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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 348 416
Rank change year-on-year +35 +68 +90
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 30 49 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.24% 0.061%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 0.82% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 6
10th Percentile £260 £431 £463
25th Percentile £363 £570 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £600 £543
Median % change year-on-year -28.50% +10.50% +2.21%
75th Percentile £606 - £586
90th Percentile £618 £641 £643
UK median daily rate £750 £800 £750
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 0
Median hourly rate £29.25 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.21% - -
UK median hourly rate £29.25 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -58.21% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Foreign Exchange (FX) falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,380 5,967 7,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.60% 28.80% 32.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,659 3,572 4,919
10th Percentile £212 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £610
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 744 413
10th Percentile £15.31 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £34.07 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +56.64% +2.35%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.30 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £34.21 £22.00
% change year-on-year -3.54% +55.50% -18.46%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
North of England +30 15 £534 -14.64% 4
North West +20 13 £534 -14.64% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 £535 - 7
Midlands +8 4 £243 -59.58% 1
South West +24 3 £375 -34.21% 4
West Midlands +13 3 £243 - 1
South East +42 2 £411 -31.46% 4
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
Wales - 2 £160 -
East Midlands +4 1 - -
Scotland +4 1 £750 +39.28% 3
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 3 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.33%) Maya
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.33%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Kondor
2 3 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (6.67%) SAP CO
3 2 (6.67%) SAP FI
3 2 (6.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) AWS
2 5 (16.67%) GCP
3 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (13.33%) PowerApps
4 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) BGP
1 2 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (6.67%) IOS XR
1 2 (6.67%) MPLS
1 2 (6.67%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.33%) Relational Database
3 2 (6.67%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.33%) GIS
4 1 (3.33%) KDB
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (60.00%) Finance
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 9 (30.00%) Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Back Office
5 2 (6.67%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.67%) Front Office
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Games
6 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (13.33%) Analyst
1 4 (13.33%) Developer
2 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Power Apps Developer
2 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.00%) Senior
2 3 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Applications Developer
3 2 (6.67%) Applications Support
3 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 2 (6.67%) SAP Support
3 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) 3D Artist
4 1 (3.33%) Architect
4 1 (3.33%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS Architect
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) REST
1 7 (23.33%) SOAP
2 3 (10.00%) .NET
2 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (10.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (3.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.33%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (3.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Derivative
2 5 (16.67%) Equities
3 3 (10.00%) Market Risk
4 2 (6.67%) Credit Derivative
4 2 (6.67%) Fixed Income
4 2 (6.67%) NHS
5 1 (3.33%) Animation
5 1 (3.33%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Linux
1 7 (23.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Risk Management
2 7 (23.33%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.67%) Project Management
4 5 (16.67%) Scrum
5 4 (13.33%) DevOps
5 4 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (10.00%) Cash Management
6 3 (10.00%) Change Management
6 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.00%) CRM
6 3 (10.00%) Data Security
6 3 (10.00%) Defect Tracking
6 3 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (10.00%) MVC
6 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (10.00%) Test Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.67%) High Availability
7 2 (6.67%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) SQL
2 8 (26.67%) Python
3 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.67%) CCNA
2 2 (6.67%) CCNP
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) ISEB
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) Basel III
1 7 (23.33%) MiFID
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle
1 7 (23.33%) Sybase
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco
2 2 (6.67%) Nokia
2 2 (6.67%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.33%) Trapeze