Fintech Contracts in England

Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Fintech skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fintech over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 236 171
Rank change year-on-year +22 -65 +56
Contract jobs citing Fintech 418 561 1,193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.14% 1.15% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.27% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 439 1,043
10th Percentile £400 £413 £425
25th Percentile £475 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £688 £681
90th Percentile £800 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £46.08 - £36.00
25th Percentile £51.81 - £37.50
Median hourly rate £56.25 - £40.00
75th Percentile £66.06 - £42.50
90th Percentile £79.23 - £44.00
UK median hourly rate £56.25 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -38.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Fintech is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Fintech as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Fintech in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fintech in England.

Daily rate trend for Fintech in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fintech in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fintech in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fintech in England.

Hourly rate trend for Fintech in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fintech in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Fintech in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London -5 327 £650 +8.33% 489
North of England +41 25 £425 -8.11% 63
North West +27 12 £475 -3.80% 46
Yorkshire +24 12 £425 -19.05% 13
South West +19 10 £398 -22.44% 25
Midlands +29 8 £575 +27.78% 27
East of England +22 8 £655 - 7
West Midlands +21 5 £475 -5.00% 16
South East +17 4 £625 -24.24% 51
East Midlands +22 3 £575 +35.29% 11
North East +14 1 - - 4
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.11%) Apache
3 8 (1.91%) Confluence
4 7 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.72%) CMS
6 3 (0.72%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.48%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.48%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.24%) Sketch
1 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.87%) Aladdin
2 10 (2.39%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (1.67%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.72%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 151 (36.12%) AWS
2 68 (16.27%) GCP
3 63 (15.07%) Azure
4 12 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.15%) dbt
7 8 (1.91%) Serverless
8 7 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.67%) GitHub
8 7 (1.67%) SaaS
9 6 (1.44%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.44%) Twilio
10 5 (1.20%) Azure Functions
11 4 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.72%) Miro
12 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.67%) Internet
1 7 (1.67%) VPN
2 3 (0.72%) Firewall
3 2 (0.48%) DNS
3 2 (0.48%) NetScaler
3 2 (0.48%) Network Security
3 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.53%) Apache Cassandra
2 16 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (3.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (3.11%) Apache Ignite
4 9 (2.15%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.91%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.67%) Apache Arrow
6 7 (1.67%) Dremio
6 7 (1.67%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.72%) Big Data
8 3 (0.72%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.72%) Looker
8 3 (0.72%) Power BI
8 3 (0.72%) Tableau
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (2.15%) JIRA
2 7 (1.67%) Git
2 7 (1.67%) Selenium
3 6 (1.44%) Appium
3 6 (1.44%) Postman
4 5 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.72%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.48%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.48%) git-flow
6 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.48%) XCTest
6 2 (0.48%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.24%) Darcs
7 1 (0.24%) MLflow
7 1 (0.24%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 207 (49.52%) Finance
2 80 (19.14%) Social Skills
3 73 (17.46%) Front Office
4 59 (14.11%) Banking
5 37 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (6.22%) Investment Banking
7 19 (4.55%) Financial Institution
8 11 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.44%) Corporate Banking
9 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.44%) Marketing
9 6 (1.44%) Retail
9 6 (1.44%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.20%) Back Office
10 5 (1.20%) Legal
10 5 (1.20%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 158 (37.80%) Developer
2 114 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 63 (15.07%) Senior
4 45 (10.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 44 (10.53%) .NET Developer
6 42 (10.05%) Architect
7 32 (7.66%) Senior Software Engineer
8 29 (6.94%) Analyst
8 29 (6.94%) React Developer
9 28 (6.70%) Software Manager
10 26 (6.22%) .NET Software Developer
11 25 (5.98%) .NET Software Engineer
11 25 (5.98%) Finance Manager
11 25 (5.98%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (5.74%) Software Asset Manager
13 21 (5.02%) Business Analyst
14 14 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (3.35%) Data Business Analyst
14 14 (3.35%) Full Stack Developer
15 13 (3.11%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (15.55%) React
2 57 (13.64%) .NET
3 47 (11.24%) Kafka
4 46 (11.00%) Redux
5 30 (7.18%) Node.js
6 28 (6.70%) AngularJS
7 20 (4.78%) .NET Core
8 17 (4.07%) Vue
9 15 (3.59%) GraphQL
10 13 (3.11%) React Native
11 12 (2.87%) ASP.NET
11 12 (2.87%) gRPC
11 12 (2.87%) Protocol Buffers
12 11 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (2.15%) Material-UI
13 9 (2.15%) REST
14 7 (1.67%) NumPy
14 7 (1.67%) Pandas
15 6 (1.44%) RESTful
15 6 (1.44%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.88%) Fixed Income
2 45 (10.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 38 (9.09%) Derivative
3 38 (9.09%) Equities
4 37 (8.85%) Hedge funds
5 25 (5.98%) Product Ownership
6 23 (5.50%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.35%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.11%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.44%) CBDC
11 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.20%) Web3
12 4 (0.96%) IoT
12 4 (0.96%) Social Media
12 4 (0.96%) Wiki
13 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.72%) PKI
14 2 (0.48%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.39%) Windows
2 9 (2.15%) Android
3 8 (1.91%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.67%) Unix
5 5 (1.20%) Linux
5 5 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.72%) VMS
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (40.67%) Agile
2 150 (35.89%) Software Engineering
3 69 (16.51%) DevOps
4 61 (14.59%) User Experience
5 59 (14.11%) Asset Management
6 58 (13.88%) Investment Management
7 55 (13.16%) Full Stack Development
8 51 (12.20%) UX Design
9 47 (11.24%) User Research
10 45 (10.77%) UX Research
11 41 (9.81%) TDD
12 37 (8.85%) Roadmaps
13 32 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (6.22%) Computer Science
15 25 (5.98%) CI/CD
15 25 (5.98%) Machine Learning
16 24 (5.74%) Test Automation
17 21 (5.02%) Business Intelligence
17 21 (5.02%) Performance Attribution
18 19 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 79 (18.90%) C#
2 74 (17.70%) Python
3 72 (17.22%) SQL
4 70 (16.75%) JavaScript
5 65 (15.55%) TypeScript
6 54 (12.92%) Java
7 51 (12.20%) Go
8 17 (4.07%) Kotlin
9 16 (3.83%) Scala
10 9 (2.15%) PHP
10 9 (2.15%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.67%) C++
12 5 (1.20%) C
12 5 (1.20%) Swift
13 4 (0.96%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.96%) R
13 4 (0.96%) Ruby
14 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.48%) Perl
16 1 (0.24%) RPG
Qualifications
1 33 (7.89%) Degree
2 23 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.11%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.11%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.96%) Master's Degree
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.96%) PhD
5 3 (0.72%) MBA
6 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.48%) CCNA
6 2 (0.48%) CCNP
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.48%) MCSA
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (10.77%) QA
2 4 (0.96%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (0.96%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.48%) GRC
3 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
3 2 (0.48%) NIST
3 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 48 (11.48%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) Squid
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (13.88%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.11%) Terraform
3 5 (1.20%) SCCM
4 3 (0.72%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.24%) Control-M
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) Istio
6 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (3.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.35%) Google
3 13 (3.11%) Bloomberg
4 12 (2.87%) BISAM
4 12 (2.87%) Oracle
5 10 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.96%) Apple
6 4 (0.96%) Freshdesk
6 4 (0.96%) ION Trading
7 3 (0.72%) Citrix
7 3 (0.72%) Databricks
7 3 (0.72%) IBM
8 2 (0.48%) Checkmarx
8 2 (0.48%) Cisco
8 2 (0.48%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.48%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.48%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.48%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.24%) DataRobot
9 1 (0.24%) Ping Identity