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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 198 219
Rank change year-on-year -81 +21 +21
Contract jobs citing Fintech 430 404 475
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.38% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.52% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 320 392
10th Percentile £298 £363 £400
25th Percentile £446 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £670 £750 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £409 £425 £463
% change year-on-year -3.88% -8.11% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile - - £48.00
25th Percentile £22.25 - £50.63
Median hourly rate £53.75 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £78.75 - £71.50
90th Percentile £90.00 - £81.40
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 41,928 26,614 37,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.71% 90.94% 85.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,175 16,900 23,706
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 2,525 1,165 2,567
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.16
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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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 June 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 June 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 8 June 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 -75 400 £550 -8.33% 569
London -34 313 £575 -8.00% 418
Work from Home -125 107 £588 -12.96% 293
UK excluding London -66 88 £409 -3.88% 235
South East -37 30 £280 - 101
North of England -66 30 £450 +12.50% 67
Yorkshire -40 18 £514 +32.39% 14
North West -44 10 £446 +8.18% 41
South West - 10 £570 - 18
Scotland -13 7 £475 -5.00% 5
Midlands -64 7 £340 -15.00% 18
East Midlands -32 6 £340 -15.00% 5
East of England - 5 £415 - 11
North East -31 2 - - 12
West Midlands -62 1 - - 13

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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 27 (6.28%) Confluence
2 3 (0.70%) Apache
2 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Appian
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.47%) Notion
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.23%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.47%) SAP EHS
2 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.23%) BASE24
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.23%) Findur
3 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.23%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 96 (22.33%) AWS
2 62 (14.42%) Azure
3 46 (10.70%) GCP
4 26 (6.05%) GitHub
4 26 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.65%) SaaS
6 14 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.56%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (1.86%) Figma
10 7 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.40%) Serverless
12 5 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.16%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.16%) Datadog
12 5 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (0.93%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.16%) Network Security
2 4 (0.93%) Firewall
2 4 (0.93%) VPN
3 2 (0.47%) DNS
3 2 (0.47%) FTP
4 1 (0.23%) DHCP
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) Internet
4 1 (0.23%) NFC
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.60%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.05%) Tableau
3 23 (5.35%) Power BI
4 19 (4.42%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.26%) Looker
5 14 (3.26%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.02%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.56%) BigQuery
7 11 (2.56%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.63%) Mixpanel
9 6 (1.40%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.40%) MySQL
9 6 (1.40%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.93%) Big Data
11 4 (0.93%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.93%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.93%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 39 (9.07%) JIRA
2 22 (5.12%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.79%) Git
4 8 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.70%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.70%) GitLab
5 3 (0.70%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.47%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.47%) Appium
6 2 (0.47%) JUnit
6 2 (0.47%) MLflow
6 2 (0.47%) Postman
6 2 (0.47%) Selenium
6 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.47%) Sourcetree
6 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.47%) Xcode
7 1 (0.23%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.23%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 250 (58.14%) Finance
2 110 (25.58%) Banking
3 89 (20.70%) Social Skills
4 55 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.44%) Front Office
6 20 (4.65%) Financial Institution
7 19 (4.42%) Marketing
8 13 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.33%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.33%) Retail
11 9 (2.09%) Corporate Banking
11 9 (2.09%) Publishing
11 9 (2.09%) Retail Banking
12 8 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.63%) Legal
14 6 (1.40%) Games
15 4 (0.93%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.70%) Advertising
16 3 (0.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 97 (22.56%) Developer
2 72 (16.74%) Senior
3 40 (9.30%) Lead
4 37 (8.60%) Analyst
4 37 (8.60%) Software Engineer
5 25 (5.81%) Java Developer
6 22 (5.12%) Data Engineer
6 22 (5.12%) Python Developer
7 20 (4.65%) Project Manager
8 19 (4.42%) Business Analyst
8 19 (4.42%) Senior Developer
9 18 (4.19%) Consultant
9 18 (4.19%) Designer
9 18 (4.19%) Java Engineer
10 16 (3.72%) Architect
10 16 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (3.72%) Lead Developer
11 15 (3.49%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (2.79%) Kafka Developer
12 12 (2.79%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.37%) Kafka
2 35 (8.14%) React
3 33 (7.67%) REST
4 27 (6.28%) Node.js
5 19 (4.42%) Spring
5 19 (4.42%) Spring Boot
6 18 (4.19%) Redux
7 14 (3.26%) RESTful
8 13 (3.02%) .NET
9 12 (2.79%) Pandas
9 12 (2.79%) React Native
10 11 (2.56%) FastAPI
10 11 (2.56%) Flask
10 11 (2.56%) NumPy
11 10 (2.33%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.33%) Polars
12 9 (2.09%) Apache Avro
13 8 (1.86%) Next.js
13 8 (1.86%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (1.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.98%) Equities
2 27 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.35%) Fixed Income
4 22 (5.12%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (4.88%) Derivative
5 21 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 20 (4.65%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.95%) Hedge funds
8 16 (3.72%) Data Structures
9 15 (3.49%) Mobile App
10 14 (3.26%) Management Information System
11 11 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.09%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.86%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.63%) Market Risk
14 7 (1.63%) PMI
15 6 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 5 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.16%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.19%) Linux
2 13 (3.02%) Unix
3 9 (2.09%) Android
4 6 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.37%) CI/CD
2 73 (16.98%) Agile
3 70 (16.28%) Software Engineering
4 67 (15.58%) AI
5 63 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 62 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (12.56%) Analytics
8 49 (11.40%) DevOps
9 41 (9.53%) Microservices
10 37 (8.60%) Data Pipeline
11 35 (8.14%) Mentoring
12 33 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (6.98%) User Experience
14 29 (6.74%) Decision-Making
15 28 (6.51%) Machine Learning
15 28 (6.51%) Project Management
16 27 (6.28%) Observability
17 26 (6.05%) Full-Stack Development
18 25 (5.81%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.40%) SQL
2 83 (19.30%) Python
3 72 (16.74%) Java
4 40 (9.30%) TypeScript
5 27 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.35%) C#
6 23 (5.35%) Go
7 16 (3.72%) R
8 10 (2.33%) C++
8 10 (2.33%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.86%) PHP
10 7 (1.63%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.40%) Korn
12 3 (0.70%) Bash
13 2 (0.47%) Bicep
13 2 (0.47%) F#
13 2 (0.47%) Haskell
13 2 (0.47%) Perl
13 2 (0.47%) Rust
13 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (9.53%) Degree
2 23 (5.35%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.72%) Master's Degree
5 14 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.26%) PMP
6 12 (2.79%) PMI Certification
7 9 (2.09%) MBA
8 6 (1.40%) CISM
8 6 (1.40%) CISSP
8 6 (1.40%) SAFe Agilist
9 4 (0.93%) APMP
9 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.47%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.14%) QA
2 9 (2.09%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.86%) PMO
4 7 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.40%) Basel III
6 4 (0.93%) GDPR
6 4 (0.93%) NIST
6 4 (0.93%) SLA
7 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (8.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.49%) Terraform
3 14 (3.26%) Ansible
4 6 (1.40%) Grafana
5 5 (1.16%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.93%) Kibana
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.47%) Puppet
7 2 (0.47%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.47%) SCCM
8 1 (0.23%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.23%) linkerd
Vendors
1 22 (5.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.02%) Google
3 11 (2.56%) Databricks
4 10 (2.33%) Informatica
4 10 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.86%) Amplitude
5 8 (1.86%) Oracle
5 8 (1.86%) Sonatype
6 6 (1.40%) Splunk
7 5 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.93%) SAP
9 3 (0.70%) BiZZdesign
9 3 (0.70%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.70%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.70%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.70%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.47%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.47%) Citrix
10 2 (0.47%) Reuters
10 2 (0.47%) Workday