Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 106 123
Rank change year-on-year -15 +17 -20
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 342 634 919
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.96% 2.45% 2.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.89% 6.81% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 526 786
10th Percentile £600 £550 £538
25th Percentile £680 £629 £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
England median daily rate £800 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £64.25 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 -
% change year-on-year +8.95% - -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,811 9,308 14,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.28% 35.91% 36.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,116 6,703 10,271
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 114 201
10th Percentile £15.48 £19.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.88 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.80
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.09% +28.11%
75th Percentile £49.13 £64.88 £54.38
90th Percentile £69.50 £84.63 £69.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £22.49 £26.99
% change year-on-year +51.21% -16.69% +2.96%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in London

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London -42 31 £700 -6.67% 17
South London +14 7 £850 +100.00% 1
West London - 1 - - 1
Foreign Exchange (FX)
England

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 97 (28.36%) Apache Airflow
2 91 (26.61%) Apache
3 5 (1.46%) Confluence
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.51%) Aladdin
2 8 (2.34%) ION MarketView
3 4 (1.17%) Markit EDM
3 4 (1.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (1.17%) thinkFolio
4 3 (0.88%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.58%) Endur
5 2 (0.58%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.58%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.29%) Actimize
6 1 (0.29%) RMDS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 160 (46.78%) AWS
2 90 (26.32%) dbt
3 89 (26.02%) GCP
4 84 (24.56%) Snowflake
5 52 (15.20%) Azure
6 8 (2.34%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.75%) PaaS
8 5 (1.46%) Azure API Management
8 5 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (1.46%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.46%) Azure Storage
8 5 (1.46%) npm
8 5 (1.46%) Yarn
9 4 (1.17%) Collibra
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.88%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.88%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.17%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.17%) Internet
2 2 (0.58%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (26.32%) Amazon Athena
1 90 (26.32%) Apache Arrow
1 90 (26.32%) Apache Ignite
1 90 (26.32%) Dremio
2 83 (24.27%) Data Lake
3 27 (7.89%) KDB
4 9 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.34%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.05%) Data Mart
7 5 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.17%) Metadata
8 4 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.88%) Power BI
10 2 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.29%) QlikView
11 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (4.39%) JIRA
2 13 (3.80%) Git
3 7 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.46%) Postman
5 5 (1.46%) webpack
6 4 (1.17%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.58%) Babel
7 2 (0.58%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 248 (72.51%) Finance
2 215 (62.87%) Front Office
3 177 (51.75%) Banking
4 134 (39.18%) Investment Banking
5 55 (16.08%) Social Skills
6 27 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.39%) Back Office
8 7 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.75%) Wholesale Banking
10 4 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.17%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Billing
12 1 (0.29%) French Language
12 1 (0.29%) Law
12 1 (0.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 137 (40.06%) Developer
2 85 (24.85%) Software Engineer
3 71 (20.76%) Senior
4 70 (20.47%) Analyst
5 55 (16.08%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 50 (14.62%) Business Analyst
6 50 (14.62%) Lead
7 47 (13.74%) Java Developer
8 42 (12.28%) Finance Manager
9 36 (10.53%) Python Engineer
9 36 (10.53%) Python Software Engineer
10 35 (10.23%) Senior Developer
10 35 (10.23%) Senior Software Engineer
11 32 (9.36%) Java Engineer
11 32 (9.36%) Java Software Engineer
12 31 (9.06%) Financial Analyst
13 30 (8.77%) .NET Developer
13 30 (8.77%) Architect
13 30 (8.77%) Lead Developer
14 28 (8.19%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (27.78%) gRPC
1 95 (27.78%) Pandas
1 95 (27.78%) Protocol Buffers
2 89 (26.02%) NumPy
2 89 (26.02%) SciPy
3 57 (16.67%) React
4 34 (9.94%) .NET
5 23 (6.73%) Redux
6 21 (6.14%) .NET Core
6 21 (6.14%) FIX Protocol
7 16 (4.68%) AngularJS
7 16 (4.68%) CSS
7 16 (4.68%) HTML
8 14 (4.09%) Vue
9 10 (2.92%) Middleware
10 9 (2.63%) ASP.NET
10 9 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
11 8 (2.34%) Rendezvous
12 7 (2.05%) Material-UI
13 6 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 192 (56.14%) Fixed Income
2 189 (55.26%) Derivative
3 174 (50.88%) Equities
4 147 (42.98%) Hedge funds
5 36 (10.53%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.97%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (3.51%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.22%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.34%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (2.34%) Pricing Data
11 7 (2.05%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 4 (1.17%) Equity Derivative
15 3 (0.88%) Market Risk
15 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.88%) PMI
16 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.02%) Unix
2 21 (6.14%) Linux
3 9 (2.63%) Windows
4 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (60.82%) Agile
2 162 (47.37%) Asset Management
3 135 (39.47%) Software Engineering
4 131 (38.30%) Investment Management
5 48 (14.04%) Analytics
6 44 (12.87%) Fintech
6 44 (12.87%) Line Management
7 38 (11.11%) TDD
8 37 (10.82%) Low Latency
8 37 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (10.23%) DevOps
9 35 (10.23%) Electronic Trading
10 32 (9.36%) Machine Learning
11 31 (9.06%) Greeks
12 30 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence
13 28 (8.19%) Full Stack Development
14 25 (7.31%) E-Commerce
14 25 (7.31%) Product Management
15 22 (6.43%) Roadmaps
16 21 (6.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 164 (47.95%) Python
2 156 (45.61%) Java
3 146 (42.69%) JavaScript
4 128 (37.43%) TypeScript
5 56 (16.37%) SQL
6 43 (12.57%) C#
7 14 (4.09%) C++
8 9 (2.63%) Perl
9 6 (1.75%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.75%) Ruby
9 6 (1.75%) Scala
10 5 (1.46%) VBA
11 4 (1.17%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.58%) VB
13 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (5.26%) Degree
2 11 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.34%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.88%) CCNA
5 3 (0.88%) CISA
5 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (0.88%) CISM
5 3 (0.88%) CISSP
5 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.82%) Data Quality
2 30 (8.77%) QA
3 6 (1.75%) MiFID
4 5 (1.46%) SEPA
5 4 (1.17%) GAAP
6 2 (0.58%) EMIR
7 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.17%) Docker
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.17%) Ansible
2 4 (1.17%) Control-M
2 4 (1.17%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (0.58%) Terraform
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (5.85%) Bloomberg
1 20 (5.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.09%) Murex
3 12 (3.51%) BISAM
3 12 (3.51%) ION Trading
4 11 (3.22%) TIBCO
5 10 (2.92%) Oracle
5 10 (2.92%) Solace
6 5 (1.46%) Refinitiv
7 4 (1.17%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.17%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.88%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (0.88%) Calypso
8 3 (0.88%) Cisco
8 3 (0.88%) Okta
8 3 (0.88%) Qualys
8 3 (0.88%) SAP
8 3 (0.88%) Tradeweb
8 3 (0.88%) VMware
9 2 (0.58%) Dynatrace