Banking Contracts in Chester

Banking
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Banking 10 9 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 14.08% 18.75% 23.89%
As % of the General category 18.18% 25.71% 35.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 18
10th Percentile £605 £678 £393
25th Percentile £613 £713 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £725 £573
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +26.64% +6.51%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £597
90th Percentile £733 £743 £691
Cheshire median daily rate £402 £465 £566
% change year-on-year -13.55% -17.77% +14.24%

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 55 35 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 77.46% 72.92% 67.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 42
10th Percentile - £488 £350
25th Percentile £563 £545 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £688 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +27.91% +34.38%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £588
90th Percentile £798 - £685
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 18
10th Percentile £30.25 - £21.37
25th Percentile £35.30 - £24.52
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +14.20% +27.70%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £39.38 £36.52
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.60% +52.70%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Chester

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Banking in Chester

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in Chester.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in Chester

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) BGP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (10.00%) DMZ
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) DWDM
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) IPsec
2 1 (10.00%) L2TP
2 1 (10.00%) MPLS
2 1 (10.00%) Multicast
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) OSPF
2 1 (10.00%) Skype
2 1 (10.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
1 5 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Payments Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Payments Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior PMO
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Architectural Design
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Change Control
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Perl
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) P3O
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Planview
2 1 (10.00%) Arista
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (10.00%) McAfee
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Remedy
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk