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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,106 2,177 2,562
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.63% 7.61% 6.92%
As % of the General category 10.81% 12.33% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,328 1,407 1,787
10th Percentile £359 £385 £400
25th Percentile £438 £500 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £750
90th Percentile £813 £840 £850
UK median daily rate £545 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 18
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £15.26
25th Percentile - £18.76 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £18.72
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +19.00% -10.88%
75th Percentile £25.43 £47.63 £30.00
90th Percentile £55.45 £78.75 £59.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.17 £18.93
% change year-on-year +4.08% +27.65% -9.86%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,474 17,651 21,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.28% 61.66% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,322 10,683 14,849
10th Percentile £283 £300 £280
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 608 1,028
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.94 £18.47 £16.73
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +29.36%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.39 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.05 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.27% -15.38% +30.00%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 -5 1,474 £600 -4.38% 466
North of England +3 415 £465 -7.00% 132
Yorkshire +3 229 £493 -12.74% 59
North West +6 195 £455 +2.25% 70
Midlands +11 162 £492 -10.55% 80
West Midlands +13 104 £539 -12.75% 50
East Midlands +14 61 £415 +0.91% 25
South East -14 49 £425 -19.05% 220
South West -1 34 £525 -12.50% 51
East of England -13 12 £400 -46.67% 47
North East -7 5 £400 - 3
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
1 126 (5.98%) Confluence
2 54 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.42%) Apache
4 28 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.76%) CMS
7 14 (0.66%) CICS
8 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.43%) IIS
10 8 (0.38%) MQSeries
10 8 (0.38%) Mule
11 7 (0.33%) HCL Notes
12 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.28%) SAS
13 5 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.24%) WebSphere
14 4 (0.19%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 3 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 121 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 22 (1.04%) Chatbot
6 21 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
8 6 (0.28%) Sketch
9 3 (0.14%) InVision
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.095%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.095%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.047%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 21 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 21 (1.00%) Payment Gateway
2 20 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.47%) Temenos T24
6 9 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.38%) Aladdin
7 8 (0.38%) Fidessa
7 8 (0.38%) VisionPLUS
8 7 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle FAH
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.24%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 340 (16.14%) Azure
2 330 (15.67%) AWS
3 184 (8.74%) GCP
4 149 (7.08%) Power Platform
5 84 (3.99%) GitHub
6 81 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 70 (3.32%) Serverless
8 54 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
9 52 (2.47%) Figma
10 40 (1.90%) SaaS
11 39 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 38 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
13 36 (1.71%) Snowflake
14 32 (1.52%) Entra ID
15 31 (1.47%) Power Automate
16 26 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
17 24 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
18 23 (1.09%) dbt
19 22 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
19 22 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.42%) DNS
1 51 (2.42%) Firewall
2 35 (1.66%) Network Security
3 28 (1.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 28 (1.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 27 (1.28%) HTTP
4 27 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.28%) Wireless
5 23 (1.09%) DMZ
6 19 (0.90%) SSL
6 19 (0.90%) VPN
7 16 (0.76%) Wireshark
8 15 (0.71%) BIG-IP
9 14 (0.66%) Multicast
10 13 (0.62%) DHCP
10 13 (0.62%) NetScaler
11 11 (0.52%) BGP
12 9 (0.43%) Internet
12 9 (0.43%) LAN
13 8 (0.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (5.89%) Power BI
2 92 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 81 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
4 71 (3.37%) NoSQL
5 65 (3.09%) Tableau
6 51 (2.42%) MongoDB
7 41 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
8 40 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 37 (1.76%) Oracle Database
10 32 (1.52%) Data Lake
11 31 (1.47%) Metadata
12 24 (1.14%) DB2
13 23 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
14 22 (1.04%) Apache Arrow
14 22 (1.04%) Apache Iceberg
14 22 (1.04%) Apache Ignite
14 22 (1.04%) Big Data
14 22 (1.04%) Dremio
15 20 (0.95%) Power Query
16 17 (0.81%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 213 (10.11%) JIRA
2 156 (7.41%) Jenkins
3 110 (5.22%) Git
4 85 (4.04%) GitLab
5 39 (1.85%) JUnit
6 34 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 33 (1.57%) Selenium
8 28 (1.33%) Bitbucket
9 26 (1.23%) Liquibase
10 25 (1.19%) Cucumber
11 21 (1.00%) Maven
11 21 (1.00%) SonarQube
12 19 (0.90%) Postman
13 18 (0.85%) REST Assured
14 16 (0.76%) TeamCity
15 15 (0.71%) Gradle
16 14 (0.66%) Fiddler
17 12 (0.57%) Cypress.io
17 12 (0.57%) webpack
18 10 (0.47%) SoapUI
General
1 1,354 (64.29%) Finance
2 765 (36.32%) Social Skills
3 454 (21.56%) Investment Banking
4 287 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
5 190 (9.02%) Front Office
6 135 (6.41%) Financial Institution
7 66 (3.13%) Retail Banking
8 52 (2.47%) Retail
9 51 (2.42%) Legal
10 46 (2.18%) Corporate Banking
11 44 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (1.76%) Back Office
12 37 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.42%) Public Sector
15 24 (1.14%) General Ledger
15 24 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.14%) International Banking
16 22 (1.04%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 413 (19.61%) Developer
2 344 (16.33%) Analyst
3 275 (13.06%) Senior
4 228 (10.83%) Business Analyst
5 182 (8.64%) Architect
6 131 (6.22%) Project Manager
7 112 (5.32%) Java Developer
8 109 (5.18%) Lead
9 88 (4.18%) Senior Developer
10 80 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
11 66 (3.13%) Consultant
12 62 (2.94%) Software Engineer
13 60 (2.85%) Banking Analyst
14 57 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
15 56 (2.66%) Designer
16 51 (2.42%) Python Engineer
17 48 (2.28%) AWS Engineer
17 48 (2.28%) Senior Java Developer
18 46 (2.18%) Data Analyst
19 41 (1.95%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.79%) Kafka
2 113 (5.37%) REST
3 104 (4.94%) .NET
4 86 (4.08%) Spring
5 81 (3.85%) RESTful
6 73 (3.47%) Spring Boot
7 71 (3.37%) React
8 62 (2.94%) Pandas
9 59 (2.80%) HTML
10 56 (2.66%) NumPy
11 53 (2.52%) AngularJS
12 45 (2.14%) CSS
13 43 (2.04%) Middleware
14 41 (1.95%) XML
15 39 (1.85%) SciPy
16 37 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
17 35 (1.66%) Node.js
18 30 (1.42%) FIX Protocol
18 30 (1.42%) JSON
19 29 (1.38%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 144 (6.84%) Derivative
2 132 (6.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 116 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 113 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 108 (5.13%) Cloud Native
6 86 (4.08%) Equities
7 84 (3.99%) Management Information System
8 83 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
9 77 (3.66%) Fixed Income
10 69 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
11 65 (3.09%) Hedge funds
12 62 (2.94%) Data Centre
13 51 (2.42%) Mobile App
14 48 (2.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 44 (2.09%) Public Cloud
16 41 (1.95%) Data Structures
17 38 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
18 33 (1.57%) Market Risk
19 30 (1.42%) Credit Risk
20 29 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 148 (7.03%) Linux
2 114 (5.41%) Windows
3 49 (2.33%) Unix
4 43 (2.04%) Android
5 28 (1.33%) Windows 10
6 23 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 22 (1.04%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.95%) Windows Server
9 8 (0.38%) zOS
10 4 (0.19%) AIX
10 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.14%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.047%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.047%) Solaris
12 1 (0.047%) VMS
12 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (27.68%) Agile
2 391 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
3 334 (15.86%) DevOps
4 316 (15.00%) CI/CD
5 311 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 208 (9.88%) Analytics
7 203 (9.64%) Microservices
8 174 (8.26%) Risk Management
9 173 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 157 (7.45%) Decision-Making
11 155 (7.36%) Project Management
12 154 (7.31%) Migration
13 153 (7.26%) Change Management
14 143 (6.79%) AI
14 143 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
15 142 (6.74%) Containerisation
16 138 (6.55%) Software Engineering
17 135 (6.41%) Data Modelling
17 135 (6.41%) Roadmaps
18 130 (6.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 393 (18.66%) Python
2 385 (18.28%) SQL
3 327 (15.53%) Java
4 148 (7.03%) C#
5 107 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 66 (3.13%) TypeScript
7 61 (2.90%) Go
8 58 (2.75%) PowerShell
9 47 (2.23%) C++
10 32 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 30 (1.42%) Shell Script
12 28 (1.33%) Bash
13 25 (1.19%) VBA
14 20 (0.95%) Kotlin
15 18 (0.85%) COBOL
16 16 (0.76%) Rust
17 15 (0.71%) Scala
17 15 (0.71%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.62%) R
19 12 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 252 (11.97%) Degree
2 92 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 86 (4.08%) Security Cleared
4 74 (3.51%) Master's Degree
5 53 (2.52%) PMI Certification
6 49 (2.33%) PMP
7 39 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 30 (1.42%) CISSP
9 29 (1.38%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.19%) Azure Certification
12 18 (0.85%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.71%) CISM
14 13 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.57%) BC Cleared
16 11 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.52%) CBAP
16 11 (0.52%) ISTQB
17 10 (0.47%) MBA
17 10 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (6.60%) QA
2 77 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.61%) GDPR
4 47 (2.23%) ISO 20022
5 46 (2.18%) PMO
6 37 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 31 (1.47%) SLA
8 28 (1.33%) MiFID
8 28 (1.33%) SEPA
9 27 (1.28%) NIST
9 27 (1.28%) PSD2
10 23 (1.09%) Basel III
10 23 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 23 (1.09%) PCI DSS
11 21 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 20 (0.95%) GRC
13 18 (0.85%) EMIR
14 12 (0.57%) IFRS
15 10 (0.47%) ISO 8583
16 7 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 185 (8.78%) Docker
2 45 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (1.42%) Active Directory
4 18 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.71%) Firmware
6 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.14%) RACF
9 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.14%) vSphere
10 2 (0.095%) ACF2
10 2 (0.095%) GridGain
10 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.095%) NFS
10 2 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.047%) KVM
11 1 (0.047%) SRDF
11 1 (0.047%) XenApp
11 1 (0.047%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 212 (10.07%) Kubernetes
2 119 (5.65%) Terraform
3 84 (3.99%) Ansible
4 56 (2.66%) Grafana
5 49 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.81%) SCCM
7 14 (0.66%) Argo
8 11 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
9 10 (0.47%) Control-M
9 10 (0.47%) NetBackup
10 9 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (0.38%) CA Endevor
11 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.33%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.28%) RSA Archer
14 5 (0.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 4 (0.19%) Data Guard
15 4 (0.19%) Istio
15 4 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 239 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 143 (6.79%) Oracle
3 94 (4.46%) Google
4 68 (3.23%) Splunk
5 53 (2.52%) VMware
6 50 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 48 (2.28%) IBM
8 42 (1.99%) Cisco
9 40 (1.90%) F5
10 36 (1.71%) SAP
11 35 (1.66%) HP
12 31 (1.47%) Citrix
12 31 (1.47%) Dell
13 30 (1.42%) Salesforce
14 29 (1.38%) Apple
14 29 (1.38%) CyberArk
15 28 (1.33%) Databricks
16 27 (1.28%) Bloomberg
16 27 (1.28%) Dynatrace
17 26 (1.23%) Remedy