Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in the South West

Foreign Exchange (FX)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 174 166
Rank change year-on-year +29 -8 -
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.027% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.097% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £495 - -
25th Percentile £543 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - £700
75th Percentile £575 - £725
90th Percentile £584 - -
England median daily rate £750 £750 £725
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 -
% change year-on-year +8.95% - -

All Generic Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,065 1,026 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.26% 27.84% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 703 654
10th Percentile £300 £264 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +14.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £575
90th Percentile £694 £725 £668
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 141 58
10th Percentile £13.62 - £15.46
25th Percentile £15.17 - £25.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +0.57%
75th Percentile £68.13 £67.50 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%

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

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

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

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the South West

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Bristol - 7 £570 - 6
Gloucestershire - 2 - -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
England

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (44.44%) GitHub
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (44.44%) Power Automate
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
1 4 (44.44%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) JIRA
2 4 (44.44%) GoogleTest
2 4 (44.44%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Java Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Java Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) User Stories
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) MISRA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Google
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft