 2 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (0.65%) VRRP
4 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.33%) SSL
4 1 (0.33%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.33%) VLAN
4 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (22.55%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (12.09%) Amazon Athena
2 37 (12.09%) Apache Iceberg
2 37 (12.09%) Dremio
3 33 (10.78%) Apache Arrow
4 9 (2.94%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.61%) Big Data
5 8 (2.61%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.29%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.29%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.29%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.96%) Power BI
8 5 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (1.63%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.63%) DB2
8 5 (1.63%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.63%) Hadoop
8 5 (1.63%) MySQL
8 5 (1.63%) Tableau
9 4 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (4.25%) Git
2 12 (3.92%) JIRA
3 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.31%) MLflow
5 3 (0.98%) git-flow
5 3 (0.98%) GitLab
5 3 (0.98%) Postman
6 2 (0.65%) Ant
6 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.65%) Babel
6 2 (0.65%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.65%) webpack
7 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.33%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.33%) JUnit
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 232 (75.82%) Finance
2 105 (34.31%) Banking
3 98 (32.03%) Front Office
4 70 (22.88%) Social Skills
5 37 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.94%) Retail
7 8 (2.61%) Legal
8 7 (2.29%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.96%) Law
10 5 (1.63%) Back Office
10 5 (1.63%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.63%) Marketing
11 4 (1.31%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.98%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.33%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (44.77%) Developer
2 99 (32.35%) Software Engineer
3 89 (29.08%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 36 (11.76%) AWS Developer
4 36 (11.76%) React Developer
5 35 (11.44%) AWS Engineer
6 34 (11.11%) AWS Software Engineer
7 28 (9.15%) Full-Stack Developer
8 26 (8.50%) Python Engineer
9 24 (7.84%) Python Developer
10 23 (7.52%) Analyst
10 23 (7.52%) Java Engineer
11 22 (7.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 22 (7.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 21 (6.86%) Python Software Engineer
13 19 (6.21%) Java Developer
14 18 (5.88%) Senior
15 14 (4.58%) Java Software Engineer
16 13 (4.25%) Java Software Developer
17 11 (3.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (34.31%) React
2 74 (24.18%) Node.js
3 64 (20.92%) Redux
4 63 (20.59%) AngularJS
5 56 (18.30%) Vue
6 38 (12.42%) NumPy
6 38 (12.42%) Pandas
7 37 (12.09%) SciPy
8 15 (4.90%) RESTful
9 11 (3.59%) Kafka
10 10 (3.27%) Web Services
11 9 (2.94%) REST
12 8 (2.61%) .NET
12 8 (2.61%) CSS
12 8 (2.61%) HTML
13 7 (2.29%) gRPC
14 6 (1.96%) Spring
15 5 (1.63%) PySpark
16 3 (0.98%) Jest
16 3 (0.98%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (30.07%) Fixed Income
2 52 (16.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 49 (16.01%) Equities
4 26 (8.50%) Hedge funds
5 11 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.61%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.96%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.63%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.98%) Data Fabric
10 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.23%) Linux
2 13 (4.25%) Windows
3 8 (2.61%) Unix
4 6 (1.96%) Android
4 6 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.65%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (48.69%) Agile
2 116 (37.91%) Software Engineering
3 95 (31.05%) Asset Management
4 94 (30.72%) Investment Management
5 53 (17.32%) User Experience
6 47 (15.36%) Risk Management
7 42 (13.73%) Analytics
8 36 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 33 (10.78%) Performance Attribution
11 30 (9.80%) Order Management
12 29 (9.48%) Full-Stack Development
13 27 (8.82%) TDD
14 25 (8.17%) Decision-Making
14 25 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (7.84%) DevOps
16 20 (6.54%) Roadmaps
17 18 (5.88%) Data Analysis
17 18 (5.88%) Microservices
18 16 (5.23%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (36.93%) Python
2 105 (34.31%) JavaScript
3 104 (33.99%) TypeScript
4 51 (16.67%) Java
5 30 (9.80%) SQL
6 13 (4.25%) C#
7 8 (2.61%) C++
7 8 (2.61%) Kotlin
8 6 (1.96%) Scala
8 6 (1.96%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.31%) Go
10 4 (1.31%) Perl
11 3 (0.98%) C
11 3 (0.98%) PHP
11 3 (0.98%) Rust
12 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.65%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.65%) Swift
13 1 (0.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 40 (13.07%) Degree
2 15 (4.90%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.29%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.29%) PMP
4 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (0.65%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.33%) CCIE
6 1 (0.33%) CCIE Data Center
6 1 (0.33%) CCNP
6 1 (0.33%) CFA
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.33%) CISSP
6 1 (0.33%) CSPO
6 1 (0.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.94%) QA
2 8 (2.61%) GDPR
3 7 (2.29%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.29%) PMO
3 7 (2.29%) PSD2
4 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.65%) MiFID
6 2 (0.65%) SEPA
7 1 (0.33%) EMIR
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.33%) UCITS
7 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (5.23%) Docker
2 6 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.61%) Terraform
3 3 (0.98%) SCCM
3 3 (0.98%) WSUS
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.65%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.33%) CASB
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.33%) Kibana
5 1 (0.33%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.33%) logstash
5 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (4.58%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.27%) Oracle
3 8 (2.61%) Google
4 6 (1.96%) Databricks
5 4 (1.31%) Cisco
5 4 (1.31%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.31%) Sybase
6 3 (0.98%) SAP
7 2 (0.65%) Arista
7 2 (0.65%) Avaloq
7 2 (0.65%) Checkmarx
7 2 (0.65%) Citrix
7 2 (0.65%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.65%) IBM
7 2 (0.65%) Optimizely
7 2 (0.65%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.65%) VMware
8 1 (0.33%) DataRobot
8 1 (0.33%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.33%) Virgin Media