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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,272 1,879 2,250
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.65% 7.73% 6.09%
As % of the General category 10.25% 12.06% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 1,238 1,642
10th Percentile £368 £363 £382
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 £675 £750 £775
90th Percentile £780 £868 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £618
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.83% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 23
10th Percentile - £17.10 £12.17
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.45 £17.99
Median hourly rate £25.46 £23.47 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% +20.33% -7.14%
75th Percentile £66.88 £24.66 £35.25
90th Percentile £97.13 £48.98 £81.15
UK median hourly rate £25.46 £22.27 £19.50
% change year-on-year +14.32% +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 22,169 15,575 21,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.08% 64.08% 58.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,866 10,114 13,922
10th Percentile £305 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £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 1,461 674 1,777
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.08 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.27 £17.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.15 £28.17 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% -6.12% -11.53%
75th Percentile £61.50 £58.53 £51.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £28.08 £30.00
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.42% -14.29%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -11 1,557 £575 -11.54% 301
North of England +5 481 £470 +4.39% 256
North West +17 270 £447 +0.45% 202
Yorkshire -7 206 £500 - 49
Midlands +6 178 £468 -15.00% 47
West Midlands +10 123 £565 +1.80% 19
East Midlands -14 55 £428 +8.09% 28
South East -44 40 £500 -13.04% 74
South West -35 34 £500 -11.11% 15
East of England -31 15 £500 -16.67% 4
North East -6 11 £400 -4.76% 5
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
1 177 (7.79%) Confluence
2 50 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.10%) SAS
4 20 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.75%) IIS
6 13 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.53%) CICS
8 11 (0.48%) Apache
8 11 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.22%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.22%) Hyperledger
10 5 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.18%) CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Camunda
12 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.088%) Appian
13 2 (0.088%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.088%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 142 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 64 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 43 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.57%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.22%) Notion
8 2 (0.088%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.088%) InVision
8 2 (0.088%) Sketch
8 2 (0.088%) Trello
8 2 (0.088%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.044%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
2 24 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 22 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
4 21 (0.92%) Temenos T24
5 19 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
6 17 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
7 16 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 15 (0.66%) Loan IQ
9 11 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
9 11 (0.48%) Finacle
10 10 (0.44%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.40%) Aladdin
11 9 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
12 8 (0.35%) Actimize
12 8 (0.35%) SAP CO
12 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
12 8 (0.35%) Summit
13 7 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 6 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
14 6 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 352 (15.49%) Azure
2 306 (13.47%) AWS
3 152 (6.69%) GCP
4 120 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 104 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (3.39%) GitHub
7 59 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (2.33%) SaaS
9 40 (1.76%) Figma
10 38 (1.67%) Serverless
11 30 (1.32%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (1.32%) OpenShift
12 28 (1.23%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.19%) Amazon S3
13 27 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.10%) OCI
15 23 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (1.01%) PowerApps
16 21 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 72 (3.17%) DNS
2 53 (2.33%) VPN
3 51 (2.24%) Firewall
4 41 (1.80%) HTTP
4 41 (1.80%) TCP/IP
5 35 (1.54%) Network Security
6 26 (1.14%) BGP
6 26 (1.14%) Multicast
7 25 (1.10%) BIG-IP
7 25 (1.10%) DMZ
7 25 (1.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 24 (1.06%) SSL
9 23 (1.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 22 (0.97%) SAN
11 21 (0.92%) FIX Connectivity
11 21 (0.92%) Wireshark
12 20 (0.88%) NetScaler
13 15 (0.66%) DHCP
14 11 (0.48%) Internet
14 11 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 95 (4.18%) Power BI
3 60 (2.64%) Tableau
4 52 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (2.29%) Metadata
5 46 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
6 42 (1.85%) Oracle Database
7 36 (1.58%) Relational Database
8 35 (1.54%) MongoDB
9 30 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 24 (1.06%) Big Data
11 22 (0.97%) DB2
12 21 (0.92%) BigQuery
13 16 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (0.62%) Hadoop
15 13 (0.57%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.53%) Pinecone
16 12 (0.53%) Power Query
16 12 (0.53%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 263 (11.58%) JIRA
2 95 (4.18%) Jenkins
3 87 (3.83%) Git
4 61 (2.68%) GitLab
5 28 (1.23%) JUnit
6 25 (1.10%) Selenium
7 21 (0.92%) Bitbucket
8 19 (0.84%) Fiddler
9 18 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 17 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
11 16 (0.70%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.66%) Postman
13 13 (0.57%) REST Assured
14 12 (0.53%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.53%) Maven
15 10 (0.44%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.40%) Mockito
17 8 (0.35%) Appium
17 8 (0.35%) Gradle
17 8 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1,415 (62.28%) Finance
2 669 (29.45%) Social Skills
3 443 (19.50%) Investment Banking
4 324 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
5 177 (7.79%) Front Office
6 107 (4.71%) Financial Institution
7 92 (4.05%) Retail Banking
8 76 (3.35%) Corporate Banking
9 73 (3.21%) Retail
10 69 (3.04%) Legal
11 61 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
12 54 (2.38%) Public Sector
13 40 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.32%) Marketing
17 26 (1.14%) General Ledger
18 23 (1.01%) Back Office
19 21 (0.92%) Private Banking
20 20 (0.88%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 388 (17.08%) Analyst
2 373 (16.42%) Developer
3 289 (12.72%) Senior
4 271 (11.93%) Architect
4 271 (11.93%) Business Analyst
5 162 (7.13%) Lead
6 128 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
7 109 (4.80%) Project Manager
8 99 (4.36%) Java Developer
9 91 (4.01%) Banking Analyst
10 85 (3.74%) Senior Developer
11 79 (3.48%) Data Engineer
12 76 (3.35%) Consultant
13 62 (2.73%) Banking Business Analyst
14 60 (2.64%) Payments Architect
15 54 (2.38%) Network Engineer
15 54 (2.38%) Payments Solutions Architect
16 52 (2.29%) Designer
17 50 (2.20%) C# Developer
18 45 (1.98%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.89%) .NET
2 107 (4.71%) Kafka
3 81 (3.57%) React
4 71 (3.13%) Middleware
4 71 (3.13%) REST
5 68 (2.99%) Spring
6 61 (2.68%) HTML
7 60 (2.64%) Spring Boot
8 55 (2.42%) RESTful
9 45 (1.98%) CSS
10 44 (1.94%) OAuth
11 39 (1.72%) AngularJS
12 37 (1.63%) JSON
12 37 (1.63%) XML
13 33 (1.45%) OAuth2
14 30 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
15 26 (1.14%) Node.js
16 24 (1.06%) SOAP
17 23 (1.01%) HTML5
18 22 (0.97%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 150 (6.60%) Product Ownership
2 112 (4.93%) Derivative
3 108 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 96 (4.23%) Cloud Native
4 96 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 88 (3.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 78 (3.43%) Data Protection Act
7 66 (2.90%) Fixed Income
8 58 (2.55%) Data Structures
9 56 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
9 56 (2.46%) Equities
10 46 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
10 46 (2.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 42 (1.85%) Credit Risk
12 41 (1.80%) Data Centre
12 41 (1.80%) Market Risk
13 36 (1.58%) Mainframe
14 32 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (1.23%) Algorithms
15 28 (1.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 144 (6.34%) Windows
2 102 (4.49%) Linux
3 70 (3.08%) Unix
4 37 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.23%) Android
6 24 (1.06%) Windows Server
7 21 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.88%) zOS
9 16 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (0.53%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.48%) AIX
12 7 (0.31%) VMS
13 6 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
13 6 (0.26%) Solaris
13 6 (0.26%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.22%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (0.18%) HPUX
15 4 (0.18%) SUSE
15 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (24.60%) Agile
2 412 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 360 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
4 307 (13.51%) CI/CD
5 304 (13.38%) DevOps
6 248 (10.92%) Migration
7 243 (10.70%) AI
8 191 (8.41%) Analytics
9 187 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (8.14%) Roadmaps
11 182 (8.01%) Decision-Making
12 178 (7.83%) Data Modelling
13 175 (7.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 170 (7.48%) Risk Management
15 166 (7.31%) Validation
16 165 (7.26%) Microservices
17 160 (7.04%) User Acceptance Testing
18 150 (6.60%) Data Analysis
19 148 (6.51%) Project Management
20 146 (6.43%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 381 (16.77%) SQL
2 323 (14.22%) Python
3 286 (12.59%) Java
4 144 (6.34%) C#
5 97 (4.27%) JavaScript
6 64 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 60 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 43 (1.89%) PL/SQL
9 35 (1.54%) Shell Script
10 30 (1.32%) VBA
11 28 (1.23%) Go
11 28 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 24 (1.06%) Bash
13 22 (0.97%) Kotlin
14 18 (0.79%) Korn
15 17 (0.75%) C++
15 17 (0.75%) COBOL
16 14 (0.62%) Scala
17 13 (0.57%) JCL
17 13 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 211 (9.29%) Degree
2 110 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 69 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 66 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 56 (2.46%) Master's Degree
6 55 (2.42%) PMI Certification
6 55 (2.42%) PMP
7 42 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (1.54%) CISSP
9 29 (1.28%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.75%) MBA
13 16 (0.70%) ISTQB
14 15 (0.66%) CISM
15 13 (0.57%) CBAP
16 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.40%) ACCA
18 9 (0.40%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (5.99%) QA
2 121 (5.33%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.42%) GDPR
4 50 (2.20%) ISO 20022
5 43 (1.89%) PMO
6 35 (1.54%) PSD2
7 34 (1.50%) SLA
8 32 (1.41%) NIST
8 32 (1.41%) PCI DSS
9 31 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 30 (1.32%) SEPA
11 28 (1.23%) GRC
12 25 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 21 (0.92%) Accessibility
14 19 (0.84%) Basel III
15 17 (0.75%) MiFID
16 15 (0.66%) ISO 8583
17 12 (0.53%) IFRS
18 8 (0.35%) EMIR
19 7 (0.31%) COREP
System Software
1 124 (5.46%) Docker
2 46 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 43 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.88%) Firmware
5 19 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.62%) vSphere
7 12 (0.53%) NFS
8 9 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.26%) RACF
10 5 (0.22%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.18%) Varnish
11 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.18%) XenApp
12 3 (0.13%) ACF2
12 3 (0.13%) Postfix
12 3 (0.13%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.13%) SRDF
13 2 (0.088%) GPFS
13 2 (0.088%) GridGain
13 2 (0.088%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 166 (7.31%) Kubernetes
2 85 (3.74%) Terraform
3 64 (2.82%) Ansible
4 33 (1.45%) Grafana
5 27 (1.19%) SCCM
6 24 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.79%) Argo
9 10 (0.44%) Control-M
10 8 (0.35%) Istio
10 8 (0.35%) Puppet
10 8 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.31%) WSUS
12 6 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.26%) RSA Archer
12 6 (0.26%) SnapMirror
13 5 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (0.22%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.18%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 280 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 165 (7.26%) Oracle
3 80 (3.52%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.08%) Google
5 62 (2.73%) IBM
6 61 (2.68%) Cisco
7 55 (2.42%) SAP
8 54 (2.38%) F5
9 52 (2.29%) VMware
10 51 (2.24%) Citrix
11 44 (1.94%) Splunk
12 29 (1.28%) Bloomberg
12 29 (1.28%) Temenos
13 28 (1.23%) Databricks
13 28 (1.23%) HP
13 28 (1.23%) Murex
14 26 (1.14%) Pega
14 26 (1.14%) Remedy
15 25 (1.10%) NetApp
16 24 (1.06%) Avaloq