Banking Contract Job Trends in the North West

Banking
England > North West

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +26
Contract jobs citing Banking 236 184 145
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 5.94% 8.43% 6.03%
As % of the General category 11.59% 13.69% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 140 100
10th Percentile £349 £307 £356
25th Percentile £408 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £430 £476
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -9.71% -13.41%
75th Percentile £580 £500 £600
90th Percentile £700 £641 £738
England median daily rate £550 £554 £613
% change year-on-year -0.63% -9.63% -2.00%

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,037 1,344 1,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.23% 61.59% 57.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 875 744
10th Percentile £234 £265 £294
25th Percentile £400 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £559 £575
90th Percentile £688 £684 £674
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 111 83
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.50 £18.03
Median hourly rate £35.05 £24.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.07% -30.00% +55.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.56 £46.18
90th Percentile £79.13 £65.25 £62.50
England median hourly rate £29.03 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +15.41% -28.87% +17.87%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the North West

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the North West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the North West

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Banking
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Manchester +10 109 £500 +25.00% 104
Cheshire -5 84 £474 +8.34% 16
Merseyside -5 41 £441 +10.25% 3
Lancashire - 3 - - 8
Cumbria -25 2 £875 +84.21% 1
Banking
England

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 23 (9.75%) Confluence
2 6 (2.54%) Camunda
2 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.27%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.27%) SAS
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.42%) SAP FI-AP
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.44%) AWS
2 20 (8.47%) Azure
3 15 (6.36%) GCP
4 6 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (2.12%) OpenShift
5 5 (2.12%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.12%) Snowflake
6 4 (1.69%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.69%) GitHub
6 4 (1.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.85%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.42%) Dialogflow
9 1 (0.42%) LangSmith
9 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.86%) DNS
2 21 (8.90%) VPN
3 16 (6.78%) BGP
3 16 (6.78%) Firewall
3 16 (6.78%) SSL
4 15 (6.36%) TCP/IP
5 13 (5.51%) BIG-IP
5 13 (5.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 13 (5.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 13 (5.51%) Multicast
5 13 (5.51%) Network Security
6 12 (5.08%) DMZ
6 12 (5.08%) HTTP
6 12 (5.08%) Wireshark
7 9 (3.81%) WAN
8 7 (2.97%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (2.12%) IOS XR
9 5 (2.12%) MPLS
10 4 (1.69%) DWDM
10 4 (1.69%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.97%) DataStage
2 7 (2.97%) Metadata
2 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.54%) Db2
4 5 (2.12%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.12%) Power BI
5 3 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.85%) Power Query
7 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.42%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 23 (9.75%) JIRA
2 13 (5.51%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.08%) Fiddler
4 11 (4.66%) Git
5 9 (3.81%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (3.39%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.97%) GitLab
7 7 (2.97%) JUnit
8 5 (2.12%) Cucumber
8 5 (2.12%) Gradle
8 5 (2.12%) REST Assured
8 5 (2.12%) Selenium
9 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (1.69%) Maven
9 4 (1.69%) Mockito
9 4 (1.69%) Postman
10 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.85%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.42%) Appium
11 1 (0.42%) JMeter
General
1 142 (60.17%) Finance
2 84 (35.59%) Social Skills
3 42 (17.80%) Investment Banking
4 35 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.05%) Retail
6 10 (4.24%) Retail Banking
7 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.54%) Corporate Banking
8 6 (2.54%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.12%) Legal
10 4 (1.69%) Marketing
11 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.85%) Front Office
12 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Billing
13 1 (0.42%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 39 (16.53%) Analyst
1 39 (16.53%) Architect
2 37 (15.68%) Network Engineer
3 30 (12.71%) Lead
4 26 (11.02%) Security Engineer
5 23 (9.75%) Lead Architect
5 23 (9.75%) Senior
6 19 (8.05%) Business Analyst
6 19 (8.05%) Developer
7 17 (7.20%) Network Security Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) Data Engineer
9 13 (5.51%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 13 (5.51%) Enterprise Architect
9 13 (5.51%) Project Manager
10 12 (5.08%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 12 (5.08%) IP Network Engineer
10 12 (5.08%) Voice Architect
10 12 (5.08%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.51%) Terraform
2 12 (5.08%) Kafka
3 10 (4.24%) Middleware
4 9 (3.81%) React
4 9 (3.81%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.54%) Redux
6 5 (2.12%) CSS
6 5 (2.12%) HTML
6 5 (2.12%) Spring
7 4 (1.69%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.69%) ISPF
7 4 (1.69%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (1.69%) JPA
7 4 (1.69%) JSON
7 4 (1.69%) REST
8 3 (1.27%) LangChain
9 2 (0.85%) Flash
9 2 (0.85%) LangGraph
9 2 (0.85%) Node.js
9 2 (0.85%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.29%) Management Information System
2 23 (9.75%) IVR
3 19 (8.05%) Product Ownership
4 18 (7.63%) AI Agents
5 17 (7.20%) Credit Risk
6 10 (4.24%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.81%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.39%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.97%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.54%) PKI
11 5 (2.12%) Data Centre
11 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (2.12%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.69%) Clustering
12 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.69%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.36%) Linux
2 14 (5.93%) Unix
3 13 (5.51%) Windows
4 8 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.54%) AIX
6 5 (2.12%) HPUX
6 5 (2.12%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (2.12%) Solaris
6 5 (2.12%) SUSE
7 4 (1.69%) zOS
8 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.42%) CentOS
10 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.69%) Agile
2 58 (24.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (18.64%) Migration
4 37 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (13.98%) AI
6 32 (13.56%) CI/CD
7 30 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (11.86%) Change Management
9 27 (11.44%) DevOps
10 25 (10.59%) Load Balancing
11 22 (9.32%) CRM
11 22 (9.32%) SDLC
12 20 (8.47%) Data Modelling
12 20 (8.47%) Scrum
12 20 (8.47%) Validation
13 19 (8.05%) Data Integration
13 19 (8.05%) ITIL
13 19 (8.05%) User Stories
14 18 (7.63%) Data Loss Prevention
15 17 (7.20%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.41%) SQL
2 31 (13.14%) Python
3 15 (6.36%) PowerShell
4 14 (5.93%) Java
5 9 (3.81%) Bash
5 9 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.97%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.54%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.12%) C#
9 2 (0.85%) Bicep
9 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.42%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 11 (4.66%) CISSP
2 10 (4.24%) Degree
3 5 (2.12%) AWS Certification
3 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.69%) ACCA
4 4 (1.69%) CCIE
4 4 (1.69%) CCNP
4 4 (1.69%) CIMA
4 4 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (1.69%) RHCE
5 3 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (1.27%) AAT
5 3 (1.27%) CCIE Security
5 3 (1.27%) CCSP
5 3 (1.27%) GIAC
6 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.24%) GRC
3 8 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.97%) NIST
4 7 (2.97%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 4 (1.69%) QA
6 2 (0.85%) IFRS
6 2 (0.85%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.85%) SEPA
6 2 (0.85%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.42%) COBIT
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) ITGC
7 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.42%) PERC
7 1 (0.42%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (5.08%) Firmware
3 7 (2.97%) Docker
4 4 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.69%) RACF
5 3 (1.27%) NFS
6 2 (0.85%) GPFS
6 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.85%) vSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (4.66%) Ansible
1 11 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.54%) Istio
2 6 (2.54%) Progress Chef
3 4 (1.69%) Grafana
3 4 (1.69%) OMEGAMON
4 3 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.85%) QRadar
5 2 (0.85%) vRealize
5 2 (0.85%) VxRail
6 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.42%) PowerBroker
6 1 (0.42%) SCCM
6 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.42%) WMI
Vendors
1 29 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.02%) Cisco
3 25 (10.59%) F5
4 19 (8.05%) IBM
5 17 (7.20%) Oracle
6 14 (5.93%) VMware
7 12 (5.08%) Blue Coat
7 12 (5.08%) McAfee
7 12 (5.08%) NetApp
8 11 (4.66%) Salesforce
8 11 (4.66%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.81%) Teradata
10 8 (3.39%) Splunk
11 6 (2.54%) HP
11 6 (2.54%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.12%) Databricks
12 5 (2.12%) Dynatrace
12 5 (2.12%) SAP
12 5 (2.12%) Veracode
13 4 (1.69%) Thales