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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,134 1,861 2,411
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.10% 7.33% 6.39%
As % of the General category 10.33% 11.71% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,305 1,178 1,730
10th Percentile £363 £363 £380
25th Percentile £447 £490 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £775 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £526 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.40% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 21
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.22 £12.84
25th Percentile £23.02 £20.52 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -15.22%
75th Percentile £43.90 £25.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £90.13 £73.80 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.17 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.08% +23.92% -15.22%

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 20,650 15,892 22,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.03% 62.61% 59.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,080 9,813 14,637
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £406 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,286 527 1,583
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.51 £13.19
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.06 £15.17
Median hourly rate £23.54 £31.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.07% +19.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.00 £50.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -8.77%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -10 1,444 £575 -8.73% 234
North of England +8 462 £475 +5.56% 59
Yorkshire +4 239 £500 -11.50% 21
North West +9 230 £444 +10.88% 34
Midlands +22 181 £500 -9.09% 22
West Midlands +12 125 £575 -7.26% 16
East Midlands -1 56 £430 +2.38% 6
South East -19 47 £438 -20.45% 91
South West -12 32 £525 -15.15% 9
East of England -17 12 £400 -33.33% 6
North East -13 4 £400 - 4
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
1 158 (7.40%) Confluence
2 51 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.66%) Apache
4 14 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.66%) SAS
5 9 (0.42%) CMS
5 9 (0.42%) IIS
6 8 (0.37%) CICS
6 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.33%) MQSeries
8 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.23%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.094%) Camunda
11 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.094%) WebLogic
Applications
1 142 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 63 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.98%) Chatbot
5 21 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.14%) Notion
8 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.14%) Trello
9 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.047%) Sketch
10 1 (0.047%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 30 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 26 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
3 18 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
4 17 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
4 17 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (0.56%) Temenos T24
7 10 (0.47%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.37%) Loan IQ
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 8 (0.37%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.33%) Actimize
9 7 (0.33%) Finacle
10 6 (0.28%) Fidessa
11 5 (0.23%) BASE24
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 328 (15.37%) Azure
2 319 (14.95%) AWS
3 171 (8.01%) GCP
4 133 (6.23%) Power Platform
5 84 (3.94%) GitHub
6 81 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (2.81%) Serverless
8 46 (2.16%) SaaS
9 44 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.78%) Figma
11 32 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (1.22%) Entra ID
12 26 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.12%) OCI
13 24 (1.12%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (1.08%) Amazon S3
14 23 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.08%) Snowflake
15 21 (0.98%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.86%) DNS
2 45 (2.11%) Firewall
3 36 (1.69%) HTTP
4 33 (1.55%) VPN
5 32 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 31 (1.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 30 (1.41%) Network Security
8 29 (1.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 25 (1.17%) DMZ
10 23 (1.08%) SSL
11 21 (0.98%) BIG-IP
11 21 (0.98%) Wireshark
12 20 (0.94%) BGP
13 19 (0.89%) Multicast
13 19 (0.89%) Wireless
14 16 (0.75%) NetScaler
15 15 (0.70%) DHCP
16 14 (0.66%) SAN
17 13 (0.61%) FIX Connectivity
18 12 (0.56%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (5.11%) Power BI
2 89 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 74 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 63 (2.95%) Tableau
5 61 (2.86%) NoSQL
6 46 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (2.01%) MongoDB
8 39 (1.83%) Oracle Database
9 37 (1.73%) Relational Database
10 35 (1.64%) Metadata
11 28 (1.31%) Big Data
12 24 (1.12%) BigQuery
13 17 (0.80%) DB2
13 17 (0.80%) Hadoop
14 16 (0.75%) Data Lake
14 16 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.61%) MySQL
16 11 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (0.52%) Power Query
17 10 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 234 (10.97%) JIRA
2 131 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 90 (4.22%) GitLab
4 87 (4.08%) Git
5 34 (1.59%) JUnit
6 29 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 23 (1.08%) Liquibase
8 22 (1.03%) Bitbucket
8 22 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 22 (1.03%) Selenium
9 19 (0.89%) Fiddler
10 18 (0.84%) Postman
11 17 (0.80%) Maven
12 15 (0.70%) REST Assured
13 14 (0.66%) Gradle
14 11 (0.52%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.47%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.47%) SonarQube
16 8 (0.37%) MLflow
17 7 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 1,343 (62.93%) Finance
2 732 (34.30%) Social Skills
3 441 (20.67%) Investment Banking
4 286 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
5 174 (8.15%) Front Office
6 123 (5.76%) Financial Institution
7 79 (3.70%) Retail Banking
8 58 (2.72%) Legal
8 58 (2.72%) Retail
9 56 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
10 55 (2.58%) Corporate Banking
11 47 (2.20%) Public Sector
12 37 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.22%) Marketing
16 24 (1.12%) Back Office
16 24 (1.12%) Private Banking
17 23 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 23 (1.08%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 387 (18.13%) Developer
2 376 (17.62%) Analyst
3 280 (13.12%) Senior
4 261 (12.23%) Business Analyst
5 213 (9.98%) Architect
6 137 (6.42%) Lead
7 127 (5.95%) Project Manager
8 119 (5.58%) Solutions Architect
9 108 (5.06%) Java Developer
10 86 (4.03%) Senior Developer
11 76 (3.56%) Consultant
12 73 (3.42%) Banking Analyst
13 54 (2.53%) Data Engineer
14 53 (2.48%) Banking Business Analyst
15 52 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
16 47 (2.20%) Senior Java Developer
17 45 (2.11%) Designer
17 45 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
18 44 (2.06%) Software Engineer
19 43 (2.01%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (5.76%) Kafka
2 107 (5.01%) REST
3 96 (4.50%) .NET
4 74 (3.47%) Spring
5 72 (3.37%) React
6 67 (3.14%) RESTful
7 61 (2.86%) Spring Boot
8 60 (2.81%) Middleware
9 55 (2.58%) HTML
10 45 (2.11%) AngularJS
11 43 (2.01%) Pandas
12 39 (1.83%) XML
13 37 (1.73%) NumPy
14 36 (1.69%) OAuth
15 35 (1.64%) CSS
16 30 (1.41%) Node.js
17 29 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
17 29 (1.36%) JSON
18 27 (1.27%) OAuth2
19 23 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 126 (5.90%) Product Ownership
2 113 (5.30%) Derivative
3 98 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 97 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 89 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 88 (4.12%) Management Information System
7 77 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
8 69 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
9 67 (3.14%) Equities
10 62 (2.91%) Fixed Income
11 51 (2.39%) Public Cloud
12 44 (2.06%) Data Structures
13 40 (1.87%) Data Centre
14 39 (1.83%) Credit Risk
15 38 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
15 38 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 37 (1.73%) Market Risk
17 35 (1.64%) Hedge funds
18 31 (1.45%) Mobile App
19 28 (1.31%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 127 (5.95%) Linux
2 126 (5.90%) Windows
3 51 (2.39%) Unix
4 36 (1.69%) Android
5 34 (1.59%) Windows 10
6 21 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.84%) Windows Server
8 15 (0.70%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.56%) zOS
10 10 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.28%) VMS
12 4 (0.19%) AIX
12 4 (0.19%) CoreOS
12 4 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.047%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (25.91%) Agile
2 385 (18.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 378 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
4 311 (14.57%) DevOps
5 305 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 212 (9.93%) Migration
7 207 (9.70%) Analytics
8 182 (8.53%) AI
9 181 (8.48%) Microservices
10 176 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 174 (8.15%) Risk Management
12 154 (7.22%) Project Management
13 153 (7.17%) Decision-Making
14 151 (7.08%) Data Analysis
15 145 (6.79%) Data Modelling
16 143 (6.70%) Change Management
17 139 (6.51%) Business Intelligence
18 138 (6.47%) Roadmaps
19 134 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
19 134 (6.28%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 379 (17.76%) SQL
2 371 (17.39%) Python
3 308 (14.43%) Java
4 129 (6.04%) C#
5 84 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.76%) PowerShell
6 59 (2.76%) TypeScript
7 57 (2.67%) Go
8 35 (1.64%) PL/SQL
9 32 (1.50%) C++
10 29 (1.36%) VBA
11 27 (1.27%) Shell Script
12 25 (1.17%) Bash
13 21 (0.98%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.89%) COBOL
15 15 (0.70%) Kotlin
16 13 (0.61%) Scala
17 12 (0.56%) Perl
18 11 (0.52%) Korn
18 11 (0.52%) RPG
Qualifications
1 243 (11.39%) Degree
2 84 (3.94%) Security Cleared
3 82 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 81 (3.80%) Master's Degree
5 53 (2.48%) PMI Certification
6 49 (2.30%) PMP
7 46 (2.16%) SC Cleared
8 41 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.22%) CISSP
11 17 (0.80%) MBA
12 15 (0.70%) CISM
12 15 (0.70%) ISTQB
13 13 (0.61%) CBAP
14 12 (0.56%) PhD
15 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.47%) DV Cleared
17 8 (0.37%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (5.95%) QA
2 96 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 54 (2.53%) ISO 20022
4 50 (2.34%) GDPR
5 36 (1.69%) PMO
6 35 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 31 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 30 (1.41%) PSD2
9 28 (1.31%) SLA
10 27 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 27 (1.27%) SEPA
11 26 (1.22%) GRC
12 23 (1.08%) Basel III
12 23 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 21 (0.98%) NIST
14 20 (0.94%) MiFID
15 13 (0.61%) EMIR
15 13 (0.61%) ISO 8583
16 10 (0.47%) IFRS
17 8 (0.37%) COBIT
System Software
1 161 (7.54%) Docker
2 47 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.36%) Active Directory
4 20 (0.94%) Firmware
4 20 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.42%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) NFS
7 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.14%) RACF
8 3 (0.14%) SRDF
8 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.094%) ACF2
9 2 (0.094%) GridGain
9 2 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.047%) GPFS
10 1 (0.047%) HDFS
10 1 (0.047%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.047%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 189 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.78%) Terraform
3 85 (3.98%) Ansible
4 53 (2.48%) Grafana
5 43 (2.01%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.94%) SCCM
7 16 (0.75%) Argo
8 13 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.56%) Control-M
10 9 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (0.33%) Puppet
12 6 (0.28%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.23%) CA Endevor
14 4 (0.19%) Istio
14 4 (0.19%) Karpenter
14 4 (0.19%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.19%) SnapMirror
15 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 224 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 148 (6.94%) Oracle
3 85 (3.98%) Google
4 60 (2.81%) Splunk
5 58 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 56 (2.62%) VMware
7 51 (2.39%) Cisco
8 47 (2.20%) IBM
9 45 (2.11%) F5
9 45 (2.11%) SAP
10 42 (1.97%) Citrix
11 33 (1.55%) Remedy
12 26 (1.22%) Bloomberg
12 26 (1.22%) Databricks
13 25 (1.17%) HP
14 24 (1.12%) Murex
15 23 (1.08%) Apple
15 23 (1.08%) Dell
15 23 (1.08%) NetApp
15 23 (1.08%) Salesforce