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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 216 228
Rank change year-on-year -53 +12 +2
Contract jobs citing Fintech 366 373 462
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.20% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.35% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 300 383
10th Percentile £332 £409 £377
25th Percentile £400 £500 £465
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 £425 £425 £490
% change year-on-year - -13.18% -4.49%
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 33,264 27,700 38,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.38% 89.09% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,060 16,780 25,534
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 £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,011 875 1,974
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.72% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.43 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.80% -18.85% +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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -63 322 £540 -10.00% 1,196
London -48 226 £650 +4.00% 291
Work from Home -62 122 £588 -6.00% 698
UK excluding London -6 104 £425 - 1,044
North of England -29 38 £425 -17.64% 183
North West -13 21 £447 +5.18% 74
South East -13 21 £375 -25.00% 390
Midlands -48 21 £375 -6.25% 106
East Midlands -20 18 £375 -6.25% 68
Yorkshire -37 15 £372 -29.24% 72
Scotland +12 13 £569 +13.75% 30
South West -10 7 £450 -35.71% 112
East of England -15 4 - - 162
West Midlands -33 3 £430 - 36
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 29
North East -13 2 - - 37

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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 33 (9.02%) Confluence
2 7 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.27%) Appian
Applications
1 21 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.91%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.82%) Notion
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.27%) BASE24
2 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.22%) AWS
2 57 (15.57%) Azure
3 25 (6.83%) GCP
4 22 (6.01%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.74%) SaaS
6 20 (5.46%) GitHub
7 16 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (3.28%) Amazon Kinesis
8 12 (3.28%) Figma
9 11 (3.01%) AWS Step Functions
10 9 (2.46%) Datadog
10 9 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.91%) dbt
11 7 (1.91%) Serverless
12 6 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.64%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) ATM
1 4 (1.09%) Network Security
2 2 (0.55%) SSH
3 1 (0.27%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.92%) Tableau
2 17 (4.64%) Power BI
3 16 (4.37%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (4.10%) Apache Cassandra
5 12 (3.28%) MySQL
6 11 (3.01%) Hadoop
6 11 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.73%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.91%) Looker
9 5 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.37%) Apache Arrow
9 5 (1.37%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (1.37%) Big Data
9 5 (1.37%) Dremio
9 5 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.37%) SQL Server
10 4 (1.09%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (13.11%) JIRA
2 20 (5.46%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.73%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.91%) Git
5 7 (1.91%) JUnit
6 5 (1.37%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.37%) GitLab
7 4 (1.09%) Selenium
8 3 (0.82%) MLflow
8 3 (0.82%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.55%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.55%) Gatling
9 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.55%) Storybook
10 1 (0.27%) Gradle
10 1 (0.27%) Postman
10 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
General
1 225 (61.48%) Finance
2 124 (33.88%) Social Skills
3 108 (29.51%) Banking
4 53 (14.48%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.92%) Front Office
6 16 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.10%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.28%) Legal
9 11 (3.01%) Marketing
9 11 (3.01%) Retail
10 10 (2.73%) Corporate Banking
10 10 (2.73%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.73%) Retail Banking
11 8 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.19%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.91%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.37%) German Language
13 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (25.96%) Developer
2 60 (16.39%) Senior
3 40 (10.93%) Analyst
4 32 (8.74%) Senior Developer
5 27 (7.38%) Java Developer
6 23 (6.28%) Business Analyst
6 23 (6.28%) Product Manager
7 22 (6.01%) Software Engineer
8 19 (5.19%) Lead
8 19 (5.19%) Project Manager
8 19 (5.19%) Python Developer
9 16 (4.37%) Architect
10 15 (4.10%) Java Engineer
11 12 (3.28%) Product Owner
12 11 (3.01%) Designer
12 11 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.73%) Python Engineer
13 10 (2.73%) Quantitative Developer
13 10 (2.73%) Senior Manager
13 10 (2.73%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.84%) Kafka
2 26 (7.10%) REST
3 22 (6.01%) React
3 22 (6.01%) RESTful
4 19 (5.19%) AngularJS
5 17 (4.64%) .NET
6 14 (3.83%) Spring
7 13 (3.55%) Node.js
8 12 (3.28%) Spring Boot
9 10 (2.73%) Pandas
10 9 (2.46%) Jest
11 8 (2.19%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.91%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.91%) NumPy
13 6 (1.64%) gRPC
13 6 (1.64%) scikit-learn
14 5 (1.37%) PyTorch
14 5 (1.37%) SciPy
14 5 (1.37%) Vue
14 5 (1.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.92%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.01%) Onboarding
4 19 (5.19%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (4.64%) Fixed Income
6 15 (4.10%) Equities
7 14 (3.83%) Virtual Team
8 12 (3.28%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.46%) Hedge funds
9 9 (2.46%) PMI
9 9 (2.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.64%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.64%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.09%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.09%) Digital Wallet
13 4 (1.09%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.28%) Linux
2 7 (1.91%) Unix
3 6 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.09%) Windows
5 1 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (29.51%) Agile
2 95 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (16.39%) Analytics
4 58 (15.85%) CI/CD
5 52 (14.21%) Microservices
6 50 (13.66%) DevOps
7 48 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (12.57%) Software Engineering
9 37 (10.11%) Roadmaps
9 37 (10.11%) User Experience
10 35 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 34 (9.29%) AI
12 33 (9.02%) Migration
13 31 (8.47%) Project Management
14 30 (8.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 27 (7.38%) Decision-Making
15 27 (7.38%) Observability
16 26 (7.10%) Full-Stack Development
17 23 (6.28%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.31%) Java
1 67 (18.31%) Python
2 47 (12.84%) SQL
3 32 (8.74%) C#
4 24 (6.56%) Go
5 18 (4.92%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.37%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.01%) Kotlin
8 9 (2.46%) C++
9 7 (1.91%) Bash
9 7 (1.91%) R
10 5 (1.37%) 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 (0.55%) Haskell
13 2 (0.55%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) PHP
13 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (9.02%) Degree
2 25 (6.83%) PMP
3 23 (6.28%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.83%) Master's Degree
5 13 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.46%) MBA
7 8 (2.19%) SAFe Agilist
8 7 (1.91%) CISSP
8 7 (1.91%) Security Cleared
9 6 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.64%) CISM
10 5 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.37%) CBAP
10 5 (1.37%) 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 36 (9.84%) QA
2 17 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.01%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.73%) PMO
4 10 (2.73%) PSD2
5 8 (2.19%) GDPR
6 7 (1.91%) Basel III
6 7 (1.91%) ISO 20022
6 7 (1.91%) NIST
7 5 (1.37%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.09%) SEPA
9 3 (0.82%) GRC
9 3 (0.82%) SLA
10 2 (0.55%) COBIT
10 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (12.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.64%) Ansible
2 17 (4.64%) Terraform
3 6 (1.64%) Grafana
4 3 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (0.82%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.55%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (5.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.28%) Databricks
3 9 (2.46%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.19%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.19%) Sonatype
5 5 (1.37%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.09%) Google
6 4 (1.09%) Oracle
7 3 (0.82%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (0.82%) Bloomberg
7 3 (0.82%) GoldenSource
7 3 (0.82%) New Relic
7 3 (0.82%) Samsung
8 2 (0.55%) Alibaba
8 2 (0.55%) Amplitude
8 2 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.55%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.55%) PagerDuty
8 2 (0.55%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.55%) Thales