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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 25 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,166 2,378 2,905
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.04% 7.64% 7.50%
As % of the General category 11.14% 12.69% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,394 1,579 2,006
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £609 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% -2.56% -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £750
90th Percentile £816 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -10.00% -3.23% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 9 21
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.93 £15.72
25th Percentile £24.45 £15.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +48.65% -26.00%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £30.00
90th Percentile £56.00 £82.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £18.72
% change year-on-year -6.85% +44.27% -25.14%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,446 18,733 23,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.24% 60.17% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,342 11,240 15,689
10th Percentile £275 £300 £288
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £769
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 700 1,030
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.46
Median hourly rate £24.21 £31.31 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.69% -4.40% +28.33%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.95 £59.88
90th Percentile £71.80 £72.50 £70.78
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £28.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -13.96% -12.50% +28.00%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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 28 November 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 -7 1,530 £600 -5.88% 314
North of England +3 403 £465 -7.92% 51
Yorkshire +1 226 £500 -9.09% 19
North West +4 187 £449 -1.43% 31
Midlands +23 168 £465 -15.45% 28
West Midlands +9 97 £525 -14.98% 18
East Midlands +22 73 £410 -3.24% 9
South East -26 44 £425 -15.00% 177
South West +8 35 £525 -8.50% 17
East of England -9 12 £400 -46.67% 5
North East -5 4 - - 1
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
1 122 (5.63%) Confluence
2 54 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.94%) Apache
4 38 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (1.02%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.78%) CMS
7 16 (0.74%) CICS
8 12 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.42%) MQSeries
9 9 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.37%) Mule
10 8 (0.37%) SAS
10 8 (0.37%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.32%) HCL Notes
11 7 (0.32%) IIS
12 5 (0.23%) JBoss
12 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.18%) Anypoint
13 4 (0.18%) Camunda
14 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 113 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.92%) 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%) Trello
11 2 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.046%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.046%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 23 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
2 21 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
5 12 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
6 11 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
7 10 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
8 8 (0.37%) Aladdin
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 8 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.37%) Temenos T24
8 8 (0.37%) VisionPLUS
9 6 (0.28%) Fidessa
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
10 5 (0.23%) Loan IQ
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
11 4 (0.18%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 336 (15.51%) Azure
2 334 (15.42%) AWS
3 191 (8.82%) GCP
4 136 (6.28%) Power Platform
5 83 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (3.51%) GitHub
7 66 (3.05%) Serverless
8 52 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (2.31%) Figma
10 41 (1.89%) Snowflake
11 39 (1.80%) SaaS
12 38 (1.75%) PowerApps
13 37 (1.71%) Entra ID
14 31 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (1.39%) dbt
15 30 (1.39%) Power Automate
16 25 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (1.02%) Azure AKS
18 21 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.35%) Firewall
2 41 (1.89%) DNS
3 36 (1.66%) Network Security
4 29 (1.34%) Wireless
5 25 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 25 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 21 (0.97%) DMZ
6 21 (0.97%) HTTP
6 21 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.78%) Multicast
8 15 (0.69%) SSL
9 13 (0.60%) DHCP
9 13 (0.60%) VPN
9 13 (0.60%) Wireshark
10 12 (0.55%) BIG-IP
11 11 (0.51%) BGP
12 9 (0.42%) LAN
12 9 (0.42%) NetScaler
13 8 (0.37%) SAN
13 8 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (5.22%) Power BI
2 93 (4.29%) SQL Server
3 85 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 69 (3.19%) NoSQL
5 56 (2.59%) Tableau
6 53 (2.45%) MongoDB
7 43 (1.99%) Data Lake
8 42 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 35 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
10 34 (1.57%) Metadata
11 32 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
12 30 (1.39%) Apache Arrow
12 30 (1.39%) Apache Iceberg
12 30 (1.39%) Apache Ignite
12 30 (1.39%) DB2
12 30 (1.39%) Dremio
13 28 (1.29%) Oracle Database
14 26 (1.20%) Big Data
15 24 (1.11%) Power Query
16 21 (0.97%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 211 (9.74%) JIRA
2 155 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 115 (5.31%) Git
4 82 (3.79%) GitLab
5 51 (2.35%) JUnit
6 38 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
7 34 (1.57%) Bitbucket
7 34 (1.57%) Selenium
8 26 (1.20%) Cucumber
8 26 (1.20%) Liquibase
9 24 (1.11%) Maven
10 23 (1.06%) SonarQube
11 19 (0.88%) Postman
12 16 (0.74%) Gradle
13 15 (0.69%) TeamCity
14 14 (0.65%) REST Assured
15 12 (0.55%) Cypress.io
16 11 (0.51%) Fiddler
16 11 (0.51%) Xcode
17 10 (0.46%) Mockito
General
1 1,377 (63.57%) Finance
2 794 (36.66%) Social Skills
3 475 (21.93%) Investment Banking
4 297 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
5 204 (9.42%) Front Office
6 140 (6.46%) Financial Institution
7 72 (3.32%) Retail Banking
8 64 (2.95%) Retail
9 50 (2.31%) Corporate Banking
10 48 (2.22%) Legal
11 40 (1.85%) Back Office
12 39 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
14 35 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
16 28 (1.29%) Public Sector
17 24 (1.11%) International Banking
17 24 (1.11%) Private Banking
18 20 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 19 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 441 (20.36%) Developer
2 359 (16.57%) Analyst
3 279 (12.88%) Senior
4 235 (10.85%) Business Analyst
5 187 (8.63%) Architect
6 139 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 122 (5.63%) Java Developer
8 104 (4.80%) Lead
9 89 (4.11%) Senior Developer
10 85 (3.92%) Software Engineer
11 73 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
12 66 (3.05%) Banking Analyst
13 62 (2.86%) Consultant
14 58 (2.68%) Python Engineer
15 57 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
16 55 (2.54%) Data Analyst
16 55 (2.54%) Designer
17 51 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
18 50 (2.31%) Senior Java Developer
19 49 (2.26%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (5.91%) Kafka
2 118 (5.45%) REST
3 98 (4.52%) .NET
4 90 (4.16%) Spring
5 83 (3.83%) React
5 83 (3.83%) RESTful
6 72 (3.32%) Spring Boot
7 71 (3.28%) Pandas
8 67 (3.09%) NumPy
9 59 (2.72%) AngularJS
10 58 (2.68%) HTML
11 50 (2.31%) SciPy
12 47 (2.17%) CSS
13 40 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
13 40 (1.85%) Node.js
14 38 (1.75%) Middleware
15 35 (1.62%) FIX Protocol
15 35 (1.62%) XML
16 34 (1.57%) gRPC
17 32 (1.48%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 153 (7.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 149 (6.88%) Derivative
3 119 (5.49%) Onboarding
4 106 (4.89%) Cloud Native
5 102 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 94 (4.34%) Fixed Income
7 92 (4.25%) Equities
8 83 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
9 77 (3.55%) Management Information System
10 76 (3.51%) Hedge funds
11 68 (3.14%) Data Centre
12 63 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
13 56 (2.59%) Mobile App
14 51 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 46 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.94%) Public Cloud
17 39 (1.80%) Data Structures
18 37 (1.71%) Market Risk
19 34 (1.57%) Credit Risk
20 31 (1.43%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 163 (7.53%) Linux
2 124 (5.72%) Windows
3 53 (2.45%) Android
4 46 (2.12%) Unix
5 27 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 26 (1.20%) Windows 10
7 25 (1.15%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.97%) Windows Server
9 10 (0.46%) zOS
10 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
12 2 (0.092%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.092%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.046%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.046%) Solaris
13 1 (0.046%) VMS
13 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (28.16%) Agile
2 395 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
3 322 (14.87%) DevOps
4 309 (14.27%) CI/CD
5 299 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 214 (9.88%) Analytics
7 211 (9.74%) Microservices
8 182 (8.40%) Risk Management
9 169 (7.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 168 (7.76%) Project Management
11 159 (7.34%) Software Engineering
12 155 (7.16%) Migration
13 151 (6.97%) Change Management
14 147 (6.79%) Decision-Making
15 141 (6.51%) Containerisation
16 137 (6.33%) Roadmaps
17 135 (6.23%) Scrum
18 132 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
19 127 (5.86%) Data Analysis
19 127 (5.86%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 425 (19.62%) Python
2 374 (17.27%) SQL
3 347 (16.02%) Java
4 150 (6.93%) C#
5 128 (5.91%) JavaScript
6 75 (3.46%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.59%) PowerShell
8 55 (2.54%) C++
9 54 (2.49%) Go
10 32 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 29 (1.34%) PL/SQL
12 28 (1.29%) Bash
13 24 (1.11%) Kotlin
13 24 (1.11%) VBA
14 20 (0.92%) Rust
15 18 (0.83%) Scala
16 17 (0.78%) COBOL
17 15 (0.69%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.60%) R
18 13 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 243 (11.22%) Degree
2 88 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 87 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 62 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 49 (2.26%) PMI Certification
6 45 (2.08%) PMP
7 43 (1.99%) SC Cleared
8 31 (1.43%) CISSP
9 29 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 28 (1.29%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (0.92%) DV Cleared
12 20 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.65%) CISM
14 12 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.55%) BC Cleared
15 11 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.42%) CCNP
16 9 (0.42%) PhD
17 7 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (5.91%) QA
2 76 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.54%) GDPR
4 44 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.03%) PMO
5 43 (1.99%) ISO 20022
6 32 (1.48%) SEPA
7 29 (1.34%) NIST
8 28 (1.29%) SLA
9 25 (1.15%) MiFID
10 24 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 23 (1.06%) PSD2
12 20 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 19 (0.88%) GRC
13 19 (0.88%) PCI DSS
14 16 (0.74%) EMIR
15 15 (0.69%) Basel III
16 12 (0.55%) IFRS
17 7 (0.32%) SOC 2
18 6 (0.28%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 174 (8.03%) Docker
2 44 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (1.89%) Active Directory
4 14 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.55%) 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 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.092%) ACF2
9 2 (0.092%) GridGain
9 2 (0.092%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.092%) NFS
9 2 (0.092%) vSphere
9 2 (0.092%) XenApp
9 2 (0.092%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.046%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.046%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 203 (9.37%) Kubernetes
2 116 (5.36%) Terraform
3 83 (3.83%) Ansible
4 46 (2.12%) Grafana
5 44 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.83%) SCCM
7 13 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
8 12 (0.55%) NetBackup
9 11 (0.51%) Argo
9 11 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
10 9 (0.42%) Control-M
10 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.37%) CA Endevor
11 8 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.28%) Kibana
13 6 (0.28%) RSA Archer
14 5 (0.23%) OMEGAMON
14 5 (0.23%) QRadar
14 5 (0.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 248 (11.45%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.42%) Oracle
3 100 (4.62%) Google
4 62 (2.86%) Splunk
5 52 (2.40%) IBM
5 52 (2.40%) VMware
6 42 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.89%) Cisco
8 38 (1.75%) F5
9 37 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 36 (1.66%) HP
11 32 (1.48%) Apple
11 32 (1.48%) CyberArk
11 32 (1.48%) Dell
12 30 (1.39%) SAP
13 27 (1.25%) Databricks
14 26 (1.20%) Citrix
15 25 (1.15%) Bloomberg
15 25 (1.15%) Dynatrace
16 22 (1.02%) Solace