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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,590 2,223 2,429
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.78% 8.08% 7.13%
As % of the General category 10.45% 12.67% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,561 1,537 1,780
10th Percentile £400 £350 £400
25th Percentile £458 £415 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £680 £738 £788
90th Percentile £813 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 28 15
10th Percentile £16.63 £18.10 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.77 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.60 £25.15 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +28.97% +5.41%
75th Percentile £33.70 - £42.13
90th Percentile £96.88 £57.75 £76.20
UK median hourly rate £17.25 £24.66 £18.89
% change year-on-year -30.05% +30.58% +0.91%

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 24,793 17,544 19,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.30% 63.79% 57.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,857 11,215 12,627
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £416 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £656
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,857 927 1,344
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.31 £14.06
25th Percentile £18.75 £16.39 £17.44
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.88 £59.66
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £70.25
UK median hourly rate £32.90 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +30.83% -32.93% +22.79%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -9 1,854 £590 -8.25% 686
North of England -7 510 £500 +12.36% 97
North West -7 262 £490 +15.29% 55
Yorkshire -8 238 £512 +9.23% 39
Midlands -18 161 £525 +25.75% 22
West Midlands +19 123 £538 -2.27% 11
East Midlands -35 38 £522 +32.93% 11
South West -46 36 £563 +7.14% 23
South East -64 31 £550 +22.22% 77
East of England +8 30 £580 -22.67% 4
North East -38 13 £875 +108.33% 3
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
1 151 (5.83%) Confluence
2 58 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 25 (0.97%) SAS
4 24 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 20 (0.77%) Apache
7 18 (0.69%) IIS
8 10 (0.39%) Camunda
8 10 (0.39%) CICS
9 9 (0.35%) Appian
10 8 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
11 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (0.15%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.15%) WordPress
13 3 (0.12%) Ethereum
13 3 (0.12%) Hyperledger
14 2 (0.077%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.077%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.077%) JBoss
14 2 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 87 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.12%) Sketch
7 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.12%) Trello
8 2 (0.077%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.077%) EngageOne
8 2 (0.077%) InVision
8 2 (0.077%) Notion
9 1 (0.039%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 21 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (0.77%) Temenos T24
3 17 (0.66%) Finacle
4 16 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
4 16 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.54%) Aladdin
6 12 (0.46%) Loan IQ
7 10 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (0.31%) Actimize
9 8 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
10 7 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
10 7 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
10 7 (0.27%) OpenText MBPM
11 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
11 6 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
12 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 395 (15.25%) Azure
2 347 (13.40%) AWS
3 167 (6.45%) GCP
4 133 (5.14%) Power Platform
5 85 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (3.05%) GitHub
7 72 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (2.59%) Snowflake
9 66 (2.55%) SaaS
10 46 (1.78%) Entra ID
11 45 (1.74%) OpenShift
12 38 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 35 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (1.16%) Figma
15 30 (1.16%) Serverless
16 26 (1.00%) Power Automate
17 24 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
17 24 (0.93%) PaaS
17 24 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (3.01%) Firewall
2 70 (2.70%) DNS
3 65 (2.51%) VPN
4 59 (2.28%) Network Security
5 41 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 33 (1.27%) BGP
6 33 (1.27%) Multicast
6 33 (1.27%) SSL
7 26 (1.00%) SAN
8 25 (0.97%) HTTP
9 22 (0.85%) BIG-IP
9 22 (0.85%) DMZ
9 22 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 20 (0.77%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 19 (0.73%) Wireshark
12 18 (0.69%) DHCP
12 18 (0.69%) FIX Connectivity
13 13 (0.50%) LAN
14 12 (0.46%) WAN
14 12 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 109 (4.21%) Power BI
3 80 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (2.70%) Metadata
5 65 (2.51%) Relational Database
6 53 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
7 47 (1.81%) Oracle Database
8 38 (1.47%) Tableau
9 37 (1.43%) MongoDB
10 36 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 30 (1.16%) Big Data
12 23 (0.89%) Db2
13 20 (0.77%) RDBMS
14 19 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
14 19 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.69%) BigQuery
16 17 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (0.62%) Data Vault
17 16 (0.62%) NoSQL
18 14 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 253 (9.77%) JIRA
2 105 (4.05%) Git
3 103 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 62 (2.39%) GitLab
5 35 (1.35%) JUnit
6 26 (1.00%) Selenium
7 22 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 19 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 18 (0.69%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.62%) Fiddler
11 15 (0.58%) ERwin
11 15 (0.58%) Mockito
11 15 (0.58%) SonarQube
12 14 (0.54%) ER Studio
12 14 (0.54%) Postman
12 14 (0.54%) REST Assured
12 14 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
13 13 (0.50%) Gradle
13 13 (0.50%) Maven
14 11 (0.42%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,643 (63.44%) Finance
2 667 (25.75%) Social Skills
3 521 (20.12%) Investment Banking
4 361 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
5 226 (8.73%) Front Office
6 128 (4.94%) Financial Institution
7 111 (4.29%) Retail Banking
8 107 (4.13%) Retail
9 89 (3.44%) Corporate Banking
10 81 (3.13%) Legal
11 62 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
12 60 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
13 55 (2.12%) Private Banking
14 49 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
15 44 (1.70%) Public Sector
16 34 (1.31%) Back Office
17 29 (1.12%) Marketing
18 26 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
19 24 (0.93%) General Ledger
20 20 (0.77%) Billing
Job Titles
1 448 (17.30%) Developer
2 386 (14.90%) Analyst
3 333 (12.86%) Senior
4 297 (11.47%) Architect
5 240 (9.27%) Business Analyst
6 238 (9.19%) Lead
7 154 (5.95%) Java Developer
8 117 (4.52%) Project Manager
9 108 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
10 104 (4.02%) Senior Developer
11 97 (3.75%) Data Engineer
12 85 (3.28%) Banking Analyst
13 83 (3.20%) Consultant
14 62 (2.39%) Data Analyst
14 62 (2.39%) Senior Java Developer
14 62 (2.39%) Software Engineer
15 61 (2.36%) Network Engineer
16 51 (1.97%) Designer
17 50 (1.93%) C# Developer
18 49 (1.89%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (5.41%) React
2 123 (4.75%) Kafka
3 120 (4.63%) .NET
4 95 (3.67%) REST
5 91 (3.51%) Middleware
6 87 (3.36%) Spring
7 74 (2.86%) Spring Boot
8 55 (2.12%) Redux
9 52 (2.01%) RESTful
10 45 (1.74%) HTML
11 42 (1.62%) CSS
12 39 (1.51%) FIX Protocol
13 35 (1.35%) OAuth
13 35 (1.35%) PySpark
14 34 (1.31%) JSON
15 32 (1.24%) AngularJS
16 27 (1.04%) LangChain
17 26 (1.00%) Node.js
18 25 (0.97%) OAuth2
18 25 (0.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 185 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 153 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 146 (5.64%) Cloud Native
4 131 (5.06%) Derivative
5 126 (4.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 97 (3.75%) Fixed Income
7 88 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
8 81 (3.13%) Equities
9 78 (3.01%) Management Information System
10 73 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
11 71 (2.74%) Data Structures
12 57 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
13 55 (2.12%) AI Agents
14 52 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
14 52 (2.01%) Mainframe
15 49 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 46 (1.78%) Data Centre
17 44 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
18 43 (1.66%) Credit Risk
19 39 (1.51%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 157 (6.06%) Windows
2 137 (5.29%) Linux
3 85 (3.28%) Unix
4 34 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 27 (1.04%) zOS
6 23 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 22 (0.85%) Android
8 15 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 14 (0.54%) Windows 10
10 12 (0.46%) AIX
11 9 (0.35%) Solaris
12 8 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
13 6 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
13 6 (0.23%) HPUX
13 6 (0.23%) SUSE
13 6 (0.23%) VMS
14 5 (0.19%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (22.66%) Agile
2 517 (19.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 381 (14.71%) CI/CD
4 373 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
5 363 (14.02%) AI
6 326 (12.59%) DevOps
7 310 (11.97%) Migration
8 259 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 255 (9.85%) Analytics
10 220 (8.49%) Data Modelling
11 211 (8.15%) Roadmaps
12 199 (7.68%) Microservices
13 184 (7.10%) Decision-Making
14 182 (7.03%) Software Engineering
15 181 (6.99%) Validation
16 179 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 168 (6.49%) User Acceptance Testing
18 167 (6.45%) Generative AI
19 161 (6.22%) Test Automation
20 159 (6.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 424 (16.37%) SQL
2 375 (14.48%) Python
3 344 (13.28%) Java
4 178 (6.87%) C#
5 131 (5.06%) JavaScript
6 105 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 77 (2.97%) PowerShell
8 66 (2.55%) PL/SQL
9 47 (1.81%) Bash
10 45 (1.74%) Shell Script
11 41 (1.58%) Kotlin
11 41 (1.58%) T-SQL
12 31 (1.20%) C++
13 24 (0.93%) VBA
14 21 (0.81%) Korn
15 17 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 13 (0.50%) Scala
17 12 (0.46%) Bicep
17 12 (0.46%) Go
17 12 (0.46%) JCL
Qualifications
1 173 (6.68%) Degree
2 118 (4.56%) Security Cleared
3 85 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 52 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (1.78%) PMP
6 40 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 34 (1.31%) CISSP
8 27 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 27 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 27 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (0.93%) Master's Degree
10 22 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.62%) CISM
12 13 (0.50%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.35%) ACCA
15 9 (0.35%) CCSP
16 8 (0.31%) CCNA
16 8 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 131 (5.06%) QA
3 59 (2.28%) PMO
4 45 (1.74%) ISO 20022
5 42 (1.62%) GDPR
6 36 (1.39%) NIST
7 33 (1.27%) SEPA
8 32 (1.24%) GRC
9 29 (1.12%) SLA
10 28 (1.08%) PSD2
11 27 (1.04%) Accessibility
12 25 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 21 (0.81%) MiFID
14 17 (0.66%) PCI DSS
15 15 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 10 (0.39%) COREP
16 10 (0.39%) EMIR
17 9 (0.35%) IFRS
18 8 (0.31%) FINREP
19 6 (0.23%) Basel III
System Software
1 114 (4.40%) Docker
2 64 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.73%) RACF
5 17 (0.66%) vSphere
6 16 (0.62%) Firmware
6 16 (0.62%) NFS
7 15 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.23%) Varnish
9 5 (0.19%) Postfix
10 4 (0.15%) ACF2
10 4 (0.15%) Sendmail
10 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.15%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.12%) SRDF
11 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.12%) XenApp
12 2 (0.077%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.077%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 166 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 90 (3.47%) Terraform
3 81 (3.13%) Ansible
4 32 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.16%) Grafana
6 20 (0.77%) SCCM
7 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.58%) Control-M
10 14 (0.54%) OMEGAMON
11 13 (0.50%) Argo
12 12 (0.46%) Istio
13 9 (0.35%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
15 6 (0.23%) Puppet
15 6 (0.23%) SnapMirror
15 6 (0.23%) WSUS
16 5 (0.19%) HAProxy
16 5 (0.19%) NetBackup
16 5 (0.19%) systemd
Vendors
1 287 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 194 (7.49%) Oracle
3 92 (3.55%) ServiceNow
4 78 (3.01%) IBM
5 70 (2.70%) Databricks
6 64 (2.47%) Cisco
7 59 (2.28%) Google
8 49 (1.89%) F5
9 48 (1.85%) SAP
10 47 (1.81%) VMware
11 45 (1.74%) Citrix
12 44 (1.70%) Salesforce
12 44 (1.70%) Splunk
13 31 (1.20%) CyberArk
13 31 (1.20%) Murex
13 31 (1.20%) OpenAI
14 27 (1.04%) NetApp
15 26 (1.00%) Avaloq
16 25 (0.97%) Fortinet
16 25 (0.97%) Red Hat