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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 23 37
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Banking 355 250 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 8.88% 5.98% 4.79%
As % of the General category 14.47% 11.01% 8.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 139 127
10th Percentile £300 £391 £399
25th Percentile £360 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £545 £608 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £675
England median daily rate £563 £625 £628
% change year-on-year -10.00% -0.40% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 10
10th Percentile - £12.70 £15.61
25th Percentile £18.10 £13.75 £15.73
Median hourly rate £18.36 £18.27 £17.23
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +6.04% +17.69%
75th Percentile £18.88 £20.75 £19.19
90th Percentile £19.53 £58.10 £20.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £18.89 £17.98
% change year-on-year +33.17% +5.03% -27.95%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,454 2,271 2,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 61.37% 54.30% 56.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,552 1,315 1,895
10th Percentile £250 £300 £255
25th Percentile £375 £413 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £587 £600
90th Percentile £650 £678 £688
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 162 142
10th Percentile £12.80 £12.29 £14.05
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.79 £16.70
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.25 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% +4.41% +12.16%
75th Percentile £45.88 £41.88 £35.57
90th Percentile £74.25 £52.44 £56.29
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +13.61%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Banking

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 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Banking

Banking
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +12 192 £434 -12.29% 82
Yorkshire +5 162 £461 -14.19% 53
North East +2 6 £420 -9.19% 8
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 32 (9.01%) Confluence
2 14 (3.94%) CICS
3 13 (3.66%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.97%) CMS
4 7 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.97%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.41%) Mule
6 4 (1.13%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.13%) JBoss
6 4 (1.13%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.85%) Apache
7 3 (0.85%) SAS
7 3 (0.85%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.28%) nginx
9 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) InVision
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) VisionPLUS
2 5 (1.41%) Kondor
3 4 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.65%) AWS
2 48 (13.52%) Azure
3 42 (11.83%) GCP
4 15 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.10%) Serverless
7 8 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.25%) npm
8 7 (1.97%) SaaS
9 6 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.69%) Figma
9 6 (1.69%) GitHub
9 6 (1.69%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.13%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 4 (1.13%) Collibra
10 4 (1.13%) IBM Cloud
11 3 (0.85%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.07%) Firewall
2 8 (2.25%) Network Security
3 7 (1.97%) DMZ
3 7 (1.97%) DNS
4 6 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 6 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (1.41%) ATM
6 4 (1.13%) Calico
6 4 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.85%) SAN
8 2 (0.56%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.56%) SSL
8 2 (0.56%) VPN
8 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.28%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.28%) IPsec
9 1 (0.28%) SSH
9 1 (0.28%) Wireless
9 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.66%) NoSQL
2 12 (3.38%) Power BI
3 10 (2.82%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.25%) DB2
5 8 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.25%) Siebel EIM
6 7 (1.97%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.97%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.41%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.41%) Power Query
7 5 (1.41%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.13%) Easytrieve
8 4 (1.13%) MySQL
8 4 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.85%) Big Data
9 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.85%) Flink
9 3 (0.85%) Tableau
10 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 52 (14.65%) JIRA
2 40 (11.27%) Jenkins
3 30 (8.45%) Git
4 16 (4.51%) GitLab
5 9 (2.54%) Gradle
6 7 (1.97%) Xcode
7 6 (1.69%) Liquibase
8 5 (1.41%) Maven
8 5 (1.41%) Postman
9 4 (1.13%) Babel
9 4 (1.13%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.13%) JUnit
9 4 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.13%) webpack
10 3 (0.85%) ChangeMan
10 3 (0.85%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.85%) Selenium
11 2 (0.56%) eggPlant
11 2 (0.56%) Hudson
11 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 184 (51.83%) Finance
2 139 (39.15%) Social Skills
3 60 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.92%) Investment Banking
5 19 (5.35%) Retail Banking
6 15 (4.23%) Financial Institution
7 12 (3.38%) Corporate Banking
8 11 (3.10%) Legal
9 10 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.82%) Retail
10 9 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.56%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.28%) Automotive
13 1 (0.28%) Back Office
13 1 (0.28%) Billing
13 1 (0.28%) Front Office
13 1 (0.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (17.18%) Architect
2 57 (16.06%) Analyst
3 54 (15.21%) Developer
4 40 (11.27%) Business Analyst
5 29 (8.17%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (7.04%) Project Manager
7 17 (4.79%) Lead
8 15 (4.23%) Senior
9 14 (3.94%) Payments Architect
10 11 (3.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 11 (3.10%) Payments Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.82%) Designer
12 8 (2.25%) Banking Analyst
12 8 (2.25%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (2.25%) Infrastructure Architect
12 8 (2.25%) Security Engineer
13 7 (1.97%) Data Analyst
13 7 (1.97%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 7 (1.97%) Project Analyst
13 7 (1.97%) Siebel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.30%) REST
2 21 (5.92%) Web Services
3 19 (5.35%) HTML
4 18 (5.07%) CSS
5 16 (4.51%) SOAP
6 14 (3.94%) JMS
6 14 (3.94%) Kafka
6 14 (3.94%) RESTful
6 14 (3.94%) Spring
6 14 (3.94%) Spring Boot
7 12 (3.38%) React
8 10 (2.82%) JSON
9 9 (2.54%) XML
10 8 (2.25%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.25%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (2.25%) Middleware
11 6 (1.69%) CSS3
11 6 (1.69%) HTML5
11 6 (1.69%) J2EE
12 5 (1.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.92%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.92%) Mainframe
2 19 (5.35%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (5.07%) Mobile App
4 16 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.38%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 11 (3.10%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.54%) Mobile Banking
7 9 (2.54%) VSAM
8 8 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.25%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.97%) Derivative
9 7 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.69%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.13%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.13%) PACS
11 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.83%) Linux
2 38 (10.70%) Windows
3 27 (7.61%) Apple iOS
4 18 (5.07%) Android
5 15 (4.23%) Unix
6 6 (1.69%) zOS
7 4 (1.13%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.85%) Solaris
9 2 (0.56%) HPUX
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (31.27%) Agile
2 64 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (17.75%) DevOps
4 58 (16.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (13.24%) Migration
6 44 (12.39%) CI/CD
7 43 (12.11%) Change Management
8 39 (10.99%) Microservices
9 37 (10.42%) SDLC
10 34 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (9.30%) Project Management
12 32 (9.01%) Data Protection
13 30 (8.45%) Scrum
14 28 (7.89%) Containerisation
14 28 (7.89%) Risk Management
15 27 (7.61%) Roadmaps
16 24 (6.76%) Business Strategy
16 24 (6.76%) User Experience
16 24 (6.76%) Waterfall
17 22 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.37%) Python
2 48 (13.52%) SQL
3 38 (10.70%) Java
4 20 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.23%) COBOL
6 14 (3.94%) Kotlin
7 11 (3.10%) JCL
7 11 (3.10%) PL/SQL
8 9 (2.54%) Swift
9 8 (2.25%) Go
9 8 (2.25%) Objective-C
9 8 (2.25%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.97%) C
10 7 (1.97%) C++
10 7 (1.97%) Ruby
10 7 (1.97%) Scala
10 7 (1.97%) TypeScript
11 6 (1.69%) Bash
12 5 (1.41%) REXX
13 4 (1.13%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 26 (7.32%) Degree
2 17 (4.79%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.25%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.41%) BC Cleared
8 5 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.41%) PMP
9 2 (0.56%) CISM
9 2 (0.56%) CISSP
9 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CCSA
10 1 (0.28%) CSPO
10 1 (0.28%) RIBA
10 1 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.76%) QA
2 12 (3.38%) PSD2
3 11 (3.10%) PMO
3 11 (3.10%) SEPA
4 10 (2.82%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.82%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.97%) GDPR
6 6 (1.69%) ISO 8583
6 6 (1.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.41%) Basel III
7 5 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.41%) MiFID
8 4 (1.13%) GRC
8 4 (1.13%) NIST
8 4 (1.13%) SLA
9 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.85%) P3O
9 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.56%) COREP
10 2 (0.56%) FINREP
System Software
1 25 (7.04%) Docker
2 11 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.56%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) HDFS
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.28%) KVM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.28%) RACF
5 1 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) XenApp
5 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (11.27%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.92%) Ansible
2 21 (5.92%) Terraform
3 12 (3.38%) Grafana
3 12 (3.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.41%) NetBackup
5 4 (1.13%) Istio
5 4 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.85%) CA Endevor
6 3 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.56%) Puppet
7 2 (0.56%) Sysdig
7 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.28%) HP Data Protector
8 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.28%) QRadar
8 1 (0.28%) yum
Vendors
1 57 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.96%) Oracle
3 20 (5.63%) Citrix
3 20 (5.63%) Google
4 16 (4.51%) Splunk
5 15 (4.23%) VMware
6 13 (3.66%) Apple
7 12 (3.38%) F5
7 12 (3.38%) IBM
8 8 (2.25%) Siebel
9 6 (1.69%) HP
10 5 (1.41%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.41%) Sybase
11 4 (1.13%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.13%) Commvault
11 4 (1.13%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.13%) Veritas
11 4 (1.13%) Zscaler