Retail Banking Contracts 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 115 145
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 +43
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Retail Banking 17 16 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.85% 0.69% 0.68%
As % of the General category 1.14% 1.04% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 16
10th Percentile £403 £328 £650
25th Percentile £456 £403 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £775
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -38.71% +3.33%
75th Percentile £627 £609 £894
90th Percentile £650 £756 £994
London median daily rate £500 £606 £675
% change year-on-year -17.53% -10.19% +17.39%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,490 1,544 2,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 74.72% 67.01% 63.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,024 1,509
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £416 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £720
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 13
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.60 -
25th Percentile £25.22 £21.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -1.82% -32.10%
75th Percentile £50.75 £56.50 £38.00
90th Percentile £63.93 £88.38 £63.46
London median hourly rate £31.50 £36.00 £34.62
% change year-on-year -12.51% +3.99% -7.68%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Retail Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Retail Banking 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -1 17 £500 +5.26% 6
Retail Banking
London

Retail Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (11.76%) PaaS
1 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
2 1 (5.88%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
1 2 (11.76%) SonarQube
General
1 14 (82.35%) Banking
2 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Investment Banking
3 8 (47.06%) Corporate Banking
3 8 (47.06%) Retail
3 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Developer
1 4 (23.53%) Full-Stack Developer
1 4 (23.53%) React Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Python Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Gen AI Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Python Developer
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Dashboard Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Testing
4 1 (5.88%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Product Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Testing Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Transformation Director
4 1 (5.88%) UAT Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) HTML
1 4 (23.53%) React
2 3 (17.65%) FastAPI
2 3 (17.65%) Flask
2 3 (17.65%) JSON
2 3 (17.65%) SQLAlchemy
3 2 (11.76%) .NET
4 1 (5.88%) CSS
4 1 (5.88%) CSS3
4 1 (5.88%) HTML5
4 1 (5.88%) LESS
4 1 (5.88%) Node.js
4 1 (5.88%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Wealth Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
4 4 (23.53%) API Development
4 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
4 4 (23.53%) Fintech
4 4 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Generative AI
5 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Optimisation
5 3 (17.65%) User Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Web Development
6 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (11.76%) DevOps
6 2 (11.76%) Information Security
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Go
3 1 (5.88%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) CISA
1 1 (5.88%) CISSP
1 1 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) DocuSign
3 1 (5.88%) Citrix