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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 84 115
Rank change year-on-year -10 +31 +4
Contract jobs citing Banking 3 27 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 1.60% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.41% 3.01% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £386 £489 £295
25th Percentile £405 £499 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £474 £581 £569
90th Percentile £497 £705 £625
South East median daily rate £425 £500 £573
% change year-on-year -15.00% -12.66% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
South East median hourly rate £19.85 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year +32.30% - -

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 common skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 727 897 1,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 62.73% 53.11% 60.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 414 629
10th Percentile £292 £264 £236
25th Percentile £400 £430 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 61 40
10th Percentile - £20.75 £16.78
25th Percentile £14.75 £49.00 £23.57
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £55.19
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +11.61% +145.30%
75th Percentile £58.00 £72.33 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.35 £87.46 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.18% +9.24% +133.33%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Berkshire

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 15 September 2025. 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
Slough -1 2 £416 - 64
Reading +21 1 £508 -27.50% 1
Banking
South East

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Front Office
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Data Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared