Smart Contracts Contract Job Trends in London

Smart Contract
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Smart Contracts skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 361 426
Rank change year-on-year +12 +65 +80
Contract jobs citing Smart Contracts 13 21 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.095% 0.13% 0.015%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.36% 0.50% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 3
10th Percentile £458 £605 -
25th Percentile £480 £610 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £699 £695 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +39.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £613
90th Percentile £850 £876 £680
England median daily rate £648 £695 £500
% change year-on-year -6.76% +39.00% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

Smart Contracts 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,597 4,176 5,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 26.62% 25.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,446 2,738 4,033
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £710 £706
90th Percentile £788 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 34
10th Percentile £31.52 £34.08 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.67 £38.38 £40.20
Median hourly rate £52.72 £45.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.16% -26.53% -5.77%
75th Percentile £62.19 £61.97 £74.66
90th Percentile £87.63 £76.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -15.38% +17.65% -15.00%

Smart Contracts
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Smart Contracts job vacancy trend in London

Smart Contracts
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Smart Contracts.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Smart Contracts

Smart Contracts
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smart Contracts in London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smart Contracts in London

Smart Contracts
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 Smart Contracts within the London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 - 1 £463 - 7
Smart Contracts
England

Smart Contracts
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 4 (30.77%) Hyperledger
2 3 (23.08%) Ethereum
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) AWS
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 4 (30.77%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Hardhat
2 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Back Office
2 5 (38.46%) Investment Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Blockchain Developer
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Java Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Java Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Product Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Python Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) REST
2 4 (30.77%) Truffle
2 4 (30.77%) web3js
3 1 (7.69%) ERC20
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Blockchain
2 5 (38.46%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (15.38%) Web3
4 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) CI/CD
1 7 (53.85%) SDLC
2 4 (30.77%) DevOps
2 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) TDD
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 3 (23.08%) DeFi
3 3 (23.08%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Fintech
3 3 (23.08%) Low Latency
3 3 (23.08%) Open Source
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (23.08%) Secure Coding
3 3 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (23.08%) Static Application Security Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (15.38%) Use Case
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) Java
2 9 (69.23%) Python
3 5 (38.46%) DAML
4 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) Solidity
5 3 (23.08%) C++
5 3 (23.08%) Kotlin
5 3 (23.08%) Rust
6 1 (7.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Alibaba
2 1 (7.69%) Foundry
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft