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 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,135 1,890 2,440
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.30% 7.29% 6.45%
As % of the General category 10.60% 11.65% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,311 1,199 1,734
10th Percentile £363 £363 £382
25th Percentile £445 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £800 £838 £838
UK median daily rate £530 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 24
10th Percentile £18.69 £15.22 £12.84
25th Percentile - £18.76 £16.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £41.87 £26.96 £30.00
90th Percentile £82.00 £78.75 £67.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.15 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.14% +23.85% -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 20,146 16,219 22,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.47% 62.58% 58.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,809 9,843 14,703
10th Percentile £294 £297 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,258 516 1,495
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.55 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.57 £19.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.92 £30.41 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +20.42% -8.18%
75th Percentile £50.00 £59.06 £52.78
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £67.33
UK median hourly rate £22.83 £29.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year -21.28% +15.01% -3.02%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -8 1,455 £600 -4.00% 283
North of England +10 455 £469 +4.22% 57
North West +13 233 £446 +11.50% 34
Yorkshire +2 229 £500 -11.50% 18
Midlands +15 176 £490 -10.91% 16
West Midlands +12 117 £540 -2.70% 11
East Midlands +7 59 £425 -4.49% 5
South East -25 49 £425 -22.73% 134
South West -15 31 £525 -16.00% 9
East of England -17 12 £400 -33.33% 7
North East -11 5 £400 - 5
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
1 162 (7.59%) Confluence
2 55 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 21 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.75%) Apache
5 15 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.42%) CMS
6 9 (0.42%) IIS
6 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.42%) SAS
7 8 (0.37%) CICS
8 7 (0.33%) MQSeries
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.23%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.23%) Hyperledger
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.14%) Camunda
11 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.094%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.094%) Mule
12 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 151 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
4 47 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.94%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.094%) Sketch
11 1 (0.047%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.047%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 30 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 24 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
4 18 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
7 13 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (0.52%) Temenos T24
9 9 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (0.37%) Finacle
10 8 (0.37%) Loan IQ
10 8 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 8 (0.37%) SAP FI
11 7 (0.33%) Fidessa
12 6 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (0.28%) SAP CO
12 6 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
13 5 (0.23%) BASE24
13 5 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
13 5 (0.23%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 335 (15.69%) Azure
2 320 (14.99%) AWS
3 171 (8.01%) GCP
4 144 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 83 (3.89%) GitHub
5 83 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (3.09%) Serverless
7 51 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.15%) Figma
9 41 (1.92%) SaaS
10 32 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (1.41%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.22%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
13 25 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (1.12%) Snowflake
15 22 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (1.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.72%) DNS
2 46 (2.15%) Firewall
3 36 (1.69%) HTTP
4 34 (1.59%) Network Security
5 31 (1.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 31 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 29 (1.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 29 (1.36%) VPN
7 25 (1.17%) DMZ
8 22 (1.03%) SSL
9 20 (0.94%) BIG-IP
9 20 (0.94%) Wireless
9 20 (0.94%) Wireshark
10 16 (0.75%) BGP
10 16 (0.75%) Multicast
10 16 (0.75%) NetScaler
11 14 (0.66%) DHCP
12 12 (0.56%) Skype
13 11 (0.52%) FIX Connectivity
13 11 (0.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (5.53%) Power BI
2 91 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 73 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
4 71 (3.33%) Tableau
5 62 (2.90%) NoSQL
6 45 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 43 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (1.83%) Relational Database
9 38 (1.78%) Oracle Database
10 31 (1.45%) Metadata
11 24 (1.12%) BigQuery
12 22 (1.03%) Big Data
13 20 (0.94%) DB2
14 19 (0.89%) Data Lake
15 17 (0.80%) Hadoop
16 16 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 14 (0.66%) MySQL
18 13 (0.61%) Power Query
19 11 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
20 10 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 239 (11.19%) JIRA
2 137 (6.42%) Jenkins
3 94 (4.40%) Git
4 91 (4.26%) GitLab
5 31 (1.45%) JUnit
5 31 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 25 (1.17%) Selenium
7 23 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 22 (1.03%) Liquibase
9 19 (0.89%) Cucumber
9 19 (0.89%) Postman
10 18 (0.84%) Fiddler
10 18 (0.84%) Maven
11 17 (0.80%) Gradle
12 15 (0.70%) REST Assured
13 14 (0.66%) TeamCity
14 12 (0.56%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.47%) Cypress.io
16 9 (0.42%) Xcode
17 8 (0.37%) MLflow
General
1 1,344 (62.95%) Finance
2 746 (34.94%) Social Skills
3 438 (20.52%) Investment Banking
4 284 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
5 181 (8.48%) Front Office
6 126 (5.90%) Financial Institution
7 74 (3.47%) Retail Banking
8 53 (2.48%) Corporate Banking
8 53 (2.48%) Legal
9 52 (2.44%) Retail
10 51 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.06%) Public Sector
12 35 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.17%) Back Office
16 24 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.12%) International Banking
16 24 (1.12%) Marketing
17 23 (1.08%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 406 (19.02%) Developer
2 369 (17.28%) Analyst
3 286 (13.40%) Senior
4 257 (12.04%) Business Analyst
5 209 (9.79%) Architect
6 129 (6.04%) Lead
6 129 (6.04%) Project Manager
7 119 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
8 111 (5.20%) Java Developer
9 90 (4.22%) Senior Developer
10 73 (3.42%) Consultant
11 69 (3.23%) Banking Analyst
12 52 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (2.39%) Banking Business Analyst
14 50 (2.34%) Senior Java Developer
15 48 (2.25%) Data Engineer
16 47 (2.20%) Designer
17 45 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
17 45 (2.11%) Software Engineer
18 40 (1.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (5.39%) Kafka
1 115 (5.39%) REST
2 99 (4.64%) .NET
3 81 (3.79%) Spring
4 73 (3.42%) RESTful
5 71 (3.33%) React
6 67 (3.14%) Spring Boot
7 59 (2.76%) HTML
8 54 (2.53%) Middleware
9 47 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 47 (2.20%) Pandas
10 41 (1.92%) NumPy
11 39 (1.83%) CSS
11 39 (1.83%) Node.js
11 39 (1.83%) XML
12 36 (1.69%) OAuth
13 31 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
14 29 (1.36%) JSON
15 28 (1.31%) JMS
16 26 (1.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 132 (6.18%) Product Ownership
2 118 (5.53%) Derivative
3 105 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 102 (4.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 98 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 89 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 75 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
7 75 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
8 69 (3.23%) Equities
9 65 (3.04%) Fixed Income
10 52 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 50 (2.34%) Public Cloud
12 42 (1.97%) Data Centre
13 40 (1.87%) Credit Risk
13 40 (1.87%) Data Structures
13 40 (1.87%) Hedge funds
14 39 (1.83%) Mobile App
15 37 (1.73%) Market Risk
16 34 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
17 29 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 128 (6.00%) Linux
2 122 (5.71%) Windows
3 49 (2.30%) Unix
4 39 (1.83%) Android
5 34 (1.59%) Windows 10
6 23 (1.08%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.94%) Windows Server
8 16 (0.75%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.56%) zOS
10 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.23%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.19%) AIX
13 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.14%) VMS
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.094%) CoreOS
14 2 (0.094%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.047%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (26.93%) Agile
2 382 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
3 368 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 311 (14.57%) CI/CD
5 309 (14.47%) DevOps
6 204 (9.56%) Analytics
7 192 (8.99%) Migration
8 188 (8.81%) Microservices
9 187 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 173 (8.10%) Risk Management
11 169 (7.92%) AI
12 160 (7.49%) Project Management
13 153 (7.17%) Decision-Making
14 148 (6.93%) Data Analysis
15 146 (6.84%) Data Modelling
16 145 (6.79%) Roadmaps
17 144 (6.74%) Scrum
18 143 (6.70%) Business Intelligence
19 140 (6.56%) Change Management
20 137 (6.42%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 394 (18.45%) SQL
2 371 (17.38%) Python
3 311 (14.57%) Java
4 136 (6.37%) C#
5 89 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 61 (2.86%) PowerShell
7 59 (2.76%) Go
7 59 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 39 (1.83%) C++
9 34 (1.59%) PL/SQL
10 29 (1.36%) VBA
11 26 (1.22%) Bash
11 26 (1.22%) Shell Script
12 22 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 19 (0.89%) COBOL
14 18 (0.84%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.66%) Scala
16 12 (0.56%) Perl
17 11 (0.52%) RPG
17 11 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 252 (11.80%) Degree
2 84 (3.93%) Security Cleared
3 83 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 80 (3.75%) Master's Degree
5 57 (2.67%) PMI Certification
6 50 (2.34%) PMP
7 48 (2.25%) SC Cleared
8 40 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.17%) CISSP
11 24 (1.12%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.80%) MBA
13 15 (0.70%) CBAP
13 15 (0.70%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.61%) CISM
14 13 (0.61%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.56%) PhD
16 9 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.42%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (6.18%) QA
2 90 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 58 (2.72%) ISO 20022
4 53 (2.48%) GDPR
5 39 (1.83%) PSD2
6 37 (1.73%) PMO
7 34 (1.59%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.59%) SEPA
8 29 (1.36%) PCI DSS
9 28 (1.31%) SLA
10 26 (1.22%) GRC
11 25 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (1.08%) Basel III
12 23 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 22 (1.03%) MiFID
14 21 (0.98%) NIST
15 16 (0.75%) EMIR
15 16 (0.75%) ISO 8583
16 10 (0.47%) IFRS
17 7 (0.33%) COBIT
System Software
1 171 (8.01%) Docker
2 44 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (1.41%) Active Directory
4 20 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (0.89%) Firmware
6 8 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.33%) vSphere
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) RACF
10 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.094%) ACF2
11 2 (0.094%) GridGain
11 2 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.047%) GPFS
12 1 (0.047%) HDFS
12 1 (0.047%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.047%) XenApp
12 1 (0.047%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 196 (9.18%) Kubernetes
2 105 (4.92%) Terraform
3 78 (3.65%) Ansible
4 52 (2.44%) Grafana
5 42 (1.97%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.89%) SCCM
7 17 (0.80%) Argo
8 12 (0.56%) Control-M
9 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.28%) NetBackup
12 5 (0.23%) CA Endevor
12 5 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.23%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.19%) Istio
13 4 (0.19%) Karpenter
13 4 (0.19%) Kibana
14 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 235 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 149 (6.98%) Oracle
3 88 (4.12%) Google
4 60 (2.81%) Splunk
5 52 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 51 (2.39%) VMware
7 47 (2.20%) IBM
8 45 (2.11%) Cisco
9 43 (2.01%) F5
10 41 (1.92%) SAP
11 40 (1.87%) Citrix
12 32 (1.50%) Remedy
13 26 (1.22%) HP
13 26 (1.22%) Salesforce
14 25 (1.17%) Bloomberg
15 24 (1.12%) Apple
15 24 (1.12%) CyberArk
15 24 (1.12%) Databricks
15 24 (1.12%) Dell
16 22 (1.03%) Murex