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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,180 1,896 2,402
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.15% 7.38% 6.40%
As % of the General category 10.44% 11.78% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,205 1,729
10th Percentile £363 £375 £380
25th Percentile £447 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £608 £610
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% -0.41% -6.15%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £775 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 22
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.22 £12.84
25th Percentile £23.02 £20.52 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -15.22%
75th Percentile £43.90 £25.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £90.13 £73.80 £82.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.17 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.08% +23.92% -15.22%

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 20,882 16,098 22,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.93% 62.62% 59.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,242 9,963 14,547
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £406 £412 £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 1,296 535 1,587
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.62 £13.21
25th Percentile £17.12 £20.15 £15.21
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -15.09%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £29.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.15% +15.00% -10.34%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -10 1,481 £575 -8.73% 213
North of England +8 473 £480 +5.84% 61
Yorkshire +2 244 £500 -12.28% 26
North West +12 237 £447 +11.75% 31
Midlands +23 184 £500 -9.09% 23
West Midlands +21 128 £575 -7.26% 18
East Midlands +2 56 £430 +4.88% 5
South East -20 47 £438 -20.45% 88
South West -15 32 £525 -14.29% 8
East of England -26 12 £400 -33.33% 8
North East -15 4 £400 - 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
1 159 (7.29%) Confluence
2 51 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.73%) SAS
5 14 (0.64%) Apache
6 13 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.50%) CICS
7 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.46%) IIS
9 9 (0.41%) CMS
10 7 (0.32%) MQSeries
11 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.23%) Ethereum
12 5 (0.23%) Hyperledger
13 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
14 2 (0.092%) Camunda
14 2 (0.092%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.092%) WebLogic
Applications
1 145 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.96%) Chatbot
6 20 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.092%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.046%) Sketch
11 1 (0.046%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 30 (1.38%) Payment Gateway
2 27 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
3 18 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 18 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
4 17 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (0.55%) Temenos T24
7 10 (0.46%) Loan IQ
7 10 (0.46%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 8 (0.37%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.32%) Actimize
9 7 (0.32%) Finacle
10 6 (0.28%) Fidessa
11 5 (0.23%) BASE24
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 336 (15.41%) Azure
2 325 (14.91%) AWS
3 172 (7.89%) GCP
4 133 (6.10%) Power Platform
5 87 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
6 85 (3.90%) GitHub
7 64 (2.94%) Serverless
8 50 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (2.11%) SaaS
10 38 (1.74%) Figma
11 33 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (1.24%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.15%) Amazon S3
13 25 (1.15%) OCI
13 25 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 24 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
15 23 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.01%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 65 (2.98%) DNS
2 50 (2.29%) Firewall
3 37 (1.70%) HTTP
4 35 (1.61%) VPN
5 33 (1.51%) Network Security
5 33 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 32 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 30 (1.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 26 (1.19%) DMZ
9 24 (1.10%) SSL
10 22 (1.01%) BGP
10 22 (1.01%) BIG-IP
10 22 (1.01%) Wireshark
11 21 (0.96%) Multicast
12 19 (0.87%) Wireless
13 16 (0.73%) DHCP
13 16 (0.73%) NetScaler
14 15 (0.69%) SAN
15 14 (0.64%) FIX Connectivity
16 13 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (5.00%) Power BI
2 93 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 75 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
4 62 (2.84%) NoSQL
4 62 (2.84%) Tableau
5 48 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (1.97%) MongoDB
7 40 (1.83%) Oracle Database
8 38 (1.74%) Metadata
9 37 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 30 (1.38%) Big Data
11 24 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 19 (0.87%) DB2
13 18 (0.83%) Hadoop
14 17 (0.78%) Data Lake
14 17 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.60%) MySQL
16 11 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
17 10 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 236 (10.83%) JIRA
2 134 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 93 (4.27%) GitLab
4 90 (4.13%) Git
5 35 (1.61%) JUnit
6 28 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 23 (1.06%) Cucumber
7 23 (1.06%) Liquibase
8 22 (1.01%) Bitbucket
8 22 (1.01%) Selenium
9 20 (0.92%) Fiddler
10 18 (0.83%) Postman
11 15 (0.69%) Maven
12 14 (0.64%) REST Assured
13 13 (0.60%) Gradle
14 12 (0.55%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.46%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.46%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 1,374 (63.03%) Finance
2 736 (33.76%) Social Skills
3 446 (20.46%) Investment Banking
4 291 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
5 172 (7.89%) Front Office
6 126 (5.78%) Financial Institution
7 82 (3.76%) Retail Banking
8 62 (2.84%) Legal
9 60 (2.75%) Retail
10 58 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 54 (2.48%) Corporate Banking
12 47 (2.16%) Public Sector
13 38 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
15 33 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (1.24%) Marketing
17 25 (1.15%) Private Banking
18 24 (1.10%) International Banking
19 23 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 21 (0.96%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 393 (18.03%) Developer
2 380 (17.43%) Analyst
3 283 (12.98%) Senior
4 260 (11.93%) Business Analyst
5 222 (10.18%) Architect
6 139 (6.38%) Lead
7 136 (6.24%) Project Manager
8 122 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
9 109 (5.00%) Java Developer
10 84 (3.85%) Senior Developer
11 77 (3.53%) Consultant
12 73 (3.35%) Banking Analyst
13 56 (2.57%) Data Engineer
14 53 (2.43%) Banking Business Analyst
15 52 (2.39%) DevOps Engineer
16 46 (2.11%) Designer
16 46 (2.11%) Network Engineer
16 46 (2.11%) Senior Java Developer
17 44 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
18 43 (1.97%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (5.78%) Kafka
2 111 (5.09%) REST
3 100 (4.59%) .NET
4 75 (3.44%) Spring
5 73 (3.35%) React
6 68 (3.12%) RESTful
7 62 (2.84%) Middleware
7 62 (2.84%) Spring Boot
8 59 (2.71%) HTML
9 48 (2.20%) AngularJS
10 42 (1.93%) Pandas
11 39 (1.79%) XML
12 38 (1.74%) OAuth
13 37 (1.70%) CSS
14 36 (1.65%) NumPy
15 32 (1.47%) JSON
16 30 (1.38%) Node.js
17 29 (1.33%) OAuth2
18 28 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
19 25 (1.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (5.87%) Product Ownership
2 115 (5.28%) Derivative
3 100 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 97 (4.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 92 (4.22%) Cloud Native
5 92 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 78 (3.58%) Data Protection Act
7 70 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
8 65 (2.98%) Equities
9 63 (2.89%) Fixed Income
10 53 (2.43%) Public Cloud
11 46 (2.11%) Data Structures
12 42 (1.93%) Data Centre
13 40 (1.83%) Credit Risk
14 39 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
14 39 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 38 (1.74%) Market Risk
16 34 (1.56%) Hedge funds
17 32 (1.47%) Mobile App
18 29 (1.33%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 129 (5.92%) Windows
2 128 (5.87%) Linux
3 53 (2.43%) Unix
4 36 (1.65%) Android
5 35 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 21 (0.96%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.83%) Windows Server
8 15 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.64%) zOS
10 10 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.28%) VMS
12 5 (0.23%) AIX
13 4 (0.18%) CoreOS
13 4 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.18%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.046%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.046%) Solaris
15 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (25.64%) Agile
2 384 (17.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 377 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
4 322 (14.77%) DevOps
5 314 (14.40%) CI/CD
6 222 (10.18%) Migration
7 213 (9.77%) Analytics
8 188 (8.62%) AI
9 184 (8.44%) Microservices
10 176 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 174 (7.98%) Risk Management
12 157 (7.20%) Decision-Making
12 157 (7.20%) Project Management
13 154 (7.06%) Data Modelling
14 151 (6.93%) Data Analysis
15 143 (6.56%) Change Management
16 142 (6.51%) Roadmaps
17 141 (6.47%) Validation
18 140 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
19 137 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 392 (17.98%) SQL
2 376 (17.25%) Python
3 313 (14.36%) Java
4 138 (6.33%) C#
5 86 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 61 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 61 (2.80%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.57%) Go
8 37 (1.70%) PL/SQL
9 31 (1.42%) C++
10 30 (1.38%) Shell Script
10 30 (1.38%) VBA
11 27 (1.24%) Bash
12 23 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 20 (0.92%) COBOL
14 16 (0.73%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.64%) Scala
16 12 (0.55%) Korn
16 12 (0.55%) Perl
17 11 (0.50%) RPG
Qualifications
1 239 (10.96%) Degree
2 89 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 81 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 81 (3.72%) Master's Degree
4 53 (2.43%) PMI Certification
4 53 (2.43%) PMP
5 52 (2.39%) SC Cleared
6 41 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 28 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 26 (1.19%) CISSP
10 17 (0.78%) MBA
11 15 (0.69%) CISM
11 15 (0.69%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.60%) CBAP
13 12 (0.55%) PhD
14 11 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.46%) DV Cleared
16 8 (0.37%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (6.10%) QA
2 98 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 58 (2.66%) ISO 20022
4 50 (2.29%) GDPR
5 36 (1.65%) PMO
6 34 (1.56%) Accessibility
7 33 (1.51%) PSD2
8 32 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 32 (1.47%) SLA
9 30 (1.38%) SEPA
10 28 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 26 (1.19%) GRC
12 23 (1.06%) Basel III
12 23 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 22 (1.01%) NIST
14 20 (0.92%) MiFID
15 14 (0.64%) ISO 8583
16 13 (0.60%) EMIR
17 11 (0.50%) IFRS
18 8 (0.37%) COBIT
System Software
1 162 (7.43%) Docker
2 50 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (1.51%) Active Directory
4 21 (0.96%) Firmware
4 21 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.41%) vSphere
7 7 (0.32%) NFS
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.14%) RACF
9 3 (0.14%) SRDF
9 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.092%) ACF2
10 2 (0.092%) GridGain
10 2 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.092%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.046%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.046%) GPFS
11 1 (0.046%) HDFS
11 1 (0.046%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 191 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.68%) Terraform
3 85 (3.90%) Ansible
4 54 (2.48%) Grafana
5 44 (2.02%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.01%) SCCM
7 18 (0.83%) Argo
8 16 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.55%) Control-M
10 9 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (0.32%) Puppet
12 6 (0.28%) Istio
12 6 (0.28%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.23%) CA Endevor
13 5 (0.23%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.18%) Karpenter
14 4 (0.18%) SnapMirror
15 3 (0.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 239 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 152 (6.97%) Oracle
3 84 (3.85%) Google
4 63 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.84%) Splunk
6 60 (2.75%) VMware
7 55 (2.52%) Cisco
8 48 (2.20%) IBM
9 47 (2.16%) F5
10 44 (2.02%) Citrix
10 44 (2.02%) SAP
11 33 (1.51%) Remedy
12 29 (1.33%) Bloomberg
13 26 (1.19%) Murex
14 25 (1.15%) Databricks
14 25 (1.15%) HP
15 24 (1.10%) NetApp
15 24 (1.10%) Salesforce
16 23 (1.06%) Apple
16 23 (1.06%) Dell