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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 228 235
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Fintech 413 404 491
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.11% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.28% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 320 401
10th Percentile £363 £424 £386
25th Percentile £418 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -7.95%
75th Percentile £721 £731 £688
90th Percentile £850 £825 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £453 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -9.50% +1.01% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £44.25 £47.38 £33.40
25th Percentile £68.25 £49.06 £42.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £53.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.84% -6.52% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £59.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £92.00 £61.13 £83.16
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 31,961 31,602 40,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.17% 87.15% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,061 19,103 27,192
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,078 1,129 1,558
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -24.36% +24.64%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.74 £32.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year -30.05% -26.55% +38.28%

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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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -43 339 £575 -4.17% 380
London -25 254 £650 +6.12% 265
Work from Home +4 168 £625 - 185
UK excluding London +49 110 £453 -9.50% 290
North of England -31 36 £425 -22.73% 41
Scotland +32 33 £538 +34.38% 9
North West -10 21 £425 -22.73% 25
Midlands -20 17 £400 - 21
East Midlands -11 13 £380 -5.00% 10
Yorkshire -27 13 £369 -29.71% 8
South East +1 10 £375 -26.83% 189
South West +15 8 £450 -35.71% 17
East of England -11 5 £450 -33.33% 12
West Midlands -18 4 £400 - 11
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
North East -6 2 £450 - 8

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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 23 (5.57%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (5.08%) Confluence
3 7 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.21%) Apache
4 5 (1.21%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.48%) IIS
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.69%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.18%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 111 (26.88%) AWS
2 74 (17.92%) Azure
3 57 (13.80%) GCP
4 23 (5.57%) GitHub
5 22 (5.33%) dbt
6 21 (5.08%) SaaS
7 18 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (3.39%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.91%) Amazon Kinesis
9 12 (2.91%) Datadog
9 12 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.66%) AWS Step Functions
11 10 (2.42%) Figma
12 9 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (2.18%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.94%) Serverless
14 7 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.69%) Firewall
2 4 (0.97%) ATM
3 3 (0.73%) DNS
3 3 (0.73%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) DHCP
4 2 (0.48%) HTTP
4 2 (0.48%) SSH
4 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.24%) Network Security
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.60%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (4.36%) Amazon Athena
4 17 (4.12%) Apache Arrow
4 17 (4.12%) Apache Iceberg
4 17 (4.12%) Dremio
5 16 (3.87%) MySQL
6 15 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 14 (3.39%) Tableau
8 13 (3.15%) Apache Cassandra
8 13 (3.15%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.91%) SQL Server
10 10 (2.42%) Hadoop
10 10 (2.42%) Power BI
11 9 (2.18%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (1.21%) Big Data
15 4 (0.97%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 35 (8.47%) JIRA
2 21 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.63%) Cypress.io
4 12 (2.91%) Git
5 9 (2.18%) GitLab
6 8 (1.94%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.94%) JUnit
7 5 (1.21%) Selenium
8 4 (0.97%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.73%) Gatling
9 3 (0.73%) MLflow
9 3 (0.73%) Postman
9 3 (0.73%) Storybook
10 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.48%) Snyk
10 2 (0.48%) TestNG
General
1 273 (66.10%) Finance
2 131 (31.72%) Banking
3 124 (30.02%) Social Skills
4 62 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.96%) Front Office
6 25 (6.05%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.66%) Legal
9 10 (2.42%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.42%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.18%) Marketing
11 8 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.69%) Japanese Language
12 7 (1.69%) Retail
13 6 (1.45%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.45%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.21%) Back Office
14 5 (1.21%) German Language
14 5 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.21%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 108 (26.15%) Developer
2 56 (13.56%) Senior
3 55 (13.32%) Analyst
4 40 (9.69%) Software Engineer
5 28 (6.78%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 26 (6.30%) Python Developer
6 26 (6.30%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.05%) Product Manager
8 23 (5.57%) Java Developer
9 22 (5.33%) Architect
9 22 (5.33%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (5.08%) Lead
10 21 (5.08%) Python Engineer
11 19 (4.60%) Business Analyst
11 19 (4.60%) Java Engineer
12 18 (4.36%) AWS Developer
12 18 (4.36%) AWS Software Engineer
13 14 (3.39%) Python Software Engineer
14 13 (3.15%) Backend Developer
14 13 (3.15%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.62%) React
2 42 (10.17%) Kafka
3 34 (8.23%) AngularJS
3 34 (8.23%) Node.js
4 27 (6.54%) RESTful
5 25 (6.05%) REST
6 21 (5.08%) Spring
7 20 (4.84%) .NET
7 20 (4.84%) Pandas
7 20 (4.84%) Vue
8 19 (4.60%) Spring Boot
9 18 (4.36%) NumPy
10 17 (4.12%) SciPy
11 12 (2.91%) Jest
11 12 (2.91%) Redux
12 9 (2.18%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.69%) OAuth
13 7 (1.69%) OAuth2
13 7 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.96%) Fixed Income
2 30 (7.26%) Equities
3 27 (6.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 27 (6.54%) Product Ownership
4 24 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (5.33%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.60%) Cloud Native
7 18 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (3.63%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.18%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.94%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.45%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.97%) Data Fabric
14 4 (0.97%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.87%) Linux
1 16 (3.87%) Windows
2 11 (2.66%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.94%) Unix
4 7 (1.69%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (33.90%) Agile
2 90 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (20.34%) CI/CD
4 74 (17.92%) Software Engineering
5 67 (16.22%) DevOps
6 61 (14.77%) Microservices
7 58 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (13.56%) Analytics
9 53 (12.83%) Migration
10 46 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (11.14%) User Experience
11 44 (10.65%) Roadmaps
12 31 (7.51%) AI
12 31 (7.51%) Asset Management
13 30 (7.26%) Digital Banking
14 29 (7.02%) Observability
14 29 (7.02%) Test Automation
15 28 (6.78%) Full-Stack Development
16 27 (6.54%) Event-Driven
16 27 (6.54%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 97 (23.49%) Python
2 74 (17.92%) Java
3 45 (10.90%) SQL
4 42 (10.17%) JavaScript
5 38 (9.20%) TypeScript
6 37 (8.96%) C#
7 20 (4.84%) Go
8 18 (4.36%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.91%) Bash
10 8 (1.94%) C++
11 7 (1.69%) Swift
12 4 (0.97%) Objective-C
12 4 (0.97%) Rust
13 3 (0.73%) Perl
13 3 (0.73%) Ruby
13 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.48%) Dart
14 2 (0.48%) PHP
14 2 (0.48%) R
15 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 31 (7.51%) Degree
2 18 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.63%) PMP
4 14 (3.39%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.94%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.94%) CISSP
6 7 (1.69%) CISM
6 7 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.97%) CISA
8 4 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (0.97%) OCP
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.73%) PgMP
10 2 (0.48%) CBAP
10 2 (0.48%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.23%) QA
2 21 (5.08%) PCI DSS
3 18 (4.36%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.39%) GDPR
5 13 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.91%) NIST
7 10 (2.42%) PSD2
8 7 (1.69%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.69%) PMO
9 6 (1.45%) GRC
10 5 (1.21%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.21%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.97%) COBIT
11 4 (0.97%) ISO 8583
11 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.97%) SEPA
12 3 (0.73%) SLA
13 1 (0.24%) Basel III
13 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (11.38%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 42 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.51%) Terraform
3 15 (3.63%) Ansible
4 6 (1.45%) Grafana
5 5 (1.21%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.73%) QRadar
7 2 (0.48%) Istio
7 2 (0.48%) linkerd
7 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.48%) SCCM
7 2 (0.48%) WSUS
8 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (8.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.15%) Databricks
2 13 (3.15%) Google
3 8 (1.94%) Salesforce
4 7 (1.69%) Oracle
4 7 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.45%) Zscaler
6 5 (1.21%) Darktrace
7 4 (0.97%) Alteryx
7 4 (0.97%) CA Agile Central
7 4 (0.97%) Dynatrace
7 4 (0.97%) Rapid7
7 4 (0.97%) Sonatype
8 3 (0.73%) Alibaba
8 3 (0.73%) Samsung
9 2 (0.48%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.48%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.48%) Splunk
9 2 (0.48%) Thales