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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 213 224
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Fintech 430 405 516
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.21% 1.11% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.28% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 319 424
10th Percentile £363 £408 £408
25th Percentile £425 £500 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £589
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.91% -1.88%
75th Percentile £725 £731 £688
90th Percentile £850 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £459 £520
% change year-on-year +0.82% -11.78% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £44.25 - £36.25
25th Percentile £68.25 £46.25 £49.38
Median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% -34.48% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £55.63 £81.60
90th Percentile £92.00 £59.75 £86.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £89.44

All Process and 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 31,921 31,585 41,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.90% 86.22% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,990 19,012 27,981
10th Percentile £295 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,098 1,120 1,596
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.42
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -19.38% +24.04%
75th Percentile £44.07 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.58 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.27 £43.54
% change year-on-year -31.98% -23.59% +47.59%

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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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 -33 350 £600 - 1,121
London -28 266 £650 +6.12% 814
Work from Home +14 179 £625 - 940
UK excluding London +30 114 £463 +0.82% 343
Scotland +26 37 £525 +31.25% 21
North of England -27 35 £438 -20.45% 104
North West -12 21 £455 -17.27% 67
Midlands -19 19 £395 -1.25% 30
East Midlands -5 14 £378 -5.63% 13
Yorkshire -27 12 £363 -9.38% 21
South East +8 9 £378 -28.10% 138
South West +7 8 £450 -30.77% 30
East of England -19 5 £450 -43.75% 12
West Midlands -24 5 £400 - 17
Northern Ireland -1 3 - - 10
North East -9 2 £450 - 16

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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%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (5.12%) Confluence
3 7 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.16%) Apache
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.47%) IIS
7 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.63%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.09%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.47%) Kondor
3 1 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 120 (27.91%) AWS
2 75 (17.44%) Azure
3 66 (15.35%) GCP
4 26 (6.05%) dbt
5 23 (5.35%) GitHub
6 19 (4.42%) SaaS
7 16 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (2.79%) Amazon Kinesis
8 12 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (2.79%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.56%) AWS Step Functions
9 11 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.09%) Datadog
10 9 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (1.86%) Figma
12 7 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (1.63%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.63%) Serverless
13 6 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.63%) Firewall
2 4 (0.93%) ATM
3 3 (0.70%) DNS
3 3 (0.70%) VPN
4 2 (0.47%) DHCP
4 2 (0.47%) HTTP
4 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.23%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.23%) Network Security
5 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (10.93%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.12%) Amazon Athena
3 21 (4.88%) Apache Arrow
3 21 (4.88%) Apache Iceberg
3 21 (4.88%) Dremio
4 17 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (3.95%) MySQL
5 15 (3.49%) MongoDB
5 15 (3.49%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
6 14 (3.26%) Tableau
7 13 (3.02%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.33%) Hadoop
8 10 (2.33%) Power BI
9 8 (1.86%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.40%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (7.91%) JIRA
2 17 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.49%) Cypress.io
4 12 (2.79%) Git
5 8 (1.86%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.86%) JUnit
6 7 (1.63%) GitLab
7 5 (1.16%) Selenium
8 4 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.93%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.70%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.70%) Gatling
9 3 (0.70%) Postman
9 3 (0.70%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.70%) Storybook
10 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.47%) JMeter
10 2 (0.47%) MLflow
10 2 (0.47%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.47%) Snyk
General
1 286 (66.51%) Finance
2 141 (32.79%) Banking
3 127 (29.53%) Social Skills
4 64 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (10.70%) Front Office
6 27 (6.28%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.02%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.79%) Legal
9 11 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.09%) Marketing
11 9 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.09%) Retail
12 7 (1.63%) Back Office
12 7 (1.63%) Japanese Language
13 6 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.16%) German Language
14 5 (1.16%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.16%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (26.98%) Developer
2 55 (12.79%) Analyst
3 52 (12.09%) Senior
4 51 (11.86%) Software Engineer
5 38 (8.84%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 27 (6.28%) AWS Engineer
6 27 (6.28%) Senior Developer
7 25 (5.81%) Java Developer
7 25 (5.81%) Python Developer
8 24 (5.58%) Product Manager
9 23 (5.35%) Java Engineer
9 23 (5.35%) Python Engineer
10 22 (5.12%) AWS Developer
10 22 (5.12%) AWS Software Engineer
11 20 (4.65%) Architect
12 19 (4.42%) Lead
13 18 (4.19%) Business Analyst
14 16 (3.72%) Python Software Engineer
15 15 (3.49%) Java Software Engineer
16 14 (3.26%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (13.49%) React
2 41 (9.53%) Node.js
3 39 (9.07%) AngularJS
4 38 (8.84%) Kafka
5 27 (6.28%) RESTful
6 26 (6.05%) Vue
7 25 (5.81%) REST
8 24 (5.58%) Pandas
9 22 (5.12%) NumPy
10 21 (4.88%) .NET
10 21 (4.88%) SciPy
10 21 (4.88%) Spring
11 19 (4.42%) Spring Boot
12 18 (4.19%) Redux
13 12 (2.79%) Jest
14 8 (1.86%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.86%) OAuth
15 7 (1.63%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (1.40%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.70%) Fixed Income
2 37 (8.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 36 (8.37%) Equities
4 28 (6.51%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.42%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.19%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (3.95%) Cloud Native
9 13 (3.02%) Virtual Team
10 10 (2.33%) Hedge funds
11 9 (2.09%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.40%) Public Cloud
15 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (1.16%) Derivative
15 5 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.16%) Replication
16 4 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.95%) Windows
2 15 (3.49%) Linux
3 11 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.33%) Unix
5 7 (1.63%) Android
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (34.42%) Agile
2 85 (19.77%) Software Engineering
3 84 (19.53%) CI/CD
3 84 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (15.81%) DevOps
5 59 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (13.72%) Microservices
5 59 (13.72%) Migration
6 55 (12.79%) Analytics
7 50 (11.63%) User Experience
8 48 (11.16%) Roadmaps
9 44 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (9.07%) Asset Management
11 36 (8.37%) Investment Management
12 35 (8.14%) Digital Banking
13 33 (7.67%) Risk Management
14 30 (6.98%) AI
14 30 (6.98%) Test Automation
15 29 (6.74%) Regulatory Compliance
16 27 (6.28%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 98 (22.79%) Python
2 76 (17.67%) Java
3 53 (12.33%) JavaScript
4 46 (10.70%) TypeScript
5 44 (10.23%) SQL
6 35 (8.14%) C#
7 21 (4.88%) Go
8 20 (4.65%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.09%) Bash
10 7 (1.63%) C++
10 7 (1.63%) Swift
11 4 (0.93%) Objective-C
11 4 (0.93%) Rust
12 3 (0.70%) Perl
12 3 (0.70%) Ruby
12 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.47%) Dart
13 2 (0.47%) PHP
13 2 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (7.44%) Degree
2 17 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.49%) PMI Certification
3 15 (3.49%) PMP
4 8 (1.86%) CISSP
5 7 (1.63%) CISM
6 6 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.93%) CISA
8 4 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (0.93%) OCP
8 4 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.70%) PgMP
9 3 (0.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.47%) CBAP
10 2 (0.47%) CSSLP
10 2 (0.47%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.67%) QA
2 22 (5.12%) PCI DSS
3 18 (4.19%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.26%) GDPR
5 13 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.79%) NIST
7 10 (2.33%) PSD2
8 9 (2.09%) PMO
9 7 (1.63%) ISO 20022
10 5 (1.16%) GRC
10 5 (1.16%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.16%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.93%) COBIT
11 4 (0.93%) ISO 8583
11 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.93%) SEPA
12 3 (0.70%) Basel III
12 3 (0.70%) MiFID
12 3 (0.70%) SLA
13 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 41 (9.53%) Docker
2 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 38 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.21%) Terraform
3 16 (3.72%) Ansible
4 6 (1.40%) Grafana
5 5 (1.16%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.70%) Istio
6 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.70%) QRadar
7 2 (0.47%) linkerd
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.47%) SCCM
7 2 (0.47%) WSUS
8 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.26%) Google
3 12 (2.79%) Databricks
4 9 (2.09%) Oracle
5 8 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.63%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.40%) Zscaler
8 5 (1.16%) Darktrace
9 4 (0.93%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.93%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.93%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.93%) Sonatype
10 3 (0.70%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (0.70%) Samsung
10 3 (0.70%) VMware
11 2 (0.47%) Checkmarx
11 2 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.47%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.47%) Splunk