Banking Contracts in Birmingham

Banking
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +18 -12 +18
Contract jobs citing Banking 24 18 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.55% 2.32% 4.27%
As % of the General category 7.38% 4.65% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 16
10th Percentile £425 £363 £455
25th Percentile £500 £513 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £681
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -22.94% +23.86%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £731
90th Percentile £738 £711 -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £538 £675
% change year-on-year +2.33% -20.37% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.78 £28.25 -
% change year-on-year -51.22% - -

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 325 387 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 61.55% 49.87% 53.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 264 321
10th Percentile £163 £200 £263
25th Percentile £373 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £693 £712 £743
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £500 £512
% change year-on-year -8.00% -2.34% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 28
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.05 £24.65 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +18.30% +24.40%
75th Percentile £26.51 £48.75 £30.33
90th Percentile £28.02 £56.25 £74.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.67 £19.00 £22.46
% change year-on-year +29.84% -15.39% +32.09%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Birmingham

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Banking in Birmingham

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Birmingham

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Banking in Birmingham

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (4.17%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
1 4 (16.67%) Snowflake
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) MongoDB
2 3 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JUnit
2 2 (8.33%) GitLab
General
1 17 (70.83%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 4 (16.67%) Retail Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.17%) Advertising
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Java Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Programme Director
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Banking Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Cash Management Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Finance Manager
5 1 (4.17%) IT Finance Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
5 1 (4.17%) Mortgage Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Gherkin
1 5 (20.83%) Kafka
2 2 (8.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Microservices
2 5 (20.83%) SDLC
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.50%) TDD
4 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 2 (8.33%) Change Management
5 2 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) Migration
5 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.33%) Project Management
5 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.33%) Supplier Management
5 2 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Java
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Databricks
1 4 (16.67%) Virgin Media
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Cognizant