Banking Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Banking
South West > Dorset

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 19 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 -9
Contract jobs citing Banking 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 0.88% 1.40% 1.12%
As % of the General category 1.37% 3.03% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £635 - £639
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £400 £653
Median % change year-on-year +67.50% -38.70% +30.50%
75th Percentile £705 - £666
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £538 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -2.27% -15.38% +13.04%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 73 66 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 64.04% 46.15% 57.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 38 63
10th Percentile £202 £289 £285
25th Percentile £375 £397 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £666
90th Percentile £575 £736 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £549
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.61% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 44
10th Percentile - £13.69 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £17.47
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -72.35% +16.19%
75th Percentile £15.75 £25.18 £65.98
90th Percentile £17.46 £49.56 £70.66
South West median hourly rate £22.27 £65.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -65.75% +21.12% +0.69%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Dorset

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Banking

Banking
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 6 September 2025. 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
Bournemouth -1 1 £670 +67.50% 6
Banking
South West

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification