Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in Central London

Retail Banking
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 114 135
Rank change year-on-year +8 +21 +53
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 18 21 14
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.93% 0.89% 0.48%
As % of the General category 1.26% 1.34% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 8
10th Percentile £456 £371 £650
25th Percentile £511 £413 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £600 £763
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% -21.31% +1.67%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £878
90th Percentile £654 £688 £1,086
London median daily rate £539 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -17.12% -3.70% +18.42%

All General Skills
Central London

Retail 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,431 1,568 1,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 73.88% 66.81% 64.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 968 1,340
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £593
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -1.27% +3.04%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £789 £825
London median daily rate £545 £575 £576
% change year-on-year -5.22% -0.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 15
10th Percentile £17.22 £14.00 £15.35
25th Percentile £19.88 £29.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% +27.27% -35.29%
75th Percentile £44.63 £70.00 £55.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £92.50 £71.75
London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.79 £35.25
% change year-on-year -27.22% +7.19% +16.53%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in Central London

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Retail Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Banking in Central London over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Banking in Central London

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Retail Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail Banking within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
City of London +1 18 £545 -9.17% 4
Retail Banking
London

Retail Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (11.11%) CMS
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (11.11%) PaaS
1 2 (11.11%) Power Automate
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.11%) PowerApps
2 1 (5.56%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
1 2 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) GitLab
1 2 (11.11%) Gradle
1 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
1 2 (11.11%) SonarQube
1 2 (11.11%) TeamCity
General
1 15 (83.33%) Banking
2 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 7 (38.89%) Investment Banking
4 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 5 (27.78%) Corporate Banking
5 5 (27.78%) Retail
6 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (11.11%) Architect
1 2 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (11.11%) Lead
1 2 (11.11%) Senior
1 2 (11.11%) Senior DevOps
1 2 (11.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Analyst
2 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
2 1 (5.56%) Consultant
2 1 (5.56%) Dashboard Developer
2 1 (5.56%) Developer
2 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
2 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
2 1 (5.56%) React Developer
2 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
2 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (5.56%) Technical Architect
2 1 (5.56%) Transformation Director
2 1 (5.56%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) CSS3
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) HTML5
2 1 (5.56%) LESS
2 1 (5.56%) Node.js
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Wealth Management
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Customer Experience
2 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Analytics
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Fintech
4 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 2 (11.11%) Content Management
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Information Security
5 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) TypeScript
2 2 (11.11%) Rust
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Go
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) CISA
1 1 (5.56%) CISSP
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 20022
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.56%) SEPA
2 1 (5.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Ansible
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) DocuSign
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft