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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 371 365
Rank change year-on-year - -6 +83
Contract jobs citing Wholesale Banking 0 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in London - 0.015% 0.074%
As % of the General category - 0.021% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £748
25th Percentile - - £838
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £937
Median % change year-on-year - - +56.17%
75th Percentile - - £1,055
90th Percentile - - £1,190
England median daily rate - £675 £937
% change year-on-year - -27.96% +56.17%

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 12,432 9,314 10,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.54% 69.16% 62.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,935 6,144 6,716
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 183 121
10th Percentile £16.76 £17.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £21.04 £24.64 £25.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% -7.14% +22.81%
75th Percentile £45.25 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £71.73 £65.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +23.88% -34.68% +29.41%

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