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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 198 222
Rank change year-on-year -104 +24 +6
Contract jobs citing Fintech 424 466 449
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.80% 1.43% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.58% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 378 371
10th Percentile £280 £370 £400
25th Percentile £433 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £750 £750
90th Percentile £850 £854 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -9.42% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile - £54.50 £48.00
25th Percentile £22.25 - £50.63
Median hourly rate £34.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.92% +18.18% -38.51%
75th Percentile £66.44 £80.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £82.50 £84.50 £81.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £88.00
% change year-on-year - - -1.61%

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 44,806 29,445 35,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.36% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,768 18,486 22,647
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,649 1,571 2,189
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.20 £13.06
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.86
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £68.75 £73.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +87.50% -40.00% -1.45%

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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 21 July 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 21 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

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Top 15 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 21 July 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 -78 393 £550 -8.33% 686
London -57 320 £560 -10.40% 586
Work from Home -144 111 £575 -14.81% 242
UK excluding London -102 78 £430 -9.42% 153
North of England -76 23 £500 +25.00% 51
South East -52 21 £280 - 67
Yorkshire -43 14 £514 +40.53% 8
South West -26 12 £570 -12.31% 4
Scotland -32 8 £463 -11.90% 6
West Midlands -49 8 - - 11
Midlands -55 8 - - 19
North West -55 8 £473 +18.19% 26
East of England -18 5 £415 -7.78%
North East -47 1 - - 17
Wales - 1 £400 - 2

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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 17 (4.01%) Confluence
2 3 (0.71%) Apache
2 3 (0.71%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.47%) Notion
5 2 (0.47%) Trello
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.47%) SAP EHS
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.24%) Findur
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.24%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 94 (22.17%) AWS
2 69 (16.27%) Azure
3 46 (10.85%) GCP
4 28 (6.60%) GitHub
5 20 (4.72%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.72%) SaaS
6 19 (4.48%) Figma
7 14 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.59%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
11 7 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.42%) Serverless
13 5 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.18%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.18%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (0.94%) Datadog
14 4 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) VPN
2 4 (0.94%) Firewall
3 3 (0.71%) Network Security
4 2 (0.47%) DNS
4 2 (0.47%) FTP
4 2 (0.47%) Internet
4 2 (0.47%) NFC
5 1 (0.24%) DHCP
5 1 (0.24%) HTTP
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (5.66%) Tableau
3 18 (4.25%) NoSQL
4 17 (4.01%) Power BI
5 16 (3.77%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.83%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.59%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.36%) BigQuery
8 10 (2.36%) Looker
9 9 (2.12%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.65%) Mixpanel
11 5 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.94%) Big Data
13 3 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.71%) Metadata
13 3 (0.71%) Redis
13 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.71%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 31 (7.31%) JIRA
2 21 (4.95%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.07%) Git
4 7 (1.65%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.18%) GitLab
5 5 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.18%) Storybook
6 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.71%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.47%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.47%) Appium
7 2 (0.47%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.47%) MLflow
7 2 (0.47%) Postman
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
7 2 (0.47%) Sourcetree
7 2 (0.47%) Xcode
8 1 (0.24%) JUnit
8 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 256 (60.38%) Finance
2 109 (25.71%) Banking
3 81 (19.10%) Social Skills
4 54 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.31%) Front Office
6 25 (5.90%) Financial Institution
7 24 (5.66%) Marketing
8 11 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.12%) Publishing
10 8 (1.89%) Legal
10 8 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.89%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.65%) Games
12 6 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.94%) Retail
13 4 (0.94%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.71%) Advertising
14 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.71%) Private Banking
14 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (18.87%) Developer
2 75 (17.69%) Senior
3 43 (10.14%) Analyst
4 39 (9.20%) Lead
5 35 (8.25%) Software Engineer
6 25 (5.90%) Consultant
7 24 (5.66%) Designer
8 21 (4.95%) Data Engineer
8 21 (4.95%) Python Developer
9 19 (4.48%) Architect
10 18 (4.25%) Java Engineer
11 17 (4.01%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.77%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 15 (3.54%) Senior Developer
14 14 (3.30%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (3.30%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.30%) Senior Manager
15 13 (3.07%) Java Developer
16 12 (2.83%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.96%) React
2 35 (8.25%) Kafka
3 33 (7.78%) REST
4 26 (6.13%) Node.js
5 22 (5.19%) .NET
6 20 (4.72%) Spring
7 18 (4.25%) Redux
7 18 (4.25%) Spring Boot
8 15 (3.54%) RESTful
9 12 (2.83%) React Native
10 11 (2.59%) FastAPI
10 11 (2.59%) Flask
10 11 (2.59%) NumPy
10 11 (2.59%) Pandas
11 10 (2.36%) Polars
12 9 (2.12%) Apache Avro
12 9 (2.12%) OAuth
13 8 (1.89%) CSS
13 8 (1.89%) OAuth2
14 7 (1.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.55%) Equities
2 25 (5.90%) Derivative
3 23 (5.42%) Fixed Income
3 23 (5.42%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.42%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.19%) Cloud Native
5 18 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.01%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.54%) Data Structures
7 15 (3.54%) Hedge funds
8 13 (3.07%) Management Information System
9 11 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.12%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.65%) Market Risk
13 6 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (1.18%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.48%) Linux
2 12 (2.83%) Unix
3 11 (2.59%) Android
4 7 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (19.58%) CI/CD
2 81 (19.10%) AI
3 77 (18.16%) Agile
4 72 (16.98%) Software Engineering
5 70 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (12.50%) DevOps
8 48 (11.32%) Analytics
9 40 (9.43%) Mentoring
10 39 (9.20%) User Experience
11 36 (8.49%) Microservices
12 34 (8.02%) Data Pipeline
13 33 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (7.55%) Decision-Making
15 31 (7.31%) Machine Learning
16 30 (7.08%) Generative AI
17 29 (6.84%) Roadmaps
18 28 (6.60%) Containerisation
18 28 (6.60%) Event-Driven
18 28 (6.60%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 86 (20.28%) SQL
2 83 (19.58%) Python
3 59 (13.92%) Java
4 40 (9.43%) TypeScript
5 30 (7.08%) JavaScript
6 27 (6.37%) C#
7 16 (3.77%) Go
7 16 (3.77%) R
8 14 (3.30%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.36%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.12%) C++
11 8 (1.89%) PHP
12 6 (1.42%) Korn
13 5 (1.18%) Bash
14 2 (0.47%) Bicep
14 2 (0.47%) F#
14 2 (0.47%) Groovy
14 2 (0.47%) Perl
14 2 (0.47%) Swift
15 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (8.02%) Degree
2 19 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.83%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.12%) PMP
7 8 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.18%) CISM
8 5 (1.18%) CISSP
9 4 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.94%) PhD
10 3 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.71%) MBA
11 2 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.47%) CCSP
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.47%) CRISC
11 2 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.66%) QA
2 11 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.18%) GDPR
5 4 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.94%) PMO
6 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.71%) NIST
7 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.47%) PSD2
7 2 (0.47%) SLA
7 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.24%) Basel III
8 1 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (8.73%) Docker
2 4 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (10.85%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.07%) Terraform
3 12 (2.83%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.36%) Grafana
5 9 (2.12%) Ansible
6 5 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.94%) Kibana
8 3 (0.71%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.47%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.24%) linkerd
10 1 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 28 (6.60%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.01%) Google
3 11 (2.59%) Databricks
4 10 (2.36%) Informatica
5 8 (1.89%) Amplitude
5 8 (1.89%) Oracle
5 8 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.42%) Splunk
7 5 (1.18%) Adobe
7 5 (1.18%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.18%) SAP
7 5 (1.18%) Sonatype
8 4 (0.94%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.94%) PagerDuty
9 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.71%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.71%) Citrix
9 3 (0.71%) Reuters
10 2 (0.47%) Ariba
10 2 (0.47%) ION Trading