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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,111 1,909 2,487
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.34% 7.29% 6.49%
As % of the General category 10.65% 11.64% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,209 1,767
10th Percentile £362 £363 £384
25th Percentile £445 £484 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £800 £838 £838
UK median daily rate £535 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.83% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 24
10th Percentile £18.78 £15.22 £12.84
25th Percentile - £18.76 £16.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £38.59 £26.96 £30.00
90th Percentile £80.38 £78.75 £67.75
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 19,828 16,395 22,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.53% 62.60% 58.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,605 9,905 14,931
10th Percentile £293 £297 £265
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,241 523 1,505
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.51 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.81 £30.21 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +18.47% -5.08%
75th Percentile £48.75 £59.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £22.80 £29.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year -21.38% +13.99% -1.24%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -7 1,442 £600 -4.00% 330
North of England +10 453 £468 +4.00% 60
North West +13 232 £444 +11.06% 31
Yorkshire +4 229 £500 -11.50% 24
Midlands +19 171 £475 -13.73% 13
West Midlands +13 117 £540 -2.70% 9
East Midlands +1 54 £420 -6.15% 4
South East -13 49 £425 -22.73% 130
South West -12 28 £525 -16.00% 9
East of England -19 12 £400 -33.33% 7
North East -12 5 £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
1 158 (7.48%) Confluence
2 54 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.81%) Apache
5 15 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.43%) CMS
6 9 (0.43%) IIS
6 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.43%) SAS
7 8 (0.38%) CICS
8 7 (0.33%) MQSeries
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.24%) Hyperledger
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.14%) Camunda
11 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.095%) Mule
12 2 (0.095%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.095%) WebLogic
Applications
1 148 (7.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 65 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.18%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.95%) 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 (0.095%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.095%) Sketch
11 1 (0.047%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.047%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 30 (1.42%) Payment Gateway
2 23 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
5 14 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
7 12 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (0.52%) Temenos T24
9 9 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (0.38%) Finacle
10 8 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (0.33%) Fidessa
11 7 (0.33%) Loan IQ
11 7 (0.33%) SAP FI
12 6 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
13 5 (0.24%) Actimize
13 5 (0.24%) BASE24
13 5 (0.24%) SAP CO
13 5 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
13 5 (0.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 330 (15.63%) Azure
2 316 (14.97%) AWS
3 170 (8.05%) GCP
4 143 (6.77%) Power Platform
5 84 (3.98%) GitHub
6 81 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
7 66 (3.13%) Serverless
8 50 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (2.13%) Figma
10 41 (1.94%) SaaS
11 34 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (1.37%) PowerApps
13 26 (1.23%) Entra ID
14 25 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
15 24 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 24 (1.14%) Snowflake
16 23 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.04%) Amazon S3
17 22 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
17 22 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.79%) DNS
2 47 (2.23%) Firewall
3 36 (1.71%) HTTP
4 35 (1.66%) Network Security
5 32 (1.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 31 (1.47%) TCP/IP
7 30 (1.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 28 (1.33%) VPN
9 26 (1.23%) DMZ
10 22 (1.04%) SSL
11 21 (0.99%) Wireless
12 20 (0.95%) BIG-IP
12 20 (0.95%) Wireshark
13 16 (0.76%) BGP
13 16 (0.76%) Multicast
13 16 (0.76%) NetScaler
14 14 (0.66%) DHCP
15 11 (0.52%) FIX Connectivity
15 11 (0.52%) Internet
15 11 (0.52%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (5.59%) Power BI
2 91 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 73 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (3.41%) Tableau
5 63 (2.98%) NoSQL
6 47 (2.23%) MongoDB
7 43 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 38 (1.80%) Oracle Database
10 31 (1.47%) Metadata
11 22 (1.04%) Big Data
11 22 (1.04%) BigQuery
12 21 (0.99%) DB2
13 19 (0.90%) Data Lake
14 18 (0.85%) Hadoop
15 16 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (0.71%) MySQL
17 13 (0.62%) Power Query
18 11 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
19 10 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 234 (11.08%) JIRA
2 136 (6.44%) Jenkins
3 95 (4.50%) Git
4 87 (4.12%) GitLab
5 32 (1.52%) JUnit
6 31 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 25 (1.18%) Selenium
8 23 (1.09%) Bitbucket
9 21 (0.99%) Liquibase
10 19 (0.90%) Cucumber
10 19 (0.90%) Maven
10 19 (0.90%) Postman
11 18 (0.85%) Fiddler
12 17 (0.81%) Gradle
13 15 (0.71%) REST Assured
14 14 (0.66%) TeamCity
15 12 (0.57%) SonarQube
16 10 (0.47%) Cypress.io
17 9 (0.43%) Xcode
18 7 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 1,329 (62.96%) Finance
2 741 (35.10%) Social Skills
3 442 (20.94%) Investment Banking
4 280 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
5 180 (8.53%) Front Office
6 125 (5.92%) Financial Institution
7 72 (3.41%) Retail Banking
8 52 (2.46%) Corporate Banking
8 52 (2.46%) Legal
9 51 (2.42%) Retail
10 50 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.08%) Public Sector
12 34 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (1.18%) Back Office
15 23 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.09%) International Banking
15 23 (1.09%) Marketing
16 21 (0.99%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 406 (19.23%) Developer
2 359 (17.01%) Analyst
3 282 (13.36%) Senior
4 249 (11.80%) Business Analyst
5 205 (9.71%) Architect
6 132 (6.25%) Lead
7 130 (6.16%) Project Manager
8 115 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
9 114 (5.40%) Java Developer
10 92 (4.36%) Senior Developer
11 71 (3.36%) Consultant
12 68 (3.22%) Banking Analyst
13 53 (2.51%) Senior Java Developer
14 50 (2.37%) Banking Business Analyst
15 49 (2.32%) Data Engineer
15 49 (2.32%) DevOps Engineer
16 48 (2.27%) Designer
17 45 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
18 44 (2.08%) Software Engineer
19 40 (1.89%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (5.59%) Kafka
2 114 (5.40%) REST
3 100 (4.74%) .NET
4 83 (3.93%) Spring
5 74 (3.51%) RESTful
6 70 (3.32%) React
7 68 (3.22%) Spring Boot
8 59 (2.79%) HTML
9 53 (2.51%) Middleware
10 48 (2.27%) AngularJS
10 48 (2.27%) Pandas
11 42 (1.99%) NumPy
12 39 (1.85%) Node.js
12 39 (1.85%) XML
13 38 (1.80%) CSS
14 35 (1.66%) OAuth
15 30 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
16 29 (1.37%) JMS
16 29 (1.37%) JSON
17 25 (1.18%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.16%) Product Ownership
2 119 (5.64%) Derivative
3 106 (5.02%) Onboarding
4 102 (4.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 96 (4.55%) Cloud Native
6 91 (4.31%) Management Information System
7 75 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
8 73 (3.46%) Data Protection Act
9 71 (3.36%) Equities
10 63 (2.98%) Fixed Income
11 52 (2.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 47 (2.23%) Public Cloud
13 43 (2.04%) Data Centre
14 41 (1.94%) Data Structures
14 41 (1.94%) Hedge funds
15 40 (1.89%) Credit Risk
15 40 (1.89%) Mobile App
16 37 (1.75%) Market Risk
17 34 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
18 28 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 131 (6.21%) Linux
2 122 (5.78%) Windows
3 49 (2.32%) Unix
4 39 (1.85%) Android
5 33 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 22 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.95%) Windows Server
8 16 (0.76%) Mac OS
9 11 (0.52%) zOS
10 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.24%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.19%) AIX
13 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.14%) VMS
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.095%) CoreOS
14 2 (0.095%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.047%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (27.24%) Agile
2 382 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
3 364 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 309 (14.64%) CI/CD
5 306 (14.50%) DevOps
6 206 (9.76%) Analytics
7 188 (8.91%) Migration
8 186 (8.81%) Microservices
9 185 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 171 (8.10%) Risk Management
11 162 (7.67%) AI
12 159 (7.53%) Project Management
13 151 (7.15%) Decision-Making
14 146 (6.92%) Data Analysis
15 143 (6.77%) Data Modelling
15 143 (6.77%) Scrum
16 141 (6.68%) Business Intelligence
17 140 (6.63%) Change Management
18 138 (6.54%) Roadmaps
19 134 (6.35%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 393 (18.62%) SQL
2 366 (17.34%) Python
3 313 (14.83%) Java
4 137 (6.49%) C#
5 88 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 60 (2.84%) PowerShell
7 58 (2.75%) Go
7 58 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 40 (1.89%) C++
9 34 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 28 (1.33%) VBA
11 26 (1.23%) Bash
11 26 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 22 (1.04%) T-SQL
13 19 (0.90%) COBOL
14 17 (0.81%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.71%) Scala
16 12 (0.57%) Perl
17 11 (0.52%) RPG
17 11 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 250 (11.84%) Degree
2 85 (4.03%) Security Cleared
3 84 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 81 (3.84%) Master's Degree
5 58 (2.75%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.42%) PMP
7 49 (2.32%) SC Cleared
8 38 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.23%) CISSP
10 24 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.81%) MBA
12 15 (0.71%) CBAP
13 14 (0.66%) DV Cleared
13 14 (0.66%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.62%) CISM
15 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.57%) PhD
16 9 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.43%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (6.21%) QA
2 89 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 58 (2.75%) ISO 20022
4 52 (2.46%) GDPR
5 39 (1.85%) PSD2
6 36 (1.71%) PMO
7 34 (1.61%) SEPA
8 33 (1.56%) Accessibility
9 28 (1.33%) SLA
10 26 (1.23%) GRC
11 25 (1.18%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (1.09%) Basel III
13 21 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 21 (0.99%) MiFID
14 20 (0.95%) NIST
15 16 (0.76%) ISO 8583
16 15 (0.71%) EMIR
17 10 (0.47%) IFRS
18 7 (0.33%) COBIT
System Software
1 168 (7.96%) Docker
2 45 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (1.42%) Active Directory
4 20 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (0.90%) Firmware
6 8 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.33%) vSphere
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) RACF
10 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.095%) ACF2
11 2 (0.095%) GridGain
11 2 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.047%) HDFS
12 1 (0.047%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.047%) SRDF
12 1 (0.047%) XenApp
12 1 (0.047%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 194 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.83%) Terraform
3 77 (3.65%) Ansible
4 50 (2.37%) Grafana
5 41 (1.94%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.90%) SCCM
7 16 (0.76%) Argo
8 12 (0.57%) Control-M
9 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.28%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.24%) CA Endevor
13 5 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (0.24%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.19%) Istio
14 4 (0.19%) Karpenter
14 4 (0.19%) Kibana
15 3 (0.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 232 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 147 (6.96%) Oracle
3 87 (4.12%) Google
4 60 (2.84%) Splunk
5 52 (2.46%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.46%) VMware
6 46 (2.18%) IBM
7 45 (2.13%) Cisco
8 44 (2.08%) F5
9 40 (1.89%) SAP
10 39 (1.85%) Citrix
11 31 (1.47%) Remedy
12 27 (1.28%) HP
13 26 (1.23%) Salesforce
14 25 (1.18%) Bloomberg
14 25 (1.18%) Dell
15 24 (1.14%) Apple
15 24 (1.14%) CyberArk
15 24 (1.14%) Databricks
16 20 (0.95%) NetApp