Basel II Contract Job Trends in England

Basel II
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Basel II skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 - 540
Rank change year-on-year - - +170
Contract jobs citing Basel II 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.019% - 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £631
25th Percentile - - £659
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £713
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.79%
75th Percentile - - £759
90th Percentile - - £784
UK median daily rate - - £713
% change year-on-year - - +21.79%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Basel II falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,404 3,869 5,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.22% 14.28% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,513 2,245 3,438
10th Percentile £313 £265 £320
25th Percentile £410 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £549
Median % change year-on-year - -8.88% +4.52%
75th Percentile £614 £635 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 150 218
10th Percentile £15.61 £14.70 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.35 £17.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% -8.77% +36.08%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.93 £60.94
90th Percentile £71.87 £75.00 £80.93
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.28% -10.77% +38.09%

Basel II
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Basel II relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Basel II job vacancy trend in England

Basel II
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Basel II.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Basel II

Basel II
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Basel II.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Basel II

Basel II
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 Basel II within the England region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
North East - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Basel II
UK

Basel II
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Basel III
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks