Fintech Contract Job Trends

Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Fintech skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 220 230
Rank change year-on-year -52 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing Fintech 367 373 462
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.18% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.33% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 300 380
10th Percentile £333 £409 £399
25th Percentile £402 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £700 £713 £675
90th Percentile £850 £814 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £414 £425 £489
% change year-on-year -2.71% -13.09% -4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £54.88 £47.38 £33.40
25th Percentile £67.44 £49.06 £42.25
Median hourly rate £79.25 £53.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -6.52% -
75th Percentile £88.13 £59.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £96.00 £61.13 £82.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £88.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Fintech falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,102 28,081 38,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.38% 89.04% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 17,044 25,480
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,015 884 1,942
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.95
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -10.55% +16.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.49
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.96 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.55 £30.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.38% -18.80% +44.23%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fintech relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Fintech job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fintech.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fintech

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fintech.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fintech

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the UK over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. 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
England -62 323 £550 -8.33% 1,144
London -53 229 £629 +0.60% 289
Work from Home -49 127 £600 -4.00% 552
UK excluding London -13 102 £414 -2.71% 983
North of England -33 36 £414 -19.86% 172
South East -1 21 £375 -25.00% 378
North West -11 21 £447 +5.18% 67
Midlands -38 21 £375 -6.25% 108
East Midlands -21 18 £375 -6.25% 73
Scotland +14 13 £569 +13.75% 26
Yorkshire -41 13 £368 -29.90% 74
South West -9 7 £450 -35.71% 110
East of England -17 4 - - 137
West Midlands -44 3 £430 - 33
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 24
North East -11 2 - - 31

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 31 (8.45%) Confluence
2 8 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.27%) Appian
Applications
1 20 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.91%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.82%) Notion
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.27%) BASE24
2 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.25%) AWS
2 60 (16.35%) Azure
3 27 (7.36%) GCP
4 22 (5.99%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.45%) GitHub
5 20 (5.45%) SaaS
6 16 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (3.27%) Amazon Kinesis
7 12 (3.27%) Figma
8 11 (3.00%) AWS Step Functions
9 10 (2.72%) Datadog
9 10 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.18%) dbt
11 7 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.91%) Serverless
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) ATM
2 3 (0.82%) Network Security
3 2 (0.54%) SSH
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.90%) Tableau
2 17 (4.63%) Power BI
3 16 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (4.09%) Apache Cassandra
5 12 (3.27%) MySQL
5 12 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.00%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.72%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.91%) Looker
9 6 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (1.63%) Apache Arrow
9 6 (1.63%) Apache Iceberg
9 6 (1.63%) Dremio
10 5 (1.36%) Big Data
10 5 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.09%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (12.53%) JIRA
2 20 (5.45%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.00%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.18%) JUnit
5 7 (1.91%) Git
5 7 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.63%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.63%) GitLab
7 5 (1.36%) Selenium
8 3 (0.82%) Gatling
8 3 (0.82%) MLflow
8 3 (0.82%) Storybook
8 3 (0.82%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.54%) JMeter
9 2 (0.54%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.54%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.54%) TestNG
General
1 227 (61.85%) Finance
2 127 (34.60%) Social Skills
3 111 (30.25%) Banking
4 53 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.18%) Front Office
6 16 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.27%) Legal
9 11 (3.00%) Marketing
9 11 (3.00%) Retail
10 10 (2.72%) Corporate Banking
10 10 (2.72%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.72%) Retail Banking
11 8 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.18%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.91%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.36%) German Language
13 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 96 (26.16%) Developer
2 57 (15.53%) Senior
3 39 (10.63%) Analyst
4 31 (8.45%) Senior Developer
5 26 (7.08%) Java Developer
6 24 (6.54%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.27%) Product Manager
8 22 (5.99%) Business Analyst
9 20 (5.45%) Python Developer
10 19 (5.18%) Lead
10 19 (5.18%) Project Manager
11 17 (4.63%) Java Engineer
12 16 (4.36%) Architect
13 12 (3.27%) Product Owner
14 11 (3.00%) Python Engineer
14 11 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
15 10 (2.72%) Backend Developer
15 10 (2.72%) Designer
15 10 (2.72%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.81%) Kafka
2 26 (7.08%) REST
3 24 (6.54%) React
3 24 (6.54%) RESTful
4 21 (5.72%) AngularJS
5 17 (4.63%) .NET
6 16 (4.36%) Spring
7 14 (3.81%) Node.js
7 14 (3.81%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.00%) Pandas
9 10 (2.72%) Jest
10 8 (2.18%) NumPy
10 8 (2.18%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.91%) GraphQL
12 6 (1.63%) gRPC
12 6 (1.63%) scikit-learn
12 6 (1.63%) SciPy
12 6 (1.63%) Vue
13 5 (1.36%) OAuth
13 5 (1.36%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.90%) Product Ownership
2 25 (6.81%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (5.99%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.90%) Fixed Income
4 18 (4.90%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (4.36%) Equities
6 14 (3.81%) Virtual Team
7 13 (3.54%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.45%) PMI
8 9 (2.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 8 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (2.18%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.63%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.09%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.09%) Digital Wallet
12 4 (1.09%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.00%) Linux
2 6 (1.63%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.63%) Unix
3 4 (1.09%) Windows
4 1 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (30.52%) Agile
2 94 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (16.89%) CI/CD
4 60 (16.35%) Analytics
5 55 (14.99%) Microservices
6 54 (14.71%) DevOps
7 48 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (12.53%) Software Engineering
9 38 (10.35%) User Experience
10 37 (10.08%) Roadmaps
11 35 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (9.26%) AI
13 32 (8.72%) Migration
14 31 (8.45%) Observability
14 31 (8.45%) Project Management
15 30 (8.17%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 27 (7.36%) Decision-Making
17 26 (7.08%) Full-Stack Development
18 25 (6.81%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (18.80%) Java
1 69 (18.80%) Python
2 46 (12.53%) SQL
3 31 (8.45%) C#
4 24 (6.54%) Go
5 20 (5.45%) TypeScript
6 18 (4.90%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.00%) Kotlin
8 8 (2.18%) Bash
8 8 (2.18%) C++
9 7 (1.91%) R
10 5 (1.36%) Swift
11 4 (1.09%) Ruby
11 4 (1.09%) Rust
12 3 (0.82%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.54%) Haskell
13 2 (0.54%) Perl
13 2 (0.54%) PHP
13 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (8.72%) Degree
2 25 (6.81%) PMP
3 23 (6.27%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.81%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.45%) MBA
7 8 (2.18%) SAFe Agilist
8 7 (1.91%) Security Cleared
9 6 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.63%) CISSP
10 5 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.36%) CBAP
10 5 (1.36%) CISM
10 5 (1.36%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.09%) OCP
11 4 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.82%) APMP
12 3 (0.82%) IIBA
12 3 (0.82%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.90%) QA
2 17 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.27%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.72%) PMO
4 10 (2.72%) PSD2
5 8 (2.18%) GDPR
6 7 (1.91%) Basel III
6 7 (1.91%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.63%) NIST
8 5 (1.36%) ISO 8583
9 4 (1.09%) SEPA
10 3 (0.82%) GRC
10 3 (0.82%) SLA
11 2 (0.54%) COBIT
11 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (13.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 38 (10.35%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.45%) Terraform
3 19 (5.18%) Ansible
4 7 (1.91%) Grafana
5 3 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.82%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.54%) Puppet
7 1 (0.27%) Istio
7 1 (0.27%) linkerd
Vendors
1 21 (5.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.27%) Databricks
3 9 (2.45%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.18%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.91%) Sonatype
6 5 (1.36%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.09%) Google
8 3 (0.82%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.82%) GoldenSource
8 3 (0.82%) New Relic
8 3 (0.82%) Oracle
8 3 (0.82%) Samsung
9 2 (0.54%) Alibaba
9 2 (0.54%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.54%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.54%) Gemalto
9 2 (0.54%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.54%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.54%) Thales
9 2 (0.54%) VMware