Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Retail Banking
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 106 134
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 +55
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 17 22 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.95% 1.05% 0.52%
As % of the General category 1.28% 1.54% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 8
10th Percentile £456 £386 £650
25th Percentile £511 £436 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £563 £763
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% -26.23% +1.67%
75th Percentile £631 £628 £878
90th Percentile £654 £688 £1,086
Central London median daily rate £545 £563 £763
% change year-on-year -3.11% -26.23% +1.67%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,323 1,428 1,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 73.75% 67.87% 65.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 859 1,249
10th Percentile £321 £350 £360
25th Percentile £413 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £595
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -1.68% +1.71%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £698
90th Percentile £775 £793 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £588
% change year-on-year -5.98% -0.43% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 12
10th Percentile £16.96 £13.18 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £45.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +74.76% -40.45%
75th Percentile £44.72 £82.19 £52.25
90th Percentile £64.11 £109.38 £73.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.57% +27.27% -36.22%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in the City of London

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Banking in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Banking in the City of London

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Retail 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 2 (11.76%) CMS
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
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
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
1 2 (11.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) GitLab
1 2 (11.76%) Gradle
1 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
1 2 (11.76%) SonarQube
1 2 (11.76%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (82.35%) Banking
2 10 (58.82%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Investment Banking
3 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Corporate Banking
4 4 (23.53%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (11.76%) Architect
1 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (11.76%) Lead
1 2 (11.76%) Senior
1 2 (11.76%) Senior DevOps
1 2 (11.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) Consultant
2 1 (5.88%) Developer
2 1 (5.88%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (5.88%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
2 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
2 1 (5.88%) Risk Manager
2 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
2 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
2 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) CSS
2 1 (5.88%) CSS3
2 1 (5.88%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) HTML5
2 1 (5.88%) LESS
2 1 (5.88%) Node.js
2 1 (5.88%) React
2 1 (5.88%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Wealth Management
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Experience
2 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Fintech
4 3 (17.65%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
5 2 (11.76%) Business Case
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Event-Driven
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.76%) Product Strategy
5 2 (11.76%) Push Notifications
5 2 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.76%) Trunk-Based Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Java
1 3 (17.65%) Python
1 3 (17.65%) TypeScript
2 2 (11.76%) Rust
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Go
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
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 20022
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) SEPA
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Ansible
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) DocuSign
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft