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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 192 221
Rank change year-on-year -95 +29 +11
Contract jobs citing Fintech 434 435 471
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 1.40% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.55% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 348 384
10th Percentile £281 £363 £400
25th Percentile £449 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £750 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £446 £446 £475
% change year-on-year -0.17% -6.05% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile - £52.75 £48.00
25th Percentile £22.25 £60.63 £50.63
Median hourly rate £53.75 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +18.18% -38.51%
75th Percentile £78.75 £68.75 £71.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £75.50 £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 43,739 28,136 37,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.86% 85.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,189 17,763 23,600
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £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 2,627 1,381 2,550
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.61 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +75.84% -34.42% +8.91%

Fintech
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

Fintech
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

Fintech
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
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

Fintech
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

Fintech
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 2 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 -72 403 £550 -8.33% 937
London -52 316 £573 -8.40% 743
Work from Home -135 117 £575 -14.81% 352
UK excluding London -94 90 £446 -0.17% 256
North of England -69 29 £475 +18.75% 90
South East -34 27 £280 - 98
Yorkshire -30 18 £514 +40.53% 18
South West -22 12 £570 -12.31% 17
North West -55 10 £446 +8.18% 51
Midlands -59 9 £333 -16.88% 21
Scotland -19 8 £463 -11.90% 6
West Midlands -55 8 - - 13
East of England - 5 £415 - 8
East Midlands -31 1 £333 -16.88% 8
North East -34 1 - - 21

Fintech
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 23 (5.30%) Confluence
2 3 (0.69%) Apache
2 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.46%) Notion
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.23%) Sketch
6 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.46%) SAP EHS
2 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.23%) Findur
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.23%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (21.89%) AWS
2 64 (14.75%) Azure
3 46 (10.60%) GCP
4 25 (5.76%) GitHub
5 22 (5.07%) Power Platform
5 22 (5.07%) SaaS
6 14 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.23%) Figma
7 11 (2.53%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.38%) Serverless
11 5 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.15%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.15%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (0.92%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (0.92%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.15%) Network Security
1 5 (1.15%) VPN
2 4 (0.92%) Firewall
3 2 (0.46%) DNS
3 2 (0.46%) FTP
3 2 (0.46%) Internet
3 2 (0.46%) NFC
4 1 (0.23%) DHCP
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.29%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.22%) Tableau
3 19 (4.38%) Power BI
4 18 (4.15%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.23%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.00%) Looker
6 13 (3.00%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.53%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.30%) BigQuery
9 9 (2.07%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.61%) Mixpanel
12 6 (1.38%) MySQL
13 5 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.92%) Big Data
14 4 (0.92%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
15 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (7.83%) JIRA
2 24 (5.53%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.53%) Git
4 8 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.69%) GitLab
5 3 (0.69%) MLflow
5 3 (0.69%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.46%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.46%) Appium
6 2 (0.46%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.46%) Postman
6 2 (0.46%) Selenium
6 2 (0.46%) Sourcetree
6 2 (0.46%) Xcode
7 1 (0.23%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.23%) Storybook
7 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 252 (58.06%) Finance
2 106 (24.42%) Banking
3 88 (20.28%) Social Skills
4 55 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.14%) Front Office
6 24 (5.53%) Financial Institution
7 21 (4.84%) Marketing
8 12 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.07%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.07%) Publishing
10 8 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.61%) Games
11 7 (1.61%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.61%) Legal
12 5 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.15%) Retail
12 5 (1.15%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.69%) Advertising
13 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (20.74%) Developer
2 74 (17.05%) Senior
3 44 (10.14%) Analyst
4 40 (9.22%) Lead
5 36 (8.29%) Software Engineer
6 23 (5.30%) Designer
7 22 (5.07%) Consultant
8 21 (4.84%) Data Engineer
8 21 (4.84%) Python Developer
9 20 (4.61%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.61%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.15%) Java Engineer
11 17 (3.92%) Architect
11 17 (3.92%) Senior Developer
12 16 (3.69%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.46%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (3.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Lead Software Developer
14 12 (2.76%) Project Manager
14 12 (2.76%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.06%) React
2 31 (7.14%) Kafka
3 30 (6.91%) REST
4 26 (5.99%) Node.js
5 21 (4.84%) .NET
6 18 (4.15%) Redux
6 18 (4.15%) Spring
6 18 (4.15%) Spring Boot
7 13 (3.00%) React Native
8 11 (2.53%) FastAPI
8 11 (2.53%) Flask
8 11 (2.53%) NumPy
8 11 (2.53%) Pandas
8 11 (2.53%) RESTful
9 10 (2.30%) Polars
10 9 (2.07%) Apache Avro
11 7 (1.61%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.61%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.61%) Next.js
11 7 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.91%) Equities
2 24 (5.53%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.30%) Derivative
3 23 (5.30%) Fixed Income
3 23 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.84%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.92%) Hedge funds
5 17 (3.92%) Mobile App
6 14 (3.23%) Data Structures
7 13 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (2.07%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.84%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.61%) Market Risk
12 5 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.15%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.38%) Linux
2 13 (3.00%) Unix
3 11 (2.53%) Android
4 7 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (19.12%) CI/CD
2 77 (17.74%) Software Engineering
3 73 (16.82%) Agile
4 70 (16.13%) AI
4 70 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (12.21%) DevOps
7 51 (11.75%) Analytics
8 39 (8.99%) Mentoring
9 36 (8.29%) Data Pipeline
9 36 (8.29%) Microservices
10 35 (8.06%) User Experience
11 33 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (7.37%) Decision-Making
13 28 (6.45%) Machine Learning
14 27 (6.22%) Generative AI
14 27 (6.22%) Roadmaps
15 26 (5.99%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (5.99%) Data Engineering
15 26 (5.99%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 90 (20.74%) SQL
2 82 (18.89%) Python
3 66 (15.21%) Java
4 37 (8.53%) TypeScript
5 27 (6.22%) C#
5 27 (6.22%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.38%) Go
7 16 (3.69%) R
8 11 (2.53%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.30%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.07%) C++
11 8 (1.84%) PHP
12 6 (1.38%) Korn
13 5 (1.15%) Bash
14 2 (0.46%) Bicep
14 2 (0.46%) F#
14 2 (0.46%) Groovy
14 2 (0.46%) Perl
14 2 (0.46%) Swift
15 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (8.53%) Degree
2 19 (4.38%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.46%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (3.00%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.07%) PMP
6 8 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.61%) CISM
7 7 (1.61%) CISSP
8 5 (1.15%) MBA
9 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.92%) PhD
9 4 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.46%) APMP
11 2 (0.46%) CCSP
11 2 (0.46%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.22%) QA
2 11 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.15%) GDPR
4 5 (1.15%) NIST
4 5 (1.15%) PMO
5 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.69%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) Basel III
7 2 (0.46%) PSD2
7 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (7.37%) Docker
2 4 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (9.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.23%) Terraform
3 12 (2.76%) Ansible
4 6 (1.38%) Grafana
4 6 (1.38%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.92%) Kibana
7 3 (0.69%) SCCM
8 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.46%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.23%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.23%) linkerd
9 1 (0.23%) Puppet
9 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 25 (5.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.92%) Google
3 11 (2.53%) Databricks
4 10 (2.30%) Informatica
5 8 (1.84%) Amplitude
5 8 (1.84%) Oracle
5 8 (1.84%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.84%) Sonatype
6 7 (1.61%) Splunk
7 5 (1.15%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.15%) SAP
8 4 (0.92%) Adobe
8 4 (0.92%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.92%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.92%) PagerDuty
9 3 (0.69%) BiZZdesign
9 3 (0.69%) Citrix
9 3 (0.69%) Reuters
9 3 (0.69%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.46%) Ariba