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 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,387 1,904 2,357
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.71% 7.94% 6.42%
As % of the General category 10.51% 12.37% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,457 1,276 1,734
10th Percentile £383 £361 £395
25th Percentile £448 £444 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £775
90th Percentile £788 £839 £875
UK median daily rate £535 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 25
10th Percentile - £16.76 £12.34
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.51 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.27 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +15.72% +16.90% +21.18%
75th Percentile £95.00 £24.66 £27.00
90th Percentile £97.50 £24.86 £86.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £22.27 £19.05
% change year-on-year +15.72% +16.90% -63.71%

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 22,717 15,386 21,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.37% 64.14% 57.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,897 9,907 13,546
10th Percentile £312 £281 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £740 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,567 708 1,811
10th Percentile £14.10 £13.25 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.50 £28.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.68% -2.88%
75th Percentile £63.19 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £30.54 £27.97 £30.16
% change year-on-year +9.19% -7.26% -6.91%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -11 1,646 £575 -11.54% 640
North of England -2 506 £475 +6.26% 99
North West +8 263 £441 +6.27% 62
Yorkshire -6 234 £500 +1.27% 36
Midlands +7 186 £519 +22.00% 48
West Midlands +30 133 £575 +3.60% 37
East Midlands -20 53 £465 +19.23% 11
South East -46 38 £523 -9.13% 109
South West -27 36 £505 -1.46% 14
East of England -25 15 £505 -15.83% 14
North East -20 13 £875 +108.33% 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
1 166 (6.95%) Confluence
2 48 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.05%) SAS
4 18 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.75%) IIS
5 16 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.46%) Apache
7 10 (0.42%) CICS
8 8 (0.34%) Camunda
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 7 (0.29%) Hyperledger
10 6 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.17%) Appian
13 2 (0.084%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.084%) CMS
13 2 (0.084%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 120 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 56 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
4 43 (1.80%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.13%) Sketch
8 2 (0.084%) InVision
8 2 (0.084%) Notion
8 2 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.084%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.17%) Payment Gateway
2 25 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 23 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
6 15 (0.63%) Loan IQ
6 15 (0.63%) Temenos T24
7 13 (0.54%) Finacle
8 9 (0.38%) Aladdin
8 9 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (0.38%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
9 8 (0.34%) SAP CO
9 8 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (0.34%) Summit
10 7 (0.29%) Actimize
11 6 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 5 (0.21%) BASE24
12 5 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 364 (15.25%) Azure
2 321 (13.45%) AWS
3 153 (6.41%) GCP
4 123 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 81 (3.39%) GitHub
5 81 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (2.39%) SaaS
7 56 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (1.59%) OpenShift
9 37 (1.55%) Snowflake
10 34 (1.42%) Entra ID
11 31 (1.30%) Figma
11 31 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (1.17%) Amazon S3
13 26 (1.09%) OCI
13 26 (1.09%) Serverless
14 24 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
15 22 (0.92%) PaaS
15 22 (0.92%) Power Automate
16 20 (0.84%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (3.02%) DNS
2 57 (2.39%) VPN
3 55 (2.30%) Firewall
4 46 (1.93%) Network Security
5 37 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 32 (1.34%) HTTP
7 30 (1.26%) Multicast
8 28 (1.17%) BGP
9 24 (1.01%) SAN
9 24 (1.01%) SSL
10 23 (0.96%) BIG-IP
11 22 (0.92%) DMZ
11 22 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 21 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
13 20 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 20 (0.84%) Wireshark
14 16 (0.67%) DHCP
15 14 (0.59%) NetScaler
16 12 (0.50%) Internet
17 10 (0.42%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 100 (4.19%) Power BI
3 67 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (2.56%) Metadata
5 51 (2.14%) Tableau
6 50 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
7 48 (2.01%) Relational Database
8 44 (1.84%) Oracle Database
9 31 (1.30%) MongoDB
10 26 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 24 (1.01%) Big Data
12 19 (0.80%) Data Lake
12 19 (0.80%) DB2
13 18 (0.75%) BigQuery
14 16 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (0.59%) Pinecone
15 14 (0.59%) Power Query
15 14 (0.59%) RDBMS
15 14 (0.59%) Weaviate
16 13 (0.54%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 261 (10.93%) JIRA
2 100 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 90 (3.77%) Git
4 62 (2.60%) GitLab
5 35 (1.47%) JUnit
6 27 (1.13%) Selenium
7 23 (0.96%) Cucumber
8 18 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 18 (0.75%) Postman
8 18 (0.75%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.71%) Fiddler
10 16 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
11 14 (0.59%) REST Assured
11 14 (0.59%) SonarQube
12 12 (0.50%) Mockito
13 11 (0.46%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.46%) ERwin
13 11 (0.46%) Maven
14 10 (0.42%) ER Studio
15 8 (0.34%) Gradle
General
1 1,456 (61.00%) Finance
2 638 (26.73%) Social Skills
3 501 (20.99%) Investment Banking
4 331 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
5 197 (8.25%) Front Office
6 117 (4.90%) Financial Institution
7 109 (4.57%) Retail Banking
8 88 (3.69%) Retail
9 87 (3.64%) Corporate Banking
10 80 (3.35%) Legal
11 60 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
12 54 (2.26%) Public Sector
13 46 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.09%) Back Office
16 26 (1.09%) General Ledger
16 26 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 25 (1.05%) Private Banking
18 22 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 405 (16.97%) Developer
2 375 (15.71%) Analyst
3 315 (13.20%) Senior
4 278 (11.65%) Architect
5 258 (10.81%) Business Analyst
6 188 (7.88%) Lead
7 132 (5.53%) Solutions Architect
8 130 (5.45%) Java Developer
9 110 (4.61%) Project Manager
10 103 (4.32%) Senior Developer
11 89 (3.73%) Banking Analyst
12 84 (3.52%) Consultant
13 83 (3.48%) Data Engineer
14 63 (2.64%) Banking Business Analyst
15 58 (2.43%) Payments Architect
16 55 (2.30%) Senior Java Developer
17 54 (2.26%) Network Engineer
18 53 (2.22%) Payments Solutions Architect
19 49 (2.05%) C# Developer
19 49 (2.05%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.65%) Kafka
2 109 (4.57%) .NET
2 109 (4.57%) React
3 86 (3.60%) Spring
4 82 (3.44%) REST
5 81 (3.39%) Middleware
6 74 (3.10%) Spring Boot
7 63 (2.64%) RESTful
8 57 (2.39%) HTML
9 48 (2.01%) CSS
10 45 (1.89%) OAuth
11 40 (1.68%) AngularJS
12 38 (1.59%) FIX Protocol
12 38 (1.59%) XML
13 36 (1.51%) JSON
14 35 (1.47%) OAuth2
14 35 (1.47%) Redux
15 24 (1.01%) HTML5
15 24 (1.01%) Node.js
16 22 (0.92%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 173 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 118 (4.94%) Derivative
3 111 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 109 (4.57%) Cloud Native
5 101 (4.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 90 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 78 (3.27%) Fixed Income
8 74 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
9 66 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
9 66 (2.76%) Equities
10 64 (2.68%) Data Structures
11 46 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
12 44 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 43 (1.80%) Credit Risk
13 43 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 41 (1.72%) Market Risk
15 38 (1.59%) Mainframe
16 37 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
17 35 (1.47%) AI Agents
18 32 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 149 (6.24%) Windows
2 119 (4.99%) Linux
3 80 (3.35%) Unix
4 28 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 23 (0.96%) Android
5 23 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 23 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.92%) zOS
7 21 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.42%) AIX
9 7 (0.29%) Solaris
10 6 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
10 6 (0.25%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.25%) VMS
10 6 (0.25%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.21%) CoreOS
12 4 (0.17%) HPUX
12 4 (0.17%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (22.83%) Agile
2 440 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 346 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
4 330 (13.82%) CI/CD
5 305 (12.78%) DevOps
6 283 (11.86%) Migration
7 272 (11.40%) AI
8 207 (8.67%) Analytics
9 201 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 201 (8.42%) Data Modelling
10 186 (7.79%) Roadmaps
11 179 (7.50%) Validation
12 176 (7.37%) Microservices
13 175 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 167 (7.00%) Decision-Making
15 162 (6.79%) User Acceptance Testing
16 157 (6.58%) Risk Management
17 154 (6.45%) Test Automation
18 141 (5.91%) Software Engineering
19 139 (5.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 386 (16.17%) SQL
2 334 (13.99%) Python
3 320 (13.41%) Java
4 153 (6.41%) C#
5 110 (4.61%) JavaScript
6 86 (3.60%) TypeScript
7 67 (2.81%) PowerShell
8 56 (2.35%) PL/SQL
9 39 (1.63%) Bash
9 39 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 33 (1.38%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.21%) Kotlin
12 25 (1.05%) C++
13 23 (0.96%) Go
14 20 (0.84%) VBA
15 18 (0.75%) Korn
16 16 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (0.67%) Scala
17 13 (0.54%) COBOL
18 12 (0.50%) JCL
Qualifications
1 197 (8.25%) Degree
2 118 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 77 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 65 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 45 (1.89%) PMP
6 44 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 42 (1.76%) PMI Certification
8 35 (1.47%) CISSP
9 30 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (0.75%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.71%) CISM
13 15 (0.63%) MBA
14 14 (0.59%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.42%) CISA
17 10 (0.42%) DBS Check
18 9 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.57%) QA
2 132 (5.53%) Data Quality
3 51 (2.14%) PMO
4 49 (2.05%) ISO 20022
5 47 (1.97%) GDPR
6 35 (1.47%) SLA
7 34 (1.42%) PSD2
8 32 (1.34%) NIST
9 30 (1.26%) SEPA
10 28 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 27 (1.13%) GRC
11 27 (1.13%) PCI DSS
12 24 (1.01%) Accessibility
13 21 (0.88%) MiFID
13 21 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.63%) ISO 8583
15 12 (0.50%) Basel III
16 9 (0.38%) EMIR
17 8 (0.34%) GAAP
17 8 (0.34%) IFRS
System Software
1 126 (5.28%) Docker
2 51 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.71%) Firmware
5 16 (0.67%) NFS
6 15 (0.63%) vSphere
7 11 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.38%) RACF
10 6 (0.25%) Varnish
11 5 (0.21%) Postfix
12 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
12 4 (0.17%) SRDF
12 4 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.17%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.13%) ACF2
13 3 (0.13%) XenApp
14 2 (0.084%) GPFS
14 2 (0.084%) GridGain
14 2 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 162 (6.79%) Kubernetes
2 92 (3.85%) Terraform
3 74 (3.10%) Ansible
4 36 (1.51%) Grafana
5 28 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.80%) SCCM
7 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.67%) Argo
9 12 (0.50%) Control-M
10 9 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.38%) Istio
11 8 (0.34%) Puppet
11 8 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.25%) SnapMirror
13 5 (0.21%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (0.21%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
13 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 276 (11.56%) Microsoft
2 189 (7.92%) Oracle
3 82 (3.44%) ServiceNow
4 62 (2.60%) Google
5 57 (2.39%) SAP
6 55 (2.30%) Cisco
6 55 (2.30%) IBM
7 49 (2.05%) Citrix
7 49 (2.05%) F5
8 48 (2.01%) Databricks
9 47 (1.97%) Splunk
10 43 (1.80%) VMware
11 28 (1.17%) Avaloq
12 26 (1.09%) Murex
12 26 (1.09%) Temenos
13 25 (1.05%) Pega
14 24 (1.01%) NetApp
15 23 (0.96%) Workday
16 22 (0.92%) Bloomberg
16 22 (0.92%) OpenAI