Foreign Exchange (FX) Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Central London > West End of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in West End of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 5.26% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £569 - -
25th Percentile £583 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £641 - -
Central London median daily rate £650 £707 £725
% change year-on-year -8.06% -2.48% -3.33%

All Generic Skills
West End of London

Foreign Exchange (FX) falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18 21 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 47.37% 27.63% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 4
10th Percentile - £439 £334
25th Percentile £350 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £474 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -5.20% -7.41%
75th Percentile £591 £533 £563
90th Percentile £638 £561 £675
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £26.00
Central London median hourly rate £27.06 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - -40.00%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Foreign Exchange (FX) job vacancy trend in West End of London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Foreign Exchange (FX)

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 17 February 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
Westminster - 2 £605 -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft