Banking Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Banking
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 52 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +32
Contract jobs citing Banking 21 17 23
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.57% 2.40% 2.26%
As % of the General category 4.61% 3.94% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 11
10th Percentile £463 £443 £413
25th Percentile £513 £509 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -0.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £698 £663
90th Percentile - £813 £738
South West median daily rate £525 £595 £600
% change year-on-year -11.76% -0.83% +4.35%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 456 432 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 55.75% 61.10% 53.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 223 356
10th Percentile £265 £202 £259
25th Percentile £400 £345 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £650
90th Percentile £688 £735 £706
South West median daily rate £505 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 59 65
10th Percentile £9.42 £30.63 £33.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £58.63 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.85% +4.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 - £80.00
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £56.30
% change year-on-year -63.08% +15.46% -10.64%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Bristol

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Bristol over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Bristol

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (28.57%) Adobe Captivate
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe XD
3 1 (4.76%) InVision
3 1 (4.76%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Figma
2 7 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (23.81%) GCP
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Power BI
2 5 (23.81%) Big Data
2 5 (23.81%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Axure RP
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 18 (85.71%) Finance
2 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Designer
2 7 (33.33%) Visual Designer
3 6 (28.57%) Senior
4 5 (23.81%) Analytics Manager
4 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Analytics Manager
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Manager
5 4 (19.05%) Developer
6 3 (14.29%) iOS Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
8 1 (4.76%) Banking Project Manager
8 1 (4.76%) Consultant
8 1 (4.76%) CRM Consultant
8 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
8 1 (4.76%) Functional Consultant
8 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 1 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (4.76%) Senior Designer
8 1 (4.76%) Senior Visual Designer
8 1 (4.76%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) JSON
2 3 (14.29%) SwiftUI
3 1 (4.76%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) Ajax
3 1 (4.76%) OAuth
3 1 (4.76%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (9.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Storytelling
2 9 (42.86%) Prototyping
3 8 (38.10%) Agile
4 7 (33.33%) AI
4 7 (33.33%) Infographics
4 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (28.57%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (23.81%) Analytics
6 5 (23.81%) Change Management
6 5 (23.81%) Data Science
6 5 (23.81%) Matrix Organization
6 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
6 5 (23.81%) Predictive Modelling
7 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 3 (14.29%) iOS Development
8 2 (9.52%) CRM
8 2 (9.52%) Interaction Design
8 2 (9.52%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Python
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) C#
2 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Adobe
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) Google