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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,232 1,890 2,358
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.96% 7.72% 6.25%
As % of the General category 10.37% 12.17% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,351 1,251 1,682
10th Percentile £369 £363 £380
25th Percentile £444 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £618
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.83% -7.07%
75th Percentile £659 £738 £750
90th Percentile £775 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 13 24
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.23 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.33 - £18.12
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £51.74 £24.66 £32.63
90th Percentile £95.38 £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 21,526 15,533 22,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.49% 63.42% 58.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,609 10,060 14,381
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% -1.41% -3.18%
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 1,348 584 1,664
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.85 £15.36
Median hourly rate £25.14 £30.90 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.66% +18.86% -24.64%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.18 £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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -9.80% 341
North of England +10 478 £480 +6.67% 83
North West +14 265 £447 +11.75% 53
Yorkshire -3 218 £500 -7.41% 24
Midlands +13 186 £482 -12.36% 50
West Midlands +12 130 £575 -4.76% 27
East Midlands -10 56 £430 +7.50% 23
South East -34 48 £472 -18.00% 106
South West -16 36 £525 -13.04% 7
East of England -20 11 £400 -33.33% 13
North East -13 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
1 177 (7.93%) Confluence
2 55 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.08%) 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 (0.090%) Jupyter
15 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.090%) WebLogic
15 2 (0.090%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 150 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
4 51 (2.28%) MS Visio
5 27 (1.21%) 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 (0.090%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.090%) 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 (0.90%) 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%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.40%) Actimize
11 8 (0.36%) Finacle
11 8 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
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
1 350 (15.68%) Azure
2 330 (14.78%) AWS
3 164 (7.35%) GCP
4 137 (6.14%) Power Platform
5 93 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 89 (3.99%) GitHub
7 60 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (2.60%) 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
14 28 (1.25%) Entra ID
15 27 (1.21%) OCI
16 26 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (1.16%) Snowflake
17 24 (1.08%) OpenShift
17 24 (1.08%) Power Automate
17 24 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (3.14%) DNS
2 48 (2.15%) Firewall
3 43 (1.93%) VPN
4 39 (1.75%) HTTP
4 39 (1.75%) 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 26 (1.16%) BGP
8 26 (1.16%) DMZ
8 26 (1.16%) Multicast
8 26 (1.16%) SSL
9 22 (0.99%) BIG-IP
10 21 (0.94%) Wireshark
11 19 (0.85%) NetScaler
12 18 (0.81%) SAN
12 18 (0.81%) Wireless
13 17 (0.76%) FIX Connectivity
14 15 (0.67%) DHCP
15 14 (0.63%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.97%) Power BI
2 96 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
3 70 (3.14%) Tableau
4 54 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 53 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 46 (2.06%) Metadata
7 41 (1.84%) Oracle Database
8 39 (1.75%) MongoDB
9 36 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 31 (1.39%) Big Data
11 22 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 17 (0.76%) Hadoop
13 16 (0.72%) DB2
13 16 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.67%) Data Lake
15 12 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 255 (11.42%) JIRA
2 131 (5.87%) Jenkins
3 94 (4.21%) Git
4 91 (4.08%) GitLab
5 30 (1.34%) JUnit
6 26 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 24 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 23 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 23 (1.03%) Selenium
9 20 (0.90%) Fiddler
9 20 (0.90%) Postman
10 16 (0.72%) REST Assured
11 15 (0.67%) Maven
12 14 (0.63%) Liquibase
12 14 (0.63%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.58%) Gradle
14 10 (0.45%) Mockito
15 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
16 8 (0.36%) SonarQube
17 7 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1,416 (63.44%) Finance
2 712 (31.90%) Social Skills
3 450 (20.16%) Investment Banking
4 296 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
5 182 (8.15%) Front Office
6 116 (5.20%) Financial Institution
7 90 (4.03%) Retail Banking
8 65 (2.91%) Retail
9 62 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
10 61 (2.73%) Corporate Banking
11 60 (2.69%) Legal
12 55 (2.46%) Public Sector
13 43 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.30%) Marketing
17 23 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 22 (0.99%) General Ledger
18 22 (0.99%) International Banking
19 21 (0.94%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 387 (17.34%) Developer
2 384 (17.20%) Analyst
3 285 (12.77%) Senior
4 262 (11.74%) Business Analyst
5 248 (11.11%) Architect
6 147 (6.59%) Lead
7 130 (5.82%) Project Manager
7 130 (5.82%) Solutions Architect
8 101 (4.53%) Java Developer
9 88 (3.94%) Senior Developer
10 79 (3.54%) Consultant
11 75 (3.36%) Banking Analyst
12 63 (2.82%) Data Engineer
13 55 (2.46%) Designer
14 53 (2.37%) Network Engineer
15 52 (2.33%) Banking Business Analyst
16 51 (2.28%) DevOps Engineer
16 51 (2.28%) Payments Architect
17 48 (2.15%) Payments Solutions Architect
18 43 (1.93%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (5.38%) Kafka
2 110 (4.93%) .NET
3 105 (4.70%) REST
4 78 (3.49%) React
5 70 (3.14%) Spring
6 66 (2.96%) RESTful
7 62 (2.78%) Middleware
8 61 (2.73%) Spring Boot
9 59 (2.64%) HTML
10 51 (2.28%) AngularJS
11 40 (1.79%) CSS
11 40 (1.79%) OAuth
12 38 (1.70%) Pandas
12 38 (1.70%) XML
13 34 (1.52%) JSON
14 33 (1.48%) NumPy
15 29 (1.30%) Node.js
15 29 (1.30%) OAuth2
16 28 (1.25%) FIX Protocol
17 27 (1.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 132 (5.91%) Product Ownership
2 111 (4.97%) Derivative
3 104 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 95 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 95 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 90 (4.03%) Cloud Native
6 70 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
7 69 (3.09%) Fixed Income
8 67 (3.00%) Equities
9 66 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
10 47 (2.11%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 43 (1.93%) Public Cloud
13 40 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 40 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
13 40 (1.79%) Market Risk
14 39 (1.75%) Credit Risk
15 32 (1.43%) Hedge funds
16 30 (1.34%) Mobile App
17 29 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 135 (6.05%) Windows
2 121 (5.42%) Linux
3 57 (2.55%) Unix
4 36 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.57%) Android
6 24 (1.08%) Apple iOS
7 21 (0.94%) Windows Server
8 16 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.67%) zOS
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 (0.090%) Solaris
15 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.045%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (24.96%) Agile
2 401 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 375 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
4 328 (14.70%) DevOps
5 318 (14.25%) CI/CD
6 230 (10.30%) Migration
7 212 (9.50%) Analytics
8 199 (8.92%) AI
9 177 (7.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 176 (7.89%) Microservices
11 171 (7.66%) Risk Management
12 167 (7.48%) Data Modelling
13 163 (7.30%) Decision-Making
14 161 (7.21%) Project Management
15 158 (7.08%) Data Analysis
16 157 (7.03%) Roadmaps
17 154 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
18 147 (6.59%) Business Intelligence
18 147 (6.59%) Validation
19 145 (6.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 399 (17.88%) SQL
2 371 (16.62%) Python
3 299 (13.40%) Java
4 144 (6.45%) C#
5 91 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 62 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 61 (2.73%) PowerShell
8 48 (2.15%) Go
9 36 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 33 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 29 (1.30%) Bash
11 29 (1.30%) VBA
12 25 (1.12%) C++
13 21 (0.94%) T-SQL
14 18 (0.81%) COBOL
14 18 (0.81%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.63%) Perl
15 14 (0.63%) Scala
16 13 (0.58%) Korn
17 10 (0.45%) JCL
Qualifications
1 233 (10.44%) Degree
2 115 (5.15%) Security Cleared
3 77 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 74 (3.32%) Master's Degree
5 70 (3.14%) SC Cleared
6 56 (2.51%) PMI Certification
7 54 (2.42%) PMP
8 42 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (1.25%) CISSP
10 26 (1.16%) Azure Certification
11 20 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 18 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (0.76%) MBA
14 16 (0.72%) CISM
15 15 (0.67%) ISTQB
16 12 (0.54%) CBAP
16 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.54%) PhD
17 10 (0.45%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (6.00%) QA
2 104 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.51%) ISO 20022
4 49 (2.20%) GDPR
5 40 (1.79%) PMO
6 34 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 34 (1.52%) SLA
7 32 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 32 (1.43%) PSD2
8 30 (1.34%) SEPA
9 27 (1.21%) NIST
9 27 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 25 (1.12%) GRC
11 24 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 22 (0.99%) Basel III
12 22 (0.99%) MiFID
13 14 (0.63%) ISO 8583
14 13 (0.58%) EMIR
15 11 (0.49%) IFRS
16 7 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 148 (6.63%) Docker
2 49 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (1.61%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.08%) Firmware
5 20 (0.90%) 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 (0.090%) ACF2
12 2 (0.090%) GridGain
12 2 (0.090%) Varnish
12 2 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.045%) Postfix
13 1 (0.045%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 186 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 101 (4.53%) Terraform
3 83 (3.72%) 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
9 9 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.36%) Control-M
10 8 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.36%) Istio
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
1 260 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 156 (6.99%) Oracle
3 77 (3.45%) Google
4 72 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.73%) Cisco
6 59 (2.64%) VMware
7 57 (2.55%) Splunk
8 52 (2.33%) SAP
9 49 (2.20%) Citrix
9 49 (2.20%) F5
9 49 (2.20%) IBM
10 31 (1.39%) Bloomberg
10 31 (1.39%) Remedy
11 30 (1.34%) Murex
12 28 (1.25%) Temenos
13 27 (1.21%) HP
14 25 (1.12%) NetApp
15 24 (1.08%) Databricks
15 24 (1.08%) Salesforce
16 23 (1.03%) Apple