Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Retail Banking
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 11 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.59% 0.47% -
As % of the General category 2.51% 0.68% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £306 £366 -
25th Percentile £312 £391 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% - -
75th Percentile £322 £491 -
90th Percentile £362 £519 -
North West median daily rate £313 £438 £600
% change year-on-year -28.46% -27.08% -

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 general skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 438 296 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 63.20% 70.14% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 169 207
10th Percentile £313 £317 £306
25th Percentile £359 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £581 £550
90th Percentile £638 £690 £617
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.83% -2.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £21.65 £19.00 £16.59
25th Percentile £22.85 £29.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £32.23 £32.95 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +23.59% -3.05%
75th Percentile £37.43 £75.63 £40.50
90th Percentile £84.43 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £35.53 £28.99 £17.72
% change year-on-year +22.54% +63.60% -30.51%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Knutsford -14 10 £313 -28.46% 1
Retail Banking
North West

Retail Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 11 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (100.00%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (27.27%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (90.91%) Change Management
2 10 (90.91%) Scrum
2 10 (90.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (72.73%) User Stories
3 8 (72.73%) Wireframes
4 7 (63.64%) Backlog Refinement
4 7 (63.64%) Epics
4 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (63.64%) Sprint Planning
5 6 (54.55%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (54.55%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 6 (54.55%) Sprint Retrospective
6 5 (45.45%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (45.45%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
7 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (27.27%) Digital Banking
8 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Change
8 3 (27.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
1 3 (27.27%) MBA
1 3 (27.27%) PMI Certification
1 3 (27.27%) PMP
1 3 (27.27%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Basel III
1 3 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft