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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 196 216
Rank change year-on-year -83 +20 +26
Contract jobs citing Fintech 433 408 476
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.38% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.52% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 324 391
10th Percentile £294 £363 £400
25th Percentile £444 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £750 £750
90th Percentile £850 £846 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £429 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +1.00% -10.53% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 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 £72.50 £71.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £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 42,464 26,928 37,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.04% 85.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,499 17,092 23,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,543 1,207 2,592
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.00 £37.09
Median % change year-on-year +62.81% -27.20% +5.97%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -71 401 £550 -8.33% 525
London -51 312 £575 -8.00% 380
Work from Home -123 112 £600 -11.11% 249
UK excluding London -79 92 £429 +1.00% 218
South East -36 30 £280 - 94
North of England -57 29 £475 +18.75% 72
Yorkshire -34 18 £514 +32.39% 11
South West -13 12 £570 -12.31% 18
North West -45 9 £447 +5.18% 43
Scotland -26 8 £475 -5.00% 4
Midlands -66 8 £340 -15.00% 11
East Midlands -31 5 £340 -15.00% 4
East of England - 5 £415 - 7
West Midlands -55 3 - - 7
North East -36 2 - - 18

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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 26 (6.00%) Confluence
2 4 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.46%) Notion
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
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%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.23%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (21.94%) AWS
2 61 (14.09%) Azure
3 45 (10.39%) GCP
4 25 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.31%) GitHub
6 20 (4.62%) SaaS
7 13 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.77%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (2.08%) Figma
11 7 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.39%) Serverless
13 5 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.15%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.15%) Anthropic Claude
13 5 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.92%) Amazon Kinesis
14 4 (0.92%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.15%) Network Security
2 4 (0.92%) Firewall
2 4 (0.92%) VPN
3 2 (0.46%) DNS
3 2 (0.46%) 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 (8.55%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (6.47%) Tableau
3 22 (5.08%) Power BI
4 18 (4.16%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.23%) Looker
6 13 (3.00%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.00%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.54%) BigQuery
7 11 (2.54%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.62%) Mixpanel
9 7 (1.62%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.39%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.39%) MySQL
11 5 (1.15%) Big Data
11 5 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.92%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (8.55%) JIRA
2 22 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.54%) Git
4 8 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.69%) GitLab
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%) JUnit
6 2 (0.46%) MLflow
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%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 252 (58.20%) Finance
2 106 (24.48%) Banking
3 92 (21.25%) Social Skills
4 54 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.16%) Front Office
6 22 (5.08%) Financial Institution
7 20 (4.62%) Marketing
8 13 (3.00%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.31%) Retail
11 9 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.08%) Publishing
12 8 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (1.85%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.62%) Games
13 7 (1.62%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.39%) Legal
15 3 (0.69%) Advertising
15 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (21.94%) Developer
2 72 (16.63%) Senior
3 41 (9.47%) Lead
4 40 (9.24%) Analyst
5 37 (8.55%) Software Engineer
6 25 (5.77%) Java Developer
7 22 (5.08%) Data Engineer
7 22 (5.08%) Python Developer
8 19 (4.39%) Business Analyst
8 19 (4.39%) Designer
8 19 (4.39%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.16%) Consultant
9 18 (4.16%) Java Engineer
9 18 (4.16%) Senior Developer
10 16 (3.70%) Architect
10 16 (3.70%) Lead Developer
11 15 (3.46%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (3.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (2.77%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (2.77%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.31%) React
2 33 (7.62%) Kafka
3 31 (7.16%) REST
4 26 (6.00%) Node.js
5 19 (4.39%) Spring
5 19 (4.39%) Spring Boot
6 18 (4.16%) Redux
7 16 (3.70%) .NET
8 12 (2.77%) Pandas
8 12 (2.77%) React Native
8 12 (2.77%) RESTful
9 11 (2.54%) FastAPI
9 11 (2.54%) Flask
9 11 (2.54%) NumPy
10 10 (2.31%) Polars
11 9 (2.08%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.08%) Apache Avro
12 8 (1.85%) Next.js
13 7 (1.62%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.93%) Equities
2 27 (6.24%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.31%) Fixed Income
4 22 (5.08%) Derivative
4 22 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.08%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.62%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.93%) Hedge funds
7 16 (3.70%) Mobile App
8 14 (3.23%) Data Structures
9 13 (3.00%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.08%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.85%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.62%) Market Risk
14 6 (1.39%) PMI
15 5 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.39%) Linux
2 13 (3.00%) Unix
3 10 (2.31%) Android
4 7 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.24%) CI/CD
2 74 (17.09%) Software Engineering
3 73 (16.86%) Agile
4 69 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (15.70%) AI
6 59 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (12.01%) Analytics
8 48 (11.09%) DevOps
9 38 (8.78%) Microservices
10 37 (8.55%) Data Pipeline
11 36 (8.31%) Mentoring
12 34 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (7.39%) User Experience
14 31 (7.16%) Decision-Making
15 30 (6.93%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (6.47%) Machine Learning
17 27 (6.24%) Project Management
17 27 (6.24%) Visualisation
18 26 (6.00%) Data Engineering
18 26 (6.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.48%) SQL
2 83 (19.17%) Python
3 71 (16.40%) Java
4 38 (8.78%) TypeScript
5 27 (6.24%) JavaScript
6 24 (5.54%) C#
7 21 (4.85%) Go
8 17 (3.93%) R
9 10 (2.31%) Kotlin
10 9 (2.08%) C++
11 8 (1.85%) PHP
12 7 (1.62%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.39%) Korn
14 3 (0.69%) Bash
15 2 (0.46%) Bicep
15 2 (0.46%) F#
15 2 (0.46%) Haskell
15 2 (0.46%) Perl
15 2 (0.46%) Rust
15 2 (0.46%) Swift
Qualifications
1 39 (9.01%) Degree
2 23 (5.31%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.16%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.46%) Master's Degree
5 13 (3.00%) PMP
6 12 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.85%) MBA
9 6 (1.39%) CISM
9 6 (1.39%) CISSP
10 5 (1.15%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (0.92%) APMP
11 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.69%) PhD
13 2 (0.46%) CCSP
13 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.62%) QA
2 10 (2.31%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.85%) PMO
4 7 (1.62%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.15%) Basel III
6 4 (0.92%) GDPR
6 4 (0.92%) NIST
7 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.69%) SLA
8 2 (0.46%) 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 17
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.23%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (7.85%) Docker
2 3 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (9.24%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.00%) Ansible
2 13 (3.00%) Terraform
3 5 (1.15%) Grafana
3 5 (1.15%) Prometheus
3 5 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.92%) Kibana
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.46%) Rundeck
5 2 (0.46%) SCCM
6 1 (0.23%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.23%) linkerd
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (5.08%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.23%) Google
3 12 (2.77%) Databricks
4 10 (2.31%) Informatica
5 9 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.85%) Amplitude
6 8 (1.85%) Oracle
6 8 (1.85%) Sonatype
7 6 (1.39%) Splunk
8 5 (1.15%) SAP
9 4 (0.92%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.92%) PagerDuty
9 4 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.69%) Adobe
10 3 (0.69%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.69%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.69%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.46%) Ariba
11 2 (0.46%) Citrix
11 2 (0.46%) Reuters