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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,203 1,895 2,375
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.95% 7.74% 6.28%
As % of the General category 10.35% 12.24% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,330 1,253 1,699
10th Percentile £368 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £477 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.04% -8.58%
75th Percentile £651 £750 £750
90th Percentile £775 £855 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 24
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.23 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.82 - £18.12
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.66 £32.63
90th Percentile £95.25 £68.85 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
% change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -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 21,286 15,488 22,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.52% 63.30% 58.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,445 10,017 14,493
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,335 579 1,658
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.94 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.08 £30.81 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% +18.48% -22.76%
75th Percentile £59.25 £60.38 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year -16.67% +16.50% -24.06%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 1,500 £575 -9.80% 310
North of England +3 471 £480 +6.25% 71
North West +13 257 £447 +7.07% 41
Yorkshire -1 219 £500 -8.26% 24
Midlands +9 181 £471 -14.36% 31
West Midlands +16 125 £540 -10.56% 20
East Midlands -12 56 £430 +6.97% 11
South East -35 47 £468 -18.61% 95
South West -10 36 £525 -14.29% 6
East of England -19 11 £400 -33.33% 11
North East -6 5 £400 - 6
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
1 176 (7.99%) Confluence
2 54 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.77%) SAS
5 13 (0.59%) Apache
5 13 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.50%) IIS
6 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.41%) CICS
8 7 (0.32%) CMS
9 6 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.23%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.23%) Hyperledger
11 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.14%) MQSeries
13 2 (0.091%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.091%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.091%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 149 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
4 51 (2.32%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.77%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.091%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.045%) InVision
11 1 (0.045%) Sketch
11 1 (0.045%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 31 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 25 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
4 19 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
5 18 (0.82%) Temenos T24
6 17 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
8 13 (0.59%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.45%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.41%) Actimize
11 8 (0.36%) Finacle
11 8 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
11 8 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 8 (0.36%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (0.32%) Aladdin
12 7 (0.32%) Summit
13 6 (0.27%) Fidessa
13 6 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 340 (15.43%) Azure
2 325 (14.75%) AWS
3 163 (7.40%) GCP
4 137 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 90 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
6 88 (3.99%) GitHub
7 58 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 58 (2.63%) Serverless
8 46 (2.09%) SaaS
9 42 (1.91%) Figma
10 33 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (1.36%) Amazon S3
12 29 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (1.23%) Entra ID
13 27 (1.23%) OCI
14 26 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (1.09%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.09%) Snowflake
16 23 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 23 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.09%) DNS
2 47 (2.13%) Firewall
3 40 (1.82%) VPN
4 37 (1.68%) HTTP
5 36 (1.63%) TCP/IP
6 34 (1.54%) Network Security
7 29 (1.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 27 (1.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 26 (1.18%) BGP
10 25 (1.13%) Multicast
10 25 (1.13%) SSL
11 23 (1.04%) DMZ
12 21 (0.95%) BIG-IP
13 20 (0.91%) Wireshark
14 19 (0.86%) Wireless
15 18 (0.82%) NetScaler
15 18 (0.82%) SAN
16 16 (0.73%) DHCP
16 16 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
17 14 (0.64%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (5.08%) Power BI
2 92 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 71 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
4 70 (3.18%) Tableau
5 52 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 46 (2.09%) Metadata
7 41 (1.86%) Oracle Database
8 39 (1.77%) MongoDB
9 37 (1.68%) Relational Database
10 30 (1.36%) Big Data
11 23 (1.04%) BigQuery
12 17 (0.77%) DB2
13 16 (0.73%) Hadoop
13 16 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.68%) Data Lake
15 12 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (0.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 251 (11.39%) JIRA
2 130 (5.90%) Jenkins
3 91 (4.13%) Git
4 90 (4.09%) GitLab
5 30 (1.36%) JUnit
6 26 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
7 23 (1.04%) Bitbucket
7 23 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 23 (1.04%) Selenium
8 20 (0.91%) Postman
9 19 (0.86%) Fiddler
10 16 (0.73%) REST Assured
11 15 (0.68%) Maven
12 14 (0.64%) Liquibase
13 13 (0.59%) Gradle
13 13 (0.59%) TeamCity
14 10 (0.45%) Mockito
15 9 (0.41%) Cypress.io
16 8 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
16 8 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 1,402 (63.64%) Finance
2 704 (31.96%) Social Skills
3 441 (20.02%) Investment Banking
4 292 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
5 178 (8.08%) Front Office
6 116 (5.27%) Financial Institution
7 90 (4.09%) Retail Banking
8 66 (3.00%) Retail
9 62 (2.81%) Corporate Banking
9 62 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 58 (2.63%) Legal
11 54 (2.45%) Public Sector
12 41 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 30 (1.36%) Marketing
16 23 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.00%) General Ledger
18 21 (0.95%) International Banking
18 21 (0.95%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 382 (17.34%) Developer
2 380 (17.25%) Analyst
3 282 (12.80%) Senior
4 263 (11.94%) Business Analyst
5 244 (11.08%) Architect
6 144 (6.54%) Lead
7 130 (5.90%) Project Manager
8 127 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
9 100 (4.54%) Java Developer
10 85 (3.86%) Senior Developer
11 76 (3.45%) Banking Analyst
11 76 (3.45%) Consultant
12 61 (2.77%) Data Engineer
13 53 (2.41%) Banking Business Analyst
13 53 (2.41%) Designer
14 51 (2.32%) DevOps Engineer
14 51 (2.32%) Network Engineer
15 49 (2.22%) Payments Architect
16 46 (2.09%) Payments Solutions Architect
17 44 (2.00%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (5.49%) Kafka
2 106 (4.81%) .NET
3 105 (4.77%) REST
4 74 (3.36%) React
5 71 (3.22%) Spring
6 64 (2.91%) RESTful
7 62 (2.81%) Spring Boot
8 61 (2.77%) Middleware
9 57 (2.59%) HTML
10 48 (2.18%) AngularJS
11 40 (1.82%) OAuth
12 38 (1.72%) CSS
12 38 (1.72%) XML
13 36 (1.63%) Pandas
14 34 (1.54%) JSON
15 31 (1.41%) NumPy
16 29 (1.32%) OAuth2
17 28 (1.27%) Node.js
18 27 (1.23%) SOAP
19 25 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 133 (6.04%) Product Ownership
2 109 (4.95%) Derivative
3 101 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 95 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 92 (4.18%) Management Information System
6 89 (4.04%) Cloud Native
7 69 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 69 (3.13%) Fixed Income
8 66 (3.00%) Equities
9 65 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
10 46 (2.09%) Data Structures
11 44 (2.00%) Public Cloud
12 43 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 42 (1.91%) Data Centre
14 41 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
15 40 (1.82%) Market Risk
16 39 (1.77%) Credit Risk
17 32 (1.45%) Hedge funds
18 29 (1.32%) Mobile App
18 29 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 130 (5.90%) Windows
2 119 (5.40%) Linux
3 56 (2.54%) Unix
4 36 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.54%) Android
6 23 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.91%) Windows Server
8 16 (0.73%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.68%) zOS
10 13 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.32%) VMS
12 6 (0.27%) AIX
13 5 (0.23%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
14 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.091%) Solaris
15 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.045%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (24.97%) Agile
2 398 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 367 (16.66%) Problem-Solving
4 322 (14.62%) DevOps
5 314 (14.25%) CI/CD
6 229 (10.39%) Migration
7 212 (9.62%) Analytics
8 195 (8.85%) AI
9 176 (7.99%) Microservices
9 176 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 169 (7.67%) Risk Management
11 166 (7.54%) Data Modelling
12 161 (7.31%) Decision-Making
13 158 (7.17%) Data Analysis
13 158 (7.17%) Project Management
14 156 (7.08%) Roadmaps
15 149 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 148 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
17 146 (6.63%) Validation
18 142 (6.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 392 (17.79%) SQL
2 364 (16.52%) Python
3 296 (13.44%) Java
4 140 (6.35%) C#
5 89 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 61 (2.77%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.54%) PowerShell
8 48 (2.18%) Go
9 35 (1.59%) PL/SQL
10 31 (1.41%) Shell Script
11 29 (1.32%) VBA
12 28 (1.27%) Bash
13 24 (1.09%) C++
14 21 (0.95%) T-SQL
15 18 (0.82%) COBOL
15 18 (0.82%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.64%) Scala
17 13 (0.59%) Korn
17 13 (0.59%) Perl
18 10 (0.45%) JCL
Qualifications
1 230 (10.44%) Degree
2 112 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 74 (3.36%) Master's Degree
4 73 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (3.04%) SC Cleared
6 54 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 52 (2.36%) PMP
8 41 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (1.18%) CISSP
10 25 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 19 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 19 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.77%) MBA
13 15 (0.68%) CISM
13 15 (0.68%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.54%) CBAP
14 12 (0.54%) PhD
15 10 (0.45%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.36%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (6.13%) QA
2 104 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.50%) ISO 20022
4 51 (2.32%) GDPR
5 37 (1.68%) PMO
6 34 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 34 (1.54%) SLA
7 32 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 31 (1.41%) PSD2
9 29 (1.32%) SEPA
10 28 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 26 (1.18%) NIST
12 24 (1.09%) GRC
13 23 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 22 (1.00%) Basel III
14 22 (1.00%) MiFID
15 14 (0.64%) ISO 8583
16 13 (0.59%) EMIR
17 11 (0.50%) IFRS
18 7 (0.32%) GAAP
System Software
1 144 (6.54%) Docker
2 48 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (1.59%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.04%) Firmware
5 20 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.59%) vSphere
7 11 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.41%) NFS
9 6 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.18%) RACF
11 3 (0.14%) SRDF
11 3 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
11 3 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.091%) ACF2
12 2 (0.091%) GridGain
12 2 (0.091%) Varnish
12 2 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.091%) XenApp
13 1 (0.045%) Postfix
13 1 (0.045%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 181 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 100 (4.54%) Terraform
3 80 (3.63%) Ansible
4 47 (2.13%) Grafana
5 38 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.04%) SCCM
7 19 (0.86%) Argo
8 17 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.41%) Puppet
9 9 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.36%) Istio
11 6 (0.27%) Control-M
11 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
12 5 (0.23%) SnapMirror
13 4 (0.18%) Karpenter
13 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.18%) RSA Archer
14 3 (0.14%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 254 (11.53%) Microsoft
2 152 (6.90%) Oracle
3 78 (3.54%) Google
4 71 (3.22%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.77%) Cisco
6 58 (2.63%) VMware
7 56 (2.54%) Splunk
8 50 (2.27%) SAP
9 49 (2.22%) IBM
10 46 (2.09%) Citrix
10 46 (2.09%) F5
11 32 (1.45%) Remedy
12 29 (1.32%) Bloomberg
12 29 (1.32%) Murex
13 28 (1.27%) Temenos
14 26 (1.18%) HP
15 24 (1.09%) NetApp
15 24 (1.09%) Salesforce
16 23 (1.04%) Apple
16 23 (1.04%) Avaloq