Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 197 221
Rank change year-on-year -28 +24 -31
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 389 651 935
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.07% 1.35% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.49% 4.01% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 533 798
10th Percentile £568 £550 £538
25th Percentile £663 £625 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £888 £850 £800
90th Percentile - £950 £888
UK median daily rate £800 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £43.00
% change year-on-year +8.95% +49.42% -

All Generic Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,131 16,221 23,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.59% 33.66% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,299 11,282 16,987
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 810 575 635
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.42
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.72% +2.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £49.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 Foreign Exchange (FX) within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 -16 347 £800 +6.67% 165
South West +29 20 £570 - 12
Midlands +34 9 £600 - 2
East Midlands +18 6 £600 -
East of England - 6 £600 - 7
West Midlands +28 3 - - 2
South East +14 3 £600 - 6
North of England +21 2 £625 +25.00% 4
North West +14 2 £625 +25.00% 4
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 99 (25.45%) Apache Airflow
2 94 (24.16%) Apache
3 7 (1.80%) Confluence
3 7 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.08%) Aladdin
3 10 (2.57%) ION MarketView
4 5 (1.29%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.29%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.03%) Markit EDM
5 4 (1.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (1.03%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.77%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.51%) Endur
7 2 (0.51%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.26%) Actimize
8 1 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.26%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 163 (41.90%) AWS
2 93 (23.91%) dbt
3 89 (22.88%) GCP
4 86 (22.11%) Snowflake
5 51 (13.11%) Azure
6 16 (4.11%) GitHub
7 8 (2.06%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.06%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.80%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.80%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.54%) PaaS
10 5 (1.29%) Azure API Management
10 5 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (1.29%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.29%) Azure Storage
10 5 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.29%) npm
10 5 (1.29%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.03%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.03%) Internet
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (23.91%) Apache Arrow
1 93 (23.91%) Dremio
2 92 (23.65%) Amazon Athena
2 92 (23.65%) Apache Ignite
3 86 (22.11%) Data Lake
4 30 (7.71%) KDB
5 9 (2.31%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.06%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.80%) Data Mart
8 5 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.03%) Metadata
9 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.77%) Power BI
11 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.51%) Tableau
12 1 (0.26%) Big Data
12 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.26%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 37 (9.51%) JIRA
2 22 (5.66%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.34%) Git
3 13 (3.34%) GoogleTest
4 6 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.29%) Postman
5 5 (1.29%) webpack
6 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.51%) Babel
7 2 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 259 (66.58%) Finance
2 224 (57.58%) Front Office
3 188 (48.33%) Banking
4 139 (35.73%) Investment Banking
5 67 (17.22%) Social Skills
6 33 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.86%) Back Office
8 7 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.54%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (1.29%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.03%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Billing
12 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Law
12 2 (0.51%) Legal
12 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Retail
13 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 149 (38.30%) Developer
2 99 (25.45%) Software Engineer
3 81 (20.82%) Senior
4 75 (19.28%) Analyst
5 55 (14.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 54 (13.88%) Business Analyst
7 53 (13.62%) Java Developer
8 49 (12.60%) Lead
9 46 (11.83%) Java Engineer
9 46 (11.83%) Java Software Engineer
10 42 (10.80%) Finance Manager
11 39 (10.03%) Senior Developer
12 38 (9.77%) Python Engineer
12 38 (9.77%) Python Software Engineer
13 37 (9.51%) Senior Software Engineer
14 32 (8.23%) Financial Analyst
15 30 (7.71%) .NET Developer
15 30 (7.71%) AWS Engineer
16 29 (7.46%) Lead Developer
16 29 (7.46%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (24.94%) gRPC
1 97 (24.94%) Pandas
1 97 (24.94%) Protocol Buffers
2 91 (23.39%) NumPy
2 91 (23.39%) SciPy
3 57 (14.65%) React
4 34 (8.74%) .NET
5 23 (5.91%) FIX Protocol
5 23 (5.91%) Redux
6 21 (5.40%) .NET Core
7 16 (4.11%) AngularJS
8 15 (3.86%) CSS
8 15 (3.86%) HTML
8 15 (3.86%) Qt
9 14 (3.60%) Vue
10 10 (2.57%) Middleware
11 9 (2.31%) ASP.NET
11 9 (2.31%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (2.06%) Rendezvous
13 7 (1.80%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 195 (50.13%) Fixed Income
2 194 (49.87%) Derivative
3 178 (45.76%) Equities
4 150 (38.56%) Hedge funds
5 38 (9.77%) Product Ownership
6 19 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (3.08%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.83%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.57%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.57%) Pricing Data
10 8 (2.06%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (1.80%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 4 (1.03%) Equity Derivative
14 3 (0.77%) Market Risk
14 3 (0.77%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.23%) Linux
2 23 (5.91%) Unix
3 10 (2.57%) Windows
4 4 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (60.41%) Agile
2 165 (42.42%) Asset Management
3 150 (38.56%) Software Engineering
4 134 (34.45%) Investment Management
5 51 (13.11%) Analytics
6 49 (12.60%) DevOps
7 44 (11.31%) Fintech
7 44 (11.31%) Line Management
8 42 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (10.03%) Electronic Trading
10 38 (9.77%) Low Latency
10 38 (9.77%) TDD
11 32 (8.23%) Machine Learning
12 31 (7.97%) Greeks
13 30 (7.71%) Artificial Intelligence
14 29 (7.46%) CI/CD
15 28 (7.20%) Full Stack Development
16 27 (6.94%) E-Commerce
17 25 (6.43%) Product Management
18 23 (5.91%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 179 (46.02%) Python
2 176 (45.24%) Java
3 147 (37.79%) JavaScript
4 129 (33.16%) TypeScript
5 59 (15.17%) SQL
6 43 (11.05%) C#
7 28 (7.20%) C++
8 9 (2.31%) Perl
9 6 (1.54%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.54%) Ruby
9 6 (1.54%) Scala
10 5 (1.29%) VBA
11 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.51%) VB
13 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (4.37%) Degree
2 11 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.06%) Numerate Degree
4 7 (1.80%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.54%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.77%) CCNA
7 3 (0.77%) CISA
7 3 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.77%) CISM
7 3 (0.77%) CISSP
7 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.51%) Data Quality
2 30 (7.71%) QA
3 15 (3.86%) MISRA
4 6 (1.54%) MiFID
4 6 (1.54%) SEPA
5 4 (1.03%) GAAP
6 2 (0.51%) EMIR
7 1 (0.26%) GDPR
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.03%) Docker
3 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.03%) Ansible
2 4 (1.03%) Control-M
2 4 (1.03%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (0.51%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (6.43%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.14%) Bloomberg
3 17 (4.37%) SAP
4 15 (3.86%) Google
4 15 (3.86%) Murex
5 14 (3.60%) ION Trading
6 12 (3.08%) BISAM
7 11 (2.83%) TIBCO
8 10 (2.57%) Oracle
8 10 (2.57%) Solace
9 5 (1.29%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.03%) Tradeweb
11 3 (0.77%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.77%) Calypso
11 3 (0.77%) Cisco
11 3 (0.77%) Okta
11 3 (0.77%) Qualys
11 3 (0.77%) VMware