Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in the North West

Foreign Exchange (FX)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 147 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.037% 0.22% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £455 -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £638 £586 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £800 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%

All Generic Skills
North West

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 718 1,080 1,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.38% 34.06% 34.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 721 1,067
10th Percentile £286 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +22.58%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £680 £673
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 45 63
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £21.25 £12.27
Median hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.86% +84.21% +6.15%
75th Percentile £42.19 £65.75 £39.14
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.19
England median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +38.98% -15.15% +0.26%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the North West

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the North West

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Manchester +13 1 £625 +6.66%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java