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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,255 1,904 2,336
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.95% 7.79% 6.20%
As % of the General category 10.46% 12.26% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,366 1,268 1,664
10th Percentile £372 £362 £375
25th Percentile £440 £473 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £670 £750 £750
90th Percentile £775 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £614
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.24% -5.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 26
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.24 £12.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.20 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £57.10 £24.66 £30.00
90th Percentile £96.63 £44.10 £78.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
% change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -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 21,568 15,525 22,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.87% 63.49% 58.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,589 10,129 14,313
10th Percentile £302 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £410 £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 £767
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,365 630 1,704
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £15.23
Median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £26.02
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +15.32% -25.67%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.03 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.20 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.81% -25.71%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 1,538 £575 -10.15% 331
North of England +8 483 £475 +5.56% 73
North West +14 269 £447 +9.02% 41
Yorkshire -5 217 £500 -7.41% 25
Midlands +14 183 £482 -12.36% 41
West Midlands +20 127 £550 -0.90% 22
East Midlands -11 56 £430 +7.50% 19
South East -36 48 £472 -18.00% 94
South West -19 35 £525 -11.76% 9
East of England -28 11 £400 -33.33% 13
North East -9 6 £400 - 7
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
1 179 (7.94%) Confluence
2 55 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.89%) SAS
5 13 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.53%) Apache
6 12 (0.53%) IIS
7 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.44%) CICS
9 7 (0.31%) CMS
10 6 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
12 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.089%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.089%) MQSeries
13 2 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.089%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.089%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 152 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 65 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 29 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.67%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.13%) Notion
8 3 (0.13%) Trello
9 2 (0.089%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.044%) InVision
10 1 (0.044%) Sketch
10 1 (0.044%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 33 (1.46%) Payment Gateway
2 25 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.89%) Temenos T24
4 19 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
6 17 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 13 (0.58%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.44%) Actimize
9 10 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.44%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.35%) Finacle
10 8 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 8 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.31%) Summit
12 6 (0.27%) Aladdin
12 6 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 354 (15.70%) Azure
2 331 (14.68%) AWS
3 166 (7.36%) GCP
4 139 (6.16%) Power Platform
5 94 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 87 (3.86%) GitHub
7 61 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (2.48%) Serverless
9 49 (2.17%) SaaS
10 45 (2.00%) Figma
11 33 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
12 31 (1.37%) Entra ID
13 30 (1.33%) Amazon S3
14 27 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (1.20%) OCI
15 26 (1.15%) OpenShift
15 26 (1.15%) Power Automate
16 25 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 25 (1.11%) PowerApps
17 24 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 69 (3.06%) DNS
2 48 (2.13%) Firewall
3 43 (1.91%) VPN
4 38 (1.69%) HTTP
5 37 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 34 (1.51%) Network Security
7 28 (1.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 27 (1.20%) Multicast
9 26 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 25 (1.11%) BGP
11 24 (1.06%) DMZ
11 24 (1.06%) SSL
12 21 (0.93%) BIG-IP
13 20 (0.89%) Wireshark
14 19 (0.84%) NetScaler
14 19 (0.84%) SAN
15 17 (0.75%) FIX Connectivity
16 15 (0.67%) DHCP
16 15 (0.67%) Wireless
17 13 (0.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.92%) Power BI
2 99 (4.39%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.10%) Tableau
4 68 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
5 58 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 51 (2.26%) NoSQL
7 45 (2.00%) Metadata
8 40 (1.77%) Oracle Database
9 37 (1.64%) MongoDB
10 35 (1.55%) Relational Database
11 31 (1.37%) Big Data
12 22 (0.98%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (0.71%) DB2
14 16 (0.71%) Hadoop
15 15 (0.67%) Data Lake
16 14 (0.62%) Power Query
17 12 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
17 12 (0.53%) KDB
18 11 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 255 (11.31%) JIRA
2 123 (5.45%) Jenkins
3 90 (3.99%) Git
4 88 (3.90%) GitLab
5 27 (1.20%) JUnit
6 23 (1.02%) Cucumber
6 23 (1.02%) Selenium
7 22 (0.98%) Bitbucket
8 21 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
9 19 (0.84%) Fiddler
9 19 (0.84%) Postman
10 15 (0.67%) REST Assured
11 14 (0.62%) Liquibase
11 14 (0.62%) Maven
12 13 (0.58%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.44%) Gradle
14 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.35%) Mockito
15 8 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.31%) SonarQube
General
1 1,428 (63.33%) Finance
2 715 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 442 (19.60%) Investment Banking
4 311 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 180 (7.98%) Front Office
6 116 (5.14%) Financial Institution
7 87 (3.86%) Retail Banking
8 67 (2.97%) Corporate Banking
9 66 (2.93%) Legal
10 65 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
10 65 (2.88%) Retail
11 52 (2.31%) Public Sector
12 45 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 30 (1.33%) Marketing
16 25 (1.11%) General Ledger
17 22 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (0.98%) International Banking
17 22 (0.98%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 385 (17.07%) Developer
2 377 (16.72%) Analyst
3 280 (12.42%) Senior
4 260 (11.53%) Architect
5 259 (11.49%) Business Analyst
6 147 (6.52%) Lead
7 132 (5.85%) Solutions Architect
8 127 (5.63%) Project Manager
9 99 (4.39%) Java Developer
10 85 (3.77%) Consultant
10 85 (3.77%) Senior Developer
11 77 (3.41%) Banking Analyst
12 63 (2.79%) Data Engineer
13 55 (2.44%) Designer
13 55 (2.44%) Payments Architect
14 54 (2.39%) Banking Business Analyst
15 51 (2.26%) DevOps Engineer
15 51 (2.26%) Network Engineer
16 49 (2.17%) Payments Solutions Architect
17 46 (2.04%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (5.14%) Kafka
2 109 (4.83%) .NET
3 102 (4.52%) REST
4 77 (3.41%) React
5 68 (3.02%) RESTful
5 68 (3.02%) Spring
6 62 (2.75%) Middleware
7 60 (2.66%) HTML
7 60 (2.66%) Spring Boot
8 47 (2.08%) AngularJS
9 42 (1.86%) CSS
10 40 (1.77%) OAuth
11 37 (1.64%) XML
12 35 (1.55%) JSON
12 35 (1.55%) Pandas
13 31 (1.37%) NumPy
14 29 (1.29%) OAuth2
15 28 (1.24%) FIX Protocol
16 26 (1.15%) Node.js
16 26 (1.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 137 (6.08%) Product Ownership
2 109 (4.83%) Derivative
3 104 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 95 (4.21%) Management Information System
5 94 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 90 (3.99%) Cloud Native
7 74 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
8 68 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
8 68 (3.02%) Fixed Income
9 66 (2.93%) Equities
10 49 (2.17%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 42 (1.86%) Public Cloud
13 40 (1.77%) Data Centre
14 39 (1.73%) Market Risk
15 38 (1.69%) Credit Risk
16 37 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
17 31 (1.37%) Hedge funds
17 31 (1.37%) Mainframe
18 28 (1.24%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 138 (6.12%) Windows
2 116 (5.14%) Linux
3 58 (2.57%) Unix
4 36 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 31 (1.37%) Android
6 24 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.89%) Windows Server
8 16 (0.71%) zOS
9 14 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.31%) VMS
12 6 (0.27%) AIX
13 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
14 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.13%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.089%) Solaris
15 2 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.044%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (24.75%) Agile
2 403 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 378 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
4 329 (14.59%) DevOps
5 323 (14.32%) CI/CD
6 234 (10.38%) Migration
7 212 (9.40%) AI
8 211 (9.36%) Analytics
9 185 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 176 (7.80%) Data Modelling
10 176 (7.80%) Microservices
11 171 (7.58%) Risk Management
12 169 (7.49%) Decision-Making
13 164 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 160 (7.10%) Roadmaps
15 159 (7.05%) Project Management
16 155 (6.87%) Data Analysis
17 152 (6.74%) Validation
18 148 (6.56%) User Acceptance Testing
19 147 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 397 (17.61%) SQL
2 360 (15.96%) Python
3 288 (12.77%) Java
4 143 (6.34%) C#
5 89 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.62%) PowerShell
6 59 (2.62%) TypeScript
7 47 (2.08%) Go
8 37 (1.64%) PL/SQL
9 32 (1.42%) Shell Script
9 32 (1.42%) VBA
10 29 (1.29%) Bash
11 23 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.98%) C++
13 18 (0.80%) COBOL
14 16 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.53%) Korn
15 12 (0.53%) Perl
15 12 (0.53%) Scala
16 11 (0.49%) JCL
Qualifications
1 236 (10.47%) Degree
2 113 (5.01%) Security Cleared
3 78 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 74 (3.28%) Master's Degree
5 68 (3.02%) SC Cleared
6 57 (2.53%) PMI Certification
7 55 (2.44%) PMP
8 45 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 30 (1.33%) CISSP
10 25 (1.11%) Azure Certification
11 19 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.75%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.75%) CISM
12 17 (0.75%) MBA
13 15 (0.67%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.53%) CBAP
14 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.53%) PhD
15 10 (0.44%) DV Cleared
16 8 (0.35%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (6.12%) QA
2 107 (4.75%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.48%) ISO 20022
4 51 (2.26%) GDPR
5 46 (2.04%) PMO
6 36 (1.60%) SLA
7 35 (1.55%) PCI DSS
8 33 (1.46%) NIST
8 33 (1.46%) PSD2
9 30 (1.33%) Accessibility
9 30 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 30 (1.33%) SEPA
10 29 (1.29%) GRC
10 29 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 22 (0.98%) MiFID
12 21 (0.93%) Basel III
13 15 (0.67%) ISO 8583
14 13 (0.58%) EMIR
15 12 (0.53%) IFRS
16 7 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 143 (6.34%) Docker
2 48 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (1.86%) Active Directory
4 22 (0.98%) Firmware
5 21 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.58%) vSphere
7 10 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.40%) NFS
9 4 (0.18%) RACF
9 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.18%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.13%) SRDF
10 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.13%) XenApp
11 2 (0.089%) ACF2
11 2 (0.089%) GridGain
11 2 (0.089%) Varnish
11 2 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.044%) HDFS
12 1 (0.044%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 183 (8.12%) Kubernetes
2 105 (4.66%) Terraform
3 77 (3.41%) Ansible
4 49 (2.17%) Grafana
5 39 (1.73%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.15%) SCCM
7 19 (0.84%) Argo
8 18 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.40%) Puppet
11 8 (0.35%) Control-M
11 8 (0.35%) Istio
12 7 (0.31%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.31%) RSA Archer
13 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.27%) WSUS
14 5 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
14 5 (0.22%) SnapMirror
15 4 (0.18%) Karpenter
15 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 268 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 159 (7.05%) Oracle
3 81 (3.59%) ServiceNow
4 78 (3.46%) Google
5 58 (2.57%) Cisco
5 58 (2.57%) VMware
6 57 (2.53%) Splunk
7 54 (2.39%) SAP
8 50 (2.22%) IBM
9 49 (2.17%) Citrix
10 47 (2.08%) F5
11 32 (1.42%) Temenos
12 31 (1.37%) Bloomberg
13 30 (1.33%) Remedy
14 27 (1.20%) Murex
15 25 (1.11%) HP
15 25 (1.11%) Salesforce
16 24 (1.06%) NetApp
17 23 (1.02%) Avaloq
17 23 (1.02%) Databricks