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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,236 1,889 2,343
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.97% 7.77% 6.21%
As % of the General category 10.41% 12.23% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,356 1,251 1,675
10th Percentile £370 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £668 £750 £750
90th Percentile £775 £856 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 24
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.23 £12.84
25th Percentile £19.36 - £18.12
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £55.22 £24.66 £32.63
90th Percentile £95.63 £68.85 £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 21,471 15,443 22,067
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.35% 63.50% 58.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,561 10,061 14,375
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,354 591 1,677
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.00 £15.17
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +18.38% -25.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -25.71%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 1,517 £575 -10.51% 336
North of England +8 483 £475 +5.56% 72
North West +16 270 £447 +11.75% 41
Yorkshire -3 218 £500 -7.41% 25
Midlands +15 186 £482 -12.36% 37
West Midlands +11 130 £575 -1.50% 23
East Midlands -9 56 £430 +7.50% 14
South East -35 47 £468 -18.61% 95
South West -20 36 £525 -11.76% 8
East of England -26 11 £400 -33.33% 12
North East -15 5 £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
1 179 (8.01%) Confluence
2 56 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.81%) SAS
5 14 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.58%) Apache
7 12 (0.54%) IIS
8 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.40%) CICS
10 7 (0.31%) CMS
11 6 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
12 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
13 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
14 3 (0.13%) MQSeries
15 2 (0.089%) Jupyter
15 2 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.089%) WebLogic
15 2 (0.089%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 152 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (3.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 51 (2.28%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.13%) Notion
9 3 (0.13%) Trello
10 2 (0.089%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.045%) InVision
11 1 (0.045%) Sketch
11 1 (0.045%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 32 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
2 25 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
4 19 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
5 18 (0.81%) Temenos T24
6 17 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 13 (0.58%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.45%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.40%) Actimize
11 8 (0.36%) Finacle
11 8 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 8 (0.36%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (0.31%) Aladdin
12 7 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
12 7 (0.31%) Summit
13 6 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 351 (15.70%) Azure
2 332 (14.85%) AWS
3 165 (7.38%) GCP
4 136 (6.08%) Power Platform
5 91 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
6 89 (3.98%) GitHub
7 61 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (2.59%) Serverless
9 46 (2.06%) SaaS
10 44 (1.97%) Figma
11 33 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
12 30 (1.34%) Amazon S3
13 29 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
13 29 (1.30%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.21%) OCI
15 26 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
15 26 (1.16%) Snowflake
16 24 (1.07%) OpenShift
16 24 (1.07%) Power Automate
16 24 (1.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 71 (3.18%) DNS
2 48 (2.15%) Firewall
3 43 (1.92%) VPN
4 39 (1.74%) HTTP
4 39 (1.74%) TCP/IP
5 34 (1.52%) Network Security
6 30 (1.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 28 (1.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 27 (1.21%) Multicast
9 26 (1.16%) BGP
9 26 (1.16%) DMZ
9 26 (1.16%) SSL
10 22 (0.98%) BIG-IP
11 21 (0.94%) Wireshark
12 19 (0.85%) NetScaler
13 18 (0.81%) SAN
14 17 (0.76%) FIX Connectivity
15 16 (0.72%) Wireless
16 15 (0.67%) DHCP
17 14 (0.63%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.92%) Power BI
2 97 (4.34%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.13%) Tableau
4 69 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
5 56 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (2.37%) NoSQL
7 46 (2.06%) Metadata
8 40 (1.79%) Oracle Database
9 39 (1.74%) MongoDB
10 36 (1.61%) Relational Database
11 30 (1.34%) Big Data
12 21 (0.94%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.76%) Hadoop
15 16 (0.72%) DB2
16 15 (0.67%) Data Lake
17 12 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
17 12 (0.54%) KDB
18 11 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
18 11 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 257 (11.49%) JIRA
2 129 (5.77%) Jenkins
3 93 (4.16%) Git
4 90 (4.03%) GitLab
5 29 (1.30%) JUnit
6 26 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 24 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 23 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 23 (1.03%) Selenium
9 20 (0.89%) Fiddler
10 19 (0.85%) Postman
11 15 (0.67%) REST Assured
12 14 (0.63%) Liquibase
12 14 (0.63%) Maven
13 13 (0.58%) TeamCity
14 12 (0.54%) Gradle
15 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.40%) Mockito
16 7 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.31%) SonarQube
General
1 1,419 (63.46%) Finance
2 715 (31.98%) Social Skills
3 450 (20.13%) Investment Banking
4 297 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
5 182 (8.14%) Front Office
6 117 (5.23%) Financial Institution
7 89 (3.98%) Retail Banking
8 65 (2.91%) Retail
9 63 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
10 62 (2.77%) Legal
11 61 (2.73%) Corporate Banking
12 55 (2.46%) Public Sector
13 43 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.30%) Marketing
17 24 (1.07%) General Ledger
18 23 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 21 (0.94%) International Banking
19 21 (0.94%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 389 (17.40%) Developer
2 383 (17.13%) Analyst
3 284 (12.70%) Senior
4 262 (11.72%) Business Analyst
5 251 (11.23%) Architect
6 149 (6.66%) Lead
7 129 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
8 128 (5.72%) Project Manager
9 102 (4.56%) Java Developer
10 89 (3.98%) Senior Developer
11 79 (3.53%) Consultant
12 76 (3.40%) Banking Analyst
13 63 (2.82%) Data Engineer
14 55 (2.46%) Designer
15 53 (2.37%) Banking Business Analyst
15 53 (2.37%) Network Engineer
16 51 (2.28%) DevOps Engineer
16 51 (2.28%) Payments Architect
17 48 (2.15%) Payments Solutions Architect
18 44 (1.97%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (5.32%) Kafka
2 109 (4.87%) .NET
3 104 (4.65%) REST
4 78 (3.49%) React
5 69 (3.09%) Spring
6 66 (2.95%) RESTful
7 61 (2.73%) Middleware
8 60 (2.68%) Spring Boot
9 58 (2.59%) HTML
10 50 (2.24%) AngularJS
11 40 (1.79%) OAuth
12 39 (1.74%) CSS
13 38 (1.70%) Pandas
13 38 (1.70%) XML
14 34 (1.52%) JSON
15 33 (1.48%) NumPy
16 29 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
16 29 (1.30%) Node.js
16 29 (1.30%) OAuth2
17 26 (1.16%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 133 (5.95%) Product Ownership
2 111 (4.96%) Derivative
3 103 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 96 (4.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 96 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 91 (4.07%) Cloud Native
6 71 (3.18%) Data Protection Act
7 69 (3.09%) Equities
7 69 (3.09%) Fixed Income
8 67 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
9 47 (2.10%) Data Structures
10 42 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 42 (1.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 40 (1.79%) Market Risk
12 39 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 39 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
13 38 (1.70%) Credit Risk
14 32 (1.43%) Hedge funds
15 30 (1.34%) Mobile App
16 29 (1.30%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 136 (6.08%) Windows
2 120 (5.37%) Linux
3 56 (2.50%) Unix
4 36 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 33 (1.48%) Android
6 24 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 21 (0.94%) Windows Server
8 15 (0.67%) zOS
9 14 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.31%) VMS
12 6 (0.27%) AIX
13 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
14 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.13%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.089%) Solaris
15 2 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.045%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (24.96%) Agile
2 400 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 376 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
4 330 (14.76%) DevOps
5 323 (14.45%) CI/CD
6 230 (10.29%) Migration
7 211 (9.44%) Analytics
8 203 (9.08%) AI
9 179 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 178 (7.96%) Microservices
11 173 (7.74%) Risk Management
12 168 (7.51%) Data Modelling
13 164 (7.33%) Decision-Making
14 159 (7.11%) Project Management
15 158 (7.07%) Roadmaps
16 157 (7.02%) Data Analysis
17 156 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
18 148 (6.62%) Validation
19 146 (6.53%) Business Intelligence
20 145 (6.48%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 398 (17.80%) SQL
2 369 (16.50%) Python
3 302 (13.51%) Java
4 145 (6.48%) C#
5 90 (4.03%) JavaScript
6 61 (2.73%) PowerShell
6 61 (2.73%) TypeScript
7 48 (2.15%) Go
8 36 (1.61%) PL/SQL
9 32 (1.43%) Shell Script
10 29 (1.30%) Bash
10 29 (1.30%) VBA
11 24 (1.07%) C++
12 22 (0.98%) T-SQL
13 18 (0.81%) COBOL
13 18 (0.81%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.63%) Perl
15 13 (0.58%) Korn
15 13 (0.58%) Scala
16 10 (0.45%) JCL
Qualifications
1 233 (10.42%) Degree
2 115 (5.14%) Security Cleared
3 77 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 74 (3.31%) Master's Degree
5 70 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 54 (2.42%) PMI Certification
7 52 (2.33%) PMP
8 43 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.21%) CISSP
10 25 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 20 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (0.76%) MBA
14 15 (0.67%) CISM
14 15 (0.67%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.54%) CBAP
15 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.54%) PhD
16 10 (0.45%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (6.08%) QA
2 104 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.46%) ISO 20022
4 49 (2.19%) GDPR
5 42 (1.88%) PMO
6 34 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 34 (1.52%) SLA
7 32 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 32 (1.43%) PSD2
8 29 (1.30%) SEPA
9 27 (1.21%) NIST
9 27 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 25 (1.12%) GRC
11 24 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 22 (0.98%) MiFID
13 21 (0.94%) Basel III
14 14 (0.63%) ISO 8583
15 13 (0.58%) EMIR
16 11 (0.49%) IFRS
17 7 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 147 (6.57%) Docker
2 49 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.70%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.07%) Firmware
5 20 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.58%) vSphere
7 11 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.40%) NFS
9 6 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.18%) RACF
10 4 (0.18%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.13%) SRDF
11 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
11 3 (0.13%) XenApp
12 2 (0.089%) ACF2
12 2 (0.089%) GridGain
12 2 (0.089%) Varnish
12 2 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.045%) Postfix
13 1 (0.045%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 185 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.56%) Terraform
3 82 (3.67%) Ansible
4 48 (2.15%) Grafana
5 38 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.12%) SCCM
7 19 (0.85%) Argo
8 17 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.40%) Puppet
10 8 (0.36%) Control-M
10 8 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.36%) Istio
10 8 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.27%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.27%) WSUS
12 5 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
12 5 (0.22%) SnapMirror
13 4 (0.18%) Karpenter
13 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 265 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 158 (7.07%) Oracle
3 77 (3.44%) Google
4 74 (3.31%) ServiceNow
5 59 (2.64%) Cisco
5 59 (2.64%) VMware
6 57 (2.55%) Splunk
7 52 (2.33%) SAP
8 50 (2.24%) IBM
9 49 (2.19%) Citrix
9 49 (2.19%) F5
10 31 (1.39%) Bloomberg
10 31 (1.39%) Remedy
11 29 (1.30%) Murex
12 28 (1.25%) Temenos
13 25 (1.12%) HP
13 25 (1.12%) NetApp
14 24 (1.07%) Salesforce
15 23 (1.03%) Avaloq
15 23 (1.03%) Databricks