Banking Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Banking
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Knutsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -4
Contract jobs citing Banking 63 27 9
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 27.51% 21.95% 10.47%
As % of the General category 39.38% 33.75% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 25 8
10th Percentile £350 £281 £528
25th Percentile £402 £316 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £360 £562
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -35.89% +30.58%
75th Percentile £500 £400 £586
90th Percentile £693 £570 -
Cheshire median daily rate £465 £425 £583
% change year-on-year +9.41% -27.10% +21.46%

All General Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 160 80 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 69.87% 65.04% 66.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 67 47
10th Percentile £305 £314 £458
25th Percentile £358 £356 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £445 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -15.24% +17.32%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £583
90th Percentile £605 £658 £604
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -9.05% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £23.50 £24.09 £24.05
% change year-on-year -2.45% +0.17% +52.70%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Knutsford over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Knutsford

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 11 (17.46%) Confluence
2 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.75%) AWS
1 20 (31.75%) Azure
2 8 (12.70%) GCP
3 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (3.17%) Amazon MSK
4 2 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (3.17%) Serverless
4 2 (3.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) ATM
2 2 (3.17%) Firewall
2 2 (3.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) Tableau
2 2 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.17%) Power BI
3 1 (1.59%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.59%) Impala
Development Applications
1 27 (42.86%) JIRA
2 14 (22.22%) Git
3 4 (6.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.17%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.17%) GitLab
4 2 (3.17%) Gradle
4 2 (3.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (3.17%) Xcode
5 1 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.59%) ESLint
5 1 (1.59%) Postman
5 1 (1.59%) Selenium
5 1 (1.59%) TestRail
General
1 34 (53.97%) Finance
2 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.17%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Publishing
6 1 (1.59%) Retail
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (36.51%) Architect
2 18 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (20.63%) Developer
4 7 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 6 (9.52%) Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Java Developer
5 6 (9.52%) Payments Architect
5 6 (9.52%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.35%) Business Architect
6 4 (6.35%) Lead
7 3 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Programme Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Banking Project Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Change Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Governance Manager
9 1 (1.59%) Digital Architect
9 1 (1.59%) iOS Developer
9 1 (1.59%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.59%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.98%) Spring
1 17 (26.98%) Spring Boot
2 16 (25.40%) REST
3 10 (15.87%) JMS
4 4 (6.35%) Web Services
5 3 (4.76%) HTML
5 3 (4.76%) XML
6 2 (3.17%) CSS
6 2 (3.17%) Node.js
7 1 (1.59%) Flutter
7 1 (1.59%) Jest
7 1 (1.59%) JSON
7 1 (1.59%) PySpark
7 1 (1.59%) React
7 1 (1.59%) React Native
7 1 (1.59%) Redux
7 1 (1.59%) SOAP
7 1 (1.59%) Swagger
7 1 (1.59%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.22%) Product Ownership
1 14 (22.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 10 (15.87%) Cloud Native
3 8 (12.70%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (6.35%) PACS
5 3 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.76%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.17%) PMI
6 2 (3.17%) Tandem
7 1 (1.59%) Digital Wallet
7 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.59%) Robotics
7 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Android
1 3 (4.76%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.17%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Unix
2 2 (3.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Agile
2 21 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (30.16%) DevOps
4 15 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (22.22%) Containerisation
5 14 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (17.46%) Architectural Design
6 11 (17.46%) CI/CD
6 11 (17.46%) SDLC
7 10 (15.87%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 10 (15.87%) Microservices
7 10 (15.87%) Regulatory Compliance
7 10 (15.87%) Roadmaps
7 10 (15.87%) Technical Architecture
8 9 (14.29%) Business Strategy
8 9 (14.29%) Change Management
8 9 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 9 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
8 9 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.92%) Java
2 12 (19.05%) SQL
3 9 (14.29%) Python
4 4 (6.35%) Ruby
5 2 (3.17%) C
5 2 (3.17%) C++
5 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.17%) Kotlin
5 2 (3.17%) Objective-C
5 2 (3.17%) Perl
5 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.17%) Scala
5 2 (3.17%) Swift
6 1 (1.59%) R
6 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (17.46%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) BC Cleared
5 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.76%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.17%) MBA
7 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.17%) PMP
7 2 (3.17%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.59%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (26.98%) ISO 20022
2 13 (20.63%) QA
3 11 (17.46%) PSD2
4 10 (15.87%) SEPA
5 5 (7.94%) ISO 8583
5 5 (7.94%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.17%) Basel III
7 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.59%) PMO
7 1 (1.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (25.40%) Docker
2 2 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (17.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.59%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Oracle
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.52%) Google
4 3 (4.76%) Temenos
5 2 (3.17%) Gemalto
5 2 (3.17%) IBM
5 2 (3.17%) Thales
6 1 (1.59%) Databricks
6 1 (1.59%) HP
6 1 (1.59%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.59%) Snow
6 1 (1.59%) Workday
6 1 (1.59%) Xamarin