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 14 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 149 176
Rank change year-on-year -65 +27 +25
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 17 16 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.27% 0.49% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.82% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 5
10th Percentile £313 £410 £495
25th Percentile £313 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £486 £475 -
90th Percentile £496 £538 £660
England median daily rate £492 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -1.60% -13.04% -8.00%

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 3,384 1,940 2,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.31% 59.18% 54.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,088 1,196 1,483
10th Percentile £275 £240 £263
25th Percentile £380 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £570 £575 £585
90th Percentile £650 £650 £669
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 136 310
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.91 £12.11
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.19 £13.30
Median hourly rate £31.16 £24.67 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +26.27% +53.63% -35.76%
75th Percentile £67.38 £44.53 £31.94
90th Percentile £77.50 £71.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.66% -6.15%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -29 14 £322 -27.96% 3
Yorkshire -59 3 £500 +11.11% 1
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 (76.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (76.47%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Robot Framework
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
General
1 17 (100.00%) Banking
2 9 (52.94%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (11.76%) Retail
7 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Junior
3 2 (11.76%) Junior Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Product Ownership
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
3 2 (11.76%) PMI
4 1 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (5.88%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (52.94%) Change Management
3 9 (52.94%) Scrum
4 8 (47.06%) User Stories
4 8 (47.06%) Wireframes
5 7 (41.18%) Backlog Refinement
5 7 (41.18%) Epics
5 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (41.18%) Sprint Planning
6 6 (35.29%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (35.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 6 (35.29%) Sprint Retrospective
7 5 (29.41%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (29.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
8 4 (23.53%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (17.65%) Project Management
9 3 (17.65%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.76%) MBA
2 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.76%) PMP
2 2 (11.76%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) CEH
3 1 (5.88%) SANS
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) Basel III
3 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.88%) Network Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat