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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 218 216
Rank change year-on-year -65 -2 +29
Contract jobs citing Fintech 395 365 489
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.21% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.35% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 292 407
10th Percentile £346 £410 £400
25th Percentile £425 £507 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £700
90th Percentile £850 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £446 £489
% change year-on-year -10.36% -8.74% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £22.25 - £33.40
25th Percentile £25.75 £46.25 £42.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £47.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -17.39% -
75th Percentile £84.38 £48.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £88.75 - £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 36,580 27,136 38,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 90.25% 86.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,208 17,123 25,158
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.94% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,181 914 2,335
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% +1.20% -8.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.25 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.46 £31.64 £31.50
% change year-on-year -19.54% +0.44% -10.00%

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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 8 March 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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -59 359 £550 -12.00% 563
London -45 260 £625 - 412
Work from Home -83 111 £619 -4.81% 287
UK excluding London -23 104 £400 -10.36% 210
North of England -35 36 £389 -26.00% 55
South East -17 27 £290 - 94
Yorkshire -47 19 £368 -29.90% 12
Midlands -69 16 £385 -3.75% 22
North West -23 15 £444 -7.84% 36
East Midlands -31 13 £365 -8.88% 8
Scotland +8 9 £588 +17.50% 4
South West -9 8 £450 -35.71% 20
East of England -22 8 £358 -47.04% 15
West Midlands -56 3 £430 -16.50% 14
North East -8 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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 35 (8.86%) Confluence
2 4 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Appian
Applications
1 23 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.52%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.76%) Notion
5 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.25%) Sketch
7 1 (0.25%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) BASE24
1 1 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.25%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (24.30%) AWS
2 64 (16.20%) Azure
3 42 (10.63%) GCP
4 34 (8.61%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.82%) GitHub
6 21 (5.32%) SaaS
7 12 (3.04%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.78%) Datadog
9 9 (2.28%) Figma
10 8 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
11 7 (1.77%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.52%) Serverless
12 6 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.01%) Network Security
2 2 (0.51%) DNS
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
2 2 (0.51%) SSH
3 1 (0.25%) FTP
3 1 (0.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.58%) Power BI
2 25 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.08%) Tableau
4 13 (3.29%) Looker
5 12 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (3.04%) Apache Cassandra
6 9 (2.28%) MySQL
6 9 (2.28%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.03%) Hadoop
7 8 (2.03%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.77%) Mixpanel
9 6 (1.52%) Big Data
9 6 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.27%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.76%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.76%) Redis
12 3 (0.76%) Weaviate
13 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 48 (12.15%) JIRA
2 29 (7.34%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.04%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (2.53%) Git
5 8 (2.03%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.01%) GitLab
6 4 (1.01%) JUnit
6 4 (1.01%) Selenium
7 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.51%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.51%) Appium
8 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.51%) MLflow
8 2 (0.51%) Postman
8 2 (0.51%) Sourcetree
8 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.51%) Xcode
General
1 242 (61.27%) Finance
2 112 (28.35%) Social Skills
3 96 (24.30%) Banking
4 52 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.61%) Front Office
6 16 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.54%) Marketing
8 13 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.04%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.04%) Retail
10 11 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
10 11 (2.78%) Legal
11 10 (2.53%) Retail Banking
12 9 (2.28%) Investment Banking
13 8 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.77%) Japanese Language
15 5 (1.27%) German Language
15 5 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.01%) Games
17 3 (0.76%) French Language
Job Titles
1 94 (23.80%) Developer
2 68 (17.22%) Senior
3 38 (9.62%) Lead
4 36 (9.11%) Analyst
5 29 (7.34%) Software Engineer
6 28 (7.09%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.33%) Business Analyst
8 24 (6.08%) Java Developer
9 23 (5.82%) Python Developer
10 22 (5.57%) Project Manager
11 19 (4.81%) Product Manager
12 16 (4.05%) Architect
12 16 (4.05%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (4.05%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.80%) Java Engineer
14 14 (3.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 13 (3.29%) Technical Business Analyst
16 12 (3.04%) Consultant
16 12 (3.04%) Lead Software Developer
16 12 (3.04%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.85%) React
2 30 (7.59%) Kafka
3 25 (6.33%) REST
4 24 (6.08%) Node.js
5 19 (4.81%) Redux
6 18 (4.56%) RESTful
7 15 (3.80%) .NET
8 13 (3.29%) AngularJS
9 11 (2.78%) Spring
9 11 (2.78%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.77%) GraphQL
10 7 (1.77%) TensorFlow
11 6 (1.52%) Pandas
11 6 (1.52%) React Native
12 5 (1.27%) gRPC
12 5 (1.27%) Jest
12 5 (1.27%) scikit-learn
13 4 (1.01%) CSS
13 4 (1.01%) PyTorch
13 4 (1.01%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.85%) Product Ownership
2 29 (7.34%) Fixed Income
3 28 (7.09%) Equities
4 22 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (5.06%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (4.81%) Derivative
6 19 (4.81%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.53%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.53%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.03%) Hedge funds
8 8 (2.03%) PMI
9 7 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.27%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.01%) Learning Management System
11 4 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.01%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.30%) Linux
2 10 (2.53%) Unix
3 6 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (26.08%) Agile
2 91 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (16.71%) Analytics
4 63 (15.95%) CI/CD
5 57 (14.43%) Software Engineering
6 48 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 43 (10.89%) DevOps
7 43 (10.89%) Microservices
8 41 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (8.86%) AI
9 35 (8.86%) User Experience
10 33 (8.35%) Decision-Making
11 31 (7.85%) Mentoring
11 31 (7.85%) Roadmaps
12 30 (7.59%) Project Management
12 30 (7.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (6.84%) Portfolio Management
15 25 (6.33%) Asset Management
15 25 (6.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 85 (21.52%) Python
2 68 (17.22%) Java
3 57 (14.43%) SQL
4 31 (7.85%) C#
5 30 (7.59%) TypeScript
6 27 (6.84%) JavaScript
7 22 (5.57%) Go
8 12 (3.04%) R
9 9 (2.28%) C++
9 9 (2.28%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.77%) Bash
11 6 (1.52%) Swift
12 4 (1.01%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.01%) Ruby
13 3 (0.76%) Perl
13 3 (0.76%) PHP
14 2 (0.51%) C
14 2 (0.51%) F#
14 2 (0.51%) Haskell
14 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (7.59%) Degree
2 22 (5.57%) PMP
3 19 (4.81%) PMI Certification
4 15 (3.80%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.53%) MBA
5 10 (2.53%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.03%) SAFe Agilist
7 7 (1.77%) CISSP
8 6 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.52%) CISM
8 6 (1.52%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.01%) APMP
10 4 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.01%) OCP
10 4 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.76%) CBAP
11 3 (0.76%) IIBA
11 3 (0.76%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.35%) QA
2 19 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.53%) PMO
4 9 (2.28%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.03%) Basel III
6 7 (1.77%) NIST
7 6 (1.52%) GDPR
8 5 (1.27%) ISO 20022
8 5 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.01%) SLA
10 3 (0.76%) GRC
10 3 (0.76%) PSD2
11 2 (0.51%) COBIT
11 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.51%) SEPA
12 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (10.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 37 (9.37%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.81%) Ansible
3 14 (3.54%) Terraform
4 8 (2.03%) Grafana
5 4 (1.01%) Kibana
6 3 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.76%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.51%) Puppet
7 2 (0.51%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 18 (4.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.04%) Databricks
2 12 (3.04%) Sonatype
3 10 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.03%) Amplitude
5 7 (1.77%) Google
6 6 (1.52%) Oracle
6 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.52%) Splunk
7 3 (0.76%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (0.76%) Bloomberg
7 3 (0.76%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.76%) GoldenSource
7 3 (0.76%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.76%) Samsung
8 2 (0.51%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.51%) Gemalto
8 2 (0.51%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.51%) Thales