Banking Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Banking
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Banking 223 222 274
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.29% 11.82% 11.34%
As % of the General category 18.29% 17.52% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 135 210
10th Percentile £387 £352 £386
25th Percentile £500 £468 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £702 £700 £743
90th Percentile £850 £863 £850
Central London median daily rate £613 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +2.12% -4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +245.24%

All General Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,219 1,267 1,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 67.16% 67.47% 64.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 773 1,124
10th Percentile £339 £348 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -2.95%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £788 £799 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £12.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.36 £14.00 £19.75
Median hourly rate £31.00 £22.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -12.00% -47.09%
75th Percentile £42.65 - £42.38
90th Percentile £50.63 £29.05 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +18.68% -15.38% -44.97%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the City of London

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the City of London

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Banking

Banking
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the City of London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Moorgate +3 1 £625 -
Banking
Central London

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 11 (4.93%) Confluence
2 5 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.45%) Appian
5 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.59%) MS Visio
4 7 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.90%) Summit
4 1 (0.45%) Algo Collateral
4 1 (0.45%) BASE24
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) Eikon
4 1 (0.45%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.45%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.45%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.80%) AWS
1 33 (14.80%) Azure
2 16 (7.17%) Power Platform
3 13 (5.83%) GCP
4 8 (3.59%) OCI
5 7 (3.14%) GitHub
6 6 (2.69%) Amazon S3
6 6 (2.69%) Amazon SageMaker
6 6 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (1.79%) Figma
8 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.79%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.35%) Apigee
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.79%) Network Security
2 2 (0.90%) Firewall
2 2 (0.90%) SMS
2 2 (0.90%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) SAN
3 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.83%) Power BI
2 12 (5.38%) Tableau
3 9 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.69%) Redis
5 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.90%) Hazelcast
6 2 (0.90%) Metadata
6 2 (0.90%) MySQL
6 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.45%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.45%) DB2
7 1 (0.45%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (9.87%) JIRA
2 14 (6.28%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.04%) GitLab
4 8 (3.59%) Git
5 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.79%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.79%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.35%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.35%) Selenium
7 2 (0.90%) Gatling
7 2 (0.90%) Gradle
7 2 (0.90%) Postman
7 2 (0.90%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.90%) Storybook
7 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.45%) Maven
8 1 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 163 (73.09%) Finance
2 67 (30.04%) Social Skills
3 53 (23.77%) Investment Banking
4 32 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.76%) Front Office
6 14 (6.28%) Retail Banking
7 12 (5.38%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (4.48%) Back Office
9 10 (4.48%) Legal
10 5 (2.24%) International Banking
11 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.79%) Retail
12 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Private Banking
13 2 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.90%) Law
13 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 51 (22.87%) Analyst
2 33 (14.80%) Business Analyst
3 25 (11.21%) Developer
4 22 (9.87%) Senior
5 21 (9.42%) Project Manager
6 20 (8.97%) Lead
7 17 (7.62%) Architect
8 12 (5.38%) Banking Analyst
9 11 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.04%) Consultant
11 8 (3.59%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.14%) Payments Analyst
13 6 (2.69%) Administrator
13 6 (2.69%) Banking Business Analyst
13 6 (2.69%) Data Engineer
14 5 (2.24%) DBA
14 5 (2.24%) Financial Analyst
14 5 (2.24%) IT Manager
14 5 (2.24%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.93%) .NET
2 10 (4.48%) React
3 9 (4.04%) AngularJS
3 9 (4.04%) HTML
4 8 (3.59%) XML
5 7 (3.14%) CSS
5 7 (3.14%) Kafka
5 7 (3.14%) PyTorch
6 6 (2.69%) Node.js
6 6 (2.69%) scikit-learn
6 6 (2.69%) TensorFlow
7 5 (2.24%) HTML5
7 5 (2.24%) JSON
7 5 (2.24%) NumPy
7 5 (2.24%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.24%) Pandas
7 5 (2.24%) REST
8 4 (1.79%) LangChain
8 4 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.17%) Derivative
3 13 (5.83%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.59%) Fixed Income
5 8 (3.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.69%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.69%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.69%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.69%) Equities
8 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.24%) PMI
9 4 (1.79%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.04%) Windows
2 8 (3.59%) Linux
3 5 (2.24%) Unix
4 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.90%) Android
5 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (26.91%) Agile
2 37 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (14.80%) CI/CD
5 32 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (13.45%) DevOps
7 23 (10.31%) User Acceptance Testing
8 22 (9.87%) AI
9 21 (9.42%) Analytics
9 21 (9.42%) Project Management
10 19 (8.52%) Data Analysis
10 19 (8.52%) Migration
10 19 (8.52%) Roadmaps
11 18 (8.07%) Project Delivery
11 18 (8.07%) Requirements Gathering
12 17 (7.62%) Business Analysis
12 17 (7.62%) Microservices
13 16 (7.17%) Scrum
14 15 (6.73%) Software Engineering
14 15 (6.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.94%) SQL
2 38 (17.04%) Python
3 29 (13.00%) Java
4 14 (6.28%) C#
5 12 (5.38%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.14%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.35%) C++
8 3 (1.35%) Scala
8 3 (1.35%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.90%) Bicep
9 2 (0.90%) Go
9 2 (0.90%) Korn
9 2 (0.90%) Perl
9 2 (0.90%) Rust
9 2 (0.90%) VBA
10 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.45%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.45%) COBOL
10 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (8.52%) Degree
2 9 (4.04%) PMI Certification
3 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.69%) PMP
4 4 (1.79%) CBAP
4 4 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.79%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.90%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (0.90%) CFA
6 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.90%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.45%) MCP
7 1 (0.45%) MCSA
7 1 (0.45%) MCSE
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.45%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.42%) QA
2 13 (5.83%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.48%) GDPR
3 10 (4.48%) ISO 20022
4 9 (4.04%) PSD2
5 8 (3.59%) PMO
6 7 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.69%) Basel III
8 5 (2.24%) NIST
8 5 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (2.24%) SEPA
9 4 (1.79%) GRC
10 3 (1.35%) GAAP
10 3 (1.35%) ISO 8583
10 3 (1.35%) MiFID
10 3 (1.35%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.90%) EMIR
11 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (5.83%) Docker
2 4 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) GridGain
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.93%) Terraform
3 8 (3.59%) Ansible
4 6 (2.69%) Grafana
5 4 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.35%) Argo
7 2 (0.90%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.90%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.45%) Istio
8 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 27 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.62%) Oracle
3 9 (4.04%) Google
4 6 (2.69%) IBM
4 6 (2.69%) SAP
4 6 (2.69%) Splunk
5 5 (2.24%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.79%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.79%) Informatica
6 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.79%) Workday
7 3 (1.35%) Confluent
7 3 (1.35%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.35%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.90%) Apple
8 2 (0.90%) MarketAxess
8 2 (0.90%) Sage
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.90%) Talend
8 2 (0.90%) Tradeweb