Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Retail Banking
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 155 182
Rank change year-on-year -55 +27 +33
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 15 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.27% 0.21% 0.082%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.36% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 0
10th Percentile £307 £385 -
25th Percentile £313 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.44% - -
75th Percentile £402 £538 -
90th Percentile £496 £740 -
England median daily rate £515 £675 £525
% change year-on-year -23.70% +28.57% -12.50%

All General Skills
North of England

Retail 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,252 1,922 2,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 57.47% 58.81% 54.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,100 1,165 1,612
10th Percentile £213 £263 £230
25th Percentile £370 £365 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -2.86% -2.20%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £644 £662 £656
England median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 133 307
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.92 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £19.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £31.16 £27.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +13.29% +71.23% -35.76%
75th Percentile £57.25 £43.39 £34.21
90th Percentile £73.56 £73.35 £48.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in the North of England

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Banking in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Banking in the North of England

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Retail 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 Retail Banking within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. 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 -19 12 £313 -28.46% 2
Yorkshire -58 3 £588 +30.56%
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (86.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) Delta Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (86.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (100.00%) Banking
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (26.67%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Banking Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Engagement Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Junior
5 1 (6.67%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (20.00%) PMI
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (6.67%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (66.67%) Change Management
3 10 (66.67%) Scrum
4 8 (53.33%) User Stories
4 8 (53.33%) Wireframes
5 7 (46.67%) Backlog Refinement
5 7 (46.67%) Epics
5 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (46.67%) Sprint Planning
6 6 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 6 (40.00%) Sprint Retrospective
7 5 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (26.67%) Customer Experience
8 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (20.00%) MBA
2 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (20.00%) PMP
2 3 (20.00%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) CEH
3 1 (6.67%) SANS
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Basel III
1 3 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks