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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,205 2,428 3,019
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.29% 7.78% 7.65%
As % of the General category 11.45% 13.11% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,447 1,616 2,098
10th Percentile £354 £400 £406
25th Percentile £425 £491 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £608 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -2.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £750
90th Percentile £825 £850 £863
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -10.00% -3.23% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 11 21
10th Percentile £18.78 £14.50 £15.72
25th Percentile £23.02 £14.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.50 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +52.42% -12.84% -25.76%
75th Percentile - £54.88 £33.75
90th Percentile £54.25 £78.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £19.06
% change year-on-year +4.01% +26.90% -26.71%

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 19,254 18,519 23,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.68% 59.30% 59.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,219 11,136 16,074
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,250 704 1,026
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.86 £17.25 £17.04
Median hourly rate £24.48 £31.97 £31.09
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +2.84% +20.92%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.96 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.34% -1.67% +20.00%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -6 1,566 £600 -5.88% 665
North of England +4 411 £465 -7.00% 85
Yorkshire -1 224 £500 -6.98% 29
North West +5 194 £438 -3.69% 51
Midlands +17 167 £450 -9.09% 44
West Midlands +11 91 £525 -14.98% 24
East Midlands +10 78 £403 -9.55% 19
South East -34 41 £413 -17.50% 141
South West +10 36 £525 -4.98% 23
East of England -9 10 £400 -46.67% 9
North East -7 6 - - 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
1 127 (5.76%) Confluence
2 50 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.00%) Apache
4 42 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 19 (0.86%) CMS
7 16 (0.73%) CICS
8 12 (0.54%) WebSphere
9 11 (0.50%) MQSeries
10 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
11 9 (0.41%) Tomcat
12 8 (0.36%) Mule
13 7 (0.32%) HCL Notes
13 7 (0.32%) SAS
14 5 (0.23%) IIS
14 5 (0.23%) JBoss
14 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
15 4 (0.18%) Anypoint
15 4 (0.18%) Camunda
15 4 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 119 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.91%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Sketch
9 6 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.14%) InVision
10 3 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.091%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.045%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 23 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
2 21 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (0.45%) VisionPLUS
7 9 (0.41%) Oracle BPM
7 9 (0.41%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 8 (0.36%) Aladdin
9 7 (0.32%) FLEXCUBE
10 6 (0.27%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.23%) Loan IQ
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 333 (15.10%) AWS
2 331 (15.01%) Azure
3 188 (8.53%) GCP
4 130 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 80 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (3.54%) GitHub
7 62 (2.81%) Serverless
8 52 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (2.13%) Figma
10 45 (2.04%) Snowflake
11 39 (1.77%) SaaS
12 38 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 36 (1.63%) PowerApps
14 34 (1.54%) dbt
15 32 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (1.27%) Power Automate
17 26 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
18 20 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
18 20 (0.91%) Azure AKS
18 20 (0.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.49%) Firewall
2 39 (1.77%) DNS
3 33 (1.50%) Network Security
4 28 (1.27%) Wireless
5 23 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 23 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 20 (0.91%) DMZ
7 20 (0.91%) Multicast
8 18 (0.82%) HTTP
9 14 (0.63%) BGP
10 13 (0.59%) DHCP
10 13 (0.59%) SSL
11 12 (0.54%) VPN
11 12 (0.54%) Wireshark
12 11 (0.50%) BIG-IP
13 9 (0.41%) LAN
13 9 (0.41%) SAN
13 9 (0.41%) WAN
14 8 (0.36%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (4.81%) Power BI
2 97 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 90 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (3.27%) NoSQL
5 59 (2.68%) Tableau
6 52 (2.36%) MongoDB
7 49 (2.22%) Relational Database
8 48 (2.18%) Data Lake
9 39 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
10 36 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
11 34 (1.54%) Apache Arrow
11 34 (1.54%) Apache Iceberg
11 34 (1.54%) Apache Ignite
11 34 (1.54%) Dremio
12 31 (1.41%) DB2
12 31 (1.41%) Metadata
12 31 (1.41%) Oracle Database
13 24 (1.09%) Big Data
14 22 (1.00%) Power Query
15 20 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 218 (9.89%) JIRA
2 165 (7.48%) Jenkins
3 118 (5.35%) Git
4 82 (3.72%) GitLab
5 52 (2.36%) JUnit
6 41 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 37 (1.68%) Selenium
8 30 (1.36%) Bitbucket
9 29 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 27 (1.22%) Maven
11 25 (1.13%) Liquibase
11 25 (1.13%) SonarQube
12 22 (1.00%) Postman
13 20 (0.91%) Gradle
14 16 (0.73%) TeamCity
15 15 (0.68%) Xcode
16 14 (0.63%) REST Assured
17 13 (0.59%) Cypress.io
18 11 (0.50%) webpack
19 10 (0.45%) Fiddler
General
1 1,373 (62.27%) Finance
2 813 (36.87%) Social Skills
3 504 (22.86%) Investment Banking
4 316 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
5 213 (9.66%) Front Office
6 141 (6.39%) Financial Institution
7 78 (3.54%) Retail Banking
8 70 (3.17%) Retail
9 54 (2.45%) Corporate Banking
10 49 (2.22%) Legal
11 46 (2.09%) Back Office
12 40 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
13 37 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (1.27%) Private Banking
17 24 (1.09%) International Banking
17 24 (1.09%) Public Sector
18 21 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 19 (0.86%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 456 (20.68%) Developer
2 366 (16.60%) Analyst
3 280 (12.70%) Senior
4 240 (10.88%) Business Analyst
5 188 (8.53%) Architect
6 141 (6.39%) Project Manager
7 122 (5.53%) Java Developer
8 107 (4.85%) Lead
9 97 (4.40%) Software Engineer
10 91 (4.13%) Senior Developer
11 71 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
12 63 (2.86%) Banking Analyst
12 63 (2.86%) Consultant
13 62 (2.81%) Python Engineer
14 60 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
15 59 (2.68%) Data Analyst
16 57 (2.59%) Designer
17 53 (2.40%) DevOps Engineer
18 50 (2.27%) Senior Java Developer
19 49 (2.22%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (5.71%) Kafka
2 113 (5.12%) REST
3 100 (4.54%) .NET
4 93 (4.22%) React
5 87 (3.95%) RESTful
6 84 (3.81%) Spring
7 73 (3.31%) Pandas
8 70 (3.17%) NumPy
9 66 (2.99%) AngularJS
9 66 (2.99%) HTML
9 66 (2.99%) Spring Boot
10 55 (2.49%) CSS
11 54 (2.45%) SciPy
12 43 (1.95%) Node.js
13 40 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
13 40 (1.81%) XML
14 39 (1.77%) gRPC
15 37 (1.68%) FIX Protocol
16 36 (1.63%) Middleware
17 34 (1.54%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 160 (7.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 149 (6.76%) Derivative
3 113 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 111 (5.03%) Product Ownership
5 102 (4.63%) Cloud Native
5 102 (4.63%) Equities
5 102 (4.63%) Fixed Income
6 83 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
7 80 (3.63%) Hedge funds
8 76 (3.45%) Management Information System
9 66 (2.99%) Data Centre
10 61 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
10 61 (2.77%) Mobile App
11 50 (2.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 49 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
13 44 (2.00%) Market Risk
14 42 (1.90%) Public Cloud
15 38 (1.72%) Data Structures
16 34 (1.54%) Credit Risk
16 34 (1.54%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 175 (7.94%) Linux
2 125 (5.67%) Windows
3 61 (2.77%) Android
4 48 (2.18%) Unix
5 33 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 26 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 25 (1.13%) Windows 10
8 19 (0.86%) Windows Server
9 8 (0.36%) zOS
10 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.091%) AIX
11 2 (0.091%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.045%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.045%) Solaris
12 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.045%) VMS
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 640 (29.02%) Agile
2 420 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 329 (14.92%) DevOps
4 311 (14.10%) CI/CD
5 301 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 218 (9.89%) Analytics
7 211 (9.57%) Microservices
8 186 (8.44%) Risk Management
9 172 (7.80%) Project Management
10 171 (7.76%) Software Engineering
11 167 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 154 (6.98%) Migration
13 151 (6.85%) Change Management
14 146 (6.62%) Decision-Making
15 142 (6.44%) Scrum
16 140 (6.35%) Roadmaps
17 133 (6.03%) Computer Science
18 130 (5.90%) Data Analysis
19 127 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
20 126 (5.71%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 431 (19.55%) Python
2 378 (17.14%) SQL
3 356 (16.15%) Java
4 146 (6.62%) C#
5 143 (6.49%) JavaScript
6 88 (3.99%) TypeScript
7 62 (2.81%) C++
8 56 (2.54%) PowerShell
9 52 (2.36%) Go
10 40 (1.81%) Shell Script
11 32 (1.45%) Kotlin
11 32 (1.45%) PL/SQL
12 27 (1.22%) Bash
13 24 (1.09%) Scala
14 22 (1.00%) VBA
15 21 (0.95%) Rust
16 19 (0.86%) COBOL
17 17 (0.77%) Swift
18 13 (0.59%) C
18 13 (0.59%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 247 (11.20%) Degree
2 89 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 81 (3.67%) Security Cleared
4 58 (2.63%) Master's Degree
5 47 (2.13%) PMI Certification
6 44 (2.00%) PMP
7 40 (1.81%) SC Cleared
8 31 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 29 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 29 (1.32%) CISSP
10 25 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (0.86%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 13 (0.59%) CISM
16 12 (0.54%) BC Cleared
17 10 (0.45%) CCNP
18 9 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
19 8 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (5.71%) QA
2 74 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 54 (2.45%) GDPR
4 49 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 41 (1.86%) PMO
6 39 (1.77%) ISO 20022
7 30 (1.36%) NIST
7 30 (1.36%) SEPA
8 27 (1.22%) SLA
9 26 (1.18%) MiFID
10 22 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 20 (0.91%) PSD2
12 18 (0.82%) PCI DSS
13 17 (0.77%) GRC
13 17 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 16 (0.73%) EMIR
15 13 (0.59%) Basel III
16 7 (0.32%) IFRS
16 7 (0.32%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 167 (7.57%) Docker
2 44 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 41 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.54%) Firmware
6 6 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.23%) RACF
7 5 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.14%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 2 (0.091%) ACF2
10 2 (0.091%) GridGain
10 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.091%) NFS
10 2 (0.091%) vSphere
10 2 (0.091%) XenApp
10 2 (0.091%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 190 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 110 (4.99%) Terraform
3 81 (3.67%) Ansible
4 44 (2.00%) Grafana
4 44 (2.00%) Prometheus
5 17 (0.77%) SCCM
6 13 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
7 12 (0.54%) NetBackup
8 11 (0.50%) Argo
8 11 (0.50%) Control-M
8 11 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.36%) CA Endevor
10 8 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.27%) RSA Archer
13 5 (0.23%) Istio
13 5 (0.23%) Kibana
13 5 (0.23%) QRadar
13 5 (0.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 246 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 145 (6.58%) Oracle
3 102 (4.63%) Google
4 59 (2.68%) Splunk
5 57 (2.59%) IBM
6 48 (2.18%) VMware
7 41 (1.86%) Cisco
8 40 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 36 (1.63%) F5
9 36 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 35 (1.59%) HP
11 32 (1.45%) CyberArk
12 31 (1.41%) Apple
13 30 (1.36%) Dell
13 30 (1.36%) SAP
14 27 (1.22%) Citrix
15 25 (1.13%) Databricks
15 25 (1.13%) Dynatrace
16 24 (1.09%) Bloomberg
16 24 (1.09%) Solace