Wholesale Banking Contract Job Trends in London

Wholesale Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wholesale Banking in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wholesale Banking over the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 352 382
Rank change year-on-year -39 +30 +124
Contract jobs citing Wholesale Banking 7 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.043% 0.008% 0.060%
As % of the General category 0.069% 0.012% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £488 - £682
25th Percentile £566 - £728
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £325 £798
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -59.25% +22.69%
75th Percentile £691 - £896
90th Percentile £705 - £1,019
England median daily rate £663 £325 £681
% change year-on-year +103.85% -52.24% +4.69%

All General Skills
London

Wholesale 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 10,189 8,574 11,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.76% 66.38% 63.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,641 5,685 8,250
10th Percentile £350 £337 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 123 265
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.09 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.36 £24.71 £18.33
Median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% +16.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £49.06 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.75 £78.40 £71.30
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.81% +18.43% -20.46%

Wholesale Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Wholesale Banking job vacancy trend in London

Wholesale Banking
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Wholesale Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wholesale Banking in London over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wholesale Banking in London

Wholesale 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 Wholesale Banking within the London region over the 6 months to 13 March 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
South London - 1 - -
Central London - 1 £650 -
Wholesale Banking
England

Wholesale 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 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
1 3 (42.86%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) Data Vault
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Banking
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Report Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modeller
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Structures
2 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk
3 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Cash Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Reconciliation
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Degree