Banking Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Banking
Essex > Basildon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Basildon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Banking 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 17.65% - 13.89%
As % of the General category 23.08% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £585
25th Percentile - - £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £675
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £700 - £655
% change year-on-year - - +11.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.00
Median hourly rate - - £87.00
75th Percentile - - £88.00
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate - - £87.50

All General Skills
Basildon

Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 13 10 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 76.47% 83.33% 69.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 15
10th Percentile £110 - £126
25th Percentile £195 £315 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £318 £450
Median % change year-on-year +28.35% -29.44% -10.45%
75th Percentile £682 £320 £594
90th Percentile £693 £321 £648
Essex median daily rate £300 £319 £410
% change year-on-year -6.02% -22.14% -14.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.65
25th Percentile - - £41.82
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year - -41.89% +1.23%
75th Percentile - - £56.67
90th Percentile - - £68.40
Essex median hourly rate £16.25 £32.50 £35.65
% change year-on-year -50.00% -8.84% +69.76%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Banking job vacancy trend in Basildon

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) R Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Emotional Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Scorecard
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP