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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,266 1,897 2,277
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.60% 7.78% 6.14%
As % of the General category 10.20% 12.15% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,257 1,671
10th Percentile £370 £361 £380
25th Percentile £438 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £775
90th Percentile £788 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.36% -5.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 21
10th Percentile - £17.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.45 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £23.47 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.82% +20.33% -7.14%
75th Percentile £76.25 £24.66 £27.00
90th Percentile £97.25 £48.98 £83.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £22.27 £19.05
% change year-on-year +15.72% +16.90% -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 22,225 15,607 21,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.91% 64.03% 58.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,883 10,135 13,933
10th Percentile £305 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,450 667 1,792
10th Percentile £14.24 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.00 £15.49
Median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -8.76% -9.72%
75th Percentile £61.88 £55.25 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.06 £75.00 £65.70
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -12.56%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -11 1,556 £575 -11.54% 727
North of England +3 479 £465 +3.33% 282
North West +12 266 £447 +0.45% 215
Yorkshire -3 209 £500 - 63
Midlands +4 178 £475 +2.04% 64
West Midlands +10 124 £550 -0.90% 25
East Midlands -14 54 £450 +15.24% 39
South East -45 39 £500 -13.04% 240
South West -30 34 £500 -10.11% 45
East of England -33 14 £500 -16.67% 107
North East -12 10 £400 -4.76% 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
1 171 (7.55%) Confluence
2 49 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.10%) SAS
4 18 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.75%) IIS
6 13 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.53%) CICS
8 11 (0.49%) Apache
8 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
10 5 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.13%) Camunda
11 3 (0.13%) CMS
11 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.088%) Appian
12 2 (0.088%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.088%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 133 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.22%) Notion
8 2 (0.088%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.088%) InVision
8 2 (0.088%) Sketch
8 2 (0.088%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.044%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
2 24 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 22 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
4 21 (0.93%) Temenos T24
5 19 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
6 17 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
7 16 (0.71%) Loan IQ
7 16 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 12 (0.53%) Finacle
9 10 (0.44%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
11 8 (0.35%) Actimize
11 8 (0.35%) Aladdin
11 8 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
11 8 (0.35%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
11 8 (0.35%) Summit
12 7 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 6 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
14 5 (0.22%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 350 (15.45%) Azure
2 310 (13.68%) AWS
3 153 (6.75%) GCP
4 118 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 102 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (3.35%) GitHub
7 60 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (2.47%) SaaS
9 39 (1.72%) Figma
10 35 (1.54%) Serverless
11 30 (1.32%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (1.28%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.24%) OpenShift
14 27 (1.19%) Amazon S3
15 25 (1.10%) OCI
16 24 (1.06%) Power Automate
17 21 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
18 20 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
18 20 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (3.18%) DNS
2 53 (2.34%) VPN
3 50 (2.21%) Firewall
4 41 (1.81%) HTTP
4 41 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 36 (1.59%) Network Security
6 26 (1.15%) BGP
6 26 (1.15%) Multicast
7 25 (1.10%) DMZ
7 25 (1.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 24 (1.06%) BIG-IP
8 24 (1.06%) SSL
9 23 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 22 (0.97%) SAN
11 21 (0.93%) FIX Connectivity
11 21 (0.93%) Wireshark
12 20 (0.88%) NetScaler
13 15 (0.66%) DHCP
14 11 (0.49%) Wireless
15 10 (0.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.19%) Power BI
2 93 (4.10%) SQL Server
3 55 (2.43%) Tableau
4 53 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (2.29%) Metadata
6 45 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (1.85%) Oracle Database
8 37 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 35 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 29 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 23 (1.02%) Big Data
12 22 (0.97%) DB2
13 21 (0.93%) BigQuery
14 15 (0.66%) Data Lake
14 15 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.53%) Hadoop
15 12 (0.53%) Pinecone
15 12 (0.53%) Power Query
15 12 (0.53%) RDBMS
15 12 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 260 (11.47%) JIRA
2 96 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 87 (3.84%) Git
4 62 (2.74%) GitLab
5 28 (1.24%) JUnit
6 24 (1.06%) Selenium
7 20 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 19 (0.84%) Fiddler
9 18 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 16 (0.71%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.66%) Postman
12 14 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
13 13 (0.57%) Maven
14 12 (0.53%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.53%) REST Assured
15 11 (0.49%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.40%) Mockito
17 8 (0.35%) Appium
17 8 (0.35%) Gradle
17 8 (0.35%) MLflow
General
1 1,409 (62.18%) Finance
2 656 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 446 (19.68%) Investment Banking
4 326 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
5 176 (7.77%) Front Office
6 109 (4.81%) Financial Institution
7 94 (4.15%) Retail Banking
8 79 (3.49%) Corporate Banking
9 76 (3.35%) Retail
10 70 (3.09%) Legal
11 62 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
12 52 (2.29%) Public Sector
13 38 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.19%) Marketing
17 26 (1.15%) General Ledger
18 24 (1.06%) Back Office
19 21 (0.93%) International Banking
20 20 (0.88%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 382 (16.86%) Analyst
2 372 (16.42%) Developer
3 292 (12.89%) Senior
4 266 (11.74%) Business Analyst
5 264 (11.65%) Architect
6 162 (7.15%) Lead
7 123 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
8 110 (4.85%) Project Manager
9 101 (4.46%) Java Developer
10 93 (4.10%) Banking Analyst
11 86 (3.80%) Senior Developer
12 79 (3.49%) Data Engineer
13 75 (3.31%) Consultant
14 62 (2.74%) Banking Business Analyst
15 58 (2.56%) Payments Architect
16 54 (2.38%) Network Engineer
17 52 (2.29%) Designer
17 52 (2.29%) Payments Solutions Architect
18 48 (2.12%) C# Developer
19 43 (1.90%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (4.94%) .NET
2 106 (4.68%) Kafka
3 84 (3.71%) React
4 72 (3.18%) Middleware
4 72 (3.18%) REST
5 68 (3.00%) Spring
6 61 (2.69%) HTML
7 59 (2.60%) Spring Boot
8 57 (2.52%) RESTful
9 45 (1.99%) CSS
10 41 (1.81%) OAuth
11 39 (1.72%) AngularJS
12 37 (1.63%) JSON
12 37 (1.63%) XML
13 31 (1.37%) FIX Protocol
14 30 (1.32%) OAuth2
15 26 (1.15%) Node.js
16 24 (1.06%) HTML5
16 24 (1.06%) SOAP
17 22 (0.97%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 152 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 115 (5.08%) Derivative
3 104 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 99 (4.37%) Cloud Native
5 96 (4.24%) Management Information System
6 86 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 78 (3.44%) Data Protection Act
8 68 (3.00%) Fixed Income
9 60 (2.65%) Data Structures
10 57 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
11 56 (2.47%) Equities
12 47 (2.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 46 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
14 44 (1.94%) Data Centre
15 43 (1.90%) Credit Risk
16 41 (1.81%) Market Risk
17 38 (1.68%) Mainframe
18 33 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
19 29 (1.28%) Public Cloud
20 28 (1.24%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 142 (6.27%) Windows
2 98 (4.32%) Linux
3 68 (3.00%) Unix
4 37 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.28%) Android
6 23 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 21 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 21 (0.93%) zOS
8 16 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 11 (0.49%) AIX
11 7 (0.31%) VMS
12 6 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
12 6 (0.26%) Solaris
12 6 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.18%) HPUX
14 4 (0.18%) SUSE
14 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (24.76%) Agile
2 411 (18.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 360 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
4 305 (13.46%) CI/CD
5 298 (13.15%) DevOps
6 247 (10.90%) Migration
7 243 (10.72%) AI
8 193 (8.52%) Analytics
9 191 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 186 (8.21%) Roadmaps
11 181 (7.99%) Decision-Making
12 176 (7.77%) Data Modelling
13 175 (7.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 174 (7.68%) Risk Management
15 169 (7.46%) Validation
16 166 (7.33%) Microservices
17 161 (7.11%) User Acceptance Testing
18 149 (6.58%) Test Automation
19 147 (6.49%) Data Analysis
20 146 (6.44%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 381 (16.81%) SQL
2 323 (14.25%) Python
3 287 (12.67%) Java
4 143 (6.31%) C#
5 100 (4.41%) JavaScript
6 66 (2.91%) TypeScript
7 59 (2.60%) PowerShell
8 43 (1.90%) PL/SQL
9 34 (1.50%) Shell Script
10 28 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.24%) VBA
11 25 (1.10%) Go
12 24 (1.06%) Bash
12 24 (1.06%) Kotlin
13 19 (0.84%) C++
13 19 (0.84%) COBOL
14 18 (0.79%) Korn
15 16 (0.71%) JCL
16 14 (0.62%) Scala
17 13 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 206 (9.09%) Degree
2 108 (4.77%) Security Cleared
3 69 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 66 (2.91%) SC Cleared
5 56 (2.47%) PMP
6 55 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 55 (2.43%) PMI Certification
7 41 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (1.54%) CISSP
9 29 (1.28%) Azure Certification
10 21 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.75%) MBA
12 16 (0.71%) CISM
13 15 (0.66%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.57%) CBAP
15 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.40%) ACCA
17 9 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (5.91%) QA
2 119 (5.25%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.43%) GDPR
4 49 (2.16%) ISO 20022
5 45 (1.99%) PMO
6 36 (1.59%) PSD2
7 35 (1.54%) SLA
8 34 (1.50%) NIST
9 32 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 31 (1.37%) SEPA
11 30 (1.32%) PCI DSS
12 27 (1.19%) GRC
13 25 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 21 (0.93%) Accessibility
15 19 (0.84%) Basel III
15 19 (0.84%) MiFID
16 15 (0.66%) ISO 8583
17 12 (0.53%) IFRS
18 8 (0.35%) EMIR
19 7 (0.31%) COREP
System Software
1 122 (5.38%) Docker
2 45 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.88%) Firmware
5 18 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.62%) vSphere
7 13 (0.57%) NFS
8 9 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.26%) RACF
10 5 (0.22%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.18%) Varnish
11 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.18%) XenApp
12 3 (0.13%) ACF2
12 3 (0.13%) Postfix
12 3 (0.13%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.13%) SRDF
12 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
13 2 (0.088%) GPFS
13 2 (0.088%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 166 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 84 (3.71%) Terraform
3 62 (2.74%) Ansible
4 32 (1.41%) Grafana
5 26 (1.15%) SCCM
6 23 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 19 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.79%) Argo
9 10 (0.44%) Control-M
10 8 (0.35%) Puppet
10 8 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.31%) Istio
11 7 (0.31%) WSUS
12 6 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.26%) SnapMirror
13 5 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (0.22%) RSA Archer
13 5 (0.22%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.18%) CA Endevor
14 4 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 277 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 164 (7.24%) Oracle
3 80 (3.53%) ServiceNow
4 67 (2.96%) Google
5 61 (2.69%) Cisco
6 59 (2.60%) IBM
7 55 (2.43%) SAP
8 53 (2.34%) F5
9 51 (2.25%) Citrix
10 49 (2.16%) VMware
11 44 (1.94%) Splunk
12 29 (1.28%) Temenos
13 28 (1.24%) Bloomberg
13 28 (1.24%) Databricks
13 28 (1.24%) HP
13 28 (1.24%) Murex
14 26 (1.15%) NetApp
14 26 (1.15%) Pega
15 25 (1.10%) Avaloq
15 25 (1.10%) Remedy