Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in Central 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 100 52
Rank change year-on-year +3 -48 +40
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 32 50 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.37% 1.66% 4.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.37% 5.10% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 42 84
10th Percentile £470 £546 £579
25th Percentile £638 £650 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £745 £739 £775
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% -4.68% +6.90%
75th Percentile £867 £838 £913
90th Percentile £946 £888 £980
London median daily rate £800 £700 £750
% change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
Central 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 732 980 1,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 31.32% 32.44% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 644 1,158
10th Percentile £362 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £480 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £600 £576
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +4.12% -3.96%
75th Percentile £711 £725 £725
90th Percentile £838 £829 £825
London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 33
10th Percentile £25.72 £17.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £26.20 £18.93 £20.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -30.69% +44.29%
75th Percentile £59.75 £46.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £65.60 £81.95
London median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +16.67% +13.21% -18.46%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in Central London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
City of London +8 32 £745 +0.85% 11
Foreign Exchange (FX)
London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Endur
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.13%) LAN
2 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.38%) KDB
2 3 (9.38%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.13%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
3 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Maven
2 4 (12.50%) Gradle
2 4 (12.50%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (9.38%) Git
3 3 (9.38%) SonarQube
3 3 (9.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (6.25%) Eclipse
4 2 (6.25%) IntelliJ
General
1 15 (46.88%) Finance
1 15 (46.88%) Front Office
2 9 (28.13%) Banking
3 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (15.63%) Investment Banking
6 4 (12.50%) Back Office
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.13%) German Language
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Developer
2 11 (34.38%) Analyst
3 8 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 8 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Senior
5 5 (15.63%) Senior Developer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
7 3 (9.38%) .NET Developer
7 3 (9.38%) Analyst Developer
7 3 (9.38%) C# Developer
8 2 (6.25%) FX Business Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Java Pricing Developer
8 2 (6.25%) Murex Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Murex Business Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Pricing Developer
8 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
9 1 (3.13%) Azure Developer
9 1 (3.13%) Credit Risk Modeller
9 1 (3.13%) Endur Developer
9 1 (3.13%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (15.63%) .NET
2 5 (15.63%) Blazor
3 4 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 4 (12.50%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (9.38%) CSS
4 3 (9.38%) CSS3
4 3 (9.38%) FpML
4 3 (9.38%) HTML
4 3 (9.38%) HTML5
4 3 (9.38%) Sass
5 2 (6.25%) React
6 1 (3.13%) Kafka
6 1 (3.13%) Middleware
6 1 (3.13%) RESTful
6 1 (3.13%) XML
6 1 (3.13%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Derivative
2 4 (12.50%) Equities
2 4 (12.50%) Market Risk
3 3 (9.38%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.13%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Fixed Income
4 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.13%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (3.13%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Agile
1 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (21.88%) Multithreading
3 6 (18.75%) Electronic Trading
3 6 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (18.75%) SDLC
4 5 (15.63%) Business Analysis
4 5 (15.63%) DevOps
4 5 (15.63%) Low Latency
4 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
4 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.50%) Release Management
5 4 (12.50%) Security Management
5 4 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.38%) Garbage Collection
6 3 (9.38%) Mathematics
6 3 (9.38%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (9.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) SQL
2 9 (28.13%) Java
3 7 (21.88%) C#
4 5 (15.63%) PL/SQL
4 5 (15.63%) T-SQL
5 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (9.38%) Python
6 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 2 (6.25%) VBA
8 1 (3.13%) C++
8 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 1 (3.13%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.13%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (3.13%) EMIR
1 1 (3.13%) MiFID
1 1 (3.13%) PMO
1 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
1 7 (21.88%) Oracle
2 4 (12.50%) Murex
3 3 (9.38%) OpenLink
4 2 (6.25%) Calypso
5 1 (3.13%) SAP
5 1 (3.13%) SunGard
5 1 (3.13%) Wallstreet Suite