Banking Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Banking
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	120	103	83
Rank change year-on-year	-17	-20	+34
Contract jobs citing Banking	7	4	24
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire	0.36%	0.30%	1.49%
As % of the General category	0.57%	0.47%	2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	3	10
10^th Percentile	£436	£386	£493
25^th Percentile	£453	£405	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£438	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+8.57%	-16.67%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£493	£474	£619
90^th Percentile	£502	£497	£721
South East median daily rate	£456	£413	£500
% change year-on-year	+10.61%	-17.50%	-11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£14.50
Median hourly rate	-	-	£15.00
75^th Percentile	-	-	£15.50
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£16.83	£25.15	£15.00
% change year-on-year	-33.08%	+67.67%	-50.00%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing general skills	1,231	857	895
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire	63.23%	63.39%	55.49%
Number of daily rates quoted	628	579	430
10^th Percentile	£372	£274	£300
25^th Percentile	£450	£412	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-4.76%	+10.53%
75^th Percentile	£617	£600	£638
90^th Percentile	£738	£650	£694
South East median daily rate	£525	£482	£500
% change year-on-year	+8.89%	-3.58%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	226	55	42
10^th Percentile	£16.19	£14.60	£26.18
25^th Percentile	£35.06	£16.17	£42.60
Median hourly rate	£81.75	£22.00	£58.49
Median % change year-on-year	+271.59%	-62.39%	+1.67%
75^th Percentile	£91.31	£58.00	£63.23
90^th Percentile	£102.10	£76.80	£85.01
South East median hourly rate	£32.81	£20.40	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+60.81%	-61.14%	+3.90%

Banking Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Banking Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Banking Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Banking.

Banking Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Reading	-29	3	£490	-3.45%	3
Windsor	-	3	£475	-	2
Wokingham	+6	1	£450	-
Banking South East

Banking Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Banking also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region citing Banking.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	71.4%	5
2	Agile	57.1%	4
2	Power Platform	57.1%	4
4	ACCA	42.9%	3
4	CIMA	42.9%	3
4	CRM	42.9%	3
4	Data Migration	42.9%	3
4	Data Warehouse	42.9%	3
4	Decision-Making	42.9%	3
4	Dynamics 365	42.9%	3
4	Dynamics CRM	42.9%	3
4	ERP	42.9%	3
4	GAP Analysis	42.9%	3
4	Migration	42.9%	3
4	Order to Cash	42.9%	3
4	Payment Gateway	42.9%	3
4	Procure-to-Pay	42.9%	3
4	Record to Report	42.9%	3
4	Revenue Recognition	42.9%	3
4	WorldPay	42.9%	3
21	Accounts Payable	28.6%	2
21	Accounts Receivable	28.6%	2
21	Architectural Design	28.6%	2
21	Azure	28.6%	2
21	CI/CD	28.6%	2
21	Data Architecture	28.6%	2
21	Data Strategy	28.6%	2
21	DevOps	28.6%	2
21	Enterprise Architecture	28.6%	2
21	Microsoft	28.6%	2

Banking Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	71.4%	5
2	Billing	42.9%	3
2	General Ledger	42.9%	3
4	Social Skills	28.6%	2
5	Analytical Skills	14.3%	1
5	Documentation Skills	14.3%	1
5	Spanish Language	14.3%	1