Banking Contracts 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Banking 1,660 1,962 2,860
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.42% 12.09% 12.53%
As % of the General category 17.99% 19.40% 19.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,452 2,081
10th Percentile £385 £425 £425
25th Percentile £475 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £750 £825 £800
90th Percentile £838 £888 £900
England median daily rate £554 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -11.44% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 4
10th Percentile £24.66 - £9.85
25th Percentile - £27.00 £12.64
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £15.52
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +173.93% -42.00%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £17.37
90th Percentile £76.13 £90.15 £18.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £17.14 £17.98
% change year-on-year +46.78% -4.70% -27.95%

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 common skills in London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,228 10,115 14,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 69.03% 62.30% 64.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,135 6,970 10,707
10th Percentile £325 £338 £363
25th Percentile £423 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £713
90th Percentile £800 £825 £823
England median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 140 173
10th Percentile £15.84 £17.95 £17.98
25th Percentile £24.50 £24.09 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.50 £36.00 £34.62
Median % change year-on-year -12.51% +3.99% -7.68%
75th Percentile £49.75 £51.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.13 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £28.58
% change year-on-year -34.02% +33.38% +16.46%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Banking 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 28 August 2025.

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 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in London

Banking
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +1 295 £616 +0.24% 164
East London +11 25 £495 -8.33% 4
South London -3 8 £600 -21.31% 5
Banking
England

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 70 (4.22%) Confluence
2 58 (3.49%) Apache
3 53 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (1.63%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.20%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
8 8 (0.48%) SAS
9 6 (0.36%) IBM Notes
9 6 (0.36%) MQSeries
9 6 (0.36%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.30%) CMS
10 5 (0.30%) IIS
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.18%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
11 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.12%) CICS
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
Applications
1 66 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.57%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.48%) Sketch
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.060%) InVision
8 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.060%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 35 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
3 26 (1.57%) Oracle Assets
4 25 (1.51%) Oracle Payables
5 24 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 20 (1.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 19 (1.14%) Oracle EBS R12
8 16 (0.96%) Oracle BPM
9 15 (0.90%) FLEXCUBE
10 11 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
11 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
12 7 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
13 5 (0.30%) ION Anvil
13 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
14 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
14 4 (0.24%) Temenos T24
14 4 (0.24%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 259 (15.60%) AWS
2 254 (15.30%) Azure
3 134 (8.07%) GCP
4 75 (4.52%) Power Platform
5 60 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (3.37%) Snowflake
8 51 (3.07%) dbt
9 42 (2.53%) GitHub
10 37 (2.23%) Figma
11 30 (1.81%) SaaS
12 25 (1.51%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.33%) Azure AKS
14 21 (1.27%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 20 (1.20%) Serverless
16 19 (1.14%) Collibra
16 19 (1.14%) Power Automate
17 17 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.89%) Firewall
2 19 (1.14%) Network Security
3 15 (0.90%) Multicast
3 15 (0.90%) Wireless
4 14 (0.84%) DNS
5 13 (0.78%) VPN
6 10 (0.60%) HTTP
6 10 (0.60%) WAN
7 9 (0.54%) BGP
7 9 (0.54%) OSPF
7 9 (0.54%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.48%) Internet
8 8 (0.48%) LAN
9 7 (0.42%) SSL
10 6 (0.36%) SAN
11 4 (0.24%) DHCP
11 4 (0.24%) FTP
11 4 (0.24%) MPLS
11 4 (0.24%) SMTP
11 4 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (4.82%) SQL Server
3 61 (3.67%) Power BI
4 60 (3.61%) Data Lake
5 51 (3.07%) Amazon Athena
6 50 (3.01%) Apache Arrow
6 50 (3.01%) Apache Iceberg
6 50 (3.01%) Dremio
7 46 (2.77%) Apache Ignite
8 39 (2.35%) MongoDB
9 35 (2.11%) Tableau
10 33 (1.99%) NoSQL
11 32 (1.93%) Relational Database
12 31 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (1.69%) Redis
14 27 (1.63%) DB2
15 26 (1.57%) Metadata
16 22 (1.33%) Oracle Database
17 21 (1.27%) SAP HANA
18 16 (0.96%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 134 (8.07%) JIRA
2 93 (5.60%) Git
3 85 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 34 (2.05%) JUnit
5 28 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 26 (1.57%) TeamCity
7 22 (1.33%) Selenium
8 19 (1.14%) Maven
9 18 (1.08%) SonarQube
10 17 (1.02%) GitLab
11 16 (0.96%) Cucumber
11 16 (0.96%) Postman
12 14 (0.84%) REST Assured
12 14 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
13 13 (0.78%) webpack
14 10 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.60%) Subversion
15 9 (0.54%) SoapUI
15 9 (0.54%) Xcode
General
1 1,113 (67.05%) Finance
2 554 (33.37%) Social Skills
3 503 (30.30%) Investment Banking
4 267 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
5 241 (14.52%) Front Office
6 88 (5.30%) Financial Institution
7 76 (4.58%) Retail Banking
8 62 (3.73%) Retail
9 60 (3.61%) Corporate Banking
10 44 (2.65%) Back Office
11 33 (1.99%) General Ledger
12 31 (1.87%) Legal
13 30 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 25 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.20%) International Banking
17 18 (1.08%) Private Banking
18 15 (0.90%) Military
19 13 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 410 (24.70%) Developer
2 272 (16.39%) Analyst
3 230 (13.86%) Senior
4 164 (9.88%) Business Analyst
5 135 (8.13%) Architect
6 120 (7.23%) Software Engineer
7 102 (6.14%) Java Developer
7 102 (6.14%) Project Manager
8 92 (5.54%) Senior Developer
9 79 (4.76%) Lead
10 68 (4.10%) Java Engineer
11 64 (3.86%) Banking Analyst
12 62 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
13 57 (3.43%) Python Engineer
14 55 (3.31%) Consultant
15 53 (3.19%) Java Software Engineer
16 51 (3.07%) Data Analyst
17 50 (3.01%) Python Developer
17 50 (3.01%) Python Software Engineer
17 50 (3.01%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (7.41%) React
2 107 (6.45%) .NET
3 99 (5.96%) Kafka
4 67 (4.04%) Pandas
5 66 (3.98%) NumPy
6 65 (3.92%) Spring
7 64 (3.86%) SciPy
8 62 (3.73%) AngularJS
9 60 (3.61%) gRPC
10 57 (3.43%) Node.js
11 54 (3.25%) CSS
12 52 (3.13%) Protocol Buffers
13 50 (3.01%) HTML
14 45 (2.71%) RESTful
14 45 (2.71%) Spring Boot
15 44 (2.65%) REST
16 42 (2.53%) Redux
17 38 (2.29%) Web Services
18 34 (2.05%) XML
19 33 (1.99%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 173 (10.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 150 (9.04%) Derivative
3 137 (8.25%) Fixed Income
4 113 (6.81%) Equities
5 81 (4.88%) Hedge funds
6 75 (4.52%) Product Ownership
7 61 (3.67%) Onboarding
8 57 (3.43%) Cloud Native
8 57 (3.43%) Market Risk
9 48 (2.89%) Management Information System
10 47 (2.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 46 (2.77%) Pricing Data
12 42 (2.53%) Data Structures
12 42 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
13 37 (2.23%) Data Centre
14 34 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
14 34 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
15 28 (1.69%) Credit Risk
16 23 (1.39%) Algorithms
16 23 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 109 (6.57%) Windows
2 108 (6.51%) Linux
3 36 (2.17%) Unix
4 26 (1.57%) Android
5 16 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 15 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.78%) Windows Server
8 11 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
9 3 (0.18%) CentOS
9 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.18%) zOS
10 1 (0.060%) VMS
10 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (29.58%) Agile
2 306 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (13.19%) DevOps
4 192 (11.57%) CI/CD
5 185 (11.14%) Software Engineering
6 179 (10.78%) Risk Management
7 176 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 155 (9.34%) Analytics
9 151 (9.10%) Microservices
10 120 (7.23%) Asset Management
10 120 (7.23%) Project Management
11 112 (6.75%) Fintech
12 108 (6.51%) Computer Science
12 108 (6.51%) SDLC
13 104 (6.27%) Decision-Making
14 98 (5.90%) Scrum
15 95 (5.72%) Migration
16 94 (5.66%) Wealth Management
17 93 (5.60%) Data Modelling
17 93 (5.60%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 356 (21.45%) Python
2 334 (20.12%) SQL
3 317 (19.10%) Java
4 186 (11.20%) JavaScript
5 143 (8.61%) C#
6 132 (7.95%) TypeScript
7 56 (3.37%) C++
8 39 (2.35%) PowerShell
9 36 (2.17%) Shell Script
10 34 (2.05%) PL/SQL
11 24 (1.45%) Bicep
12 22 (1.33%) Scala
13 18 (1.08%) Go
13 18 (1.08%) Rust
14 16 (0.96%) Bash
15 14 (0.84%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.72%) Groovy
17 10 (0.60%) C
17 10 (0.60%) R
17 10 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 198 (11.93%) Degree
2 50 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (2.53%) Security Cleared
4 35 (2.11%) PMP
5 33 (1.99%) PMI Certification
6 27 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.45%) SC Cleared
8 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.08%) CISSP
10 17 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
11 15 (0.90%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.48%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.48%) PhD
14 7 (0.42%) CCNP
15 6 (0.36%) CCIE
15 6 (0.36%) CFA
16 5 (0.30%) CBAP
16 5 (0.30%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.00%) QA
2 61 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 40 (2.41%) GDPR
4 26 (1.57%) SEPA
5 25 (1.51%) PMO
5 25 (1.51%) SLA
6 19 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.14%) ISO 20022
6 19 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.08%) MiFID
7 18 (1.08%) NIST
8 16 (0.96%) IFRS
9 12 (0.72%) Basel II
9 12 (0.72%) Basel III
10 11 (0.66%) IFRS 9
10 11 (0.66%) PSD2
11 10 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.48%) EMIR
13 7 (0.42%) GAAP
13 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 106 (6.39%) Docker
2 32 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.12%) Firmware
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.060%) RACF
7 1 (0.060%) XenApp
7 1 (0.060%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 114 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 63 (3.80%) Terraform
3 33 (1.99%) Ansible
4 21 (1.27%) SCCM
5 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.72%) Grafana
7 11 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.30%) Argo
9 5 (0.30%) Control-M
9 5 (0.30%) Kibana
9 5 (0.30%) logstash
9 5 (0.30%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.24%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) Tivoli
11 3 (0.18%) QRadar
11 3 (0.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 128 (7.71%) Microsoft
2 122 (7.35%) Oracle
3 56 (3.37%) Google
4 51 (3.07%) SAP
5 33 (1.99%) Databricks
6 32 (1.93%) IBM
7 31 (1.87%) Cisco
8 29 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.75%) Splunk
9 21 (1.27%) HP
10 20 (1.20%) Citrix
10 20 (1.20%) Salesforce
11 18 (1.08%) Atlassian
11 18 (1.08%) CyberArk
12 17 (1.02%) Bloomberg
12 17 (1.02%) Dell
12 17 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.02%) Solace
13 16 (0.96%) Sybase
14 15 (0.90%) Apple