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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,249 1,884 2,280
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.75% 7.73% 6.15%
As % of the General category 10.29% 12.11% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,358 1,254 1,644
10th Percentile £368 £358 £380
25th Percentile £438 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £670 £750 £750
90th Percentile £780 £860 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £618
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.83% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 24
10th Percentile £16.63 £15.10 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.47 £18.20 £18.12
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £57.37 £24.66 £32.63
90th Percentile £96.88 £48.98 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
% change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -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 21,851 15,555 21,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.91% 63.79% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,721 10,128 14,005
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £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 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,398 643 1,744
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.90 £17.90 £15.39
Median hourly rate £28.13 £29.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% +4.19% -20.47%
75th Percentile £61.18 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £28.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -21.43%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 1,550 £575 -9.45% 334
North of England +2 470 £472 +1.51% 60
North West +10 260 £447 +0.45% 30
Yorkshire -9 209 £500 -6.98% 24
Midlands +12 175 £468 -15.00% 46
West Midlands +10 122 £558 +0.45% 26
East Midlands -12 53 £430 +8.72% 20
South East -36 45 £488 -13.33% 87
South West -29 29 £500 -15.97% 5
East of England -24 15 £550 -8.33% 3
North East -12 9 £400 - 6
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
1 176 (7.83%) Confluence
2 53 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 22 (0.98%) SAS
5 13 (0.58%) IIS
6 12 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
7 11 (0.49%) CICS
7 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.22%) CMS
9 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
9 5 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.13%) Camunda
10 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.089%) Appian
11 2 (0.089%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.089%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 149 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.67%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) Notion
8 2 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.089%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.089%) InVision
8 2 (0.089%) Sketch
8 2 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.089%) Trello
9 1 (0.044%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.044%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 31 (1.38%) Payment Gateway
2 24 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.93%) Temenos T24
4 19 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 19 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
4 19 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 17 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 15 (0.67%) Loan IQ
7 13 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
8 10 (0.44%) Finacle
8 10 (0.44%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.40%) Actimize
9 9 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (0.36%) Aladdin
10 8 (0.36%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
10 8 (0.36%) Summit
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 5 (0.22%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 351 (15.61%) Azure
2 306 (13.61%) AWS
3 152 (6.76%) GCP
4 133 (5.91%) Power Platform
5 98 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (3.69%) GitHub
7 61 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (2.31%) SaaS
9 43 (1.91%) Figma
9 43 (1.91%) Serverless
10 35 (1.56%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
12 31 (1.38%) Amazon S3
12 31 (1.38%) OpenShift
13 28 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (1.16%) OCI
16 25 (1.11%) PowerApps
17 24 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
17 24 (1.07%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 71 (3.16%) DNS
2 50 (2.22%) Firewall
3 48 (2.13%) VPN
4 40 (1.78%) HTTP
5 39 (1.73%) TCP/IP
6 32 (1.42%) Network Security
7 27 (1.20%) Multicast
8 26 (1.16%) BGP
8 26 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 24 (1.07%) BIG-IP
9 24 (1.07%) DMZ
9 24 (1.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 24 (1.07%) SSL
10 22 (0.98%) SAN
11 20 (0.89%) NetScaler
11 20 (0.89%) Wireshark
12 19 (0.84%) FIX Connectivity
13 15 (0.67%) DHCP
14 12 (0.53%) Wireless
15 11 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (4.62%) Power BI
2 95 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 65 (2.89%) Tableau
4 55 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (2.27%) Metadata
6 50 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (1.82%) Oracle Database
8 37 (1.65%) MongoDB
9 34 (1.51%) NoSQL
10 33 (1.47%) Relational Database
11 27 (1.20%) Big Data
12 22 (0.98%) BigQuery
13 17 (0.76%) DB2
14 15 (0.67%) Hadoop
14 15 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (0.62%) Power Query
16 12 (0.53%) Data Lake
17 11 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
17 11 (0.49%) RDBMS
18 10 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 256 (11.38%) JIRA
2 104 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 88 (3.91%) Git
4 68 (3.02%) GitLab
5 27 (1.20%) JUnit
6 22 (0.98%) Selenium
7 20 (0.89%) Bitbucket
7 20 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
8 19 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 19 (0.84%) Fiddler
9 17 (0.76%) Postman
10 15 (0.67%) REST Assured
11 14 (0.62%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.53%) Maven
13 10 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.44%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.40%) Mockito
15 8 (0.36%) Gradle
16 7 (0.31%) Chocolatey
17 6 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 1,409 (62.65%) Finance
2 682 (30.32%) Social Skills
3 443 (19.70%) Investment Banking
4 316 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
5 180 (8.00%) Front Office
6 102 (4.54%) Financial Institution
7 90 (4.00%) Retail Banking
8 74 (3.29%) Legal
9 71 (3.16%) Corporate Banking
10 69 (3.07%) Retail
11 60 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 55 (2.45%) Public Sector
13 44 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.38%) Marketing
17 24 (1.07%) General Ledger
18 23 (1.02%) Back Office
19 21 (0.93%) International Banking
19 21 (0.93%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 379 (16.85%) Analyst
2 370 (16.45%) Developer
3 281 (12.49%) Senior
4 269 (11.96%) Business Analyst
5 263 (11.69%) Architect
6 158 (7.03%) Lead
7 123 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
8 114 (5.07%) Project Manager
9 100 (4.45%) Java Developer
10 88 (3.91%) Consultant
11 84 (3.73%) Banking Analyst
12 83 (3.69%) Senior Developer
13 71 (3.16%) Data Engineer
14 60 (2.67%) Banking Business Analyst
15 56 (2.49%) Payments Architect
16 53 (2.36%) Network Engineer
17 52 (2.31%) Designer
18 50 (2.22%) DevOps Engineer
18 50 (2.22%) Payments Solutions Architect
19 44 (1.96%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (5.02%) Kafka
2 106 (4.71%) .NET
3 83 (3.69%) React
4 82 (3.65%) REST
5 68 (3.02%) Middleware
6 67 (2.98%) Spring
7 61 (2.71%) HTML
8 60 (2.67%) Spring Boot
9 55 (2.45%) RESTful
10 46 (2.05%) CSS
11 42 (1.87%) OAuth
12 41 (1.82%) AngularJS
13 39 (1.73%) JSON
14 35 (1.56%) XML
15 31 (1.38%) OAuth2
16 30 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
17 29 (1.29%) Node.js
17 29 (1.29%) Pandas
18 25 (1.11%) SOAP
19 24 (1.07%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 132 (5.87%) Product Ownership
2 112 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 109 (4.85%) Derivative
4 95 (4.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 94 (4.18%) Management Information System
6 90 (4.00%) Cloud Native
7 73 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
7 73 (3.25%) Fixed Income
8 61 (2.71%) Equities
9 56 (2.49%) Data Structures
10 55 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
11 45 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
11 45 (2.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 41 (1.82%) Data Centre
13 39 (1.73%) Market Risk
14 37 (1.65%) Credit Risk
15 33 (1.47%) Mainframe
16 30 (1.33%) Public Cloud
17 28 (1.24%) Algorithms
18 27 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 144 (6.40%) Windows
2 106 (4.71%) Linux
3 65 (2.89%) Unix
4 36 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.24%) Android
6 23 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 20 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 17 (0.76%) zOS
9 15 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.36%) AIX
12 7 (0.31%) VMS
13 6 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
13 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.18%) Solaris
15 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
16 3 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (24.01%) Agile
2 410 (18.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 365 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
4 311 (13.83%) CI/CD
5 307 (13.65%) DevOps
6 246 (10.94%) Migration
7 229 (10.18%) AI
8 200 (8.89%) Analytics
9 179 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 175 (7.78%) Data Modelling
11 174 (7.74%) Decision-Making
12 171 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 168 (7.47%) Risk Management
14 167 (7.43%) Roadmaps
15 165 (7.34%) Microservices
16 158 (7.03%) Project Management
17 157 (6.98%) Data Analysis
18 156 (6.94%) Validation
19 150 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
20 142 (6.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 389 (17.30%) SQL
2 334 (14.85%) Python
3 285 (12.67%) Java
4 138 (6.14%) C#
5 96 (4.27%) JavaScript
6 64 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 61 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 40 (1.78%) PL/SQL
9 34 (1.51%) VBA
10 33 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 30 (1.33%) Go
12 27 (1.20%) Bash
12 27 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 20 (0.89%) C++
14 18 (0.80%) COBOL
14 18 (0.80%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.58%) Korn
15 13 (0.58%) Perl
15 13 (0.58%) Scala
16 12 (0.53%) JCL
Qualifications
1 216 (9.60%) Degree
2 113 (5.02%) Security Cleared
3 68 (3.02%) SC Cleared
4 66 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 53 (2.36%) PMP
7 52 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 44 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (1.38%) CISSP
10 27 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 17 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (0.76%) MBA
12 16 (0.71%) CISM
13 15 (0.67%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.53%) CBAP
15 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.49%) PhD
16 9 (0.40%) ACCA
16 9 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (6.14%) QA
2 112 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.36%) ISO 20022
4 52 (2.31%) GDPR
5 43 (1.91%) PMO
6 34 (1.51%) SLA
7 32 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 32 (1.42%) PSD2
8 31 (1.38%) NIST
9 29 (1.29%) SEPA
10 28 (1.24%) GRC
10 28 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 25 (1.11%) Accessibility
12 24 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 20 (0.89%) MiFID
14 19 (0.84%) Basel III
15 15 (0.67%) ISO 8583
16 12 (0.53%) IFRS
17 8 (0.36%) EMIR
18 7 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 131 (5.82%) Docker
2 46 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (0.89%) Firmware
3 20 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.62%) vSphere
5 12 (0.53%) NFS
6 9 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.27%) RACF
8 5 (0.22%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.18%) Varnish
9 4 (0.18%) XenApp
10 3 (0.13%) ACF2
10 3 (0.13%) Postfix
10 3 (0.13%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.13%) SRDF
10 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.089%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 174 (7.74%) Kubernetes
2 90 (4.00%) Terraform
3 70 (3.11%) Ansible
4 36 (1.60%) Grafana
5 26 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.11%) SCCM
7 20 (0.89%) Argo
7 20 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.40%) Istio
8 9 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.36%) Control-M
9 8 (0.36%) Puppet
10 6 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
10 6 (0.27%) RSA Archer
10 6 (0.27%) SnapMirror
10 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.27%) WSUS
11 4 (0.18%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 276 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 161 (7.16%) Oracle
3 82 (3.65%) ServiceNow
4 73 (3.25%) Google
5 60 (2.67%) Cisco
6 57 (2.53%) SAP
7 56 (2.49%) VMware
8 55 (2.45%) IBM
9 51 (2.27%) F5
10 50 (2.22%) Citrix
11 46 (2.05%) Splunk
12 29 (1.29%) Remedy
12 29 (1.29%) Temenos
13 28 (1.24%) Bloomberg
14 27 (1.20%) Murex
15 26 (1.16%) Pega
16 25 (1.11%) Avaloq
16 25 (1.11%) HP
16 25 (1.11%) NetApp
17 23 (1.02%) Databricks