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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 24 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -6
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,178 2,345 2,819
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.99% 7.64% 7.39%
As % of the General category 11.13% 12.62% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 1,559 1,957
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £426 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £615
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -0.81% -5.38%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £750
90th Percentile £809 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £616
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.64% -5.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 9 21
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.93 £15.72
25th Percentile £24.45 £15.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +48.65% -19.57%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £30.00
90th Percentile £56.00 £82.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £18.72
% change year-on-year -6.85% +44.27% -18.63%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,567 18,586 22,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 62.80% 60.55% 59.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,456 11,217 15,436
10th Percentile £277 £300 £290
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £667
90th Percentile £738 £775 £769
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 671 1,035
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.23
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -6.31% +26.41%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.51 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.50 £70.59
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -12.73% -13.28% +26.84%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -5 1,541 £600 -5.88% 313
North of England +5 401 £465 -8.37% 139
Yorkshire +2 225 £500 -9.09% 51
North West +4 186 £447 -3.87% 79
Midlands +16 166 £460 -16.36% 88
West Midlands +11 96 £525 -14.98% 47
East Midlands +19 72 £410 -8.89% 37
South East -27 45 £419 -16.25% 251
South West +1 38 £525 -8.50% 59
East of England -8 12 £400 -46.67% 54
North East -4 4 - - 9
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
1 123 (5.65%) Confluence
2 54 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.74%) Apache
4 34 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.78%) CICS
6 17 (0.78%) CMS
7 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.41%) IIS
8 9 (0.41%) SAS
8 9 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.37%) MQSeries
9 8 (0.37%) Mule
10 7 (0.32%) HCL Notes
10 7 (0.32%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.18%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.18%) Camunda
12 4 (0.18%) JBoss
13 3 (0.14%) Appian
Applications
1 118 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.96%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Sketch
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.14%) InVision
10 3 (0.14%) Notion
10 3 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.046%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.046%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 22 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
2 21 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
5 12 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
6 11 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
7 10 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.46%) Temenos T24
8 9 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
9 8 (0.37%) Aladdin
9 8 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 8 (0.37%) VisionPLUS
10 6 (0.28%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
11 5 (0.23%) Loan IQ
12 4 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
12 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
12 4 (0.18%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 346 (15.89%) Azure
2 332 (15.24%) AWS
3 184 (8.45%) GCP
4 142 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 87 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (3.58%) GitHub
7 69 (3.17%) Serverless
8 56 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 53 (2.43%) Figma
10 42 (1.93%) SaaS
11 41 (1.88%) Snowflake
12 39 (1.79%) Entra ID
12 39 (1.79%) PowerApps
13 32 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (1.38%) Power Automate
15 29 (1.33%) dbt
16 25 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
17 23 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
17 23 (1.06%) Azure AKS
18 22 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.30%) Firewall
2 42 (1.93%) DNS
3 36 (1.65%) Network Security
4 30 (1.38%) Wireless
5 26 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 26 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 24 (1.10%) HTTP
7 22 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 21 (0.96%) DMZ
9 17 (0.78%) SSL
10 15 (0.69%) Multicast
11 14 (0.64%) Wireshark
12 13 (0.60%) BIG-IP
12 13 (0.60%) DHCP
12 13 (0.60%) VPN
13 10 (0.46%) BGP
14 9 (0.41%) LAN
14 9 (0.41%) NetScaler
15 8 (0.37%) Internet
15 8 (0.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (5.46%) Power BI
2 94 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 82 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
4 73 (3.35%) NoSQL
5 59 (2.71%) Tableau
6 53 (2.43%) MongoDB
7 41 (1.88%) Data Lake
7 41 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 35 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 34 (1.56%) Metadata
10 30 (1.38%) DB2
10 30 (1.38%) Oracle Database
11 29 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
12 28 (1.29%) Apache Arrow
12 28 (1.29%) Apache Iceberg
12 28 (1.29%) Apache Ignite
12 28 (1.29%) Dremio
13 25 (1.15%) Big Data
14 24 (1.10%) Power Query
15 20 (0.92%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 213 (9.78%) JIRA
2 156 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 114 (5.23%) Git
4 80 (3.67%) GitLab
5 49 (2.25%) JUnit
6 38 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 34 (1.56%) Bitbucket
8 33 (1.52%) Selenium
9 26 (1.19%) Liquibase
10 25 (1.15%) Cucumber
11 24 (1.10%) Maven
12 23 (1.06%) SonarQube
13 19 (0.87%) Postman
14 15 (0.69%) Gradle
14 15 (0.69%) TeamCity
15 14 (0.64%) REST Assured
16 12 (0.55%) Fiddler
17 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
17 11 (0.51%) webpack
18 10 (0.46%) Mockito
General
1 1,395 (64.05%) Finance
2 799 (36.69%) Social Skills
3 471 (21.63%) Investment Banking
4 291 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
5 202 (9.27%) Front Office
6 140 (6.43%) Financial Institution
7 69 (3.17%) Retail Banking
8 60 (2.75%) Retail
9 51 (2.34%) Legal
10 45 (2.07%) Corporate Banking
11 40 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (1.74%) Back Office
12 38 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 36 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.19%) Public Sector
16 24 (1.10%) International Banking
17 22 (1.01%) Private Banking
18 21 (0.96%) Marketing
19 20 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 438 (20.11%) Developer
2 356 (16.35%) Analyst
3 278 (12.76%) Senior
4 237 (10.88%) Business Analyst
5 187 (8.59%) Architect
6 135 (6.20%) Project Manager
7 124 (5.69%) Java Developer
8 103 (4.73%) Lead
9 90 (4.13%) Senior Developer
10 78 (3.58%) Software Engineer
11 72 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
12 65 (2.98%) Consultant
13 62 (2.85%) Banking Analyst
14 59 (2.71%) Designer
15 57 (2.62%) Python Engineer
16 55 (2.53%) AWS Engineer
17 52 (2.39%) Data Analyst
17 52 (2.39%) DevOps Engineer
17 52 (2.39%) Senior Java Developer
18 48 (2.20%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (5.69%) Kafka
2 116 (5.33%) REST
3 101 (4.64%) .NET
4 88 (4.04%) Spring
5 84 (3.86%) RESTful
6 80 (3.67%) React
7 73 (3.35%) Spring Boot
8 71 (3.26%) Pandas
9 66 (3.03%) NumPy
10 59 (2.71%) AngularJS
11 58 (2.66%) HTML
12 48 (2.20%) CSS
12 48 (2.20%) SciPy
13 40 (1.84%) Middleware
14 39 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
14 39 (1.79%) Node.js
15 35 (1.61%) FIX Protocol
15 35 (1.61%) XML
16 33 (1.52%) gRPC
17 30 (1.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 152 (6.98%) Derivative
2 149 (6.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 122 (5.60%) Onboarding
4 111 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 110 (5.05%) Cloud Native
6 92 (4.22%) Fixed Income
7 91 (4.18%) Equities
8 85 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
9 77 (3.54%) Management Information System
10 73 (3.35%) Hedge funds
11 69 (3.17%) Data Centre
12 63 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
13 55 (2.53%) Mobile App
14 52 (2.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 44 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.93%) Public Cloud
17 41 (1.88%) Data Structures
18 37 (1.70%) Market Risk
19 34 (1.56%) Credit Risk
19 34 (1.56%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 159 (7.30%) Linux
2 127 (5.83%) Windows
3 53 (2.43%) Android
4 47 (2.16%) Unix
5 28 (1.29%) Mac OS
6 26 (1.19%) Windows 10
7 24 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 23 (1.06%) Windows Server
9 11 (0.51%) zOS
10 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.18%) AIX
12 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.092%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.046%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.046%) Solaris
14 1 (0.046%) VMS
14 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (28.10%) Agile
2 393 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
3 327 (15.01%) DevOps
4 315 (14.46%) CI/CD
5 301 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 217 (9.96%) Analytics
7 212 (9.73%) Microservices
8 183 (8.40%) Risk Management
9 175 (8.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 166 (7.62%) Project Management
11 157 (7.21%) Migration
12 152 (6.98%) Decision-Making
12 152 (6.98%) Software Engineering
13 150 (6.89%) Change Management
14 140 (6.43%) Containerisation
14 140 (6.43%) Roadmaps
15 138 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
16 135 (6.20%) Scrum
17 127 (5.83%) AI
17 127 (5.83%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 415 (19.05%) Python
2 381 (17.49%) SQL
3 340 (15.61%) Java
4 152 (6.98%) C#
5 120 (5.51%) JavaScript
6 73 (3.35%) TypeScript
7 58 (2.66%) PowerShell
8 55 (2.53%) Go
9 52 (2.39%) C++
10 32 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 28 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 27 (1.24%) Bash
13 24 (1.10%) VBA
14 23 (1.06%) Kotlin
15 19 (0.87%) Rust
16 18 (0.83%) COBOL
17 15 (0.69%) Scala
17 15 (0.69%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.64%) Bicep
19 13 (0.60%) R
Qualifications
1 247 (11.34%) Degree
2 87 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (3.86%) Security Cleared
4 64 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 48 (2.20%) PMI Certification
6 45 (2.07%) PMP
7 40 (1.84%) SC Cleared
8 32 (1.47%) CISSP
9 28 (1.29%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.29%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (0.96%) DV Cleared
12 20 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (0.69%) CISM
14 12 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.55%) BC Cleared
15 10 (0.46%) CBAP
15 10 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.46%) PhD
16 8 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (6.24%) QA
2 79 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.57%) GDPR
4 47 (2.16%) PMO
5 42 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.93%) ISO 20022
6 31 (1.42%) SEPA
6 31 (1.42%) SLA
7 29 (1.33%) NIST
8 26 (1.19%) MiFID
9 25 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 23 (1.06%) PSD2
11 21 (0.96%) PCI DSS
12 20 (0.92%) GRC
12 20 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (0.83%) Basel III
14 16 (0.73%) EMIR
15 13 (0.60%) IFRS
16 7 (0.32%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 174 (7.99%) Docker
2 46 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (1.97%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.60%) Firmware
6 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.23%) RACF
7 5 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.092%) ACF2
9 2 (0.092%) GridGain
9 2 (0.092%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.092%) NFS
9 2 (0.092%) vSphere
9 2 (0.092%) XenApp
9 2 (0.092%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.046%) HDFS
10 1 (0.046%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.046%) KVM
Systems Management
1 206 (9.46%) Kubernetes
2 116 (5.33%) Terraform
3 83 (3.81%) Ansible
4 48 (2.20%) Grafana
5 47 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.92%) SCCM
7 13 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
8 12 (0.55%) NetBackup
9 11 (0.51%) Argo
9 11 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.41%) Control-M
12 8 (0.37%) CA Endevor
13 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.28%) Kibana
14 6 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
14 6 (0.28%) RSA Archer
15 5 (0.23%) QRadar
15 5 (0.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 252 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.24%) Oracle
3 101 (4.64%) Google
4 63 (2.89%) Splunk
5 55 (2.53%) VMware
6 53 (2.43%) IBM
7 46 (2.11%) ServiceNow
8 40 (1.84%) Cisco
8 40 (1.84%) F5
9 38 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 37 (1.70%) HP
11 33 (1.52%) Apple
11 33 (1.52%) Dell
12 31 (1.42%) CyberArk
13 30 (1.38%) SAP
14 27 (1.24%) Citrix
15 26 (1.19%) Databricks
15 26 (1.19%) Dynatrace
16 25 (1.15%) Bloomberg
17 21 (0.96%) Remedy