Banking Contract Job Trends in England

Banking
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 23 23
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,690 2,232 2,489
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.89% 8.10% 7.49%
As % of the General category 10.66% 12.60% 13.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,641 1,552 1,770
10th Percentile £400 £350 £400
25th Percentile £451 £415 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -10.81% -
75th Percentile £675 £725 £789
90th Percentile £813 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 33 16
10th Percentile £16.63 £18.18 £14.13
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.66 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.60 £25.15 £18.89
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +33.17% +5.03%
75th Percentile £33.70 - £41.31
90th Percentile £96.88 £66.50 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £18.42 £25.15 £18.27
% change year-on-year -26.78% +37.66% -1.24%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,237 17,720 19,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.24% 64.33% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,981 11,258 12,146
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -5.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £656
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,044 987 1,121
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.30 £17.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +37.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +25.25% -28.87% +28.58%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Banking job vacancy trend in England

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in England over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in England

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Banking in England over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in England

Banking
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the England region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
London -8 1,942 £590 -5.60% 1,333
North of England -5 513 £500 +11.86% 132
North West -6 272 £500 +16.28% 73
Yorkshire -9 231 £500 +8.70% 51
Midlands -27 147 £505 +17.50% 43
West Midlands +13 111 £525 - 22
South West -43 39 £575 +9.52% 151
South East -54 37 £525 +18.31% 35
East Midlands -41 36 £475 +19.20% 21
East of England +11 35 £560 - 9
North East -32 13 £875 +108.33% 8
Banking
UK

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 163 (6.06%) Confluence
2 60 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 25 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.86%) Apache
5 20 (0.74%) SAS
6 15 (0.56%) IIS
7 13 (0.48%) Camunda
8 10 (0.37%) Appian
8 10 (0.37%) CICS
9 9 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.19%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.15%) MTS
12 4 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.15%) WordPress
13 3 (0.11%) CMS
13 3 (0.11%) Ethereum
13 3 (0.11%) Hyperledger
13 3 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 105 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.11%) Sketch
8 3 (0.11%) Trello
9 2 (0.074%) EngageOne
9 2 (0.074%) InVision
9 2 (0.074%) Notion
10 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.037%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (0.74%) Temenos T24
2 18 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.63%) Finacle
4 16 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 15 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
7 13 (0.48%) Aladdin
7 13 (0.48%) Loan IQ
8 12 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
9 9 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
9 9 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
11 7 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
11 7 (0.26%) OpenText MBPM
12 6 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 5 (0.19%) Actimize
13 5 (0.19%) Summit
14 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 410 (15.24%) Azure
2 349 (12.97%) AWS
3 165 (6.13%) GCP
4 145 (5.39%) Power Platform
5 86 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (3.05%) GitHub
6 82 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
7 74 (2.75%) Snowflake
8 73 (2.71%) SaaS
9 51 (1.90%) Entra ID
10 39 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
10 39 (1.45%) OpenShift
11 37 (1.38%) Amazon S3
11 37 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
12 34 (1.26%) Serverless
13 27 (1.00%) Figma
14 25 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (0.93%) Power Automate
15 23 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 23 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 85 (3.16%) Firewall
2 69 (2.57%) DNS
3 68 (2.53%) VPN
4 61 (2.27%) Network Security
5 44 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 33 (1.23%) SSL
7 32 (1.19%) Multicast
8 31 (1.15%) BGP
9 25 (0.93%) HTTP
10 22 (0.82%) BIG-IP
10 22 (0.82%) DMZ
11 19 (0.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 19 (0.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 18 (0.67%) Wireshark
13 17 (0.63%) DHCP
13 17 (0.63%) SAN
14 16 (0.59%) FIX Connectivity
14 16 (0.59%) WAN
15 15 (0.56%) LAN
16 11 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 121 (4.50%) Power BI
3 88 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (2.60%) Metadata
5 69 (2.57%) Relational Database
6 45 (1.67%) Oracle Database
7 43 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (1.34%) Data Lake
9 34 (1.26%) Tableau
10 31 (1.15%) MongoDB
11 24 (0.89%) Big Data
11 24 (0.89%) Db2
12 20 (0.74%) RDBMS
13 19 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.63%) NoSQL
15 16 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
15 16 (0.59%) Data Vault
16 15 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
17 14 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 277 (10.30%) JIRA
2 125 (4.65%) Git
3 107 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 65 (2.42%) GitLab
5 40 (1.49%) Selenium
6 34 (1.26%) JUnit
7 19 (0.71%) Gradle
7 19 (0.71%) Maven
7 19 (0.71%) REST Assured
8 18 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 18 (0.67%) Cucumber
8 18 (0.67%) SonarQube
9 17 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
10 16 (0.59%) ER Studio
10 16 (0.59%) ERwin
10 16 (0.59%) Fiddler
10 16 (0.59%) Mockito
10 16 (0.59%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.56%) Postman
12 12 (0.45%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,741 (64.72%) Finance
2 752 (27.96%) Social Skills
3 541 (20.11%) Investment Banking
4 403 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
5 242 (9.00%) Front Office
6 138 (5.13%) Financial Institution
7 119 (4.42%) Retail
8 109 (4.05%) Retail Banking
9 89 (3.31%) Corporate Banking
10 85 (3.16%) Legal
11 67 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
12 62 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
13 61 (2.27%) Private Banking
14 54 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
15 46 (1.71%) Back Office
16 35 (1.30%) Public Sector
17 30 (1.12%) General Ledger
17 30 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
18 29 (1.08%) Marketing
19 24 (0.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 457 (16.99%) Developer
2 399 (14.83%) Analyst
3 356 (13.23%) Senior
4 281 (10.45%) Architect
5 250 (9.29%) Lead
6 242 (9.00%) Business Analyst
7 149 (5.54%) Java Developer
8 126 (4.68%) Project Manager
9 103 (3.83%) Senior Developer
10 101 (3.75%) Data Engineer
11 90 (3.35%) Consultant
11 90 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
12 80 (2.97%) Banking Analyst
13 68 (2.53%) Software Engineer
14 63 (2.34%) Network Engineer
15 59 (2.19%) Data Analyst
16 57 (2.12%) Designer
17 56 (2.08%) Senior Java Developer
18 47 (1.75%) C# Developer
18 47 (1.75%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (5.06%) React
2 125 (4.65%) .NET
3 120 (4.46%) Kafka
4 110 (4.09%) REST
5 92 (3.42%) Terraform
6 90 (3.35%) Spring
7 89 (3.31%) Middleware
8 83 (3.09%) Spring Boot
9 57 (2.12%) Redux
10 46 (1.71%) RESTful
11 45 (1.67%) HTML
12 41 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
13 40 (1.49%) CSS
14 38 (1.41%) PySpark
15 37 (1.38%) OAuth
16 36 (1.34%) JSON
17 35 (1.30%) XML
18 33 (1.23%) AngularJS
19 27 (1.00%) Web Services
20 25 (0.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 220 (8.18%) Product Ownership
2 180 (6.69%) Onboarding
3 149 (5.54%) Cloud Native
4 137 (5.09%) Derivative
5 123 (4.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 101 (3.75%) Fixed Income
7 86 (3.20%) Equities
8 85 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
9 82 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
10 78 (2.90%) Management Information System
11 72 (2.68%) Data Structures
12 64 (2.38%) AI Agents
13 59 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
14 57 (2.12%) Credit Risk
15 54 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
16 53 (1.97%) Mainframe
17 52 (1.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 49 (1.82%) Data Centre
19 48 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
20 42 (1.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 152 (5.65%) Windows
2 148 (5.50%) Linux
3 89 (3.31%) Unix
4 40 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.97%) zOS
7 24 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.78%) Android
9 16 (0.59%) Ubuntu
10 12 (0.45%) AIX
10 12 (0.45%) Windows 10
11 9 (0.33%) Solaris
12 8 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
13 6 (0.22%) HPUX
13 6 (0.22%) SUSE
14 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.11%) CentOS
15 3 (0.11%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.074%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (24.24%) Agile
2 615 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 405 (15.06%) CI/CD
3 405 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
4 371 (13.79%) AI
5 335 (12.45%) DevOps
6 309 (11.49%) Migration
7 296 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 259 (9.63%) Analytics
9 240 (8.92%) Data Modelling
10 231 (8.59%) Roadmaps
11 201 (7.47%) Decision-Making
12 197 (7.32%) Microservices
13 196 (7.29%) Software Engineering
14 191 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 190 (7.06%) Validation
16 185 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
17 175 (6.51%) Scrum
18 174 (6.47%) Change Management
19 173 (6.43%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 476 (17.70%) SQL
2 381 (14.16%) Python
3 348 (12.94%) Java
4 185 (6.88%) C#
5 137 (5.09%) JavaScript
6 108 (4.01%) TypeScript
7 89 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 69 (2.57%) PL/SQL
9 55 (2.04%) Bash
10 50 (1.86%) Shell Script
11 45 (1.67%) Kotlin
12 38 (1.41%) T-SQL
13 35 (1.30%) C++
14 27 (1.00%) Korn
15 22 (0.82%) VBA
16 15 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.48%) Go
18 12 (0.45%) Bicep
19 11 (0.41%) JCL
20 10 (0.37%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 185 (6.88%) Degree
2 137 (5.09%) Security Cleared
3 110 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 59 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (1.90%) PMP
6 44 (1.64%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.34%) CISSP
8 33 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 25 (0.93%) AWS Certification
11 18 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 18 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 17 (0.63%) CISM
13 16 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 16 (0.59%) ACCA
14 13 (0.48%) CIMA
15 12 (0.45%) CCSP
16 11 (0.41%) CCNP
17 9 (0.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 140 (5.20%) QA
3 60 (2.23%) PMO
4 48 (1.78%) ISO 20022
5 41 (1.52%) GRC
6 38 (1.41%) NIST
7 34 (1.26%) SEPA
8 32 (1.19%) GDPR
9 30 (1.12%) SLA
10 27 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 24 (0.89%) Accessibility
11 24 (0.89%) PSD2
12 21 (0.78%) MiFID
13 16 (0.59%) IFRS
14 13 (0.48%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.45%) EMIR
16 7 (0.26%) COREP
16 7 (0.26%) FINREP
17 6 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 111 (4.13%) Docker
2 70 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.74%) RACF
5 16 (0.59%) Firmware
6 12 (0.45%) NFS
6 12 (0.45%) vSphere
7 9 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.22%) Varnish
9 5 (0.19%) ACF2
9 5 (0.19%) Postfix
9 5 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.15%) Sendmail
10 4 (0.15%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.11%) XenApp
12 2 (0.074%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.074%) GPFS
12 2 (0.074%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 159 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 78 (2.90%) Ansible
3 31 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 30 (1.12%) Grafana
5 19 (0.71%) SCCM
6 17 (0.63%) Control-M
6 17 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (0.56%) OMEGAMON
9 13 (0.48%) Argo
9 13 (0.48%) Istio
10 10 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
12 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.22%) WSUS
13 5 (0.19%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.19%) RSA Archer
13 5 (0.19%) systemd
13 5 (0.19%) vRealize
14 4 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 312 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 206 (7.66%) Oracle
3 100 (3.72%) IBM
4 94 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 85 (3.16%) Databricks
6 61 (2.27%) Cisco
7 53 (1.97%) Salesforce
8 51 (1.90%) SAP
9 50 (1.86%) Google
10 49 (1.82%) Splunk
11 48 (1.78%) F5
12 42 (1.56%) VMware
13 40 (1.49%) Citrix
14 36 (1.34%) CyberArk
15 32 (1.19%) OpenAI
16 31 (1.15%) Murex
17 30 (1.12%) Bloomberg
18 24 (0.89%) Avaloq
18 24 (0.89%) Dynatrace
18 24 (0.89%) Fortinet