Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts

Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 228 261
Rank change year-on-year -50 +33 -20
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 365 722 965
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.22% 1.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.77% 3.66% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 584 814
10th Percentile £543 £550 £538
25th Percentile £650 £636 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £875 £852 £800
90th Percentile £888 £950 £884
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £500 £531
% change year-on-year +20.00% -5.88% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% +49.42% -
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £43.00

All Generic Skills
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX) is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,163 19,732 29,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.34% 33.30% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 13,566 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 640 723
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.05 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 -49 353 £800 +6.67% 207
London -46 322 £800 +6.67% 174
Work from Home +7 151 £800 +3.23% 68
UK excluding London +71 31 £600 +20.00% 35
South West +32 14 £570 - 15
Midlands +36 9 £600 - 4
East Midlands +26 6 £600 - 1
West Midlands +27 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 £600 - 6
Scotland +37 2 £539 -8.34% 4
North of England +24 2 £625 +25.00% 1
North West +12 2 £625 +25.00% 1
South East +15 1 £600 - 4

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 81 (22.19%) Apache Airflow
2 75 (20.55%) Apache
3 9 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.92%) Confluence
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 12 (3.29%) Aladdin
2 10 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.92%) ION MarketView
4 5 (1.37%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.37%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.82%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.55%) Endur
7 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.55%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.55%) thinkFolio
8 1 (0.27%) Actimize
8 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.27%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 146 (40.00%) AWS
2 83 (22.74%) GCP
3 74 (20.27%) dbt
4 69 (18.90%) Snowflake
5 56 (15.34%) Azure
6 12 (3.29%) GitHub
7 11 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.01%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.47%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.47%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.19%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.64%) PaaS
11 5 (1.37%) Azure API Management
11 5 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (1.37%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.37%) Azure Storage
11 5 (1.37%) npm
11 5 (1.37%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.10%) Internet
2 3 (0.82%) HTTP
3 2 (0.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (20.27%) Amazon Athena
1 74 (20.27%) Apache Arrow
1 74 (20.27%) Apache Ignite
1 74 (20.27%) Dremio
2 67 (18.36%) Data Lake
3 25 (6.85%) KDB
4 12 (3.29%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.47%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.19%) Data Mart
7 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.37%) Power BI
8 4 (1.10%) Metadata
8 4 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) Power Query
11 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.27%) QlikView
11 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (8.77%) JIRA
2 16 (4.38%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.29%) Git
4 9 (2.47%) GoogleTest
5 6 (1.64%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.37%) Postman
6 5 (1.37%) webpack
7 4 (1.10%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.55%) Babel
8 2 (0.55%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 235 (64.38%) Finance
2 198 (54.25%) Front Office
3 170 (46.58%) Banking
4 123 (33.70%) Investment Banking
5 64 (17.53%) Social Skills
6 31 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.56%) Back Office
8 6 (1.64%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.64%) Wholesale Banking
9 5 (1.37%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.10%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.10%) Retail
11 2 (0.55%) French Language
11 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Law
11 2 (0.55%) Legal
11 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 140 (38.36%) Developer
2 86 (23.56%) Software Engineer
3 75 (20.55%) Analyst
4 69 (18.90%) Senior
5 56 (15.34%) Business Analyst
6 53 (14.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 45 (12.33%) Lead
8 43 (11.78%) Finance Manager
8 43 (11.78%) Java Developer
9 38 (10.41%) Senior Developer
10 35 (9.59%) Java Engineer
10 35 (9.59%) Java Software Engineer
11 32 (8.77%) .NET Developer
12 30 (8.22%) Financial Analyst
12 30 (8.22%) Python Engineer
12 30 (8.22%) Python Software Engineer
13 29 (7.95%) Senior Software Engineer
14 27 (7.40%) Architect
15 26 (7.12%) .NET Software Engineer
15 26 (7.12%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (21.64%) gRPC
1 79 (21.64%) Pandas
1 79 (21.64%) Protocol Buffers
2 73 (20.00%) NumPy
2 73 (20.00%) SciPy
3 57 (15.62%) React
4 36 (9.86%) .NET
5 25 (6.85%) FIX Protocol
5 25 (6.85%) Redux
6 21 (5.75%) .NET Core
7 18 (4.93%) AngularJS
8 16 (4.38%) CSS
8 16 (4.38%) Vue
9 15 (4.11%) HTML
10 11 (3.01%) ASP.NET
10 11 (3.01%) ASP.NET Core
10 11 (3.01%) Middleware
11 9 (2.47%) Qt
12 8 (2.19%) Rendezvous
12 8 (2.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 176 (48.22%) Fixed Income
2 173 (47.40%) Derivative
3 161 (44.11%) Equities
4 133 (36.44%) Hedge funds
5 36 (9.86%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (3.84%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.56%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (3.01%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.19%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (1.92%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.64%) Pricing Data
14 5 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (1.10%) Equity Derivative
16 3 (0.82%) Market Risk
16 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
16 3 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.85%) Linux
2 24 (6.58%) Unix
3 9 (2.47%) Windows
4 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (58.36%) Agile
2 146 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 130 (35.62%) Software Engineering
4 121 (33.15%) Investment Management
5 50 (13.70%) DevOps
6 47 (12.88%) Analytics
6 47 (12.88%) Fintech
7 41 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (10.96%) TDD
9 37 (10.14%) Electronic Trading
10 36 (9.86%) Line Management
10 36 (9.86%) Low Latency
11 31 (8.49%) Machine Learning
12 30 (8.22%) Full Stack Development
13 29 (7.95%) Artificial Intelligence
14 26 (7.12%) Roadmaps
15 25 (6.85%) Greeks
16 24 (6.58%) CI/CD
16 24 (6.58%) Product Management
17 23 (6.30%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 154 (42.19%) Python
2 147 (40.27%) Java
3 131 (35.89%) JavaScript
4 115 (31.51%) TypeScript
5 61 (16.71%) SQL
6 45 (12.33%) C#
7 22 (6.03%) C++
8 9 (2.47%) Perl
9 6 (1.64%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.64%) Ruby
9 6 (1.64%) Scala
10 5 (1.37%) VBA
11 4 (1.10%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.55%) VB
13 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.27%) VBScript
13 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 20 (5.48%) Degree
2 11 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.19%) Numerate Degree
4 6 (1.64%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.37%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.82%) CCNA
7 3 (0.82%) CISA
7 3 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.82%) CISM
7 3 (0.82%) CISSP
7 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.55%) ISEB
8 2 (0.55%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.77%) QA
2 31 (8.49%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.47%) MISRA
4 8 (2.19%) MiFID
4 8 (2.19%) SEPA
5 4 (1.10%) EMIR
5 4 (1.10%) GAAP
6 2 (0.55%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) COREP
7 1 (0.27%) GDPR
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.10%) Docker
3 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.10%) Ansible
2 4 (1.10%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (0.82%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.55%) Control-M
4 2 (0.55%) Terraform
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 28 (7.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.03%) Bloomberg
3 16 (4.38%) SAP
4 15 (4.11%) Murex
5 13 (3.56%) Oracle
6 12 (3.29%) BISAM
7 11 (3.01%) ION Trading
7 11 (3.01%) TIBCO
8 10 (2.74%) Solace
9 9 (2.47%) Google
10 6 (1.64%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.37%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.10%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.82%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (0.82%) Calypso
13 3 (0.82%) Cisco
13 3 (0.82%) IBM
13 3 (0.82%) Qualys
13 3 (0.82%) Tradeweb
13 3 (0.82%) VMware