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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,158 2,320 2,827
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.94% 7.59% 7.38%
As % of the General category 11.06% 12.52% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,386 1,537 1,964
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £429 £500 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £615
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -0.81% -5.38%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £750
90th Percentile £813 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £545 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -9.17% -2.44% -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 9 21
10th Percentile £18.78 £14.93 £15.72
25th Percentile £24.80 £15.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +48.65% -19.57%
75th Percentile £25.43 £66.00 £30.00
90th Percentile £70.88 £82.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £18.72
% change year-on-year -6.85% +44.27% -18.63%

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 19,509 18,527 22,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 62.71% 60.60% 59.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,414 11,178 15,516
10th Percentile £278 £300 £290
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £667
90th Percentile £738 £775 £768
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,258 668 1,039
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.93 £18.00 £17.18
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.45 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% -6.31% +26.41%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.50 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -12.73% -13.28% +26.84%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -5 1,536 £600 -5.88% 284
North of England +5 399 £468 -7.43% 79
Yorkshire +1 224 £500 -9.09% 25
North West +4 185 £449 -1.43% 50
Midlands +13 154 £475 -13.64% 40
West Midlands +11 96 £525 -14.98% 23
East Midlands +16 60 £403 -9.49% 16
South East -21 45 £419 -16.25% 147
South West +6 37 £525 -8.50% 30
East of England -3 12 £400 -46.67% 13
North East -1 4 - - 4
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
1 121 (5.61%) Confluence
2 54 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 36 (1.67%) Apache
4 34 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.79%) CICS
6 17 (0.79%) CMS
7 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.42%) IIS
8 9 (0.42%) SAS
9 8 (0.37%) MQSeries
9 8 (0.37%) Mule
10 7 (0.32%) HCL Notes
10 7 (0.32%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.32%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.19%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.19%) Camunda
13 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.14%) Appian
Applications
1 119 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.97%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Sketch
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.14%) InVision
10 3 (0.14%) Notion
10 3 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.046%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.046%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 22 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
4 13 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
6 11 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
7 10 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 10 (0.46%) Temenos T24
8 8 (0.37%) Aladdin
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 8 (0.37%) VisionPLUS
9 7 (0.32%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
11 5 (0.23%) Loan IQ
11 5 (0.23%) thinkFolio
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 340 (15.76%) Azure
2 328 (15.20%) AWS
3 183 (8.48%) GCP
4 141 (6.53%) Power Platform
5 87 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (3.61%) GitHub
7 71 (3.29%) Serverless
8 56 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 53 (2.46%) Figma
10 43 (1.99%) SaaS
11 41 (1.90%) Snowflake
12 39 (1.81%) Entra ID
12 39 (1.81%) PowerApps
13 32 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (1.39%) Power Automate
15 29 (1.34%) dbt
16 25 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
17 24 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
18 23 (1.07%) Azure AKS
18 23 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.27%) Firewall
2 42 (1.95%) DNS
3 35 (1.62%) Network Security
4 30 (1.39%) Wireless
5 26 (1.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 26 (1.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 24 (1.11%) HTTP
7 22 (1.02%) TCP/IP
8 21 (0.97%) DMZ
9 17 (0.79%) SSL
10 14 (0.65%) Multicast
10 14 (0.65%) VPN
10 14 (0.65%) Wireshark
11 13 (0.60%) BIG-IP
11 13 (0.60%) DHCP
12 10 (0.46%) BGP
13 9 (0.42%) LAN
13 9 (0.42%) NetScaler
14 8 (0.37%) Internet
14 8 (0.37%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (5.47%) Power BI
2 94 (4.36%) SQL Server
3 81 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
4 71 (3.29%) NoSQL
5 58 (2.69%) Tableau
6 50 (2.32%) MongoDB
7 40 (1.85%) Data Lake
7 40 (1.85%) Relational Database
8 34 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (1.53%) Metadata
10 30 (1.39%) Oracle Database
11 29 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
12 28 (1.30%) Apache Arrow
12 28 (1.30%) Apache Iceberg
12 28 (1.30%) Apache Ignite
12 28 (1.30%) DB2
12 28 (1.30%) Dremio
13 24 (1.11%) Power Query
14 23 (1.07%) Big Data
15 18 (0.83%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 211 (9.78%) JIRA
2 155 (7.18%) Jenkins
3 112 (5.19%) Git
4 80 (3.71%) GitLab
5 46 (2.13%) JUnit
6 37 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
7 34 (1.58%) Bitbucket
8 33 (1.53%) Selenium
9 26 (1.20%) Liquibase
10 25 (1.16%) Cucumber
11 23 (1.07%) Maven
11 23 (1.07%) SonarQube
12 19 (0.88%) Postman
13 15 (0.70%) TeamCity
14 14 (0.65%) Gradle
14 14 (0.65%) REST Assured
15 12 (0.56%) Fiddler
16 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
16 11 (0.51%) webpack
17 10 (0.46%) Mockito
General
1 1,388 (64.32%) Finance
2 793 (36.75%) Social Skills
3 471 (21.83%) Investment Banking
4 290 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
5 204 (9.45%) Front Office
6 138 (6.39%) Financial Institution
7 69 (3.20%) Retail Banking
8 61 (2.83%) Retail
9 50 (2.32%) Legal
10 47 (2.18%) Corporate Banking
11 41 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (1.81%) Back Office
13 38 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
14 37 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (1.25%) Public Sector
17 23 (1.07%) International Banking
18 22 (1.02%) Private Banking
19 21 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 21 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 431 (19.97%) Developer
2 356 (16.50%) Analyst
3 274 (12.70%) Senior
4 236 (10.94%) Business Analyst
5 184 (8.53%) Architect
6 135 (6.26%) Project Manager
7 119 (5.51%) Java Developer
8 102 (4.73%) Lead
9 88 (4.08%) Senior Developer
10 78 (3.61%) Software Engineer
11 72 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
12 67 (3.10%) Consultant
13 61 (2.83%) Banking Analyst
14 59 (2.73%) Designer
15 57 (2.64%) Python Engineer
16 55 (2.55%) AWS Engineer
17 53 (2.46%) DevOps Engineer
18 52 (2.41%) Data Analyst
19 50 (2.32%) Senior Java Developer
20 47 (2.18%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.65%) Kafka
2 115 (5.33%) REST
3 101 (4.68%) .NET
4 86 (3.99%) Spring
5 84 (3.89%) RESTful
6 79 (3.66%) React
7 72 (3.34%) Spring Boot
8 71 (3.29%) Pandas
9 66 (3.06%) NumPy
10 58 (2.69%) AngularJS
11 57 (2.64%) HTML
12 48 (2.22%) SciPy
13 47 (2.18%) CSS
14 40 (1.85%) Middleware
15 39 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
15 39 (1.81%) Node.js
16 35 (1.62%) XML
17 34 (1.58%) FIX Protocol
18 33 (1.53%) gRPC
19 30 (1.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 152 (7.04%) Derivative
2 147 (6.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 121 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 110 (5.10%) Cloud Native
5 108 (5.00%) Product Ownership
6 92 (4.26%) Fixed Income
7 91 (4.22%) Equities
8 84 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
9 78 (3.61%) Management Information System
10 72 (3.34%) Hedge funds
11 69 (3.20%) Data Centre
12 63 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
13 54 (2.50%) Mobile App
14 52 (2.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 42 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
16 41 (1.90%) Public Cloud
17 39 (1.81%) Data Structures
18 36 (1.67%) Market Risk
19 34 (1.58%) Mainframe
20 33 (1.53%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 155 (7.18%) Linux
2 127 (5.89%) Windows
3 53 (2.46%) Android
4 46 (2.13%) Unix
5 28 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 27 (1.25%) Windows 10
7 24 (1.11%) Apple iOS
8 23 (1.07%) Windows Server
9 11 (0.51%) zOS
10 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.19%) AIX
12 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.093%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.046%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.046%) Solaris
14 1 (0.046%) VMS
14 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (28.27%) Agile
2 393 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
3 327 (15.15%) DevOps
4 315 (14.60%) CI/CD
5 299 (13.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 215 (9.96%) Analytics
7 209 (9.68%) Microservices
8 182 (8.43%) Risk Management
9 175 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 164 (7.60%) Project Management
11 159 (7.37%) Migration
12 154 (7.14%) Decision-Making
13 151 (7.00%) Software Engineering
14 150 (6.95%) Change Management
15 140 (6.49%) Containerisation
16 138 (6.39%) Roadmaps
17 137 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
18 134 (6.21%) Scrum
19 126 (5.84%) AI
19 126 (5.84%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 413 (19.14%) Python
2 380 (17.61%) SQL
3 335 (15.52%) Java
4 152 (7.04%) C#
5 118 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 73 (3.38%) TypeScript
7 58 (2.69%) PowerShell
8 56 (2.59%) Go
9 51 (2.36%) C++
10 30 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 28 (1.30%) PL/SQL
12 27 (1.25%) Bash
13 24 (1.11%) VBA
14 23 (1.07%) Kotlin
15 18 (0.83%) COBOL
15 18 (0.83%) Rust
16 15 (0.70%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.65%) Scala
18 13 (0.60%) JCL
18 13 (0.60%) R
Qualifications
1 250 (11.58%) Degree
2 88 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 85 (3.94%) Security Cleared
4 66 (3.06%) Master's Degree
5 48 (2.22%) PMI Certification
6 44 (2.04%) PMP
7 40 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 32 (1.48%) CISSP
9 28 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.97%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (0.70%) CISM
15 12 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.56%) BC Cleared
16 11 (0.51%) PhD
17 10 (0.46%) CBAP
17 10 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
18 8 (0.37%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (6.35%) QA
2 80 (3.71%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.59%) GDPR
4 48 (2.22%) PMO
5 42 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.95%) ISO 20022
6 31 (1.44%) SEPA
6 31 (1.44%) SLA
7 29 (1.34%) NIST
8 26 (1.20%) MiFID
9 25 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 23 (1.07%) PSD2
11 21 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 21 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 19 (0.88%) GRC
13 18 (0.83%) Basel III
14 16 (0.74%) EMIR
15 13 (0.60%) IFRS
16 7 (0.32%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 175 (8.11%) Docker
2 46 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (1.99%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.60%) Firmware
6 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.23%) RACF
7 5 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.14%) vSphere
10 2 (0.093%) ACF2
10 2 (0.093%) GridGain
10 2 (0.093%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.093%) NFS
10 2 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.093%) XenApp
10 2 (0.093%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.046%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 205 (9.50%) Kubernetes
2 114 (5.28%) Terraform
3 80 (3.71%) Ansible
4 48 (2.22%) Grafana
5 47 (2.18%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.93%) SCCM
7 13 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
8 12 (0.56%) Argo
8 12 (0.56%) NetBackup
9 11 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.42%) Control-M
11 9 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.37%) CA Endevor
13 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.28%) Kibana
14 6 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
14 6 (0.28%) RSA Archer
15 5 (0.23%) QRadar
15 5 (0.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 246 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.30%) Oracle
3 99 (4.59%) Google
4 63 (2.92%) Splunk
5 56 (2.59%) VMware
6 53 (2.46%) IBM
7 46 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.90%) Cisco
9 39 (1.81%) F5
10 38 (1.76%) Salesforce
11 37 (1.71%) HP
12 34 (1.58%) Dell
13 33 (1.53%) Apple
14 31 (1.44%) CyberArk
15 30 (1.39%) SAP
16 28 (1.30%) Citrix
17 26 (1.20%) Bloomberg
17 26 (1.20%) Dynatrace
18 25 (1.16%) Databricks
19 22 (1.02%) Remedy