Banking Contracts in Belfast

Banking
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 13 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing Banking 36 10 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 24.49% 8.06% 15.85%
As % of the General category 28.35% 16.67% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 10 16
10th Percentile £233 £366 £156
25th Percentile £325 £428 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £469 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +10.29% -1.73%
75th Percentile £550 £533 £465
90th Percentile £625 £569 £613
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £469 £425
% change year-on-year -12.53% +10.29% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.98 - -
Median hourly rate £73.23 - -
75th Percentile £78.47 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £73.23 - -

All General Skills
Belfast

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 common skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 127 60 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 86.39% 48.39% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 35 54
10th Percentile £153 £191 £161
25th Percentile £273 £276 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -6.71%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £488
90th Percentile £625 £650 £609
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 9
10th Percentile £22.67 - £13.88
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £15.38 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.88% -0.77% +34.78%
75th Percentile £58.85 £16.12 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £17.50 £18.16
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year +64.95% +4.00% +11.59%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Belfast

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Banking in Belfast

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Belfast

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Banking in Belfast

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 4 (11.11%) Apache Spark
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.56%) GemFire
4 1 (2.78%) Anypoint
4 1 (2.78%) Mule
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.78%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) OpenShift
2 1 (2.78%) AWS
2 1 (2.78%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.78%) GCP
2 1 (2.78%) GitHub
2 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) DHCP
1 3 (8.33%) DNS
1 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.56%) Apache Hive
2 2 (5.56%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (5.56%) Big Data
2 2 (5.56%) MySQL
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.56%) Tableau
3 1 (2.78%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.78%) Impala
3 1 (2.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Git
2 5 (13.89%) Jenkins
3 4 (11.11%) Ant
3 4 (11.11%) Maven
3 4 (11.11%) Subversion
4 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 26 (72.22%) Finance
2 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 15 (41.67%) Investment Banking
4 6 (16.67%) Front Office
4 6 (16.67%) Wholesale Banking
5 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Retail
7 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Developer
2 10 (27.78%) Analyst
3 8 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 7 (19.44%) Java Developer
5 4 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 4 (11.11%) .NET Software Developer
5 4 (11.11%) .NET Software Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 4 (11.11%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Java Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Banking Project Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Service Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.67%) Spring
2 5 (13.89%) React
3 4 (11.11%) .NET
3 4 (11.11%) Kafka
3 4 (11.11%) Spring Boot
4 3 (8.33%) JSON
4 3 (8.33%) RESTful
4 3 (8.33%) XML
5 2 (5.56%) AngularJS
5 2 (5.56%) Apache Avro
5 2 (5.56%) Hibernate
5 2 (5.56%) Web Services
6 1 (2.78%) CSS
6 1 (2.78%) HTML
6 1 (2.78%) JMS
6 1 (2.78%) JWT
6 1 (2.78%) OpenAPI
6 1 (2.78%) RAML
6 1 (2.78%) SOAP
6 1 (2.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Equities
2 7 (19.44%) Derivative
3 6 (16.67%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 3 (8.33%) Blackberry
6 2 (5.56%) Algorithms
6 2 (5.56%) Data Structures
6 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Windows
2 5 (13.89%) Linux
2 5 (13.89%) Unix
3 3 (8.33%) Android
3 3 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (22.22%) Change Management
3 7 (19.44%) DevOps
4 6 (16.67%) Project Management
5 5 (13.89%) Agile
5 5 (13.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (13.89%) Microservices
6 4 (11.11%) Concurrent Programming
6 4 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) Design Patterns
6 4 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (11.11%) High Availability
6 4 (11.11%) OO
6 4 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
6 4 (11.11%) SDLC
7 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.33%) Incident Management
7 3 (8.33%) Process Improvement
7 3 (8.33%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 14 (38.89%) Java
2 11 (30.56%) SQL
3 5 (13.89%) C#
3 5 (13.89%) Kotlin
4 3 (8.33%) Scala
5 2 (5.56%) Python
6 1 (2.78%) DataWeave
6 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.78%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) PMO
2 3 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) AirWatch
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Apple
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle
2 3 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (2.78%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.78%) Qualtrics
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow