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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,217 1,914 2,388
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.09% 7.49% 6.32%
As % of the General category 10.41% 11.92% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,355 1,234 1,711
10th Percentile £364 £375 £375
25th Percentile £445 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -2.04% -5.77%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £775 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 23
10th Percentile £18.34 £15.22 £12.84
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.52 £17.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £41.87 £25.81 £35.25
90th Percentile £88.50 £73.80 £81.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.15 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.14% +23.85% -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 21,296 16,062 22,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.52% 62.86% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,455 10,093 14,544
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £406 £413 £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 £757
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,331 548 1,626
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.25 £13.17
25th Percentile £17.42 £20.00 £15.30
Median hourly rate £24.03 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% +17.12% -18.75%
75th Percentile £55.88 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.69% -17.06%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 1,514 £575 -9.45% 302
North of England +7 473 £480 +3.23% 76
North West +15 241 £445 +6.65% 38
Yorkshire 0 239 £500 -11.50% 33
Midlands +20 184 £492 -10.55% 32
West Midlands +22 128 £575 -7.26% 22
East Midlands 0 56 £430 +7.23% 10
South East -31 47 £438 -20.45% 99
South West -15 34 £525 -14.29% 8
East of England -24 11 £400 -33.33% 15
North East -12 4 £400 - 5
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
1 161 (7.26%) Confluence
2 51 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.72%) SAS
5 15 (0.68%) Apache
5 15 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.45%) CICS
7 10 (0.45%) IIS
8 8 (0.36%) CMS
9 7 (0.32%) MQSeries
10 6 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.23%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.23%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.090%) Camunda
13 2 (0.090%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 148 (6.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 68 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
4 48 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.86%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.090%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.045%) Sketch
11 1 (0.045%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 30 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
2 28 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 18 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 18 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.59%) Temenos T24
7 12 (0.54%) Loan IQ
8 10 (0.45%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 8 (0.36%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.32%) Actimize
11 7 (0.32%) Finacle
11 7 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (0.27%) Fidessa
13 5 (0.23%) BASE24
13 5 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 344 (15.52%) Azure
2 329 (14.84%) AWS
3 168 (7.58%) GCP
4 134 (6.04%) Power Platform
5 93 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
6 88 (3.97%) GitHub
7 61 (2.75%) Serverless
8 53 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (2.17%) SaaS
10 39 (1.76%) Figma
11 34 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (1.22%) Entra ID
13 27 (1.22%) OCI
14 26 (1.17%) Amazon S3
14 26 (1.17%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (1.08%) Power Automate
15 24 (1.08%) Snowflake
16 23 (1.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.07%) DNS
2 49 (2.21%) Firewall
3 38 (1.71%) HTTP
4 37 (1.67%) VPN
5 36 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 34 (1.53%) Network Security
7 31 (1.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 29 (1.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 26 (1.17%) SSL
10 25 (1.13%) DMZ
11 24 (1.08%) BGP
12 22 (0.99%) BIG-IP
12 22 (0.99%) Multicast
12 22 (0.99%) Wireshark
13 19 (0.86%) Wireless
14 17 (0.77%) NetScaler
14 17 (0.77%) SAN
15 15 (0.68%) DHCP
15 15 (0.68%) FIX Connectivity
16 13 (0.59%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.92%) Power BI
2 101 (4.56%) SQL Server
3 76 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
4 63 (2.84%) Tableau
5 60 (2.71%) NoSQL
6 49 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (1.94%) MongoDB
8 41 (1.85%) Oracle Database
9 39 (1.76%) Metadata
10 37 (1.67%) Relational Database
11 30 (1.35%) Big Data
12 22 (0.99%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 18 (0.81%) DB2
13 18 (0.81%) Hadoop
13 18 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.59%) MySQL
15 12 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 241 (10.87%) JIRA
2 133 (6.00%) Jenkins
3 93 (4.19%) Git
4 91 (4.10%) GitLab
5 32 (1.44%) JUnit
6 26 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 24 (1.08%) Cucumber
8 23 (1.04%) Selenium
9 22 (0.99%) Bitbucket
10 20 (0.90%) Fiddler
11 19 (0.86%) Liquibase
12 18 (0.81%) Postman
13 15 (0.68%) Maven
13 15 (0.68%) REST Assured
14 14 (0.63%) Gradle
14 14 (0.63%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.45%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
17 8 (0.36%) Mockito
General
1 1,403 (63.28%) Finance
2 733 (33.06%) Social Skills
3 452 (20.39%) Investment Banking
4 299 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
5 173 (7.80%) Front Office
6 127 (5.73%) Financial Institution
7 84 (3.79%) Retail Banking
8 62 (2.80%) Legal
9 60 (2.71%) Retail
10 57 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
11 56 (2.53%) Corporate Banking
12 50 (2.26%) Public Sector
13 39 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (1.22%) Marketing
16 25 (1.13%) Private Banking
17 24 (1.08%) International Banking
18 22 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 21 (0.95%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 395 (17.82%) Developer
2 387 (17.46%) Analyst
3 287 (12.95%) Senior
4 258 (11.64%) Business Analyst
5 228 (10.28%) Architect
6 140 (6.31%) Lead
7 137 (6.18%) Project Manager
8 125 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
9 107 (4.83%) Java Developer
10 85 (3.83%) Senior Developer
11 79 (3.56%) Consultant
12 74 (3.34%) Banking Analyst
13 59 (2.66%) Data Engineer
14 52 (2.35%) Banking Business Analyst
14 52 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
15 49 (2.21%) Network Engineer
16 47 (2.12%) Designer
17 45 (2.03%) C# Developer
17 45 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
17 45 (2.03%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (5.64%) Kafka
2 109 (4.92%) REST
3 108 (4.87%) .NET
4 75 (3.38%) React
5 74 (3.34%) Spring
6 68 (3.07%) RESTful
7 63 (2.84%) Middleware
8 62 (2.80%) Spring Boot
9 61 (2.75%) HTML
10 50 (2.26%) AngularJS
11 41 (1.85%) OAuth
11 41 (1.85%) Pandas
11 41 (1.85%) XML
12 39 (1.76%) CSS
13 35 (1.58%) JSON
13 35 (1.58%) NumPy
14 31 (1.40%) Node.js
15 30 (1.35%) OAuth2
16 26 (1.17%) SOAP
17 25 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 133 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 114 (5.14%) Derivative
3 100 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 96 (4.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 92 (4.15%) Management Information System
6 90 (4.06%) Cloud Native
7 76 (3.43%) Data Protection Act
8 72 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
9 64 (2.89%) Equities
10 61 (2.75%) Fixed Income
11 50 (2.26%) Public Cloud
12 45 (2.03%) Data Structures
13 41 (1.85%) Data Centre
14 39 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
14 39 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 38 (1.71%) Credit Risk
15 38 (1.71%) Market Risk
16 33 (1.49%) Hedge funds
17 32 (1.44%) Mobile App
18 29 (1.31%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 136 (6.13%) Windows
2 126 (5.68%) Linux
3 50 (2.26%) Unix
4 36 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.58%) Android
6 21 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.81%) Windows Server
8 15 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.63%) zOS
10 11 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.32%) VMS
12 5 (0.23%) AIX
12 5 (0.23%) CoreOS
12 5 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.18%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.045%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.045%) Solaris
15 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (25.44%) Agile
2 391 (17.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 379 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
4 324 (14.61%) DevOps
5 318 (14.34%) CI/CD
6 233 (10.51%) Migration
7 211 (9.52%) Analytics
8 193 (8.71%) AI
9 184 (8.30%) Microservices
10 181 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 173 (7.80%) Risk Management
12 161 (7.26%) Data Modelling
12 161 (7.26%) Decision-Making
13 159 (7.17%) Project Management
14 154 (6.95%) Data Analysis
15 147 (6.63%) Validation
16 145 (6.54%) Roadmaps
17 144 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
18 142 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
19 140 (6.31%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 400 (18.04%) SQL
2 375 (16.91%) Python
3 310 (13.98%) Java
4 145 (6.54%) C#
5 86 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 62 (2.80%) TypeScript
7 61 (2.75%) PowerShell
8 52 (2.35%) Go
9 38 (1.71%) PL/SQL
10 30 (1.35%) VBA
11 29 (1.31%) C++
12 28 (1.26%) Bash
12 28 (1.26%) Shell Script
13 24 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.86%) COBOL
15 16 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.63%) Scala
17 13 (0.59%) Perl
18 12 (0.54%) Korn
19 11 (0.50%) RPG
Qualifications
1 239 (10.78%) Degree
2 96 (4.33%) Security Cleared
3 79 (3.56%) Master's Degree
4 77 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (2.48%) SC Cleared
6 54 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 54 (2.44%) PMP
7 41 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.26%) CISSP
10 26 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.77%) CISM
11 17 (0.77%) MBA
12 16 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.68%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.54%) CBAP
14 12 (0.54%) PhD
15 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.45%) DV Cleared
17 8 (0.36%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (6.18%) QA
2 100 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 57 (2.57%) ISO 20022
4 50 (2.26%) GDPR
5 36 (1.62%) PMO
6 33 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 33 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 33 (1.49%) PSD2
6 33 (1.49%) SLA
7 30 (1.35%) SEPA
8 28 (1.26%) GRC
8 28 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 26 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 26 (1.17%) NIST
10 23 (1.04%) Basel III
11 21 (0.95%) MiFID
12 14 (0.63%) ISO 8583
13 13 (0.59%) EMIR
14 11 (0.50%) IFRS
15 8 (0.36%) COBIT
System Software
1 160 (7.22%) Docker
2 52 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (1.62%) Active Directory
4 22 (0.99%) Firmware
5 20 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.59%) vSphere
7 11 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.36%) NFS
9 6 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.18%) RACF
11 3 (0.14%) SRDF
11 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
12 2 (0.090%) ACF2
12 2 (0.090%) Varnish
12 2 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.090%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.045%) Postfix
13 1 (0.045%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.045%) Sendmail
13 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 191 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.60%) Terraform
3 88 (3.97%) Ansible
4 53 (2.39%) Grafana
5 42 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 22 (0.99%) SCCM
7 18 (0.81%) Argo
8 17 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.54%) Control-M
10 9 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 8 (0.36%) Puppet
12 6 (0.27%) Istio
12 6 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
12 6 (0.27%) NetBackup
12 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
13 5 (0.23%) RSA Archer
13 5 (0.23%) SnapMirror
14 4 (0.18%) CA Endevor
14 4 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 249 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 154 (6.95%) Oracle
3 82 (3.70%) Google
4 70 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 63 (2.84%) VMware
6 62 (2.80%) Splunk
7 59 (2.66%) Cisco
8 49 (2.21%) F5
8 49 (2.21%) IBM
9 46 (2.07%) SAP
10 45 (2.03%) Citrix
11 33 (1.49%) Remedy
12 29 (1.31%) Bloomberg
13 26 (1.17%) HP
13 26 (1.17%) Murex
14 25 (1.13%) NetApp
14 25 (1.13%) Salesforce
15 23 (1.04%) Apple
15 23 (1.04%) Databricks
15 23 (1.04%) Dell