Banking Contracts in Merseyside

Banking
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 26 30
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Banking 14 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 8.33% 3.07% 4.97%
As % of the General category 13.33% 5.60% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 9
10th Percentile £170 £161 £373
25th Percentile £225 £162 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £188 £400
Median % change year-on-year +193.33% -53.13% +128.57%
75th Percentile £638 £200 £500
90th Percentile £668 - £545
North West median daily rate £445 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -11.00% -2.91% +8.42%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 105 125 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 62.50% 54.82% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 58 129
10th Percentile £150 £155 £393
25th Percentile £305 £213 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% -15.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £588
90th Percentile £641 £588 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 35 9
10th Percentile £13.28 £14.50 £16.15
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +2.86% +34.62%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Merseyside

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Banking in Merseyside

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Merseyside over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Merseyside

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in Merseyside

Banking
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Liverpool +14 13 £550 +193.33% 8
Bootle - 1 £250 -
Banking
North West

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
2 3 (21.43%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Siebel EIM
2 3 (21.43%) Data Mining
2 3 (21.43%) Tableau
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Siebel Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Data Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Data Architect
3 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Support
3 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) JMS
1 5 (35.71%) SOAP
1 5 (35.71%) Web Services
2 3 (21.43%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Data Modelling
1 8 (57.14%) Migration
2 5 (35.71%) EAI
2 5 (35.71%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (35.71%) SDLC
3 3 (21.43%) Change Management
3 3 (21.43%) Conceptual Models
3 3 (21.43%) Data Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Data Science
3 3 (21.43%) Data Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (21.43%) Database Optimisation
3 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (21.43%) Logical Data Model
3 3 (21.43%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (21.43%) System Integration Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GRC
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Siebel
3 1 (7.14%) OneTrust
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow