Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Retail Banking
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 131 130
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 +60
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 9 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.079% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.13% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £338 - £409
25th Percentile £426 £525 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -6.78% +180.95%
75th Percentile £510 £575 £643
90th Percentile £569 - £647
England median daily rate £540 £619 £600
% change year-on-year -12.73% +3.13% +9.09%

All General Skills
Midlands

Retail 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,871 1,522 1,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 60.06% 59.87% 51.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 913 942
10th Percentile £212 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 66 81
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.26 £14.14
25th Percentile £16.21 £15.10 £16.54
Median hourly rate £23.58 £23.05 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% +4.30% +30.50%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.15 £43.75
90th Percentile £45.95 £51.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.45 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.18% -7.73% +28.35%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Retail Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Banking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Banking in the Midlands

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Retail Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail Banking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 December 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
West Midlands -25 5 £500 -9.09%
East Midlands - 4 £354 - 1
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MongoDB
1 4 (44.44%) NoSQL
2 3 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JUnit
2 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 9 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Java Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Junior
3 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Finance Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Gherkin
1 4 (44.44%) Kafka
2 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (11.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) PMI
2 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Microservices
1 4 (44.44%) SDLC
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (44.44%) TDD
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Fintech
3 2 (22.22%) Kanban
3 2 (22.22%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Apex Code
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) R
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
1 2 (22.22%) MBA
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
1 2 (22.22%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Basel III
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce