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 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,084 2,002 2,458
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.41% 7.49% 6.56%
As % of the General category 10.65% 12.01% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,285 1,716
10th Percentile £363 £363 £393
25th Percentile £447 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% -0.83% -6.92%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £800 £838 £838
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 21
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.80 £12.84
25th Percentile - £15.24 £14.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +16.90% -9.29%
75th Percentile £35.31 £25.81 £24.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £73.80 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.15 £19.05
% change year-on-year +4.14% +26.77% -9.29%

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 19,569 16,674 22,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.19% 62.38% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,477 10,062 14,653
10th Percentile £286 £300 £266
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £527 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -4.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,214 547 1,315
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.00 £15.17
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +11.54% +1.13%
75th Percentile £46.94 £55.84 £55.47
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.80 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £22.92 £27.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.65% +5.77% +4.00%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 24 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
London -5 1,436 £600 -4.00% 237
North of England +5 435 £465 +3.33% 112
Yorkshire +1 223 £500 -8.05% 45
North West +8 221 £449 +12.13% 52
Midlands +19 171 £490 -10.91% 74
West Midlands +11 113 £550 -5.78% 31
East Midlands +9 58 £420 -2.89% 41
South East -20 47 £419 -24.72% 218
South West -12 29 £525 -14.29% 55
East of England -13 10 £400 -33.33% 66
North East -11 5 £400 - 15
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
1 150 (7.20%) Confluence
2 53 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.10%) Apache
4 22 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.53%) CICS
6 11 (0.53%) CMS
7 9 (0.43%) IIS
7 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.43%) SAS
8 8 (0.38%) Mule
9 7 (0.34%) MQSeries
10 6 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.19%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.19%) HCL Notes
12 4 (0.19%) Hyperledger
12 4 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 140 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.16%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.91%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.096%) Sketch
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.048%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.048%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 26 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
2 25 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
3 19 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
4 16 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
7 11 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.53%) Temenos T24
8 9 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
8 9 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 8 (0.38%) Finacle
9 8 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
10 7 (0.34%) Fidessa
11 6 (0.29%) Loan IQ
11 6 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
11 6 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
11 6 (0.29%) SAP FI
11 6 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 322 (15.45%) Azure
2 316 (15.16%) AWS
3 170 (8.16%) GCP
4 142 (6.81%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.13%) GitHub
6 80 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (3.21%) Serverless
8 51 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (2.26%) Figma
10 37 (1.78%) SaaS
11 35 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
12 34 (1.63%) PowerApps
13 31 (1.49%) Snowflake
14 27 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.25%) Entra ID
16 24 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
17 23 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
18 22 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
18 22 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
19 21 (1.01%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 52 (2.50%) DNS
2 46 (2.21%) Firewall
3 34 (1.63%) HTTP
4 33 (1.58%) Network Security
5 30 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 28 (1.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 28 (1.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 25 (1.20%) DMZ
8 22 (1.06%) VPN
8 22 (1.06%) Wireless
9 21 (1.01%) SSL
10 17 (0.82%) BIG-IP
10 17 (0.82%) Wireshark
11 15 (0.72%) NetScaler
12 12 (0.58%) BGP
12 12 (0.58%) DHCP
12 12 (0.58%) Multicast
13 10 (0.48%) LAN
14 9 (0.43%) Internet
14 9 (0.43%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (5.66%) Power BI
2 91 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 73 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
4 67 (3.21%) Tableau
5 65 (3.12%) NoSQL
6 43 (2.06%) MongoDB
7 42 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
8 38 (1.82%) Oracle Database
8 38 (1.82%) Relational Database
9 27 (1.30%) Metadata
10 24 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 22 (1.06%) Big Data
12 21 (1.01%) DB2
13 19 (0.91%) BigQuery
14 16 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (0.77%) Hadoop
15 15 (0.72%) MySQL
15 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (0.67%) Apache Ignite
16 14 (0.67%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 235 (11.28%) JIRA
2 146 (7.01%) Jenkins
3 101 (4.85%) Git
4 85 (4.08%) GitLab
5 37 (1.78%) JUnit
5 37 (1.78%) Sonatype Nexus
6 28 (1.34%) Bitbucket
6 28 (1.34%) Selenium
7 22 (1.06%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.01%) Liquibase
9 20 (0.96%) Maven
10 18 (0.86%) Postman
11 17 (0.82%) Gradle
11 17 (0.82%) REST Assured
11 17 (0.82%) SonarQube
12 16 (0.77%) Fiddler
13 13 (0.62%) TeamCity
14 11 (0.53%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 1,328 (63.72%) Finance
2 764 (36.66%) Social Skills
3 434 (20.83%) Investment Banking
4 277 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
5 182 (8.73%) Front Office
6 129 (6.19%) Financial Institution
7 72 (3.45%) Retail Banking
8 54 (2.59%) Legal
9 53 (2.54%) Retail
10 51 (2.45%) Corporate Banking
11 46 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (1.68%) Public Sector
14 34 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.20%) Back Office
16 25 (1.20%) General Ledger
17 24 (1.15%) International Banking
18 22 (1.06%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 412 (19.77%) Developer
2 335 (16.07%) Analyst
3 275 (13.20%) Senior
4 230 (11.04%) Business Analyst
5 196 (9.40%) Architect
6 131 (6.29%) Project Manager
7 126 (6.05%) Lead
8 109 (5.23%) Java Developer
9 104 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
10 87 (4.17%) Senior Developer
11 72 (3.45%) Consultant
12 65 (3.12%) Banking Analyst
13 53 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
14 51 (2.45%) Designer
15 50 (2.40%) Software Engineer
16 49 (2.35%) Banking Business Analyst
17 47 (2.26%) Senior Java Developer
18 44 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
19 41 (1.97%) Python Engineer
20 40 (1.92%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (5.57%) Kafka
2 110 (5.28%) REST
3 102 (4.89%) .NET
4 91 (4.37%) Spring
5 77 (3.69%) RESTful
6 76 (3.65%) Spring Boot
7 72 (3.45%) React
8 63 (3.02%) HTML
9 54 (2.59%) Pandas
10 51 (2.45%) AngularJS
11 49 (2.35%) Middleware
11 49 (2.35%) NumPy
12 44 (2.11%) CSS
13 43 (2.06%) XML
14 38 (1.82%) Node.js
15 37 (1.78%) OAuth
16 31 (1.49%) JMS
16 31 (1.49%) JSON
17 30 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
18 28 (1.34%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.24%) Product Ownership
2 124 (5.95%) Derivative
3 113 (5.42%) Onboarding
4 106 (5.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 97 (4.65%) Cloud Native
6 86 (4.13%) Management Information System
7 75 (3.60%) Equities
8 72 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
9 70 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
10 67 (3.21%) Fixed Income
11 50 (2.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 49 (2.35%) Hedge funds
13 48 (2.30%) Data Centre
14 46 (2.21%) Public Cloud
15 43 (2.06%) Data Structures
15 43 (2.06%) Mobile App
16 40 (1.92%) Credit Risk
17 34 (1.63%) Market Risk
18 33 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
19 28 (1.34%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 132 (6.33%) Linux
2 118 (5.66%) Windows
3 47 (2.26%) Unix
4 38 (1.82%) Android
5 33 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 22 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.96%) Windows Server
8 17 (0.82%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.58%) zOS
10 5 (0.24%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.19%) AIX
11 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.048%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.048%) Solaris
13 1 (0.048%) VMS
13 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (28.26%) Agile
2 385 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
3 350 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 327 (15.69%) CI/CD
5 326 (15.64%) DevOps
6 193 (9.26%) Microservices
7 192 (9.21%) Analytics
8 177 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 172 (8.25%) Migration
10 170 (8.16%) Risk Management
11 156 (7.49%) Project Management
12 150 (7.20%) Decision-Making
13 147 (7.05%) AI
14 146 (7.01%) Change Management
15 142 (6.81%) Scrum
16 138 (6.62%) Data Modelling
17 137 (6.57%) Containerisation
18 136 (6.53%) Business Intelligence
19 135 (6.48%) Data Analysis
19 135 (6.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 396 (19.00%) SQL
2 363 (17.42%) Python
3 310 (14.88%) Java
4 141 (6.77%) C#
5 97 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 62 (2.98%) TypeScript
7 60 (2.88%) Go
8 56 (2.69%) PowerShell
9 42 (2.02%) C++
10 36 (1.73%) PL/SQL
11 27 (1.30%) Shell Script
11 27 (1.30%) VBA
12 25 (1.20%) Bash
13 21 (1.01%) COBOL
14 19 (0.91%) T-SQL
15 17 (0.82%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.72%) Scala
17 12 (0.58%) Perl
17 12 (0.58%) Rust
18 11 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 246 (11.80%) Degree
2 80 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (3.79%) Security Cleared
4 77 (3.69%) Master's Degree
5 59 (2.83%) PMI Certification
6 54 (2.59%) PMP
7 42 (2.02%) SC Cleared
8 35 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.30%) CISSP
10 24 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 23 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.77%) MBA
13 15 (0.72%) CBAP
13 15 (0.72%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.58%) CISM
14 12 (0.58%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.48%) PhD
16 8 (0.38%) CCA
16 8 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (6.77%) QA
2 83 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.64%) GDPR
4 54 (2.59%) ISO 20022
5 44 (2.11%) PMO
6 35 (1.68%) PSD2
7 34 (1.63%) Accessibility
8 32 (1.54%) SEPA
9 29 (1.39%) SLA
10 26 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 25 (1.20%) PCI DSS
12 24 (1.15%) Basel III
12 24 (1.15%) GRC
13 22 (1.06%) MiFID
14 21 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 18 (0.86%) NIST
16 16 (0.77%) ISO 8583
17 15 (0.72%) EMIR
18 12 (0.58%) IFRS
19 7 (0.34%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 179 (8.59%) Docker
2 43 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.39%) Active Directory
4 20 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (0.82%) Firmware
6 6 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.14%) RACF
8 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.14%) vSphere
9 2 (0.096%) ACF2
9 2 (0.096%) GridGain
9 2 (0.096%) NFS
9 2 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.048%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.048%) GPFS
10 1 (0.048%) HDFS
10 1 (0.048%) KVM
10 1 (0.048%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 200 (9.60%) Kubernetes
2 114 (5.47%) Terraform
3 79 (3.79%) Ansible
4 51 (2.45%) Grafana
5 44 (2.11%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.86%) SCCM
7 15 (0.72%) Argo
8 11 (0.53%) Control-M
9 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
10 7 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
10 7 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.29%) CA Endevor
11 6 (0.29%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.19%) Istio
12 4 (0.19%) Karpenter
13 3 (0.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
13 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 226 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 155 (7.44%) Oracle
3 91 (4.37%) Google
4 60 (2.88%) Splunk
5 52 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.40%) IBM
7 49 (2.35%) VMware
8 41 (1.97%) Cisco
8 41 (1.97%) SAP
9 40 (1.92%) F5
10 36 (1.73%) Citrix
11 30 (1.44%) HP
12 29 (1.39%) Remedy
12 29 (1.39%) Salesforce
13 28 (1.34%) Databricks
13 28 (1.34%) Dell
14 26 (1.25%) Bloomberg
15 25 (1.20%) Apple
15 25 (1.20%) CyberArk
16 22 (1.06%) Dynatrace