Fintech Contracts

Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 245 181
Rank change year-on-year +24 -64 +81
Contract jobs citing Fintech 476 607 1,388
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.09% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.22% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 462 1,162
10th Percentile £400 £415 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £695 £686
90th Percentile £800 £775 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -9.31% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £48.00 - £36.00
25th Percentile £50.63 - £37.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £71.50 - £42.50
90th Percentile £81.40 - £44.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fintech in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Fintech in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Fintech in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fintech over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Fintech in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England +24 435 £650 +8.33% 676
London +5 345 £650 +8.33% 488
Work from Home +28 217 £650 +8.33% 371
UK excluding London +51 62 £463 -9.31% 216
North of England +35 27 £425 -6.85% 64
North West +21 13 £500 +1.27% 52
Yorkshire +16 13 £425 -19.05% 9
South West +13 10 £398 -24.29% 19
East of England +8 7 £675 - 13
South East +13 6 £506 -38.64% 68
Midlands +22 5 £575 +9.52% 24
Northern Ireland +3 4 - - 2
Scotland +32 3 £450 +4.90% 20
West Midlands +12 3 £595 +16.10% 9
East Midlands +13 2 £575 -37.84% 15
North East +11 1 - - 3

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 24 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.62%) Apache
3 9 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.68%) Confluence
5 7 (1.47%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.84%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.63%) CMS
8 3 (0.63%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.63%) nginx
9 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.21%) IIS
10 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.21%) Sketch
1 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.52%) Aladdin
2 10 (2.10%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (1.47%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.63%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 163 (34.24%) AWS
2 73 (15.34%) GCP
3 64 (13.45%) Azure
4 14 (2.94%) dbt
5 13 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.10%) Serverless
8 8 (1.68%) GitHub
8 8 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.26%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.26%) SaaS
10 6 (1.26%) Twilio
11 4 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (0.84%) Azure Functions
11 4 (0.84%) Figma
11 4 (0.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.68%) VPN
2 7 (1.47%) Internet
3 6 (1.26%) Firewall
4 3 (0.63%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.63%) DNS
4 3 (0.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (0.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.42%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.42%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) SSL
5 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.21%) HTTP
6 1 (0.21%) LAN
6 1 (0.21%) SSH
6 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.61%) Apache Cassandra
2 21 (4.41%) Apache Ignite
3 16 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (3.15%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (3.15%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.94%) Dremio
6 12 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (2.31%) Apache Arrow
8 9 (1.89%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.68%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.68%) MySQL
9 8 (1.68%) Power BI
9 8 (1.68%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.47%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.47%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.26%) Big Data
12 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.42%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 13 (2.73%) Git
2 10 (2.10%) Selenium
3 9 (1.89%) JIRA
4 8 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.05%) Appium
6 4 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.84%) Postman
6 4 (0.84%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.42%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.42%) git-flow
8 2 (0.42%) JUnit
8 2 (0.42%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.42%) XCTest
8 2 (0.42%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
General
1 245 (51.47%) Finance
2 88 (18.49%) Social Skills
3 77 (16.18%) Front Office
4 64 (13.45%) Banking
5 35 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.83%) Investment Banking
7 17 (3.57%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.68%) Corporate Banking
10 7 (1.47%) Marketing
10 7 (1.47%) Retail Banking
11 6 (1.26%) Retail
12 5 (1.05%) Back Office
12 5 (1.05%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.84%) Legal
14 3 (0.63%) Law
14 3 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.63%) Private Banking
14 3 (0.63%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 185 (38.87%) Developer
2 114 (23.95%) Software Engineer
3 71 (14.92%) Senior
4 45 (9.45%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 41 (8.61%) Architect
6 38 (7.98%) .NET Developer
7 33 (6.93%) React Developer
8 28 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (5.67%) Analyst
10 24 (5.04%) Software Manager
11 22 (4.62%) .NET Software Developer
12 21 (4.41%) .NET Software Engineer
12 21 (4.41%) Finance Manager
13 20 (4.20%) Software Asset Manager
13 20 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (3.99%) Business Analyst
15 17 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
16 16 (3.36%) C# Developer
16 16 (3.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 14 (2.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (14.71%) React
2 53 (11.13%) .NET
3 50 (10.50%) Kafka
4 46 (9.66%) Redux
5 36 (7.56%) Node.js
6 28 (5.88%) AngularJS
7 20 (4.20%) gRPC
7 20 (4.20%) Protocol Buffers
8 19 (3.99%) .NET Core
9 17 (3.57%) Vue
10 15 (3.15%) React Native
11 14 (2.94%) GraphQL
12 13 (2.73%) NumPy
12 13 (2.73%) Pandas
12 13 (2.73%) SciPy
13 10 (2.10%) Next.js
14 7 (1.47%) ASP.NET
14 7 (1.47%) CSS
14 7 (1.47%) REST
14 7 (1.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.39%) Fixed Income
2 39 (8.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 34 (7.14%) Derivative
3 34 (7.14%) Equities
4 33 (6.93%) Hedge funds
5 28 (5.88%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.46%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (3.99%) Mobile App
8 14 (2.94%) Blockchain
9 10 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.26%) CBDC
10 6 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.26%) Web3
11 4 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.84%) IoT
11 4 (0.84%) Wiki
12 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.63%) iSeries
12 3 (0.63%) PKI
12 3 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.36%) Windows
2 15 (3.15%) Android
3 13 (2.73%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.52%) Linux
5 10 (2.10%) Unix
6 5 (1.05%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (36.97%) Agile
2 159 (33.40%) Software Engineering
3 74 (15.55%) DevOps
4 67 (14.08%) User Experience
5 62 (13.03%) Asset Management
6 61 (12.82%) Investment Management
7 51 (10.71%) Full Stack Development
8 49 (10.29%) UX Design
9 44 (9.24%) User Research
10 43 (9.03%) UX Research
11 39 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (7.98%) Roadmaps
12 38 (7.98%) TDD
13 28 (5.88%) CI/CD
13 28 (5.88%) Machine Learning
14 27 (5.67%) Computer Science
15 25 (5.25%) Performance Attribution
16 23 (4.83%) Artificial Intelligence
16 23 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (4.83%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 76 (15.97%) C#
2 75 (15.76%) Python
3 73 (15.34%) JavaScript
4 72 (15.13%) SQL
5 67 (14.08%) Java
6 64 (13.45%) TypeScript
7 50 (10.50%) Go
8 21 (4.41%) Kotlin
9 18 (3.78%) Scala
10 10 (2.10%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.89%) Swift
12 7 (1.47%) PHP
13 6 (1.26%) C++
14 5 (1.05%) C
14 5 (1.05%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.05%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.84%) Ruby
16 3 (0.63%) R
16 3 (0.63%) RPG
17 2 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (7.35%) Degree
2 24 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.73%) SC Cleared
3 13 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.42%) CCNA
6 2 (0.42%) CCNP
6 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.42%) MCSA
7 1 (0.21%) CISM
7 1 (0.21%) CISSP
7 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.21%) MBA
7 1 (0.21%) PhD
7 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.98%) QA
2 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.26%) PCI DSS
3 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.84%) NIST
4 2 (0.42%) GRC
4 2 (0.42%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.21%) MiFID
5 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 55 (11.55%) Docker
2 7 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Squid
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 66 (13.87%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.99%) Terraform
3 7 (1.47%) Ansible
4 5 (1.05%) SCCM
5 4 (0.84%) Argo
5 4 (0.84%) Istio
6 3 (0.63%) Control-M
6 3 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.63%) Packer
6 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.42%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.42%) Puppet
8 1 (0.21%) Cilium
8 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.21%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.21%) logstash
8 1 (0.21%) Salt
Vendors
1 21 (4.41%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.57%) Google
3 15 (3.15%) Oracle
4 13 (2.73%) Bloomberg
5 12 (2.52%) BISAM
6 10 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.05%) Databricks
7 5 (1.05%) IBM
8 4 (0.84%) Apple
8 4 (0.84%) Freshdesk
8 4 (0.84%) ION Trading
9 3 (0.63%) CA
9 3 (0.63%) Checkmarx
9 3 (0.63%) Citrix
9 3 (0.63%) F5
10 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco
10 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.42%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.42%) Sybase