Banking Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Banking
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Canary Wharf. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Banking 20 7 26
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 38.46% 12.07% 15.66%
As % of the General category 50.00% 23.33% 28.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 21
10th Percentile £433 £495 £495
25th Percentile £445 £500 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £576 £579
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -0.40% +24.42%
75th Percentile £1,000 £638 £725
90th Percentile - - £770
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £585 £576 £579
% change year-on-year +1.52% -0.40% +24.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £14.18
75th Percentile - - £15.52
90th Percentile - - £16.32
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £25.15 - £14.18

All General Skills
Canary Wharf

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 Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40 30 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 76.92% 51.72% 55.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 28 80
10th Percentile £416 £482 £450
25th Percentile £450 £499 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +6.36%
75th Percentile £765 £638 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £658 £766
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £540 £540 £585
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +10.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £28.14 - -
25th Percentile £32.61 - -
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £14.18
75th Percentile £47.54 - £15.52
90th Percentile £52.02 - £16.32
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £40.08 - £14.18

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Canary Wharf

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Canary Wharf over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Canary Wharf

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Camunda
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.00%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Azure API Management
3 2 (10.00%) Figma
3 2 (10.00%) Google Workspace
3 2 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) DMZ
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) HTTP
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) DHCP
3 1 (5.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (10.00%) Axure RP
2 2 (10.00%) JUnit
2 2 (10.00%) SoapUI
General
1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Front Office
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Financial Institution
4 4 (20.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Automation Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Automation Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Designer
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support
4 2 (10.00%) Middleware Developer
4 2 (10.00%) SAP Architect
4 2 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Playwright
1 3 (15.00%) SOAP
1 3 (15.00%) XML
2 2 (10.00%) EDI
2 2 (10.00%) IBM Integration Bus
2 2 (10.00%) Kafka
2 2 (10.00%) Middleware
3 1 (5.00%) Drools
3 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Derivative
1 5 (25.00%) Equities
1 5 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
1 5 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (15.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.00%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) AIX
3 2 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 5 (25.00%) Physics
3 3 (15.00%) Event-Driven
3 3 (15.00%) ITIL
3 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.00%) API Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Change Control
4 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (10.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Service Design
4 2 (10.00%) Service Management
4 2 (10.00%) Time Management
4 2 (10.00%) User Experience
4 2 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (10.00%) UX Design
4 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) SQL
3 5 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (10.00%) Java
5 2 (10.00%) Korn
5 2 (10.00%) Perl
5 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (15.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (10.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
1 2 (10.00%) WSUS
2 1 (5.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Sophis
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) SAP
3 2 (10.00%) Ariba
3 2 (10.00%) Bloomberg
3 2 (10.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) Concur
3 2 (10.00%) IBM
3 2 (10.00%) ION Trading
3 2 (10.00%) Reuters
4 1 (5.00%) Algorithmics
4 1 (5.00%) BMC
4 1 (5.00%) Calypso
4 1 (5.00%) Informatica
4 1 (5.00%) Murex
4 1 (5.00%) Remedy
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Temenos
4 1 (5.00%) Wolters Kluwer