Banking Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Banking
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -32 +13 +14
Contract jobs citing Banking 16 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.11% 6.21% 3.54%
As % of the General category 5.63% 9.17% 6.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 10
10th Percentile £371 £442 £315
25th Percentile £464 £602 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +62.50% -44.83%
75th Percentile £695 - £506
90th Percentile £718 £683 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £538 £650 £425
% change year-on-year -17.31% +52.94% -41.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £30.00

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 284 109 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 37.47% 67.70% 53.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 83 148
10th Percentile £306 £265 £224
25th Percentile £404 £400 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% +1.60% +1.08%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £745
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £514 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +2.80% +8.11% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile - £14.06 £17.71
25th Percentile - £15.15 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £17.25 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% -25.69% +132.15%
75th Percentile £20.05 £45.44 £27.00
90th Percentile £23.16 £61.88 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £25.00
% change year-on-year +58.45% -43.20% -4.76%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Banking

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Banking

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (6.25%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Avolution ABACUS
1 1 (6.25%) SAP FI
1 1 (6.25%) SAP R/3
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
2 1 (6.25%) Collibra
2 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) Metadata
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Retail Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) General Ledger
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Payments Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Payments Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Governance Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Accountant
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAS Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) SAS Data Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth2
2 1 (6.25%) OpenID
2 1 (6.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (18.75%) ArchiMate
2 3 (18.75%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
2 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) API Integration
3 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 2 (12.50%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven
3 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (12.50%) Microservices
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.25%) ETL
4 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) ACCA
1 1 (6.25%) CIMA
1 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.25%) PMP
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO 20022
1 2 (12.50%) QA
1 2 (12.50%) SEPA
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
1 1 (6.25%) SAP