Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in England

Retail Banking
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 441 460
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 +46
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 79 80 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.26% 0.33%
As % of the General category 0.41% 0.43% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 35 67
10th Percentile £437 £478 £463
25th Percentile £495 £525 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £688
90th Percentile £650 £753 £793
UK median daily rate £525 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £89.44
UK median hourly rate - - £89.44

All General Skills
England

Retail 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 19,482 18,729 22,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.35% 60.00% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,335 11,242 15,607
10th Percentile £275 £300 £288
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £670
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 1,269 703 1,020
10th Percentile £14.04 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% -4.55% +28.35%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £72.25 £71.91
UK median hourly rate £24.34 £28.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -13.07% -13.37% +29.28%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in England

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Retail Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Banking in England over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Banking in England

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Retail Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Retail Banking

Retail 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 Retail Banking within the England region over the 6 months to 27 November 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 -12 57 £545 -16.15% 20
North of England -33 11 £500 -11.11% 3
Midlands -19 8 £500 -9.09% 1
Yorkshire -35 8 £525 -6.67%
West Midlands -24 5 £500 -9.09%
East Midlands - 3 £465 - 1
North West -22 2 £304 -43.44% 3
South West -2 1 - -
South East -6 1 £550 - 12
North East - 1 - -
Retail Banking
UK

Retail 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 5 (6.33%) Confluence
2 4 (5.06%) CMS
3 2 (2.53%) CICS
3 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.27%) Apache
4 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.27%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.53%) UserZoom
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.33%) AWS
1 5 (6.33%) Azure
2 4 (5.06%) Figma
2 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.53%) Apigee
4 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.53%) PaaS
4 2 (2.53%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.27%) Apple Pay
5 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.27%) GCP
5 1 (1.27%) Google Pay
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.27%) OCI
5 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) ATM
1 1 (1.27%) Firewall
1 1 (1.27%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) Metadata
1 5 (6.33%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.06%) NoSQL
2 4 (5.06%) Power BI
2 4 (5.06%) Tableau
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.27%) Big Data
3 1 (1.27%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.27%) Spark SQL
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (11.39%) JIRA
2 5 (6.33%) JUnit
3 4 (5.06%) Git
3 4 (5.06%) GitLab
4 3 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.53%) Gradle
5 2 (2.53%) SonarQube
5 2 (2.53%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.27%) Artifactory
6 1 (1.27%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.27%) JMeter
6 1 (1.27%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.27%) Maven
6 1 (1.27%) Postman
6 1 (1.27%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.27%) Selenium
General
1 75 (94.94%) Banking
2 42 (53.16%) Finance
3 39 (49.37%) Retail
4 36 (45.57%) Corporate Banking
4 36 (45.57%) Investment Banking
5 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
6 17 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.06%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.80%) Legal
8 3 (3.80%) Marketing
9 1 (1.27%) Back Office
9 1 (1.27%) Front Office
9 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Analyst
2 13 (16.46%) Developer
3 10 (12.66%) Data Analyst
4 9 (11.39%) Project Manager
5 8 (10.13%) Senior
6 7 (8.86%) Business Analyst
7 6 (7.59%) Java Developer
8 4 (5.06%) Designer
8 4 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.80%) Architect
9 3 (3.80%) Banking Project Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Data Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (3.80%) Junior
9 3 (3.80%) Product Owner
9 3 (3.80%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Senior Data Analyst
10 2 (2.53%) Integration Developer
10 2 (2.53%) Lead
10 2 (2.53%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) .NET
1 4 (5.06%) Gherkin
1 4 (5.06%) Kafka
1 4 (5.06%) PySpark
2 3 (3.80%) React
3 2 (2.53%) FastAPI
3 2 (2.53%) Pandas
3 2 (2.53%) REST
3 2 (2.53%) Spring
3 2 (2.53%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.27%) CSS
4 1 (1.27%) CSS3
4 1 (1.27%) HTML
4 1 (1.27%) HTML5
4 1 (1.27%) JSON
4 1 (1.27%) LESS
4 1 (1.27%) Node.js
4 1 (1.27%) NumPy
4 1 (1.27%) Sass
4 1 (1.27%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Product Ownership
2 9 (11.39%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.53%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.53%) VSAM
7 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.27%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.27%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (1.27%) PMI
7 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.27%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.84%) Wealth Management
2 23 (29.11%) Agile
3 16 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (18.99%) Decision-Making
5 13 (16.46%) Analytics
6 10 (12.66%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (12.66%) Customer Experience
7 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.39%) Software Engineering
7 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (10.13%) AI
8 8 (10.13%) Data Analysis
8 8 (10.13%) DevOps
8 8 (10.13%) Test Automation
8 8 (10.13%) Validation
9 7 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (8.86%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (8.86%) Machine Learning
9 7 (8.86%) Project Management
9 7 (8.86%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.32%) Python
2 12 (15.19%) SQL
3 10 (12.66%) Java
4 6 (7.59%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.53%) COBOL
5 2 (2.53%) JCL
5 2 (2.53%) Rust
6 1 (1.27%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (1.27%) Go
6 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.27%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (3.80%) Degree
2 1 (1.27%) CISA
2 1 (1.27%) CISSP
2 1 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.27%) MBA
2 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.27%) PMP
2 1 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.06%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.80%) QA
4 1 (1.27%) Basel III
4 1 (1.27%) COBIT
4 1 (1.27%) IFRS
4 1 (1.27%) IFRS 9
4 1 (1.27%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.27%) SEPA
4 1 (1.27%) SLA
4 1 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Ansible
2 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.53%) DocuSign
2 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.27%) Apple
3 1 (1.27%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.27%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Citrix
3 1 (1.27%) Dell
3 1 (1.27%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.27%) F5
3 1 (1.27%) Google
3 1 (1.27%) HP
3 1 (1.27%) IBM
3 1 (1.27%) Monzo
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle
3 1 (1.27%) Reuters
3 1 (1.27%) Trayport