Banking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Banking
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 22 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 1,199 1,999 2,655
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.94% 7.96% 6.00%
As % of the General category 13.51% 13.62% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 761 1,305 1,870
10th Percentile £400 £450 £425
25th Percentile £500 £525 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £788 £788 £714
90th Percentile £875 £866 £813
UK median daily rate £613 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.56
25th Percentile - - £19.43
Median hourly rate £12.84 £8.00 £29.07
Median % change year-on-year +60.50% -72.48% +21.13%
75th Percentile £47.92 - £55.71
90th Percentile £68.97 - £68.78
UK median hourly rate £19.05 £21.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -9.29% -23.64% +76.79%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Banking is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,875 14,682 24,035
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.79% 58.44% 54.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,816 10,345 17,442
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 336 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.99 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +53.85% +38.52%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £64.90
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Banking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Banking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Banking.

Banking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Banking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Banking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Banking.

Banking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Banking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Banking hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 81 (6.76%) Apache Airflow
2 74 (6.17%) Apache
3 20 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.25%) Confluence
5 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.75%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.58%) IBM HTTP Server
7 7 (0.58%) WebSphere Application Server
7 7 (0.58%) WebSphere Portal
8 6 (0.50%) CMS
9 5 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.33%) SAS
11 3 (0.25%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
12 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.17%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.17%) JBoss
Applications
1 36 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.84%) MS Visio
3 26 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.083%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.083%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.083%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.50%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.42%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.42%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
4 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.083%) SAP FI-FM
6 1 (0.083%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 142 (11.84%) AWS
2 76 (6.34%) dbt
3 69 (5.75%) Azure
4 65 (5.42%) Snowflake
5 62 (5.17%) GCP
6 26 (2.17%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (0.92%) GitHub
8 11 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (0.67%) Collibra
9 8 (0.67%) SaaS
10 7 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (0.58%) IaaS
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.50%) Serverless
12 5 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.42%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.42%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.42%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.33%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.00%) Firewall
2 16 (1.33%) Intranet
3 9 (0.75%) DNS
4 8 (0.67%) HTTP
4 8 (0.67%) SAN
5 7 (0.58%) ATM
6 6 (0.50%) Network Security
7 5 (0.42%) DHCP
7 5 (0.42%) VPN
7 5 (0.42%) WAN
8 4 (0.33%) DMZ
8 4 (0.33%) Internet
8 4 (0.33%) LAN
9 3 (0.25%) Multicast
9 3 (0.25%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.17%) NAS
10 2 (0.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (6.51%) Amazon Athena
2 76 (6.34%) Apache Arrow
2 76 (6.34%) Dremio
3 73 (6.09%) Apache Ignite
4 69 (5.75%) Data Lake
5 49 (4.09%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.83%) Power BI
7 15 (1.25%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.17%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.17%) MySQL
8 14 (1.17%) Oracle Database
9 13 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.92%) Metadata
10 11 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.75%) Tableau
12 8 (0.67%) DB2
12 8 (0.67%) OLAP
13 7 (0.58%) OLTP
13 7 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (3.75%) JIRA
2 24 (2.00%) Git
3 14 (1.17%) GitLab
3 14 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.08%) Maven
5 10 (0.83%) Selenium
6 7 (0.58%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.50%) MLflow
7 6 (0.50%) Postman
7 6 (0.50%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
8 5 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.33%) JMeter
9 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.25%) JUnit
10 3 (0.25%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.25%) TestRail
10 3 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 897 (74.81%) Finance
2 242 (20.18%) Investment Banking
3 199 (16.60%) Social Skills
4 191 (15.93%) Front Office
5 82 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (4.25%) Back Office
7 40 (3.34%) Retail Banking
8 30 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 27 (2.25%) Retail
10 19 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.42%) Billing
12 16 (1.33%) Corporate Banking
13 14 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.75%) Public Sector
17 8 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.67%) Legal
18 7 (0.58%) Wholesale Banking
19 6 (0.50%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 223 (18.60%) Analyst
2 206 (17.18%) Developer
3 165 (13.76%) Architect
4 124 (10.34%) Business Analyst
5 102 (8.51%) Senior
6 90 (7.51%) Lead
7 89 (7.42%) Banking Analyst
8 69 (5.75%) Java Developer
9 62 (5.17%) Software Engineer
10 59 (4.92%) Project Manager
11 49 (4.09%) Financial Analyst
12 46 (3.84%) Data Analyst
13 44 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (3.67%) Technical Analyst
14 37 (3.09%) Consultant
14 37 (3.09%) Service Analyst
15 35 (2.92%) IT Analyst
15 35 (2.92%) Java Engineer
16 33 (2.75%) Banking Business Analyst
16 33 (2.75%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.34%) gRPC
1 76 (6.34%) Protocol Buffers
2 75 (6.26%) Pandas
3 73 (6.09%) NumPy
3 73 (6.09%) SciPy
4 38 (3.17%) HTML
5 34 (2.84%) React
6 32 (2.67%) .NET
6 32 (2.67%) CSS
7 26 (2.17%) Web Services
8 24 (2.00%) Spring
9 23 (1.92%) AngularJS
10 21 (1.75%) Middleware
11 19 (1.58%) Spring Boot
12 18 (1.50%) WPF
13 17 (1.42%) Kafka
14 16 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
14 16 (1.33%) Node.js
15 13 (1.08%) REST
15 13 (1.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.51%) Derivative
2 122 (10.18%) Fixed Income
3 116 (9.67%) Hedge funds
4 98 (8.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 97 (8.09%) Equities
6 30 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 26 (2.17%) Product Ownership
9 20 (1.67%) Mainframe
9 20 (1.67%) Public Cloud
10 19 (1.58%) Equity Derivative
11 16 (1.33%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.25%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.83%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.75%) Credit Risk
15 9 (0.75%) Mobile Banking
15 9 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 51 (4.25%) Windows
2 29 (2.42%) Linux
3 21 (1.75%) Unix
4 15 (1.25%) MVS
5 11 (0.92%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.67%) Android
6 8 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.50%) VMS
7 6 (0.50%) zOS
8 5 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.083%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (22.02%) Agile
2 262 (21.85%) Change Management
3 122 (10.18%) Asset Management
4 110 (9.17%) Software Engineering
5 109 (9.09%) Investment Management
6 94 (7.84%) DevOps
6 94 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 89 (7.42%) Migration
8 85 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
9 66 (5.50%) Service Management
10 58 (4.84%) CI/CD
10 58 (4.84%) Project Management
11 56 (4.67%) Mentoring
12 54 (4.50%) Analytics
13 53 (4.42%) Test Automation
14 51 (4.25%) Microservices
15 48 (4.00%) SDLC
16 43 (3.59%) ITIL
16 43 (3.59%) ITSM
17 42 (3.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 208 (17.35%) Python
2 198 (16.51%) Java
3 170 (14.18%) SQL
4 126 (10.51%) JavaScript
5 109 (9.09%) C#
6 103 (8.59%) TypeScript
7 25 (2.09%) C++
8 19 (1.58%) Scala
9 18 (1.50%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.33%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.17%) Perl
12 10 (0.83%) Ruby
13 8 (0.67%) Go
13 8 (0.67%) R
14 7 (0.58%) PHP
14 7 (0.58%) VBA
15 6 (0.50%) Groovy
16 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.33%) Bash
17 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (6.34%) Degree
2 26 (2.17%) SC Cleared
2 26 (2.17%) Security Cleared
3 23 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (1.00%) Master's Degree
4 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (1.00%) PMP
5 11 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
5 11 (0.92%) PMI Certification
6 7 (0.58%) CISM
6 7 (0.58%) CISSP
7 5 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.33%) APMP
8 4 (0.33%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.33%) CCNA
8 4 (0.33%) MCSE
9 3 (0.25%) CCNP
9 3 (0.25%) PhD
10 2 (0.17%) CCA
10 2 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 43 (3.59%) PMO
3 42 (3.50%) QA
4 21 (1.75%) MiFID
5 19 (1.58%) EMIR
6 15 (1.25%) SLA
7 9 (0.75%) Dodd-Frank
7 9 (0.75%) NIST
7 9 (0.75%) SEPA
8 8 (0.67%) GDPR
9 5 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.33%) PSD2
11 3 (0.25%) GRC
12 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.17%) P3O
12 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.083%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 30 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.67%) Docker
3 9 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.67%) vSphere
5 6 (0.50%) RACF
6 5 (0.42%) ACF2
6 5 (0.42%) IAG
6 5 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.25%) Firmware
8 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.083%) GridGain
10 1 (0.083%) KVM
10 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.083%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.42%) Ansible
3 9 (0.75%) SCCM
3 9 (0.75%) Terraform
4 7 (0.58%) Control-M
5 6 (0.50%) Grafana
5 6 (0.50%) Puppet
6 5 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.25%) Kibana
8 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.17%) logstash
9 2 (0.17%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.083%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.083%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.083%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 66 (5.50%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.75%) Oracle
3 40 (3.34%) ServiceNow
4 29 (2.42%) Cisco
5 26 (2.17%) Splunk
6 22 (1.83%) IBM
7 21 (1.75%) SAP
8 20 (1.67%) Google
9 13 (1.08%) Citrix
9 13 (1.08%) VMware
10 12 (1.00%) CheckPoint
11 11 (0.92%) Databricks
12 10 (0.83%) EMC
13 9 (0.75%) Avaya
13 9 (0.75%) HP
14 8 (0.67%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.58%) F5
15 7 (0.58%) Salesforce
16 6 (0.50%) Refinitiv
17 5 (0.42%) TSYS