Banking Contracts in the North of England

Banking
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in the North of England. 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 27 44 47
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Banking 216 180 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 6.56% 3.78% 4.25%
As % of the General category 11.09% 6.89% 7.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 97 146
10th Percentile £290 £320 £400
25th Percentile £359 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +12.47%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £600
90th Percentile £677 £750 £680
England median daily rate £600 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 1
10th Percentile £15.76 £11.13 -
25th Percentile £17.26 £12.00 £14.65
Median hourly rate £18.21 £12.84 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year +41.78% -16.11% +10.75%
75th Percentile £18.36 £18.27 £15.96
90th Percentile £18.45 £33.20 -
England median hourly rate £22.27 £19.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +14.21% -7.14% -10.57%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,947 2,614 3,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 59.09% 54.82% 55.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,539 2,212
10th Percentile £255 £256 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -3.41% +7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £600
90th Percentile £662 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 310 96
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.11 £14.13
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.30 £17.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.06 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.67% -35.76% +33.69%
75th Percentile £39.75 £27.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £48.75 £53.17
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the North of England 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
North West +23 119 £445 -11.00% 105
Yorkshire +15 95 £500 +12.68% 47
North East -3 2 £420 -16.00% 12
Banking
England

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.17%) Confluence
2 8 (3.70%) CICS
2 8 (3.70%) WebSphere
3 6 (2.78%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.78%) SAS
4 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.39%) Apache
6 2 (0.93%) JBoss
6 2 (0.93%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.93%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.93%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.46%) Appian
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.24%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (5.09%) Kondor
2 4 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.39%) Finacle
4 2 (0.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.11%) AWS
2 19 (8.80%) GCP
3 16 (7.41%) Azure
4 12 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.78%) Collibra
6 5 (2.31%) Serverless
7 4 (1.85%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 4 (1.85%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.39%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.39%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.93%) GitHub
9 2 (0.93%) IBM Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) npm
9 2 (0.93%) OCI
10 1 (0.46%) Akamai
10 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.46%) Google Compute Engine
10 1 (0.46%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.70%) Firewall
2 6 (2.78%) VPN
2 6 (2.78%) WAN
3 5 (2.31%) DNS
3 5 (2.31%) LAN
3 5 (2.31%) Network Security
3 5 (2.31%) SSL
4 4 (1.85%) Skype
5 2 (0.93%) Calico
5 2 (0.93%) DHCP
5 2 (0.93%) DWDM
5 2 (0.93%) NAS
5 2 (0.93%) SAN
5 2 (0.93%) SMTP
5 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.46%) IPsec
6 1 (0.46%) MPLS
6 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.46%) SSH
6 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.17%) DB2
2 7 (3.24%) MySQL
2 7 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.78%) Tableau
4 5 (2.31%) Hadoop
4 5 (2.31%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.31%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.31%) Oracle Database
4 5 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (2.31%) Siebel EIM
5 4 (1.85%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.85%) Flink
5 4 (1.85%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.39%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.39%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.39%) Easytrieve
6 3 (1.39%) Power BI
7 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (7.87%) JIRA
2 9 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.70%) Selenium
4 6 (2.78%) Git
5 4 (1.85%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.85%) GitLab
5 4 (1.85%) Maven
6 3 (1.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.93%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.93%) eggPlant
7 2 (0.93%) ERwin
7 2 (0.93%) SOAtest
8 1 (0.46%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (51.39%) Finance
2 68 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 39 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.94%) Investment Banking
5 12 (5.56%) Retail Banking
6 9 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
6 9 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.70%) Legal
8 6 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.78%) Retail
9 5 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.39%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Back Office
12 1 (0.46%) Front Office
12 1 (0.46%) International Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (25.00%) Architect
2 33 (15.28%) Analyst
3 19 (8.80%) Solutions Architect
4 17 (7.87%) Business Analyst
5 15 (6.94%) Project Manager
6 14 (6.48%) Consultant
6 14 (6.48%) Senior
7 12 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 12 (5.56%) Developer
8 10 (4.63%) Payments Architect
9 9 (4.17%) Lead
10 8 (3.70%) Payments Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.24%) Data Architect
11 7 (3.24%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) Security Consultant
12 6 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) Security Architect
12 6 (2.78%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.41%) Kafka
2 15 (6.94%) REST
3 12 (5.56%) SOAP
3 12 (5.56%) Web Services
4 8 (3.70%) JSON
4 8 (3.70%) XML
5 6 (2.78%) Middleware
5 6 (2.78%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.31%) JMS
6 5 (2.31%) Spring
6 5 (2.31%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.85%) J2EE
8 3 (1.39%) Apache Beam
8 3 (1.39%) D3.js
8 3 (1.39%) HTML
8 3 (1.39%) OAuth
8 3 (1.39%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.39%) React
8 3 (1.39%) Spark Streaming
9 2 (0.93%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.48%) Data Protection Act
1 14 (6.48%) Mainframe
2 13 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.24%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.78%) VSAM
7 5 (2.31%) Derivative
7 5 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.39%) Clustering
9 3 (1.39%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.39%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.93%) IBM Mainframe
10 2 (0.93%) Mobile Payment
10 2 (0.93%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.93%) Robotics
10 2 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.81%) Windows
2 21 (9.72%) Linux
3 14 (6.48%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.09%) Unix
5 7 (3.24%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.31%) zOS
7 3 (1.39%) Android
8 2 (0.93%) HPUX
8 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.93%) Solaris
8 2 (0.93%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (18.52%) Agile
3 30 (13.89%) Migration
4 26 (12.04%) Risk Management
5 24 (11.11%) Change Management
6 23 (10.65%) DevOps
7 22 (10.19%) SDLC
8 21 (9.72%) Data Protection
8 21 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (8.33%) Project Management
10 17 (7.87%) Test Automation
11 16 (7.41%) Microservices
11 16 (7.41%) Roadmaps
12 14 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (6.02%) Analytics
13 13 (6.02%) Performance Tuning
14 12 (5.56%) Architectural Design
14 12 (5.56%) CI/CD
14 12 (5.56%) Coaching
14 12 (5.56%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.11%) SQL
2 23 (10.65%) Python
3 17 (7.87%) Java
4 8 (3.70%) COBOL
4 8 (3.70%) JCL
5 5 (2.31%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.31%) REXX
6 4 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.85%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.39%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.46%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.46%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.46%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.46%) Bash
8 1 (0.46%) C
8 1 (0.46%) CLIST
8 1 (0.46%) Go
8 1 (0.46%) Perl
8 1 (0.46%) Scala
8 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (5.56%) Degree
2 9 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (2.78%) CISM
3 6 (2.78%) CISSP
4 5 (2.31%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (1.85%) CCSP
5 4 (1.85%) CEH
5 4 (1.85%) OSCP
6 3 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.93%) CCNP
7 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.93%) PMP
7 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.46%) CCSA
8 1 (0.46%) CCSE
8 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.63%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.70%) QA
3 6 (2.78%) NIST
4 5 (2.31%) Basel III
4 5 (2.31%) MiFID
5 4 (1.85%) COBIT
5 4 (1.85%) GDPR
5 4 (1.85%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.85%) PMO
5 4 (1.85%) SEPA
6 3 (1.39%) GRC
6 3 (1.39%) PSD2
7 2 (0.93%) COREP
7 2 (0.93%) FINREP
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.24%) Docker
2 6 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.93%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.46%) HDFS
4 1 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.02%) Ansible
1 13 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.17%) Grafana
2 9 (4.17%) Prometheus
3 7 (3.24%) Terraform
4 2 (0.93%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.93%) Istio
4 2 (0.93%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.93%) SCCM
4 2 (0.93%) Sysdig
4 2 (0.93%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.46%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.46%) Control-M
5 1 (0.46%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 33 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.43%) Oracle
3 18 (8.33%) Citrix
4 15 (6.94%) IBM
5 11 (5.09%) Apple
6 9 (4.17%) Cisco
6 9 (4.17%) Splunk
7 7 (3.24%) Google
8 6 (2.78%) Commvault
9 5 (2.31%) Siebel
9 5 (2.31%) Sybase
10 4 (1.85%) HP
10 4 (1.85%) Remedy
10 4 (1.85%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.39%) Confluent
11 3 (1.39%) Dell
11 3 (1.39%) F5
11 3 (1.39%) FIS
11 3 (1.39%) Murex
11 3 (1.39%) Veritas