Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in the UK excluding London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 443 518
Rank change year-on-year +83 +75 -86
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 31 14 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.059% 0.023%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.18% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 4
10th Percentile £485 £455 -
25th Percentile £570 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -5.88% -7.61%
75th Percentile - £586 £664
90th Percentile - £632 £701
UK median daily rate £775 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £43.00
% change year-on-year +8.95% +49.42% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,020 7,766 9,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.28% 32.50% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,618 5,251 6,778
10th Percentile £208 £213 £204
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £615 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 718 436 466
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.13
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.34
Median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.89
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK excluding London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South West +36 14 £570 - 15
Midlands +36 9 £600 - 4
East Midlands +28 6 £600 - 1
West Midlands +27 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 £600 - 6
Scotland +40 2 £539 -8.34% 4
North of England +21 2 £625 +25.00% 1
North West +14 2 £625 +25.00% 1
South East +21 1 £600 - 4
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (32.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.68%) SAP CO
2 3 (9.68%) SAP FI
2 3 (9.68%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (6.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) GitHub
2 4 (12.90%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Power Automate
2 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.90%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 17 (54.84%) JIRA
2 9 (29.03%) GoogleTest
2 9 (29.03%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Banking
4 2 (6.45%) Front Office
5 1 (3.23%) Billing
5 1 (3.23%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Consultant
1 10 (32.26%) SAP Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Java Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Java Software Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Software Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Power Platform Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Senior
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) SAP CO Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) SAP FI Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Test Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Java Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) Qt
2 2 (6.45%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (9.68%) Equities
3 2 (6.45%) Wiki
4 1 (3.23%) Derivative
4 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Agile
2 11 (35.48%) DevOps
3 9 (29.03%) CI/CD
3 9 (29.03%) Software Engineering
4 6 (19.35%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (19.35%) Project Delivery
5 5 (16.13%) User Stories
6 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.45%) Burndown Charts
8 2 (6.45%) Electronic Trading
8 2 (6.45%) Integration Testing
8 2 (6.45%) Project Management
8 2 (6.45%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (6.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 2 (6.45%) Test Automation
8 2 (6.45%) Test Management
8 2 (6.45%) Test Scripting
8 2 (6.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Java
2 9 (29.03%) C++
3 6 (19.35%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Degree
3 2 (6.45%) ISEB
3 2 (6.45%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (3.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) MISRA
2 2 (6.45%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) SAP
2 9 (29.03%) Google
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Ariba
4 1 (3.23%) Concur
4 1 (3.23%) HP