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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 211 218
Rank change year-on-year -76 +7 +28
Contract jobs citing Fintech 403 368 485
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.27% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.40% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 290 408
10th Percentile £329 £389 £400
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -2.04% +6.52%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £738
90th Percentile £850 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £384 £468 £475
% change year-on-year -17.86% -1.58% +3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile - £48.13 £34.88
25th Percentile £22.25 £50.94 £45.44
Median hourly rate £37.50 £56.25 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £81.25 £60.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.50 £63.38 £80.88
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 38,313 26,307 38,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.58% 90.51% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,289 17,086 24,815
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £485 £500
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 967 2,341
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.24 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.85 £31.08 £31.65
% change year-on-year +12.13% -1.80% -12.39%

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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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -76 364 £550 -8.33% 565
London -47 264 £610 -2.36% 416
Work from Home -85 111 £600 -10.11% 261
UK excluding London -41 103 £384 -17.86% 207
North of England -46 35 £402 -10.96% 61
South East -25 32 £280 - 89
Yorkshire -42 18 £359 -30.76% 14
North West -26 15 £446 -1.33% 33
Midlands -64 14 £365 -8.88% 18
East Midlands -35 11 £347 -13.25% 4
Scotland +7 8 £588 +17.50% 4
East of England -28 8 £358 -47.04% 15
South West -19 7 £417 -40.43% 17
West Midlands -62 3 £430 -16.50% 14
North East -13 2 - - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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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 33 (8.19%) Confluence
2 4 (0.99%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.25%) Appian
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.74%) Notion
6 2 (0.50%) 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%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (23.57%) AWS
2 67 (16.63%) Azure
3 42 (10.42%) GCP
4 33 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.20%) GitHub
6 21 (5.21%) SaaS
7 12 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.73%) Figma
9 10 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.48%) Datadog
10 8 (1.99%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (1.99%) Serverless
11 7 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.74%) AWS Step Functions
11 7 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.49%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.24%) Firewall
2 4 (0.99%) Network Security
3 3 (0.74%) VPN
4 2 (0.50%) DNS
4 2 (0.50%) FTP
4 2 (0.50%) SSH
5 1 (0.25%) DHCP
5 1 (0.25%) HTTP
5 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.20%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (6.20%) Power BI
3 19 (4.71%) Tableau
4 13 (3.23%) Looker
5 12 (2.98%) NoSQL
6 11 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (2.73%) Apache Cassandra
7 10 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.23%) MySQL
9 8 (1.99%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.74%) Mixpanel
11 6 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.49%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.24%) Big Data
12 5 (1.24%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.74%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.74%) Weaviate
14 2 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (10.67%) JIRA
2 33 (8.19%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.98%) Git
3 12 (2.98%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (1.49%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.24%) GitLab
6 3 (0.74%) JUnit
6 3 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.74%) Selenium
6 3 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.50%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.50%) Appium
7 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.50%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.50%) MLflow
7 2 (0.50%) Postman
7 2 (0.50%) Sourcetree
7 2 (0.50%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.50%) Xcode
8 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
General
1 240 (59.55%) Finance
2 104 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 96 (23.82%) Banking
4 51 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.94%) Front Office
6 14 (3.47%) Marketing
6 14 (3.47%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.98%) Retail
9 11 (2.73%) Corporate Banking
9 11 (2.73%) Financial Institution
9 11 (2.73%) Retail Banking
10 9 (2.23%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.23%) Legal
11 7 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.49%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.24%) Games
14 4 (0.99%) Publishing
15 3 (0.74%) Advertising
15 3 (0.74%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 96 (23.82%) Developer
2 70 (17.37%) Senior
3 36 (8.93%) Analyst
4 35 (8.68%) Lead
5 30 (7.44%) Software Engineer
6 27 (6.70%) Java Developer
6 27 (6.70%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.20%) Python Developer
8 23 (5.71%) Business Analyst
9 22 (5.46%) Project Manager
10 19 (4.71%) Architect
11 16 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (3.97%) Consultant
11 16 (3.97%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.97%) Lead Developer
11 16 (3.97%) Product Manager
12 14 (3.47%) Designer
12 14 (3.47%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 13 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
14 12 (2.98%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.19%) Kafka
2 31 (7.69%) React
2 31 (7.69%) REST
3 26 (6.45%) Node.js
4 19 (4.71%) Redux
5 17 (4.22%) RESTful
6 12 (2.98%) .NET
6 12 (2.98%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.73%) Spring
7 11 (2.73%) Spring Boot
8 9 (2.23%) Pandas
9 8 (1.99%) React Native
10 7 (1.74%) GraphQL
10 7 (1.74%) TensorFlow
11 6 (1.49%) FastAPI
11 6 (1.49%) Flask
11 6 (1.49%) NumPy
12 5 (1.24%) scikit-learn
13 4 (0.99%) Apache Avro
13 4 (0.99%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.69%) Equities
2 26 (6.45%) Fixed Income
2 26 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.46%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 19 (4.71%) Derivative
6 15 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (3.23%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.98%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.98%) Hedge funds
9 10 (2.48%) Virtual Team
10 9 (2.23%) PMI
11 8 (1.99%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.49%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.99%) Digital Wallet
13 4 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.99%) Learning Management System
13 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.96%) Linux
2 12 (2.98%) Unix
3 7 (1.74%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.50%) Android
4 2 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (20.84%) Agile
3 68 (16.87%) CI/CD
4 59 (14.64%) Analytics
5 55 (13.65%) Software Engineering
6 52 (12.90%) DevOps
7 44 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (9.68%) Microservices
9 38 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (8.68%) AI
11 33 (8.19%) Decision-Making
11 33 (8.19%) Mentoring
12 31 (7.69%) User Experience
13 28 (6.95%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (6.45%) Data Pipeline
14 26 (6.45%) Process Improvement
14 26 (6.45%) Project Management
14 26 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (6.20%) Observability
15 25 (6.20%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (21.34%) Python
2 69 (17.12%) Java
2 69 (17.12%) SQL
3 33 (8.19%) TypeScript
4 26 (6.45%) C#
5 25 (6.20%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.71%) Go
7 12 (2.98%) R
8 10 (2.48%) C++
8 10 (2.48%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.74%) Swift
10 6 (1.49%) Bash
11 4 (0.99%) Objective-C
11 4 (0.99%) Perl
12 3 (0.74%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.74%) Ruby
13 2 (0.50%) F#
13 2 (0.50%) Haskell
13 2 (0.50%) Rust
13 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (7.69%) Degree
2 17 (4.22%) PMP
2 17 (4.22%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.72%) Master's Degree
3 15 (3.72%) PMI Certification
4 13 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.48%) MBA
6 8 (1.99%) SAFe Agilist
7 6 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.49%) CISSP
8 5 (1.24%) CISM
9 4 (0.99%) APMP
9 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.74%) CBAP
10 3 (0.74%) IIBA
10 3 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.44%) QA
2 15 (3.72%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.48%) PMO
4 8 (1.99%) Basel III
5 7 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.49%) GDPR
7 5 (1.24%) NIST
8 4 (0.99%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.99%) SLA
9 3 (0.74%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.50%) GRC
11 1 (0.25%) COBIT
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.25%) PSD2
11 1 (0.25%) SEPA
11 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (10.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.22%) Ansible
3 14 (3.47%) Terraform
4 8 (1.99%) Grafana
5 4 (0.99%) Kibana
6 3 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.50%) Puppet
7 2 (0.50%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.25%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.98%) Sonatype
3 10 (2.48%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.23%) Databricks
5 8 (1.99%) Amplitude
6 7 (1.74%) Informatica
7 6 (1.49%) Oracle
7 6 (1.49%) Splunk
8 5 (1.24%) Google
9 4 (0.99%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.99%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.74%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.74%) GoldenSource
11 2 (0.50%) Adobe
11 2 (0.50%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.50%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.50%) Gemalto
11 2 (0.50%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.50%) SAP
11 2 (0.50%) Thales