Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Retail Banking
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in Knutsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 10 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.27% 1.60% -
As % of the General category 5.29% 3.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £306 £366 -
25th Percentile £312 £391 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% - -
75th Percentile £322 £491 -
90th Percentile £362 £519 -
Cheshire median daily rate £313 £438 -
% change year-on-year -28.46% - -

All General Skills
Knutsford

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 general skills in Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 189 63 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 61.76% 50.40% 56.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 55 56
10th Percentile £328 £317 £338
25th Percentile £358 £356 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £391 £484
Median % change year-on-year +16.37% -19.13% -6.03%
75th Percentile £557 £493 £582
90th Percentile £625 £583 £614
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.95 £26.66
% change year-on-year -2.20% +23.59% -3.05%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Retail 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 10 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Corporate Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Finance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Junior
4 1 (10.00%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (30.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (90.00%) Change Management
2 9 (90.00%) Scrum
2 9 (90.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (70.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 7 (70.00%) Epics
3 7 (70.00%) Sprint Planning
3 7 (70.00%) User Stories
3 7 (70.00%) Wireframes
4 6 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (60.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 5 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (30.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 3 (30.00%) Fintech
7 3 (30.00%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (30.00%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (30.00%) MBA
1 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
1 3 (30.00%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Basel III
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft