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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,746 2,223 2,451
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.93% 8.00% 7.49%
As % of the General category 10.64% 12.42% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 1,516 1,726
10th Percentile £400 £350 £405
25th Percentile £455 £415 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% -
75th Percentile £680 £725 £788
90th Percentile £823 £825 £881
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 33 14
10th Percentile £16.55 £18.18 £13.98
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.66 £14.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.15 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -30.42% +46.78% -4.70%
75th Percentile £41.00 - £27.00
90th Percentile £97.00 £77.00 £59.33
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £25.15 £17.14
% change year-on-year -30.42% +46.78% -7.38%

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 25,803 17,901 18,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.72% 64.41% 58.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,244 11,321 11,735
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,146 1,001 1,014
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.11 £16.17 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.31 £25.15 £38.68
Median % change year-on-year +24.48% -34.97% +40.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.28% -32.93% +36.36%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -8 2,000 £600 -4.00% 2,199
North of England -8 513 £500 +14.29% 226
North West -6 263 £500 +17.65% 135
Yorkshire -10 241 £505 +12.17% 76
Midlands -38 142 £515 +15.10% 111
West Midlands +4 107 £550 +1.15% 48
East of England +8 39 £560 -20.00% 17
South West -44 38 £563 +4.65% 147
South East -54 37 £515 +17.71% 166
East Midlands -42 35 £475 +18.01% 63
North East -39 13 £875 +108.33% 15
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
1 167 (6.08%) Confluence
2 67 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 27 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.84%) Apache
5 20 (0.73%) SAS
6 16 (0.58%) Camunda
7 15 (0.55%) IIS
8 11 (0.40%) CICS
9 10 (0.36%) Appian
10 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.22%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.18%) MTS
13 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.15%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.15%) WordPress
14 3 (0.11%) CMS
14 3 (0.11%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 107 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.11%) Trello
9 2 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.073%) EngageOne
9 2 (0.073%) Notion
9 2 (0.073%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.073%) Sketch
10 1 (0.036%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.036%) InVision
10 1 (0.036%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (0.66%) Finacle
2 18 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
2 18 (0.66%) Temenos T24
3 15 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
5 13 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.36%) Aladdin
6 10 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
7 8 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
7 8 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
7 8 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.25%) OpenText MBPM
8 7 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
9 5 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 419 (15.26%) Azure
2 351 (12.78%) AWS
3 179 (6.52%) GCP
4 146 (5.32%) Power Platform
5 88 (3.20%) GitHub
6 81 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
7 79 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 71 (2.59%) SaaS
8 71 (2.59%) Snowflake
9 55 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 43 (1.57%) OpenShift
11 38 (1.38%) Amazon S3
12 37 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
13 35 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (1.20%) Serverless
15 27 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
17 24 (0.87%) dbt
18 23 (0.84%) Power Automate
19 22 (0.80%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 85 (3.10%) Firewall
2 67 (2.44%) VPN
3 61 (2.22%) DNS
4 60 (2.18%) Network Security
5 40 (1.46%) TCP/IP
6 30 (1.09%) Multicast
7 29 (1.06%) SSL
8 27 (0.98%) BGP
9 22 (0.80%) BIG-IP
9 22 (0.80%) HTTP
10 20 (0.73%) DMZ
11 19 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 19 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 18 (0.66%) WAN
13 16 (0.58%) DHCP
13 16 (0.58%) Wireshark
14 15 (0.55%) LAN
14 15 (0.55%) SAN
15 14 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
16 11 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 119 (4.33%) Power BI
3 90 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 77 (2.80%) Metadata
5 72 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 51 (1.86%) Oracle Database
7 48 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (1.27%) Data Lake
9 32 (1.17%) MongoDB
10 29 (1.06%) Tableau
11 25 (0.91%) Db2
12 23 (0.84%) Big Data
13 22 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
14 20 (0.73%) RDBMS
15 19 (0.69%) BigQuery
16 18 (0.66%) NoSQL
17 17 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
18 16 (0.58%) Data Vault
19 14 (0.51%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 286 (10.42%) JIRA
2 137 (4.99%) Git
3 112 (4.08%) Jenkins
4 68 (2.48%) GitLab
5 42 (1.53%) Selenium
6 38 (1.38%) JUnit
7 23 (0.84%) Maven
8 22 (0.80%) Gradle
8 22 (0.80%) SonarQube
9 21 (0.76%) REST Assured
10 20 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
11 19 (0.69%) Bitbucket
11 19 (0.69%) Mockito
12 18 (0.66%) Cucumber
13 16 (0.58%) ER Studio
13 16 (0.58%) ERwin
13 16 (0.58%) Postman
14 15 (0.55%) TeamCity
15 14 (0.51%) Fiddler
16 13 (0.47%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,802 (65.62%) Finance
2 785 (28.59%) Social Skills
3 535 (19.48%) Investment Banking
4 408 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
5 243 (8.85%) Front Office
6 135 (4.92%) Financial Institution
7 122 (4.44%) Retail
8 116 (4.22%) Retail Banking
9 90 (3.28%) Corporate Banking
10 86 (3.13%) Legal
11 70 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
12 63 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 62 (2.26%) Private Banking
14 49 (1.78%) Back Office
15 48 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
16 37 (1.35%) Public Sector
17 32 (1.17%) General Ledger
18 31 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
19 29 (1.06%) Marketing
20 26 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 476 (17.33%) Developer
2 400 (14.57%) Analyst
3 383 (13.95%) Senior
4 287 (10.45%) Architect
5 267 (9.72%) Lead
6 243 (8.85%) Business Analyst
7 155 (5.64%) Java Developer
8 129 (4.70%) Project Manager
9 105 (3.82%) Senior Developer
10 103 (3.75%) Data Engineer
11 93 (3.39%) Consultant
12 90 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
13 77 (2.80%) Banking Analyst
14 70 (2.55%) Software Engineer
15 62 (2.26%) Data Analyst
16 59 (2.15%) Network Engineer
17 55 (2.00%) Senior Java Developer
18 53 (1.93%) Java Engineer
18 53 (1.93%) Python Developer
19 52 (1.89%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (5.24%) React
2 138 (5.03%) Kafka
3 117 (4.26%) .NET
4 114 (4.15%) REST
5 100 (3.64%) Spring
6 97 (3.53%) Spring Boot
7 96 (3.50%) Terraform
8 84 (3.06%) Middleware
9 64 (2.33%) Redux
10 47 (1.71%) HTML
11 46 (1.68%) RESTful
12 44 (1.60%) CSS
13 40 (1.46%) FIX Protocol
14 38 (1.38%) PySpark
15 34 (1.24%) OAuth
16 33 (1.20%) JSON
16 33 (1.20%) XML
17 29 (1.06%) AngularJS
18 27 (0.98%) LangChain
18 27 (0.98%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 225 (8.19%) Product Ownership
2 180 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 169 (6.15%) Cloud Native
4 133 (4.84%) Derivative
5 125 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 102 (3.71%) Fixed Income
7 91 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
8 85 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
9 81 (2.95%) Equities
10 77 (2.80%) Management Information System
11 76 (2.77%) Data Structures
12 74 (2.69%) AI Agents
13 64 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
14 63 (2.29%) Credit Risk
15 59 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 56 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
17 55 (2.00%) Data Centre
18 54 (1.97%) Mainframe
19 49 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
20 48 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 152 (5.54%) Linux
2 149 (5.43%) Windows
3 94 (3.42%) Unix
4 40 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 28 (1.02%) zOS
6 25 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 23 (0.84%) Android
9 16 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.36%) AIX
10 10 (0.36%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
11 8 (0.29%) Solaris
12 6 (0.22%) HPUX
12 6 (0.22%) SUSE
13 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.11%) CentOS
14 3 (0.11%) MVS
14 3 (0.11%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 669 (24.36%) Agile
1 669 (24.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 432 (15.73%) CI/CD
3 411 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
4 393 (14.31%) AI
5 342 (12.45%) DevOps
6 330 (12.02%) Migration
7 310 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 263 (9.58%) Analytics
9 243 (8.85%) Roadmaps
10 235 (8.56%) Data Modelling
11 215 (7.83%) Microservices
12 211 (7.68%) Software Engineering
12 211 (7.68%) Validation
13 207 (7.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 204 (7.43%) Decision-Making
15 190 (6.92%) Change Management
15 190 (6.92%) User Acceptance Testing
16 184 (6.70%) Test Automation
17 182 (6.63%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 504 (18.35%) SQL
2 398 (14.49%) Python
3 371 (13.51%) Java
4 175 (6.37%) C#
5 141 (5.13%) JavaScript
6 113 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 88 (3.20%) PowerShell
8 75 (2.73%) PL/SQL
9 55 (2.00%) Bash
10 50 (1.82%) Shell Script
11 46 (1.68%) Kotlin
12 40 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 35 (1.27%) C++
14 26 (0.95%) Korn
15 22 (0.80%) VBA
16 15 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.51%) Go
18 13 (0.47%) JCL
19 10 (0.36%) Apex Code
20 9 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 188 (6.85%) Degree
2 141 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 114 (4.15%) SC Cleared
4 65 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (2.00%) PMP
6 50 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 38 (1.38%) CISSP
8 29 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 23 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 22 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.69%) ISTQB
13 18 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.62%) ACCA
14 17 (0.62%) CISM
15 16 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (0.51%) CIMA
17 13 (0.47%) CCSP
18 12 (0.44%) CCNP
19 10 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 149 (5.43%) QA
3 60 (2.18%) PMO
4 52 (1.89%) ISO 20022
5 42 (1.53%) GRC
6 35 (1.27%) SEPA
7 34 (1.24%) NIST
8 32 (1.17%) GDPR
9 25 (0.91%) SLA
10 24 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 23 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 22 (0.80%) MiFID
13 21 (0.76%) PSD2
14 16 (0.58%) IFRS
15 14 (0.51%) EMIR
16 11 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
18 7 (0.25%) Basel III
18 7 (0.25%) COREP
18 7 (0.25%) FINREP
System Software
1 117 (4.26%) Docker
2 69 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.73%) RACF
5 14 (0.51%) Firmware
6 10 (0.36%) NFS
7 8 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.29%) vSphere
8 6 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.18%) ACF2
10 4 (0.15%) Postfix
10 4 (0.15%) Varnish
11 3 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.073%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.073%) GPFS
12 2 (0.073%) GridGain
12 2 (0.073%) Time Sharing Option
12 2 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 171 (6.23%) Kubernetes
2 73 (2.66%) Ansible
3 28 (1.02%) Grafana
3 28 (1.02%) Prometheus
4 19 (0.69%) Control-M
4 19 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.58%) SCCM
6 15 (0.55%) OMEGAMON
7 14 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.44%) Argo
8 12 (0.44%) Istio
9 9 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
11 6 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.22%) WSUS
12 5 (0.18%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.18%) systemd
13 4 (0.15%) CA Endevor
13 4 (0.15%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 310 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 220 (8.01%) Oracle
3 109 (3.97%) IBM
4 100 (3.64%) Databricks
5 91 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 59 (2.15%) Cisco
7 54 (1.97%) Salesforce
8 53 (1.93%) Google
9 50 (1.82%) SAP
10 49 (1.78%) Splunk
11 45 (1.64%) F5
12 40 (1.46%) Citrix
13 35 (1.27%) CyberArk
13 35 (1.27%) OpenAI
14 34 (1.24%) VMware
15 28 (1.02%) Bloomberg
15 28 (1.02%) Murex
16 24 (0.87%) Avaloq
16 24 (0.87%) Dynatrace
17 21 (0.76%) Atlassian