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 24 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 28 24
Rank change year-on-year -39 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing Banking 7 9 19
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.92% 3.81% 6.44%
As % of the General category 2.30% 5.73% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile £541 £289 £333
25th Percentile £640 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £695 £538 £400
Median % change year-on-year +29.30% +34.38% -34.69%
75th Percentile £701 £650 £525
90th Percentile £713 £705 £695
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £695 £538 £425
% change year-on-year +29.30% +26.47% -30.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.54 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £14.54 -

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 305 157 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 40.08% 66.53% 60.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 108 118
10th Percentile £313 £211 £224
25th Percentile £445 £350 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -5.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £434 £450
% change year-on-year +21.04% -3.61% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.08 £18.16
25th Percentile - £14.98 £22.58
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.31 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.30% -48.97% +121.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £36.75
90th Percentile - £28.73 £37.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £27.50
% change year-on-year +58.45% -48.36% +102.65%

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 24 August 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 (14.29%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Retail Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Payments Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Payments Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) SAS Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) SAS Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) SAS Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (42.86%) ArchiMate
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
3 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
4 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Job Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 20022
1 1 (14.29%) SEPA