Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts

Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies. 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 248 230 266
Rank change year-on-year -18 +36 -33
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 395 664 949
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 1.16% 1.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.07% 3.50% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 546 803
10th Percentile £553 £550 £538
25th Percentile £650 £625 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £875 £850 £800
90th Percentile £888 £950 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £543 £531
% change year-on-year +10.50% +2.21% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% +49.42% -
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £43.00

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,885 18,988 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.25% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,301 13,052 20,257
10th Percentile £269 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 627 724
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.23
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.04
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.56% -12.33%

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Foreign Exchange (FX) in the UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England -33 383 £800 +6.67% 195
London -15 342 £800 +6.67% 162
Work from Home +40 166 £800 +3.23% 74
UK excluding London +78 41 £600 +10.50% 37
South West +36 19 £570 - 13
Midlands +39 9 £600 - 2
East Midlands +20 6 £600 -
East of England - 6 £600 - 7
West Midlands +21 3 - - 2
South East +21 3 £600 - 6
Scotland +48 2 £539 -23.07% 4
North of England +16 2 £625 +25.00% 4
North West +14 2 £625 +25.00% 4

Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 97 (24.56%) Apache Airflow
2 91 (23.04%) Apache
3 9 (2.28%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.77%) Confluence
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 14 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.04%) Aladdin
3 8 (2.03%) ION MarketView
4 5 (1.27%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.27%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.01%) Markit EDM
5 4 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (1.01%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.76%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.51%) Endur
7 2 (0.51%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.25%) Actimize
8 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.25%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 160 (40.51%) AWS
2 90 (22.78%) dbt
3 89 (22.53%) GCP
4 84 (21.27%) Snowflake
5 54 (13.67%) Azure
6 17 (4.30%) GitHub
7 11 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.78%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.28%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.28%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.03%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.52%) PaaS
11 5 (1.27%) Azure API Management
11 5 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.27%) Azure Storage
11 5 (1.27%) npm
11 5 (1.27%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.01%) HTTPS
1 4 (1.01%) Internet
2 3 (0.76%) HTTP
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (22.78%) Amazon Athena
1 90 (22.78%) Apache Arrow
1 90 (22.78%) Apache Ignite
1 90 (22.78%) Dremio
2 83 (21.01%) Data Lake
3 27 (6.84%) KDB
4 11 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.03%) Data Mart
5 8 (2.03%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.27%) Power BI
7 4 (1.01%) Metadata
7 4 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.51%) Power Query
9 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.25%) QlikView
9 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (9.87%) JIRA
2 21 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.29%) Git
3 13 (3.29%) GoogleTest
4 6 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.27%) Postman
5 5 (1.27%) webpack
6 4 (1.01%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.51%) Babel
7 2 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 254 (64.30%) Finance
2 219 (55.44%) Front Office
3 189 (47.85%) Banking
4 137 (34.68%) Investment Banking
5 68 (17.22%) Social Skills
6 32 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.80%) Back Office
8 7 (1.77%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.52%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (1.27%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.01%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.01%) Retail
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
13 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 149 (37.72%) Developer
2 97 (24.56%) Software Engineer
3 80 (20.25%) Senior
4 78 (19.75%) Analyst
5 57 (14.43%) Business Analyst
6 55 (13.92%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 51 (12.91%) Lead
8 50 (12.66%) Java Developer
9 44 (11.14%) Java Engineer
9 44 (11.14%) Java Software Engineer
10 42 (10.63%) Finance Manager
11 39 (9.87%) Senior Developer
12 36 (9.11%) Python Engineer
12 36 (9.11%) Python Software Engineer
13 35 (8.86%) Senior Software Engineer
14 31 (7.85%) Financial Analyst
15 30 (7.59%) .NET Developer
15 30 (7.59%) Architect
15 30 (7.59%) Lead Developer
16 29 (7.34%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (24.05%) gRPC
1 95 (24.05%) Pandas
1 95 (24.05%) Protocol Buffers
2 89 (22.53%) NumPy
2 89 (22.53%) SciPy
3 57 (14.43%) React
4 34 (8.61%) .NET
5 24 (6.08%) FIX Protocol
6 23 (5.82%) Redux
7 21 (5.32%) .NET Core
8 16 (4.05%) AngularJS
8 16 (4.05%) CSS
8 16 (4.05%) HTML
9 14 (3.54%) Qt
9 14 (3.54%) Vue
10 10 (2.53%) Middleware
11 9 (2.28%) ASP.NET
11 9 (2.28%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (2.03%) Rendezvous
12 8 (2.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 194 (49.11%) Derivative
2 192 (48.61%) Fixed Income
3 177 (44.81%) Equities
4 147 (37.22%) Hedge funds
5 37 (9.37%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (3.54%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.78%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (2.03%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (2.03%) Pricing Data
13 7 (1.77%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 6 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
16 3 (0.76%) Market Risk
16 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
16 3 (0.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.10%) Linux
2 24 (6.08%) Unix
3 9 (2.28%) Windows
4 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (59.24%) Agile
2 162 (41.01%) Asset Management
3 148 (37.47%) Software Engineering
4 131 (33.16%) Investment Management
5 53 (13.42%) DevOps
6 48 (12.15%) Analytics
7 44 (11.14%) Fintech
7 44 (11.14%) Line Management
8 41 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (9.62%) Electronic Trading
9 38 (9.62%) TDD
10 37 (9.37%) Low Latency
11 32 (8.10%) Machine Learning
12 31 (7.85%) Greeks
13 30 (7.59%) Artificial Intelligence
14 28 (7.09%) CI/CD
14 28 (7.09%) Full Stack Development
15 25 (6.33%) E-Commerce
15 25 (6.33%) Product Management
15 25 (6.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 178 (45.06%) Python
2 171 (43.29%) Java
3 146 (36.96%) JavaScript
4 128 (32.41%) TypeScript
5 62 (15.70%) SQL
6 43 (10.89%) C#
7 28 (7.09%) C++
8 9 (2.28%) Perl
9 6 (1.52%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.52%) Ruby
9 6 (1.52%) Scala
10 5 (1.27%) VBA
11 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.51%) VB
13 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (5.06%) Degree
2 11 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.03%) Numerate Degree
4 7 (1.77%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.52%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.76%) CCNA
7 3 (0.76%) CISA
7 3 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.76%) CISM
7 3 (0.76%) CISSP
7 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.51%) ISEB
8 2 (0.51%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.37%) Data Quality
2 30 (7.59%) QA
3 14 (3.54%) MISRA
4 8 (2.03%) MiFID
4 8 (2.03%) SEPA
5 4 (1.01%) EMIR
5 4 (1.01%) GAAP
6 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 1 (0.25%) GDPR
7 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.01%) Docker
3 3 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.01%) Ansible
2 4 (1.01%) Control-M
2 4 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (0.76%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.51%) Terraform
5 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 28 (7.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.57%) Bloomberg
3 20 (5.06%) SAP
4 15 (3.80%) Murex
5 14 (3.54%) Google
6 13 (3.29%) Oracle
7 12 (3.04%) BISAM
7 12 (3.04%) ION Trading
8 11 (2.78%) TIBCO
9 10 (2.53%) Solace
10 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.27%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.76%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (0.76%) Calypso
13 3 (0.76%) Cisco
13 3 (0.76%) Okta
13 3 (0.76%) Qualys
13 3 (0.76%) Tradeweb
13 3 (0.76%) VMware