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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 82 95
Rank change year-on-year -34 +13 +13
Contract jobs citing Banking 2 5 34
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.11% 0.44% 1.65%
As % of the General category 0.20% 0.71% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 27
10th Percentile - £234 £114
25th Percentile - £413 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £563 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% -31.67%
75th Percentile - £643 £519
90th Percentile - £674 -
South East median daily rate £472 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -18.00% +12.20% -14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.66 -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £24.66 £30.00
% change year-on-year +11.52% -17.80% -37.50%

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 requiring general skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 998 709 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 54.45% 61.87% 60.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 407 617
10th Percentile £306 £286 £205
25th Percentile £402 £409 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +8.96% -4.00%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 21 89
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.66 £20.19
25th Percentile £65.00 £41.25 £41.50
Median hourly rate £83.00 £57.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.35% -0.86% +47.77%
75th Percentile £88.00 £64.73 £67.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.05 £87.47
South East median hourly rate £37.12 £26.92 £37.50
% change year-on-year +37.90% -28.22% -16.67%

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 job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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.

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 28 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 1 - -
Banking
South East

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CO Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ISU Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Utilities Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Centre Accounting
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GCFA
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable