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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,126 1,890 2,427
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.08% 7.31% 6.39%
As % of the General category 10.29% 11.68% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,297 1,203 1,732
10th Percentile £363 £363 £380
25th Percentile £445 £488 £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 20,654 16,179 22,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.11% 62.58% 58.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,062 9,959 14,688
10th Percentile £300 £296 £265
25th Percentile £405 £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 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,297 532 1,554
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.62 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.96 £20.00 £15.16
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.78 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.28% +18.38% -12.61%
75th Percentile £53.13 £60.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £73.57 £75.00 £66.93
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £29.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +15.00% -5.80%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 1,440 £579 -9.18% 258
North of England +8 459 £475 +5.56% 60
Yorkshire +2 235 £500 -9.30% 18
North West +7 231 £444 +10.88% 37
Midlands +21 181 £496 -9.82% 20
West Midlands +17 124 £575 -2.13% 14
East Midlands +2 57 £430 +2.38% 6
South East -18 47 £438 -20.45% 101
South West -15 31 £525 -16.00% 9
East of England -18 12 £400 -33.33% 6
North East -18 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
1 156 (7.34%) Confluence
2 51 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.66%) Apache
5 13 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.61%) SAS
6 9 (0.42%) CMS
6 9 (0.42%) IIS
7 8 (0.38%) CICS
7 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.33%) MQSeries
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.24%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.094%) Camunda
12 2 (0.094%) Mule
12 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.094%) WebLogic
Applications
1 144 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 63 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.99%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.047%) Sketch
11 1 (0.047%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 30 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 26 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
3 18 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
4 17 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
4 17 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (0.56%) Temenos T24
7 10 (0.47%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.38%) Loan IQ
8 8 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 8 (0.38%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.33%) Finacle
10 6 (0.28%) Actimize
10 6 (0.28%) Fidessa
11 5 (0.24%) BASE24
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 323 (15.19%) Azure
2 316 (14.86%) AWS
3 171 (8.04%) GCP
4 134 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 83 (3.90%) GitHub
6 80 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (2.87%) Serverless
8 45 (2.12%) SaaS
9 44 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.79%) Figma
11 32 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.18%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.13%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.13%) OCI
14 24 (1.13%) Power Automate
15 23 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.82%) DNS
2 43 (2.02%) Firewall
3 36 (1.69%) HTTP
4 32 (1.51%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.51%) VPN
5 31 (1.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 30 (1.41%) Network Security
7 29 (1.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 25 (1.18%) DMZ
9 23 (1.08%) SSL
10 21 (0.99%) BIG-IP
10 21 (0.99%) Wireshark
11 20 (0.94%) BGP
12 19 (0.89%) Multicast
12 19 (0.89%) Wireless
13 16 (0.75%) NetScaler
14 14 (0.66%) DHCP
15 13 (0.61%) FIX Connectivity
16 12 (0.56%) LAN
16 12 (0.56%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (5.17%) Power BI
2 85 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 73 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
4 66 (3.10%) Tableau
5 61 (2.87%) NoSQL
6 45 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (2.02%) MongoDB
8 38 (1.79%) Oracle Database
9 37 (1.74%) Relational Database
10 35 (1.65%) Metadata
11 27 (1.27%) Big Data
12 24 (1.13%) 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%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (0.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 233 (10.96%) JIRA
2 129 (6.07%) Jenkins
3 91 (4.28%) GitLab
4 87 (4.09%) Git
5 34 (1.60%) 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 (0.85%) Postman
11 17 (0.80%) Maven
12 15 (0.71%) 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 (0.38%) MLflow
17 7 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 1,336 (62.84%) Finance
2 732 (34.43%) Social Skills
3 440 (20.70%) Investment Banking
4 284 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
5 175 (8.23%) Front Office
6 125 (5.88%) Financial Institution
7 78 (3.67%) Retail Banking
8 57 (2.68%) Legal
9 56 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 56 (2.63%) Retail
10 54 (2.54%) Corporate Banking
11 46 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 37 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.18%) Marketing
16 24 (1.13%) Back Office
16 24 (1.13%) International Banking
17 23 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 23 (1.08%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 389 (18.30%) Developer
2 375 (17.64%) Analyst
3 276 (12.98%) Senior
4 260 (12.23%) Business Analyst
5 217 (10.21%) Architect
6 135 (6.35%) Lead
7 129 (6.07%) Project Manager
8 122 (5.74%) Solutions Architect
9 109 (5.13%) Java Developer
10 87 (4.09%) Senior Developer
11 75 (3.53%) Consultant
12 74 (3.48%) Banking Analyst
13 53 (2.49%) Banking Business Analyst
14 52 (2.45%) Data Engineer
14 52 (2.45%) DevOps Engineer
15 47 (2.21%) Senior Java Developer
16 45 (2.12%) Designer
16 45 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
17 44 (2.07%) Software Engineer
18 43 (2.02%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (5.79%) Kafka
2 108 (5.08%) REST
3 96 (4.52%) .NET
4 75 (3.53%) Spring
5 73 (3.43%) React
6 68 (3.20%) RESTful
7 61 (2.87%) Spring Boot
8 60 (2.82%) Middleware
9 55 (2.59%) HTML
10 46 (2.16%) AngularJS
11 43 (2.02%) Pandas
12 39 (1.83%) XML
13 37 (1.74%) NumPy
14 36 (1.69%) OAuth
15 35 (1.65%) CSS
16 31 (1.46%) 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
1 129 (6.07%) Product Ownership
2 115 (5.41%) Derivative
3 99 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 96 (4.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 88 (4.14%) Cloud Native
5 88 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 77 (3.62%) Data Protection Act
7 69 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
8 66 (3.10%) Equities
9 61 (2.87%) Fixed Income
10 50 (2.35%) Public Cloud
11 42 (1.98%) Data Structures
12 40 (1.88%) Data Centre
13 39 (1.83%) Credit Risk
13 39 (1.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 36 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 36 (1.69%) Market Risk
15 35 (1.65%) Hedge funds
16 31 (1.46%) Mobile App
17 28 (1.32%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 123 (5.79%) Windows
2 122 (5.74%) Linux
3 48 (2.26%) Unix
4 36 (1.69%) Android
5 34 (1.60%) Windows 10
6 21 (0.99%) Apple iOS
7 19 (0.89%) Windows Server
8 15 (0.71%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.56%) zOS
10 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.19%) AIX
11 4 (0.19%) VMS
11 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.094%) CoreOS
13 2 (0.094%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.047%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (26.11%) Agile
2 382 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 376 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
4 307 (14.44%) DevOps
5 304 (14.30%) CI/CD
6 205 (9.64%) Analytics
6 205 (9.64%) Migration
7 184 (8.65%) Microservices
8 180 (8.47%) AI
9 176 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 174 (8.18%) Risk Management
11 154 (7.24%) Decision-Making
11 154 (7.24%) Project Management
12 150 (7.06%) Data Analysis
13 145 (6.82%) Data Modelling
14 143 (6.73%) Change Management
15 139 (6.54%) Business Intelligence
16 136 (6.40%) Roadmaps
17 135 (6.35%) Project Delivery
18 134 (6.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 378 (17.78%) SQL
2 364 (17.12%) Python
3 309 (14.53%) Java
4 128 (6.02%) C#
5 85 (4.00%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.78%) PowerShell
6 59 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 58 (2.73%) Go
8 35 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 32 (1.51%) C++
10 30 (1.41%) VBA
11 24 (1.13%) Shell Script
12 23 (1.08%) Bash
13 21 (0.99%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.89%) COBOL
15 15 (0.71%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.56%) Perl
16 12 (0.56%) Scala
17 11 (0.52%) Korn
17 11 (0.52%) RPG
Qualifications
1 244 (11.48%) Degree
2 83 (3.90%) Security Cleared
3 82 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 81 (3.81%) Master's Degree
5 52 (2.45%) PMI Certification
6 48 (2.26%) PMP
7 46 (2.16%) SC Cleared
8 41 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 23 (1.08%) CISSP
12 17 (0.80%) MBA
13 15 (0.71%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.61%) CBAP
14 13 (0.61%) CISM
15 12 (0.56%) PhD
16 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.47%) DV Cleared
18 8 (0.38%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (5.97%) QA
2 94 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 54 (2.54%) ISO 20022
4 49 (2.30%) GDPR
5 36 (1.69%) PMO
6 35 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 31 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 30 (1.41%) PSD2
9 27 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 27 (1.27%) SEPA
10 26 (1.22%) GRC
10 26 (1.22%) SLA
11 23 (1.08%) Basel III
11 23 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 21 (0.99%) MiFID
13 20 (0.94%) NIST
14 14 (0.66%) EMIR
14 14 (0.66%) ISO 8583
15 10 (0.47%) IFRS
16 8 (0.38%) COBIT
System Software
1 162 (7.62%) Docker
2 43 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 20 (0.94%) Firmware
4 20 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.33%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.19%) NFS
9 3 (0.14%) RACF
9 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.094%) ACF2
10 2 (0.094%) GridGain
10 2 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.047%) GPFS
11 1 (0.047%) HDFS
11 1 (0.047%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.047%) SRDF
11 1 (0.047%) XenApp
11 1 (0.047%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 189 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 100 (4.70%) Terraform
3 80 (3.76%) Ansible
4 53 (2.49%) Grafana
5 43 (2.02%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.89%) SCCM
7 16 (0.75%) Argo
8 12 (0.56%) Control-M
8 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (0.24%) CA Endevor
11 5 (0.24%) NetBackup
12 4 (0.19%) Istio
12 4 (0.19%) Karpenter
12 4 (0.19%) Puppet
12 4 (0.19%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.14%) Kibana
13 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 227 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 144 (6.77%) Oracle
3 83 (3.90%) Google
4 59 (2.78%) Splunk
5 58 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 51 (2.40%) VMware
7 49 (2.30%) Cisco
8 46 (2.16%) IBM
9 45 (2.12%) F5
9 45 (2.12%) SAP
10 42 (1.98%) Citrix
11 33 (1.55%) Remedy
12 27 (1.27%) Bloomberg
13 25 (1.18%) Databricks
14 24 (1.13%) Murex
15 23 (1.08%) Apple
15 23 (1.08%) HP
15 23 (1.08%) Salesforce
16 21 (0.99%) Dell
16 21 (0.99%) NetApp