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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 228 228
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Fintech 412 396 487
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.11% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.27% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 317 397
10th Percentile £363 £420 £375
25th Percentile £416 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.76%
75th Percentile £718 £731 £688
90th Percentile £850 £825 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -9.00% +2.04% -6.67%
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 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £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 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

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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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -39 339 £575 -4.17% 964
London -34 255 £650 +6.12% 296
Work from Home -8 163 £625 - 740
UK excluding London +27 109 £455 -9.00% 793
North of England -23 35 £425 -22.73% 154
Scotland +31 33 £538 +34.38% 40
North West -4 20 £425 -22.73% 73
Midlands -24 17 £400 - 131
East Midlands -10 14 £380 -5.00% 49
Yorkshire -35 13 £369 -29.71% 68
South East -7 10 £375 -26.83% 271
South West -5 8 £450 -35.71% 82
East of England -13 5 £450 -33.33% 100
West Midlands -25 3 £430 - 73
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 9
North East -2 2 £450 - 13

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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 24 (5.83%) Confluence
2 19 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) IIS
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.70%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.73%) Notion
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.18%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.49%) 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
1 105 (25.49%) AWS
2 72 (17.48%) Azure
3 51 (12.38%) GCP
4 23 (5.58%) GitHub
5 21 (5.10%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.10%) SaaS
6 18 (4.37%) dbt
7 17 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (2.91%) Amazon Kinesis
8 12 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.67%) AWS Step Functions
9 11 (2.67%) Datadog
9 11 (2.67%) Figma
10 9 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.94%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.94%) Serverless
12 7 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.46%) Firewall
2 4 (0.97%) ATM
3 3 (0.73%) DNS
3 3 (0.73%) VPN
4 2 (0.49%) DHCP
4 2 (0.49%) HTTP
4 2 (0.49%) SSH
4 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.24%) Network Security
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.61%) Tableau
3 18 (4.37%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (3.88%) Amazon Athena
4 16 (3.88%) Power BI
5 15 (3.64%) Apache Arrow
5 15 (3.64%) Apache Iceberg
5 15 (3.64%) Dremio
5 15 (3.64%) MongoDB
5 15 (3.64%) MySQL
6 14 (3.40%) Apache Cassandra
7 11 (2.67%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.67%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.43%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.70%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.46%) Big Data
10 6 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 38 (9.22%) JIRA
2 21 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.64%) 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 (0.49%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.49%) JMeter
10 2 (0.49%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 275 (66.75%) Finance
2 133 (32.28%) Banking
3 127 (30.83%) Social Skills
4 65 (15.78%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.25%) Front Office
6 25 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.91%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.91%) Legal
9 10 (2.43%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.18%) Marketing
11 7 (1.70%) Japanese Language
11 7 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.46%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.46%) Retail
12 6 (1.46%) Retail Banking
12 6 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.21%) German Language
13 5 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.97%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 106 (25.73%) Developer
2 59 (14.32%) Senior
3 56 (13.59%) Analyst
4 35 (8.50%) Software Engineer
5 28 (6.80%) Senior Developer
6 26 (6.31%) Python Developer
7 24 (5.83%) Product Manager
8 23 (5.58%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 22 (5.34%) Architect
9 22 (5.34%) Java Developer
10 21 (5.10%) Lead
11 20 (4.85%) AWS Engineer
11 20 (4.85%) Business Analyst
11 20 (4.85%) Python Engineer
12 18 (4.37%) Java Engineer
13 16 (3.88%) AWS Developer
13 16 (3.88%) AWS Software Engineer
14 13 (3.16%) Backend Developer
14 13 (3.16%) Python Software Engineer
15 12 (2.91%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (10.68%) Kafka
2 43 (10.44%) React
3 32 (7.77%) AngularJS
4 30 (7.28%) Node.js
5 28 (6.80%) RESTful
6 26 (6.31%) REST
7 21 (5.10%) Spring
8 20 (4.85%) .NET
9 19 (4.61%) Pandas
9 19 (4.61%) Spring Boot
10 17 (4.13%) Vue
11 16 (3.88%) NumPy
12 15 (3.64%) SciPy
13 12 (2.91%) Jest
14 9 (2.18%) GraphQL
14 9 (2.18%) Redux
15 7 (1.70%) OAuth
15 7 (1.70%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
15 7 (1.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.01%) Fixed Income
2 27 (6.55%) Equities
2 27 (6.55%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.83%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (5.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 23 (5.58%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.85%) Cloud Native
6 19 (4.61%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.40%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.18%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 8 (1.94%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.97%) Digital Wallet
13 4 (0.97%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.88%) Linux
2 13 (3.16%) Windows
3 11 (2.67%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.94%) Unix
5 7 (1.70%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (34.22%) Agile
2 90 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (19.66%) CI/CD
4 70 (16.99%) Software Engineering
5 66 (16.02%) DevOps
6 62 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (15.05%) Microservices
7 59 (14.32%) Analytics
8 52 (12.62%) Migration
9 47 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (10.19%) Roadmaps
11 41 (9.95%) User Experience
12 34 (8.25%) AI
13 31 (7.52%) Digital Banking
13 31 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (7.04%) Full-Stack Development
14 29 (7.04%) Observability
15 27 (6.55%) Decision-Making
15 27 (6.55%) Event-Driven
15 27 (6.55%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 96 (23.30%) Python
2 74 (17.96%) Java
3 50 (12.14%) SQL
4 38 (9.22%) C#
5 37 (8.98%) JavaScript
6 34 (8.25%) TypeScript
7 21 (5.10%) Go
8 18 (4.37%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.91%) Bash
10 8 (1.94%) C++
11 7 (1.70%) Swift
12 5 (1.21%) R
13 4 (0.97%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.97%) Rust
14 3 (0.73%) Perl
14 3 (0.73%) Ruby
14 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.49%) Dart
15 2 (0.49%) PHP
16 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 31 (7.52%) Degree
2 18 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.13%) PMP
4 16 (3.88%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.94%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.94%) CISSP
5 8 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.70%) CISM
7 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.21%) CBAP
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%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.97%) OCP
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.73%) IIBA
9 3 (0.73%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.01%) QA
2 21 (5.10%) PCI DSS
3 18 (4.37%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.64%) GDPR
5 13 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.91%) NIST
7 10 (2.43%) PSD2
8 7 (1.70%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.70%) PMO
9 6 (1.46%) 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 2 (0.49%) Basel III
14 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.24%) EMIR
System Software
1 49 (11.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 44 (10.68%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.28%) Terraform
3 15 (3.64%) Ansible
4 6 (1.46%) Grafana
5 5 (1.21%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.73%) QRadar
7 2 (0.49%) Istio
7 2 (0.49%) linkerd
7 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (8.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.40%) Databricks
3 13 (3.16%) Google
4 8 (1.94%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.70%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.46%) Oracle
7 5 (1.21%) Zscaler
8 4 (0.97%) Alteryx
8 4 (0.97%) Darktrace
8 4 (0.97%) Dynatrace
8 4 (0.97%) Rapid7
8 4 (0.97%) Sonatype
9 3 (0.73%) Alibaba
9 3 (0.73%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (0.73%) Samsung
10 2 (0.49%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.49%) Checkmarx
10 2 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.49%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.49%) Thales