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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 224 234
Rank change year-on-year -35 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing Fintech 394 380 448
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.14% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.29% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 313 370
10th Percentile £356 £415 £375
25th Percentile £413 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £731 £675
90th Percentile £850 £825 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £489
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.25% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £53.45 £47.38 £31.93
25th Percentile £68.25 £49.06 £38.56
Median hourly rate £85.00 £53.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.14% +6.44% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £59.06 £62.50
90th Percentile £96.50 £61.13 £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 32,632 29,487 37,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.11% 88.32% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,578 17,975 25,172
10th Percentile £304 £308 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,027 953 1,511
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.14% +25.71%
75th Percentile £53.44 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.69 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.58% -32.33% +40.63%

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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 31 December 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 31 December 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 31 December 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 -47 332 £552 -8.95% 766
London -36 248 £650 +4.00% 562
Work from Home -29 143 £600 -4.00% 442
UK excluding London +19 104 £450 -10.00% 256
North of England -27 34 £425 -19.43% 113
Scotland +26 26 £550 +22.22% 14
North West -4 19 £429 -22.09% 81
Midlands -25 19 £380 -4.40% 17
East Midlands -7 16 £375 -5.66% 6
South East -7 13 £375 -26.83% 88
Yorkshire -41 12 £400 -23.81% 20
South West +4 7 £450 -35.71% 15
East of England -18 5 £450 -33.33% 7
North East -6 3 £450 - 12
West Midlands -29 3 £430 - 11
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1

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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 25 (6.35%) Confluence
2 14 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.76%) Apache
5 2 (0.51%) IIS
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.25%) Appian
Applications
1 16 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.78%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.76%) Notion
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.54%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.25%) BASE24
3 1 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 94 (23.86%) AWS
2 73 (18.53%) Azure
3 37 (9.39%) GCP
4 24 (6.09%) GitHub
5 20 (5.08%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.08%) SaaS
6 15 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
7 13 (3.30%) dbt
7 13 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.05%) Datadog
9 10 (2.54%) Amazon Kinesis
9 10 (2.54%) Figma
10 9 (2.28%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (2.28%) AWS Step Functions
10 9 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.03%) Serverless
12 7 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) ATM
2 3 (0.76%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) DNS
3 2 (0.51%) HTTP
3 2 (0.51%) SSH
3 2 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.25%) DHCP
4 1 (0.25%) Network Security
4 1 (0.25%) SSL
4 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.57%) Tableau
3 16 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (3.81%) Power BI
5 14 (3.55%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.30%) Apache Cassandra
6 13 (3.30%) MySQL
7 11 (2.79%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.54%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (2.28%) Apache Arrow
9 9 (2.28%) Apache Iceberg
9 9 (2.28%) Dremio
9 9 (2.28%) Hadoop
9 9 (2.28%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.78%) Big Data
11 6 (1.52%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.02%) Looker
Development Applications
1 39 (9.90%) JIRA
2 19 (4.82%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.06%) Cypress.io
4 12 (3.05%) Git
5 8 (2.03%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.03%) JUnit
6 6 (1.52%) GitLab
7 5 (1.27%) Selenium
7 5 (1.27%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.76%) Gatling
9 3 (0.76%) MLflow
9 3 (0.76%) Storybook
10 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.51%) Postman
10 2 (0.51%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.51%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.51%) TestNG
General
1 254 (64.47%) Finance
2 129 (32.74%) Social Skills
3 122 (30.96%) Banking
4 62 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.09%) Front Office
6 17 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.05%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.05%) Legal
10 10 (2.54%) Marketing
10 10 (2.54%) Retail
11 8 (2.03%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.78%) Japanese Language
12 7 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.78%) Retail Banking
12 7 (1.78%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (1.27%) German Language
13 5 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (24.37%) Developer
2 65 (16.50%) Senior
3 46 (11.68%) Analyst
4 32 (8.12%) Senior Developer
5 23 (5.84%) Java Developer
5 23 (5.84%) Product Manager
5 23 (5.84%) Python Developer
5 23 (5.84%) Software Engineer
6 20 (5.08%) Architect
6 20 (5.08%) Lead
7 19 (4.82%) Business Analyst
8 17 (4.31%) Project Manager
8 17 (4.31%) Python Engineer
9 15 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (3.81%) Java Engineer
10 13 (3.30%) Product Owner
11 11 (2.79%) C# Developer
11 11 (2.79%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 11 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.54%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (11.93%) Kafka
2 32 (8.12%) React
3 31 (7.87%) RESTful
4 27 (6.85%) AngularJS
5 26 (6.60%) REST
6 22 (5.58%) Spring
7 21 (5.33%) Node.js
8 20 (5.08%) .NET
8 20 (5.08%) Spring Boot
9 15 (3.81%) Pandas
10 13 (3.30%) Jest
11 11 (2.79%) NumPy
12 9 (2.28%) GraphQL
12 9 (2.28%) SciPy
12 9 (2.28%) Vue
13 8 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (1.78%) OAuth
14 7 (1.78%) OAuth2
14 7 (1.78%) TensorFlow
14 7 (1.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.87%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.84%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.33%) Fixed Income
5 20 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (4.82%) Equities
7 15 (3.81%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.55%) Virtual Team
9 11 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (2.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.03%) Hedge funds
11 8 (2.03%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.78%) PMI
12 7 (1.78%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.27%) Data Fabric
14 4 (1.02%) Digital Wallet
14 4 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.55%) Linux
2 10 (2.54%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.28%) Windows
4 7 (1.78%) Unix
5 5 (1.27%) Android
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (32.49%) Agile
2 94 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (18.78%) CI/CD
4 65 (16.50%) DevOps
5 64 (16.24%) Analytics
6 63 (15.99%) Microservices
7 56 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (12.69%) Software Engineering
9 47 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (10.66%) Migration
11 39 (9.90%) AI
11 39 (9.90%) Roadmaps
12 36 (9.14%) User Experience
13 33 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 32 (8.12%) Observability
15 31 (7.87%) Full-Stack Development
16 29 (7.36%) Decision-Making
16 29 (7.36%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 27 (6.85%) Containerisation
17 27 (6.85%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 84 (21.32%) Python
2 72 (18.27%) Java
3 52 (13.20%) SQL
4 36 (9.14%) C#
5 26 (6.60%) TypeScript
6 25 (6.35%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.82%) Go
8 16 (4.06%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.28%) Bash
9 9 (2.28%) C++
10 6 (1.52%) R
10 6 (1.52%) Swift
11 5 (1.27%) Rust
12 4 (1.02%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.76%) Perl
13 3 (0.76%) Ruby
14 2 (0.51%) C
14 2 (0.51%) Dart
14 2 (0.51%) PHP
14 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (9.14%) Degree
2 22 (5.58%) PMP
3 20 (5.08%) PMI Certification
4 19 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.78%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.52%) SAFe Agilist
7 6 (1.52%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.27%) CBAP
8 5 (1.27%) MBA
8 5 (1.27%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.02%) OCP
9 4 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.76%) CISSP
10 3 (0.76%) IIBA
10 3 (0.76%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.41%) QA
2 18 (4.57%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.81%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.54%) PMO
4 10 (2.54%) PSD2
5 9 (2.28%) GDPR
6 7 (1.78%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.52%) NIST
8 5 (1.27%) Basel III
8 5 (1.27%) ISO 8583
9 4 (1.02%) SEPA
9 4 (1.02%) SLA
10 3 (0.76%) GRC
11 2 (0.51%) COBIT
11 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 55 (13.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (10.66%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.85%) Terraform
3 17 (4.31%) Ansible
4 7 (1.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.76%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.51%) QRadar
7 1 (0.25%) Istio
7 1 (0.25%) linkerd
7 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (7.87%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.06%) Databricks
3 10 (2.54%) Salesforce
4 7 (1.78%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.52%) Google
5 6 (1.52%) Oracle
6 5 (1.27%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.02%) Sonatype
8 3 (0.76%) Alibaba
8 3 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (0.76%) GoldenSource
8 3 (0.76%) New Relic
8 3 (0.76%) Samsung
9 2 (0.51%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.51%) Amplitude
9 2 (0.51%) Darktrace
9 2 (0.51%) Gemalto
9 2 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.51%) Thales
9 2 (0.51%) Zscaler