Banking Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Banking
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 33 25
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +29
Contract jobs citing Banking 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.15% 1.50% 1.72%
As % of the General category 1.91% 2.75% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.08%
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £568
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -27.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 209 109 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 60.23% 54.50% 47.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 60 54
10th Percentile £195 £305 £176
25th Percentile £375 £353 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £529
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -19.62% -3.86%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £624
90th Percentile £563 £629 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £431 £450 £520
% change year-on-year -4.17% -13.46% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £16.64 - £32.15
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £33.63 £14.69 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.90% -75.52% +242.86%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £47.50
% change year-on-year +31.04% -69.07% +171.43%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Banking job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Facilities Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Facilities Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) API Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Grafana
1 1 (25.00%) Icinga
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft