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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 108 130
Rank change year-on-year +8 +22 +50
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 17 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.97% 0.95% 0.80%
As % of the General category 1.29% 1.39% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 18
10th Percentile £403 £357 £650
25th Percentile £456 £409 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £763
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -26.23% +1.67%
75th Percentile £627 £609 £875
90th Percentile £650 £709 £976
Central London median daily rate £500 £563 £763
% change year-on-year -11.11% -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 1,316 1,435 1,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 75.07% 68.17% 63.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 892 1,340
10th Percentile £325 £357 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
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 £765 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 13
10th Percentile £16.96 £13.45 -
25th Percentile £23.33 £16.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +42.11% -54.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £78.75 £38.00
90th Percentile £70.21 £103.75 £63.46
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £31.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +9.68% +63.16% -53.66%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail Banking 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 19 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of 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%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Junior
4 1 (5.88%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Web 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%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (11.76%) DevOps
6 2 (11.76%) Information Security
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
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