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 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,262 1,871 2,288
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.75% 7.66% 6.13%
As % of the General category 10.31% 11.98% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,238 1,656
10th Percentile £368 £357 £380
25th Percentile £438 £463 £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 £785 £863 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.44% -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 24
10th Percentile £16.63 £16.76 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.47 £18.51 £18.12
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +14.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £57.37 £24.66 £32.63
90th Percentile £96.88 £55.55 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £23.23 £19.50
% change year-on-year +8.29% +19.10% -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 21,934 15,624 21,807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.74% 63.93% 58.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,790 10,170 14,102
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £411 £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 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,401 650 1,764
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.05 £17.66 £15.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £27.51
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.52% -21.41%
75th Percentile £61.18 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £27.80 £28.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.30% +4.55% -21.43%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 1,562 £575 -9.80% 557
North of England +2 470 £474 +1.83% 256
North West +13 261 £447 +0.45% 200
Yorkshire -12 208 £500 -6.98% 49
Midlands +5 174 £468 -14.91% 59
West Midlands +14 119 £565 +1.80% 21
East Midlands -11 55 £440 +11.25% 38
South East -38 43 £500 -11.11% 219
South West -29 33 £500 -15.97% 32
East of England -23 15 £600 - 103
North East -10 9 £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
1 174 (7.69%) Confluence
2 55 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.11%) SAS
4 22 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.57%) IIS
6 12 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.53%) CICS
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
7 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.22%) CMS
9 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
9 5 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.13%) Camunda
10 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.088%) Appian
11 2 (0.088%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.088%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 146 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 65 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.03%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.66%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) Notion
8 2 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.088%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.088%) InVision
8 2 (0.088%) Sketch
8 2 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.088%) Trello
8 2 (0.088%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.044%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 31 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
2 24 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.93%) Temenos T24
4 19 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 19 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
4 19 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 17 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 15 (0.66%) Loan IQ
7 13 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
8 10 (0.44%) Finacle
8 10 (0.44%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.40%) Actimize
9 9 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (0.35%) Aladdin
10 8 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
10 8 (0.35%) Summit
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 5 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 353 (15.61%) Azure
2 305 (13.48%) AWS
3 151 (6.68%) GCP
4 131 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 103 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (3.54%) GitHub
7 61 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (2.25%) SaaS
9 43 (1.90%) Figma
10 41 (1.81%) Serverless
11 33 (1.46%) Entra ID
12 32 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
13 30 (1.33%) Amazon S3
13 30 (1.33%) OpenShift
14 28 (1.24%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
15 25 (1.11%) OCI
15 25 (1.11%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
17 23 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 71 (3.14%) DNS
2 50 (2.21%) Firewall
2 50 (2.21%) VPN
3 40 (1.77%) HTTP
3 40 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.46%) Network Security
5 26 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 25 (1.11%) BGP
6 25 (1.11%) DMZ
6 25 (1.11%) Multicast
7 24 (1.06%) BIG-IP
7 24 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 24 (1.06%) SSL
8 22 (0.97%) SAN
9 20 (0.88%) NetScaler
9 20 (0.88%) Wireshark
10 19 (0.84%) FIX Connectivity
11 15 (0.66%) DHCP
12 12 (0.53%) Wireless
13 11 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (4.51%) Power BI
2 95 (4.20%) SQL Server
3 64 (2.83%) Tableau
4 52 (2.30%) Metadata
5 51 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 49 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (1.77%) Oracle Database
8 37 (1.64%) MongoDB
9 33 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 33 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.11%) Big Data
11 21 (0.93%) BigQuery
12 19 (0.84%) DB2
13 16 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.66%) Hadoop
15 14 (0.62%) Power Query
16 12 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
17 11 (0.49%) Data Lake
17 11 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 256 (11.32%) JIRA
2 98 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 90 (3.98%) Git
4 66 (2.92%) GitLab
5 27 (1.19%) JUnit
6 22 (0.97%) Selenium
7 21 (0.93%) Bitbucket
8 19 (0.84%) Fiddler
9 18 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 17 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
11 16 (0.71%) Postman
12 14 (0.62%) REST Assured
12 14 (0.62%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.53%) Maven
14 10 (0.44%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.44%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.40%) Mockito
16 8 (0.35%) Gradle
17 7 (0.31%) Appium
17 7 (0.31%) Chocolatey
General
1 1,416 (62.60%) Finance
2 678 (29.97%) Social Skills
3 445 (19.67%) Investment Banking
4 321 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
5 177 (7.82%) Front Office
6 102 (4.51%) Financial Institution
7 92 (4.07%) Retail Banking
8 74 (3.27%) Corporate Banking
9 73 (3.23%) Legal
10 70 (3.09%) Retail
11 61 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
12 55 (2.43%) Public Sector
13 44 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.37%) Marketing
17 24 (1.06%) General Ledger
18 23 (1.02%) Back Office
19 21 (0.93%) Private Banking
20 20 (0.88%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 382 (16.89%) Analyst
2 371 (16.40%) Developer
3 285 (12.60%) Senior
4 268 (11.85%) Business Analyst
5 263 (11.63%) Architect
6 162 (7.16%) Lead
7 124 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
8 110 (4.86%) Project Manager
9 98 (4.33%) Java Developer
10 86 (3.80%) Consultant
11 84 (3.71%) Banking Analyst
11 84 (3.71%) Senior Developer
12 74 (3.27%) Data Engineer
13 61 (2.70%) Banking Business Analyst
14 56 (2.48%) Payments Architect
15 54 (2.39%) Designer
16 52 (2.30%) Network Engineer
17 50 (2.21%) DevOps Engineer
17 50 (2.21%) Payments Solutions Architect
18 45 (1.99%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.91%) Kafka
2 105 (4.64%) .NET
3 81 (3.58%) React
4 77 (3.40%) REST
5 68 (3.01%) Middleware
6 65 (2.87%) Spring
7 63 (2.79%) HTML
8 58 (2.56%) Spring Boot
9 55 (2.43%) RESTful
10 48 (2.12%) CSS
11 44 (1.95%) OAuth
12 42 (1.86%) AngularJS
13 39 (1.72%) JSON
14 34 (1.50%) XML
15 33 (1.46%) OAuth2
16 28 (1.24%) FIX Protocol
16 28 (1.24%) Node.js
16 28 (1.24%) Pandas
17 24 (1.06%) NumPy
17 24 (1.06%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (6.15%) Product Ownership
2 108 (4.77%) Onboarding
3 107 (4.73%) Derivative
4 96 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 91 (4.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 90 (3.98%) Cloud Native
7 77 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
8 71 (3.14%) Fixed Income
9 59 (2.61%) Equities
10 56 (2.48%) Data Structures
11 54 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
12 46 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
13 45 (1.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 42 (1.86%) Data Centre
15 40 (1.77%) Credit Risk
15 40 (1.77%) Market Risk
16 35 (1.55%) Mainframe
17 30 (1.33%) Algorithms
18 29 (1.28%) Public Cloud
19 28 (1.24%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 144 (6.37%) Windows
2 105 (4.64%) Linux
3 66 (2.92%) Unix
4 36 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.24%) Android
6 22 (0.97%) Windows Server
7 21 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.88%) zOS
9 16 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (0.53%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.40%) AIX
12 7 (0.31%) VMS
13 6 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
13 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.22%) Solaris
15 4 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
16 3 (0.13%) HPUX
16 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (24.05%) Agile
2 415 (18.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 367 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 308 (13.62%) CI/CD
5 304 (13.44%) DevOps
6 249 (11.01%) Migration
7 233 (10.30%) AI
8 197 (8.71%) Analytics
9 178 (7.87%) Decision-Making
9 178 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 177 (7.82%) Roadmaps
11 176 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 174 (7.69%) Data Modelling
13 170 (7.52%) Risk Management
14 161 (7.12%) Microservices
15 158 (6.98%) Data Analysis
15 158 (6.98%) Validation
16 156 (6.90%) Project Management
17 154 (6.81%) User Acceptance Testing
18 142 (6.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 382 (16.89%) SQL
2 335 (14.81%) Python
3 284 (12.56%) Java
4 138 (6.10%) C#
5 96 (4.24%) JavaScript
6 65 (2.87%) TypeScript
7 62 (2.74%) PowerShell
8 40 (1.77%) PL/SQL
9 35 (1.55%) Shell Script
10 34 (1.50%) VBA
11 29 (1.28%) Go
12 28 (1.24%) T-SQL
13 25 (1.11%) Bash
14 18 (0.80%) C++
14 18 (0.80%) COBOL
14 18 (0.80%) Kotlin
15 16 (0.71%) Korn
16 14 (0.62%) JCL
17 13 (0.57%) Perl
17 13 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 213 (9.42%) Degree
2 110 (4.86%) Security Cleared
3 68 (3.01%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (2.61%) Master's Degree
6 52 (2.30%) PMP
7 51 (2.25%) PMI Certification
8 43 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (1.41%) CISSP
10 28 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 17 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (0.75%) MBA
12 15 (0.66%) CISM
12 15 (0.66%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.53%) CBAP
13 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.44%) PhD
15 9 (0.40%) ACCA
15 9 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (6.01%) QA
2 113 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.34%) ISO 20022
4 52 (2.30%) GDPR
5 45 (1.99%) PMO
6 34 (1.50%) SLA
7 33 (1.46%) NIST
7 33 (1.46%) PSD2
8 32 (1.41%) PCI DSS
9 29 (1.28%) GRC
9 29 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 29 (1.28%) SEPA
10 25 (1.11%) Accessibility
11 24 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 19 (0.84%) Basel III
12 19 (0.84%) MiFID
13 15 (0.66%) ISO 8583
14 12 (0.53%) IFRS
15 7 (0.31%) COBIT
15 7 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 127 (5.61%) Docker
2 45 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (0.88%) Firmware
3 20 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.62%) vSphere
5 12 (0.53%) NFS
6 9 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.31%) RACF
8 5 (0.22%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.18%) ACF2
9 4 (0.18%) Varnish
9 4 (0.18%) XenApp
10 3 (0.13%) Postfix
10 3 (0.13%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.13%) SRDF
10 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.088%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 171 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 87 (3.85%) Terraform
3 68 (3.01%) Ansible
4 34 (1.50%) Grafana
5 26 (1.15%) SCCM
6 25 (1.11%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.88%) Argo
7 20 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (0.44%) Control-M
9 9 (0.40%) Istio
10 8 (0.35%) Puppet
10 8 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.31%) WSUS
12 6 (0.27%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
12 6 (0.27%) RSA Archer
12 6 (0.27%) SnapMirror
12 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.13%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 284 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 160 (7.07%) Oracle
3 82 (3.63%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.09%) Google
5 59 (2.61%) Cisco
6 58 (2.56%) IBM
7 57 (2.52%) SAP
8 55 (2.43%) VMware
9 51 (2.25%) Citrix
9 51 (2.25%) F5
10 45 (1.99%) Splunk
11 29 (1.28%) Bloomberg
11 29 (1.28%) Remedy
11 29 (1.28%) Temenos
12 27 (1.19%) Murex
13 26 (1.15%) HP
13 26 (1.15%) Pega
14 25 (1.11%) NetApp
15 24 (1.06%) Avaloq
15 24 (1.06%) Databricks