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 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 86 104
Rank change year-on-year -24 +18 +6
Contract jobs citing Banking 1 11 22
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.065% 0.84% 1.18%
As % of the General category 0.11% 1.40% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 21
10th Percentile - £259 £114
25th Percentile - £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +17.07% -31.67%
75th Percentile - £695 £519
90th Percentile - £848 -
South East median daily rate £419 £563 £513
% change year-on-year -25.56% +9.76% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.66 -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £26.08 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.44% -13.07% -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 914 784 1,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 59.04% 60.08% 63.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 381 625
10th Percentile £275 £230 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £504 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £642
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 28 80
10th Percentile £15.36 £25.60 £23.88
25th Percentile £20.72 £42.19 £42.50
Median hourly rate £52.74 £59.94 £57.66
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +3.95% +30.31%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.95 £65.40
90th Percentile £96.75 £78.60 £76.47
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -48.24% -5.56% +20.00%

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 27 January 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable