Banking Contract Job Trends in London

Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 13
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Banking 1,547 1,495 1,873
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.71% 11.98% 10.61%
As % of the General category 14.55% 17.68% 16.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 974 1,420
10th Percentile £404 £389 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £700 £788 £788
90th Percentile £838 £875 £875
England median daily rate £525 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.27 £18.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.66 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +123.03% +26.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95.63 - £20.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £95.50 £23.25
England median hourly rate £25.77 £23.47 £19.28
% change year-on-year +9.82% +21.74% -8.21%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,635 8,457 11,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.90% 67.75% 63.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,880 5,701 7,947
10th Percentile £350 £341 £336
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% -0.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 142 239
10th Percentile £18.37 £15.84 £15.90
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.13 £18.19
Median hourly rate £33.12 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +22.32% -11.70%
75th Percentile £47.75 £51.07 £44.75
90th Percentile £68.50 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year +11.20% -10.57% -5.38%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Banking job vacancy trend in London

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in London

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Banking in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in London

Banking
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Central London -9 244 £577 -3.83% 99
East London +1 22 £500 +20.48% 6
South London -22 15 £528 -42.97% 1
West London -18 12 - - 12
Banking
England

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 78 (5.04%) Confluence
2 32 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.10%) SAS
4 15 (0.97%) IIS
5 13 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.65%) Apache
8 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.45%) CICS
10 6 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.26%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.26%) Hyperledger
13 3 (0.19%) Camunda
13 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
14 2 (0.13%) Appian
14 2 (0.13%) CMS
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
15 1 (0.065%) Jupyter
Applications
1 90 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.65%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.32%) Notion
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.13%) InVision
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
8 2 (0.13%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (1.62%) Oracle Payables
2 23 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 19 (1.23%) Temenos T24
4 16 (1.03%) Loan IQ
5 15 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.65%) Finacle
7 9 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.52%) Aladdin
8 8 (0.52%) Summit
9 7 (0.45%) Actimize
9 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
9 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 5 (0.32%) BASE24
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
12 4 (0.26%) Fidessa
12 4 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 264 (17.07%) Azure
2 214 (13.83%) AWS
3 81 (5.24%) GCP
3 81 (5.24%) Power Platform
4 69 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (3.17%) SaaS
6 48 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (3.10%) GitHub
7 33 (2.13%) Figma
8 29 (1.87%) Serverless
8 29 (1.87%) Snowflake
9 25 (1.62%) Entra ID
10 24 (1.55%) OCI
11 23 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (1.42%) Amazon S3
12 22 (1.42%) Power Automate
13 19 (1.23%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (1.10%) IaaS
14 17 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.07%) Firewall
2 21 (1.36%) FIX Connectivity
3 20 (1.29%) VPN
4 19 (1.23%) HTTP
4 19 (1.23%) Network Security
5 16 (1.03%) DNS
6 12 (0.78%) Multicast
7 10 (0.65%) Internet
8 9 (0.58%) DHCP
8 9 (0.58%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.52%) NetScaler
9 8 (0.52%) SAN
10 7 (0.45%) BGP
10 7 (0.45%) DMZ
10 7 (0.45%) OSPF
11 6 (0.39%) VLAN
11 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.39%) Wireless
12 5 (0.32%) HSRP
13 4 (0.26%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 60 (3.88%) Power BI
3 44 (2.84%) Metadata
4 42 (2.71%) Oracle Database
5 40 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (2.52%) Tableau
7 33 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.36%) Big Data
11 19 (1.23%) NoSQL
12 18 (1.16%) BigQuery
13 14 (0.90%) DB2
13 14 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.84%) Pinecone
14 13 (0.84%) Weaviate
15 12 (0.78%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.65%) KDB
16 10 (0.65%) RDBMS
17 9 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 139 (8.99%) JIRA
2 62 (4.01%) Git
3 55 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 44 (2.84%) GitLab
5 25 (1.62%) JUnit
6 15 (0.97%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.84%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 12 (0.78%) Selenium
9 9 (0.58%) Mockito
9 9 (0.58%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.52%) Maven
10 8 (0.52%) MLflow
10 8 (0.52%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.45%) Chocolatey
11 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.45%) ERwin
11 7 (0.45%) webpack
12 6 (0.39%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 999 (64.58%) Finance
2 436 (28.18%) Social Skills
3 378 (24.43%) Investment Banking
4 228 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
5 176 (11.38%) Front Office
6 90 (5.82%) Financial Institution
7 68 (4.40%) Retail Banking
8 61 (3.94%) Corporate Banking
8 61 (3.94%) Retail
9 55 (3.56%) Legal
10 47 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
11 34 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (2.07%) Public Sector
13 25 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.42%) Back Office
15 21 (1.36%) General Ledger
16 19 (1.23%) Marketing
16 19 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.23%) Private Banking
17 18 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 310 (20.04%) Developer
2 260 (16.81%) Analyst
3 230 (14.87%) Senior
4 186 (12.02%) Business Analyst
5 136 (8.79%) Architect
6 112 (7.24%) Lead
7 87 (5.62%) Java Developer
8 78 (5.04%) Senior Developer
9 63 (4.07%) Project Manager
10 57 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
11 55 (3.56%) Banking Analyst
12 54 (3.49%) Consultant
13 46 (2.97%) C# Developer
13 46 (2.97%) Data Engineer
14 44 (2.84%) Designer
15 41 (2.65%) Banking Business Analyst
16 39 (2.52%) Senior Java Developer
17 33 (2.13%) Electronic Trading Developer
18 32 (2.07%) Data Analyst
18 32 (2.07%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (6.40%) .NET
2 97 (6.27%) Kafka
3 74 (4.78%) React
4 55 (3.56%) Middleware
5 54 (3.49%) HTML
5 54 (3.49%) Spring
6 46 (2.97%) Spring Boot
7 40 (2.59%) CSS
7 40 (2.59%) REST
8 38 (2.46%) RESTful
9 37 (2.39%) AngularJS
10 35 (2.26%) FIX Protocol
11 33 (2.13%) XML
12 31 (2.00%) OAuth
13 25 (1.62%) OAuth2
14 22 (1.42%) JSON
15 21 (1.36%) HTML5
16 20 (1.29%) Redux
17 19 (1.23%) .NET Framework
17 19 (1.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.43%) Derivative
2 86 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 77 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 71 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.33%) Fixed Income
6 66 (4.27%) Cloud Native
7 57 (3.68%) Equities
8 56 (3.62%) Data Structures
9 47 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
10 46 (2.97%) Management Information System
11 45 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
12 34 (2.20%) Credit Risk
12 34 (2.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 33 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
14 30 (1.94%) Market Risk
15 28 (1.81%) Algorithms
16 25 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
17 23 (1.49%) AI Agents
17 23 (1.49%) Public Cloud
18 21 (1.36%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 101 (6.53%) Windows
2 64 (4.14%) Linux
3 48 (3.10%) Unix
4 21 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 20 (1.29%) Android
6 18 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.97%) Windows Server
8 11 (0.71%) zOS
9 7 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.39%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.32%) AIX
12 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.13%) VMS
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.065%) Rocky
14 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (24.76%) Agile
2 264 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 230 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (14.16%) CI/CD
5 201 (12.99%) DevOps
6 191 (12.35%) AI
7 155 (10.02%) Analytics
8 153 (9.89%) Migration
9 134 (8.66%) Data Modelling
10 133 (8.60%) Decision-Making
11 130 (8.40%) Validation
12 126 (8.14%) Microservices
13 118 (7.63%) User Acceptance Testing
14 116 (7.50%) Risk Management
15 115 (7.43%) Roadmaps
16 111 (7.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 105 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
18 104 (6.72%) Test Automation
19 101 (6.53%) Data Analysis
20 95 (6.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 302 (19.52%) SQL
2 242 (15.64%) Python
3 223 (14.41%) Java
4 137 (8.86%) C#
5 80 (5.17%) JavaScript
6 65 (4.20%) TypeScript
7 43 (2.78%) PowerShell
8 42 (2.71%) PL/SQL
9 28 (1.81%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.55%) Shell Script
11 20 (1.29%) C++
12 17 (1.10%) VBA
13 16 (1.03%) Korn
13 16 (1.03%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.90%) Go
15 13 (0.84%) Bash
16 12 (0.78%) Scala
17 11 (0.71%) COBOL
17 11 (0.71%) Perl
18 10 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 133 (8.60%) Degree
2 82 (5.30%) Security Cleared
3 61 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.20%) PMP
6 33 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 33 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 22 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.36%) CISSP
9 13 (0.84%) CBAP
10 12 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.65%) CISM
13 8 (0.52%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.45%) IIBA
15 6 (0.39%) ACCA
15 6 (0.39%) CISA
15 6 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.33%) QA
2 94 (6.08%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.07%) ISO 20022
4 30 (1.94%) PMO
5 29 (1.87%) GDPR
6 28 (1.81%) SLA
7 25 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.49%) NIST
9 21 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 21 (1.36%) SEPA
10 20 (1.29%) MiFID
10 20 (1.29%) PSD2
11 19 (1.23%) Accessibility
12 16 (1.03%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.90%) GRC
14 9 (0.58%) IFRS
14 9 (0.58%) ISO 8583
15 8 (0.52%) Basel III
15 8 (0.52%) EMIR
16 7 (0.45%) COREP
System Software
1 81 (5.24%) Docker
2 41 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.32%) Varnish
6 4 (0.26%) NFS
6 4 (0.26%) Postfix
6 4 (0.26%) Sendmail
7 2 (0.13%) GridGain
7 2 (0.13%) RACF
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.065%) HDFS
8 1 (0.065%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.065%) PowerHA
8 1 (0.065%) Squid
8 1 (0.065%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.065%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 98 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.43%) Terraform
3 23 (1.49%) SCCM
4 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.97%) Ansible
6 14 (0.90%) Argo
6 14 (0.90%) Grafana
7 13 (0.84%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.52%) Control-M
10 7 (0.45%) WSUS
11 5 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (0.32%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.26%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.19%) Istio
13 3 (0.19%) Karpenter
13 3 (0.19%) Puppet
14 2 (0.13%) HP ALM
15 1 (0.065%) Kubeflow
15 1 (0.065%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 175 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.99%) Oracle
3 57 (3.68%) ServiceNow
4 43 (2.78%) SAP
5 36 (2.33%) IBM
6 30 (1.94%) Citrix
6 30 (1.94%) Google
7 29 (1.87%) Databricks
8 27 (1.75%) Murex
9 26 (1.68%) Temenos
10 25 (1.62%) Avaloq
10 25 (1.62%) Bloomberg
11 21 (1.36%) Splunk
11 21 (1.36%) Workday
12 19 (1.23%) Cisco
13 18 (1.16%) Pega
14 16 (1.03%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.90%) CyberArk
15 14 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.90%) HP