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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 220 218
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Fintech 433 401 523
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.24% 1.10% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.27% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 315 428
10th Percentile £363 £425 £413
25th Percentile £425 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £589
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.91% -1.88%
75th Percentile £725 £731 £688
90th Percentile £850 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £461 £450 £520
% change year-on-year +2.50% -13.46% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 3
10th Percentile £45.88 - £36.25
25th Percentile £65.81 £46.25 £49.38
Median hourly rate £76.75 £47.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.58% -34.48% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £55.63 £81.60
90th Percentile £89.75 £59.75 £86.30
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 31,506 31,506 41,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.04% 86.11% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,718 18,972 28,134
10th Percentile £294 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,047 1,115 1,606
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £20.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £73.68 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -35.71% -20.14% +48.56%

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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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -26 352 £600 - 2,441
London -18 269 £633 +3.27% 1,562
Work from Home +28 188 £625 - 1,293
UK excluding London +28 113 £461 +2.50% 1,568
Scotland +38 37 £525 +31.25% 30
North of England -21 34 £425 -22.73% 220
North West -11 20 £455 -17.27% 157
Midlands -20 18 £400 - 28
East Midlands -9 13 £380 -5.00% 11
Yorkshire -29 12 £363 -9.38% 29
South East +6 9 £378 -26.34% 1,185
South West +6 8 £450 -30.77% 30
East of England -8 5 £450 -43.75% 30
West Midlands -27 5 £400 - 17
Northern Ireland -4 3 - - 17
North East -8 2 £450 - 35

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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 28 (6.47%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.85%) Confluence
3 7 (1.62%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.15%) Apache
6 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.46%) IIS
7 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.62%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.46%) Kondor
3 1 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 123 (28.41%) AWS
2 73 (16.86%) Azure
3 70 (16.17%) GCP
4 27 (6.24%) dbt
5 22 (5.08%) GitHub
6 20 (4.62%) SaaS
7 17 (3.93%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.54%) Amazon Kinesis
8 11 (2.54%) AWS Step Functions
8 11 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (2.54%) Power Platform
9 9 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.08%) Datadog
10 8 (1.85%) Amazon S3
10 8 (1.85%) Figma
10 8 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.85%) Serverless
11 7 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.62%) Firewall
2 4 (0.92%) ATM
3 3 (0.69%) DNS
3 3 (0.69%) VPN
4 2 (0.46%) DHCP
4 2 (0.46%) HTTP
4 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.23%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.23%) Network Security
5 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (11.55%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (5.31%) Amazon Athena
3 22 (5.08%) Apache Arrow
3 22 (5.08%) Apache Iceberg
3 22 (5.08%) Dremio
4 18 (4.16%) MySQL
5 17 (3.93%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (3.70%) SQL Server
7 15 (3.46%) Apache Cassandra
7 15 (3.46%) MongoDB
8 14 (3.23%) NoSQL
8 14 (3.23%) Tableau
9 10 (2.31%) Hadoop
10 9 (2.08%) Power BI
11 8 (1.85%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.62%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.62%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.39%) Oracle Database
14 5 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 33 (7.62%) JIRA
2 15 (3.46%) Cypress.io
2 15 (3.46%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.23%) Git
4 8 (1.85%) Cucumber
4 8 (1.85%) JUnit
5 7 (1.62%) GitLab
6 5 (1.15%) Selenium
7 4 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.92%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.69%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.69%) Gatling
8 3 (0.69%) Postman
8 3 (0.69%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.69%) Storybook
9 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.46%) MLflow
9 2 (0.46%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.46%) Snyk
9 2 (0.46%) TestNG
General
1 287 (66.28%) Finance
2 143 (33.03%) Banking
3 125 (28.87%) Social Skills
4 61 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (11.09%) Front Office
6 27 (6.24%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.23%) Financial Institution
8 11 (2.54%) Legal
9 10 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.08%) Marketing
10 9 (2.08%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.62%) Back Office
11 7 (1.62%) Japanese Language
11 7 (1.62%) Retail
12 6 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.15%) German Language
13 5 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (27.94%) Developer
2 57 (13.16%) Analyst
3 55 (12.70%) Software Engineer
4 50 (11.55%) Senior
5 41 (9.47%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 28 (6.47%) AWS Engineer
6 28 (6.47%) Senior Developer
7 25 (5.77%) Java Developer
7 25 (5.77%) Python Developer
8 24 (5.54%) Java Engineer
8 24 (5.54%) Python Engineer
9 23 (5.31%) AWS Developer
9 23 (5.31%) AWS Software Engineer
9 23 (5.31%) Product Manager
10 19 (4.39%) Architect
10 19 (4.39%) Lead
11 18 (4.16%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.93%) Python Software Engineer
13 16 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
13 16 (3.70%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (14.78%) React
2 45 (10.39%) Node.js
3 40 (9.24%) AngularJS
4 38 (8.78%) Kafka
5 27 (6.24%) RESTful
5 27 (6.24%) Vue
6 25 (5.77%) Pandas
6 25 (5.77%) REST
7 23 (5.31%) NumPy
8 22 (5.08%) SciPy
9 20 (4.62%) .NET
9 20 (4.62%) Redux
9 20 (4.62%) Spring
10 18 (4.16%) Spring Boot
11 12 (2.77%) Jest
12 8 (1.85%) GraphQL
12 8 (1.85%) OAuth
13 7 (1.62%) HTML
13 7 (1.62%) OAuth2
13 7 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.09%) Fixed Income
2 39 (9.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 37 (8.55%) Equities
4 29 (6.70%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.39%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.16%) Cloud Native
8 17 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.23%) Virtual Team
10 9 (2.08%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.85%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 7 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.39%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.39%) Replication
14 5 (1.15%) Clustering
14 5 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.15%) Derivative
14 5 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.93%) Windows
2 15 (3.46%) Linux
3 10 (2.31%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.31%) Unix
4 7 (1.62%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (35.10%) Agile
2 90 (20.79%) Software Engineering
3 84 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (19.17%) CI/CD
5 68 (15.70%) DevOps
6 61 (14.09%) Migration
7 59 (13.63%) Microservices
8 57 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (12.47%) Analytics
10 53 (12.24%) User Experience
11 48 (11.09%) Roadmaps
12 43 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (9.70%) Asset Management
14 39 (9.01%) Investment Management
15 34 (7.85%) Digital Banking
15 34 (7.85%) Risk Management
16 30 (6.93%) Test Automation
17 29 (6.70%) AI
18 28 (6.47%) Full-Stack Development
18 28 (6.47%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 99 (22.86%) Python
2 75 (17.32%) Java
3 59 (13.63%) JavaScript
4 50 (11.55%) TypeScript
5 45 (10.39%) SQL
6 34 (7.85%) C#
7 21 (4.85%) Go
8 18 (4.16%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.08%) Bash
10 7 (1.62%) C++
11 6 (1.39%) Swift
12 5 (1.15%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.92%) Rust
14 3 (0.69%) Perl
14 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.46%) Dart
15 2 (0.46%) PHP
15 2 (0.46%) R
16 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 32 (7.39%) Degree
2 17 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.77%) PMI Certification
3 12 (2.77%) PMP
4 8 (1.85%) CISSP
5 7 (1.62%) CISM
6 6 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.92%) CISA
8 4 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (0.92%) OCP
8 4 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.69%) PgMP
9 3 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.46%) CBAP
10 2 (0.46%) CSSLP
10 2 (0.46%) GCIA
10 2 (0.46%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.85%) QA
2 23 (5.31%) PCI DSS
3 19 (4.39%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.46%) GDPR
5 14 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (3.00%) NIST
7 11 (2.54%) PSD2
8 9 (2.08%) PMO
9 7 (1.62%) GRC
10 6 (1.39%) ISO 20022
11 5 (1.15%) NIST 800
11 5 (1.15%) SEPA
11 5 (1.15%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.92%) COBIT
12 4 (0.92%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.69%) MiFID
13 3 (0.69%) SLA
14 2 (0.46%) Basel III
15 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 41 (9.47%) Docker
2 4 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 38 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.16%) Terraform
3 16 (3.70%) Ansible
4 6 (1.39%) Grafana
5 5 (1.15%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.69%) Istio
6 3 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.69%) QRadar
7 2 (0.46%) linkerd
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.46%) SCCM
7 2 (0.46%) WSUS
8 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (9.47%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.70%) Google
3 11 (2.54%) Databricks
4 10 (2.31%) Oracle
5 8 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.62%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.39%) Zscaler
8 5 (1.15%) Darktrace
9 4 (0.92%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.92%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.92%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.92%) Sonatype
10 3 (0.69%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.69%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (0.69%) Samsung
10 3 (0.69%) VMware
11 2 (0.46%) Checkmarx
11 2 (0.46%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.46%) OneTrust
11 2 (0.46%) Splunk