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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 222 218
Rank change year-on-year -58 -4 +26
Contract jobs citing Fintech 393 362 490
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.23% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.36% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 290 406
10th Percentile £343 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £507 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £700
90th Percentile £850 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £468 £489
% change year-on-year -14.22% -4.40% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £22.25 - £33.40
25th Percentile £25.75 £46.25 £42.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £47.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -17.39% -
75th Percentile £84.38 £48.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £88.75 - £82.30
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 36,854 26,627 38,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 90.37% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,339 16,995 25,088
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,197 898 2,338
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.48 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.36 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -15.82% +3.17% -10.00%

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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 13 March 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 13 March 2026.

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 13 March 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 -59 355 £550 -12.00% 608
London -52 253 £625 - 449
UK excluding London -32 107 £401 -14.22% 216
Work from Home -84 105 £613 -5.77% 290
North of England -39 36 £414 -19.86% 68
South East -27 30 £280 - 86
Yorkshire -42 19 £368 -29.90% 13
Midlands -67 16 £385 -3.75% 20
North West -24 15 £446 -6.80% 40
East Midlands -35 13 £365 -8.88% 10
Scotland +8 9 £588 +17.50% 6
South West -17 8 £450 -35.71% 23
East of England -22 8 £358 -47.04% 13
West Midlands -61 3 £430 -16.50% 10
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
North East - 2 - - 15

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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 34 (8.65%) Confluence
2 4 (1.02%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.25%) Apache
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.25%) Appian
Applications
1 22 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.27%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.76%) Notion
5 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.25%) Sketch
7 1 (0.25%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) BASE24
1 1 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.25%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (24.43%) AWS
2 64 (16.28%) Azure
3 41 (10.43%) GCP
4 34 (8.65%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.85%) GitHub
6 20 (5.09%) SaaS
7 12 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.80%) Datadog
9 9 (2.29%) Figma
10 8 (2.04%) Amazon Kinesis
11 7 (1.78%) AWS Step Functions
11 7 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.53%) Serverless
13 5 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) Network Security
2 3 (0.76%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) DNS
3 2 (0.51%) SSH
4 1 (0.25%) FTP
4 1 (0.25%) HTTP
4 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.62%) Power BI
2 25 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.11%) Tableau
4 13 (3.31%) Looker
5 12 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (3.05%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (2.54%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.29%) MySQL
8 8 (2.04%) Hadoop
8 8 (2.04%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.78%) Mixpanel
9 7 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.27%) Big Data
11 5 (1.27%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.76%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.76%) Redis
13 3 (0.76%) Weaviate
14 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 47 (11.96%) JIRA
2 30 (7.63%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (2.54%) Git
5 7 (1.78%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.02%) GitLab
6 4 (1.02%) JUnit
6 4 (1.02%) Selenium
7 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.51%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.51%) Appium
8 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.51%) MLflow
8 2 (0.51%) Postman
8 2 (0.51%) Sourcetree
8 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.51%) Xcode
General
1 239 (60.81%) Finance
2 106 (26.97%) Social Skills
3 94 (23.92%) Banking
4 51 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.40%) Front Office
6 16 (4.07%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.05%) Financial Institution
8 12 (3.05%) Marketing
8 12 (3.05%) Retail
9 11 (2.80%) Corporate Banking
9 11 (2.80%) Legal
9 11 (2.80%) Retail Banking
10 9 (2.29%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.78%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.02%) Games
14 4 (1.02%) German Language
15 3 (0.76%) French Language
Job Titles
1 94 (23.92%) Developer
2 68 (17.30%) Senior
3 37 (9.41%) Lead
4 33 (8.40%) Analyst
5 29 (7.38%) Software Engineer
6 28 (7.12%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.36%) Java Developer
8 23 (5.85%) Python Developer
9 22 (5.60%) Business Analyst
9 22 (5.60%) Project Manager
10 19 (4.83%) Product Manager
11 18 (4.58%) Architect
12 17 (4.33%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (4.07%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.82%) Java Engineer
15 13 (3.31%) Consultant
15 13 (3.31%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 13 (3.31%) Technical Business Analyst
16 12 (3.05%) Lead Software Developer
16 12 (3.05%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.89%) Kafka
1 31 (7.89%) React
2 27 (6.87%) REST
3 23 (5.85%) Node.js
4 19 (4.83%) Redux
5 18 (4.58%) RESTful
6 14 (3.56%) .NET
7 13 (3.31%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.80%) Spring
8 11 (2.80%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.78%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.78%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.53%) Pandas
10 6 (1.53%) React Native
11 5 (1.27%) gRPC
11 5 (1.27%) Jest
11 5 (1.27%) scikit-learn
12 4 (1.02%) EDI
12 4 (1.02%) PyTorch
12 4 (1.02%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.63%) Product Ownership
2 28 (7.12%) Equities
2 28 (7.12%) Fixed Income
3 22 (5.60%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.09%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (4.83%) Derivative
5 19 (4.83%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.54%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.29%) Hedge funds
9 8 (2.04%) PMI
10 7 (1.78%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.27%) Digital Wallet
12 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.02%) Learning Management System
12 4 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.02%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.58%) Linux
2 10 (2.54%) Unix
3 6 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (24.94%) Agile
2 88 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (16.54%) CI/CD
4 63 (16.03%) Analytics
5 55 (13.99%) Software Engineering
6 48 (12.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (11.96%) DevOps
8 44 (11.20%) Microservices
9 41 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (8.65%) AI
11 33 (8.40%) Decision-Making
11 33 (8.40%) User Experience
12 31 (7.89%) Mentoring
13 29 (7.38%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (7.38%) Roadmaps
13 29 (7.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (6.87%) Portfolio Management
14 27 (6.87%) Project Management
15 25 (6.36%) Process Improvement
16 24 (6.11%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 84 (21.37%) Python
2 69 (17.56%) Java
3 59 (15.01%) SQL
4 29 (7.38%) C#
4 29 (7.38%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.11%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.85%) Go
7 12 (3.05%) R
8 9 (2.29%) C++
8 9 (2.29%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.78%) Bash
10 6 (1.53%) Swift
11 4 (1.02%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.02%) Ruby
12 3 (0.76%) Perl
13 2 (0.51%) C
13 2 (0.51%) Haskell
13 2 (0.51%) PHP
13 2 (0.51%) Rust
13 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (7.38%) Degree
2 21 (5.34%) PMP
3 18 (4.58%) PMI Certification
4 15 (3.82%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.80%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.54%) MBA
7 8 (2.04%) SAFe Agilist
8 7 (1.78%) CISSP
8 7 (1.78%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.53%) CISM
10 4 (1.02%) APMP
10 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.02%) OCP
10 4 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.76%) CBAP
11 3 (0.76%) IIBA
11 3 (0.76%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.14%) QA
2 18 (4.58%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.54%) PMO
4 8 (2.04%) Basel III
4 8 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.53%) GDPR
5 6 (1.53%) NIST
6 4 (1.02%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.02%) SLA
7 3 (0.76%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.51%) COBIT
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.25%) PSD2
9 1 (0.25%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (10.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (9.67%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.83%) Ansible
3 15 (3.82%) Terraform
4 8 (2.04%) Grafana
5 4 (1.02%) Kibana
6 3 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.51%) Puppet
7 2 (0.51%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.51%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 19 (4.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.05%) Databricks
2 12 (3.05%) Sonatype
3 9 (2.29%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.04%) Amplitude
5 7 (1.78%) Google
6 6 (1.53%) Oracle
6 6 (1.53%) Splunk
7 5 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
8 3 (0.76%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.76%) GoldenSource
8 3 (0.76%) Samsung
9 2 (0.51%) Adobe
9 2 (0.51%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.51%) Gemalto
9 2 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.51%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.51%) Thales