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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,268 1,886 2,337
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.96% 7.77% 6.20%
As % of the General category 10.48% 12.24% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,374 1,255 1,665
10th Percentile £372 £361 £375
25th Percentile £440 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £674 £750 £750
90th Percentile £775 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.04% -5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 26
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.24 £12.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.20 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £57.23 £24.66 £30.00
90th Percentile £96.75 £44.10 £78.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
% change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%

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 21,636 15,407 22,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.87% 63.47% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,643 10,049 14,313
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £410 £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 £767
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,369 626 1,706
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.73 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £15.26
Median hourly rate £25.77 £30.00 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +15.25% -25.63%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +11.81% -25.71%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 1,547 £575 -9.80% 331
North of England +8 489 £475 +5.56% 73
North West +14 269 £447 +9.02% 41
Yorkshire -4 223 £500 -7.41% 25
Midlands +15 184 £482 -12.36% 41
West Midlands +18 128 £550 -0.90% 22
East Midlands -10 56 £430 +7.50% 19
South East -34 48 £472 -16.18% 94
South West -19 34 £525 -13.04% 9
East of England -34 11 £400 -33.33% 13
North East -9 6 £400 - 7
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
1 182 (8.02%) Confluence
2 55 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.88%) SAS
5 13 (0.57%) IIS
6 12 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
7 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.44%) CICS
9 7 (0.31%) CMS
10 6 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
12 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.13%) Camunda
14 2 (0.088%) Appian
14 2 (0.088%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.088%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 152 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 64 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (2.16%) MS Visio
5 29 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.66%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.13%) Notion
8 3 (0.13%) Trello
9 2 (0.088%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.044%) InVision
10 1 (0.044%) Sketch
10 1 (0.044%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 32 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 25 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.88%) Temenos T24
4 19 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
6 17 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
8 13 (0.57%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.44%) Actimize
9 10 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.44%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.35%) Finacle
10 8 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 8 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.31%) Summit
12 6 (0.26%) Aladdin
12 6 (0.26%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 353 (15.56%) Azure
2 330 (14.55%) AWS
3 164 (7.23%) GCP
4 138 (6.08%) Power Platform
5 93 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
6 86 (3.79%) GitHub
7 61 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
8 55 (2.43%) Serverless
9 49 (2.16%) SaaS
10 45 (1.98%) Figma
11 32 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
12 31 (1.37%) Entra ID
13 30 (1.32%) Amazon S3
14 28 (1.23%) OpenShift
15 27 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (1.19%) OCI
16 26 (1.15%) Power Automate
17 25 (1.10%) PowerApps
18 24 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.22%) DNS
2 48 (2.12%) Firewall
3 44 (1.94%) VPN
4 40 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 39 (1.72%) HTTP
6 34 (1.50%) Network Security
7 29 (1.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 28 (1.23%) Multicast
9 27 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 26 (1.15%) BGP
11 25 (1.10%) DMZ
11 25 (1.10%) SSL
12 24 (1.06%) BIG-IP
13 21 (0.93%) Wireshark
14 20 (0.88%) SAN
15 19 (0.84%) NetScaler
16 18 (0.79%) FIX Connectivity
17 17 (0.75%) DHCP
18 14 (0.62%) Wireless
19 13 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.85%) Power BI
2 100 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.09%) Tableau
4 69 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
5 57 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
6 49 (2.16%) NoSQL
7 45 (1.98%) Metadata
8 40 (1.76%) Oracle Database
9 38 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 35 (1.54%) Relational Database
11 29 (1.28%) Big Data
12 21 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (0.71%) DB2
15 15 (0.66%) Data Lake
15 15 (0.66%) Hadoop
16 14 (0.62%) Power Query
17 13 (0.57%) KDB
18 12 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
19 11 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 261 (11.51%) JIRA
2 123 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 92 (4.06%) Git
4 87 (3.84%) GitLab
5 27 (1.19%) JUnit
6 23 (1.01%) Bitbucket
6 23 (1.01%) Cucumber
6 23 (1.01%) Selenium
7 21 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
8 20 (0.88%) Fiddler
9 19 (0.84%) Postman
10 15 (0.66%) REST Assured
11 14 (0.62%) Maven
11 14 (0.62%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.57%) Liquibase
13 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.40%) Gradle
14 8 (0.35%) Mockito
15 7 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.31%) SonarQube
General
1 1,432 (63.14%) Finance
2 717 (31.61%) Social Skills
3 451 (19.89%) Investment Banking
4 312 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
5 185 (8.16%) Front Office
6 116 (5.11%) Financial Institution
7 88 (3.88%) Retail Banking
8 68 (3.00%) Legal
9 67 (2.95%) Corporate Banking
10 66 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
11 65 (2.87%) Retail
12 52 (2.29%) Public Sector
13 46 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.32%) Marketing
17 25 (1.10%) General Ledger
18 22 (0.97%) Back Office
18 22 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 22 (0.97%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 386 (17.02%) Developer
2 381 (16.80%) Analyst
3 286 (12.61%) Senior
4 263 (11.60%) Architect
5 262 (11.55%) Business Analyst
6 147 (6.48%) Lead
7 132 (5.82%) Solutions Architect
8 125 (5.51%) Project Manager
9 101 (4.45%) Java Developer
10 87 (3.84%) Senior Developer
11 85 (3.75%) Consultant
12 79 (3.48%) Banking Analyst
13 65 (2.87%) Data Engineer
14 56 (2.47%) Banking Business Analyst
14 56 (2.47%) Payments Architect
15 55 (2.43%) Designer
16 53 (2.34%) Network Engineer
17 51 (2.25%) DevOps Engineer
18 50 (2.20%) Payments Solutions Architect
19 46 (2.03%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (5.11%) Kafka
2 110 (4.85%) .NET
3 101 (4.45%) REST
4 79 (3.48%) React
5 69 (3.04%) Spring
6 67 (2.95%) RESTful
7 63 (2.78%) Middleware
8 60 (2.65%) HTML
8 60 (2.65%) Spring Boot
9 46 (2.03%) AngularJS
10 43 (1.90%) CSS
11 41 (1.81%) OAuth
12 37 (1.63%) JSON
12 37 (1.63%) XML
13 35 (1.54%) Pandas
14 31 (1.37%) NumPy
15 30 (1.32%) OAuth2
16 29 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
17 27 (1.19%) Node.js
18 26 (1.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (6.13%) Product Ownership
2 111 (4.89%) Derivative
3 105 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 97 (4.28%) Management Information System
5 96 (4.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 90 (3.97%) Cloud Native
7 71 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 71 (3.13%) Fixed Income
8 68 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
9 67 (2.95%) Equities
10 48 (2.12%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 41 (1.81%) Public Cloud
13 40 (1.76%) Market Risk
14 39 (1.72%) Credit Risk
15 38 (1.68%) Data Centre
16 37 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
17 31 (1.37%) Hedge funds
17 31 (1.37%) Mainframe
18 28 (1.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 139 (6.13%) Windows
2 117 (5.16%) Linux
3 59 (2.60%) Unix
4 36 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 30 (1.32%) Android
6 24 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.88%) Windows Server
8 16 (0.71%) zOS
9 13 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 13 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.31%) VMS
11 6 (0.26%) AIX
12 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
12 5 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.13%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.088%) Solaris
14 2 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.044%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (24.82%) Agile
2 404 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 380 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
4 330 (14.55%) DevOps
5 323 (14.24%) CI/CD
6 234 (10.32%) Migration
7 215 (9.48%) AI
8 210 (9.26%) Analytics
9 185 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 177 (7.80%) Microservices
11 175 (7.72%) Data Modelling
12 173 (7.63%) Risk Management
13 169 (7.45%) Decision-Making
14 168 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 162 (7.14%) Project Management
16 161 (7.10%) Roadmaps
17 155 (6.83%) Data Analysis
18 152 (6.70%) Validation
19 149 (6.57%) User Acceptance Testing
20 146 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 396 (17.46%) SQL
2 364 (16.05%) Python
3 290 (12.79%) Java
4 144 (6.35%) C#
5 94 (4.14%) JavaScript
6 62 (2.73%) TypeScript
7 60 (2.65%) PowerShell
8 46 (2.03%) Go
9 37 (1.63%) PL/SQL
10 34 (1.50%) VBA
11 33 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 29 (1.28%) Bash
13 23 (1.01%) T-SQL
14 22 (0.97%) C++
15 18 (0.79%) COBOL
16 16 (0.71%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.57%) Korn
18 12 (0.53%) Perl
19 11 (0.49%) JCL
19 11 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 237 (10.45%) Degree
2 112 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 77 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (3.22%) Master's Degree
5 67 (2.95%) SC Cleared
6 57 (2.51%) PMI Certification
7 55 (2.43%) PMP
8 45 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 30 (1.32%) CISSP
10 25 (1.10%) Azure Certification
11 19 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.75%) CISM
12 17 (0.75%) MBA
13 16 (0.71%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.66%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.53%) CBAP
15 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.53%) PhD
16 9 (0.40%) DV Cleared
17 8 (0.35%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (6.08%) QA
2 107 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.47%) ISO 20022
4 51 (2.25%) GDPR
5 46 (2.03%) PMO
6 36 (1.59%) SLA
7 35 (1.54%) PCI DSS
8 33 (1.46%) NIST
8 33 (1.46%) PSD2
9 30 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 30 (1.32%) SEPA
10 29 (1.28%) GRC
10 29 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 29 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 22 (0.97%) MiFID
12 21 (0.93%) Basel III
13 15 (0.66%) ISO 8583
14 13 (0.57%) EMIR
15 12 (0.53%) IFRS
16 7 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 144 (6.35%) Docker
2 49 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (1.85%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.01%) Firmware
5 21 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.57%) vSphere
7 10 (0.44%) NFS
7 10 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.18%) RACF
8 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.18%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.13%) SRDF
9 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.13%) XenApp
10 2 (0.088%) ACF2
10 2 (0.088%) GridGain
10 2 (0.088%) Varnish
10 2 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.044%) Postfix
11 1 (0.044%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 185 (8.16%) Kubernetes
2 105 (4.63%) Terraform
3 78 (3.44%) Ansible
4 49 (2.16%) Grafana
5 39 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.15%) SCCM
7 18 (0.79%) Argo
7 18 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.40%) Puppet
10 8 (0.35%) Control-M
10 8 (0.35%) Istio
11 7 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.31%) RSA Archer
12 6 (0.26%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.26%) WSUS
13 5 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (0.22%) SnapMirror
14 4 (0.18%) Karpenter
14 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 272 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 159 (7.01%) Oracle
3 81 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 76 (3.35%) Google
5 59 (2.60%) Cisco
5 59 (2.60%) VMware
6 56 (2.47%) Splunk
7 54 (2.38%) SAP
8 53 (2.34%) IBM
9 51 (2.25%) F5
10 49 (2.16%) Citrix
11 32 (1.41%) Temenos
12 31 (1.37%) Bloomberg
13 30 (1.32%) Remedy
14 27 (1.19%) Murex
15 25 (1.10%) NetApp
15 25 (1.10%) Salesforce
16 24 (1.06%) HP
17 23 (1.01%) Avaloq
17 23 (1.01%) Databricks