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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 25 57
Rank change year-on-year -2 +32 -8
Contract jobs citing Banking 180 136 87
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.19% 6.28% 3.31%
As % of the General category 11.79% 10.80% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 94 61
10th Percentile £331 £337 £413
25th Percentile £376 £360 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £537 £609 £638
90th Percentile £688 £696 £675
England median daily rate £550 £610 £610
% change year-on-year -9.84% - -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - £15.74
25th Percentile £15.62 - £16.61
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £17.72
75th Percentile £17.79 - £19.25
90th Percentile - - £19.55
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £18.72
% change year-on-year +12.93% +19.00% -10.88%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,527 1,259 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 60.98% 58.10% 55.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 686 955
10th Percentile £213 £250 £262
25th Percentile £358 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £647 £675 £712
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 99 111
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.98 £14.71
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.57 £17.14
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.13 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +9.12% +14.89% +18.05%
75th Percentile £45.46 £45.34 £45.88
90th Percentile £67.78 £65.50 £60.00
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.31 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.21% -8.17% +32.00%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 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
Cheshire -1 89 £465 +9.41% 20
Manchester -31 45 £447 -3.35% 37
Merseyside +20 43 £245 -54.21% 10
Cumbria +5 1 £475 -13.64% 3
Lancashire - 1 - - 13
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 16 (8.89%) Confluence
2 13 (7.22%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.67%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.11%) Mule
4 2 (1.11%) Mule ESB
4 2 (1.11%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.56%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.56%) CICS
5 1 (0.56%) CMS
5 1 (0.56%) JBoss
5 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.11%) MS Visio
3 10 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.89%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (3.89%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.11%) Finacle
4 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.56%) Azure
2 33 (18.33%) AWS
3 25 (13.89%) GCP
4 7 (3.89%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (2.78%) GitHub
6 5 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.22%) Datadog
7 4 (2.22%) Pulumi
7 4 (2.22%) SaaS
8 3 (1.67%) Figma
8 3 (1.67%) IaaS
8 3 (1.67%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.67%) PaaS
8 3 (1.67%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.44%) DNS
2 27 (15.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 27 (15.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 20 (11.11%) DMZ
4 15 (8.33%) Network Security
5 14 (7.78%) TCP/IP
6 13 (7.22%) BIG-IP
6 13 (7.22%) HTTP
6 13 (7.22%) SSL
6 13 (7.22%) Wireshark
7 8 (4.44%) BGP
8 7 (3.89%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (3.89%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (3.89%) DHCP
8 7 (3.89%) NX-OS
8 7 (3.89%) VXLAN
8 7 (3.89%) Wireless
9 5 (2.78%) VPN
10 4 (2.22%) ATM
10 4 (2.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.89%) Tableau
2 6 (3.33%) Power BI
3 4 (2.22%) BigQuery
3 4 (2.22%) MS Access
4 2 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.11%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.56%) Big Data
5 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.56%) Impala
5 1 (0.56%) Looker
5 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.56%) MySQL
5 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.56%) Power Query
5 1 (0.56%) Redis
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (20.56%) JIRA
2 16 (8.89%) Git
3 13 (7.22%) Fiddler
4 11 (6.11%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.33%) GitLab
6 4 (2.22%) Gradle
7 3 (1.67%) Xcode
8 2 (1.11%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.11%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.11%) Selenium
8 2 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.56%) ESLint
9 1 (0.56%) JUnit
9 1 (0.56%) Postman
9 1 (0.56%) TestRail
General
1 86 (47.78%) Finance
2 52 (28.89%) Social Skills
3 42 (23.33%) Investment Banking
4 21 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.78%) Games
5 5 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (1.67%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.67%) Legal
7 3 (1.67%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.11%) Private Banking
8 2 (1.11%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.56%) Automotive
9 1 (0.56%) Publishing
9 1 (0.56%) Retail
9 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.56%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (18.89%) Architect
2 23 (12.78%) Solutions Architect
3 22 (12.22%) Network Engineer
4 18 (10.00%) Developer
5 16 (8.89%) Analyst
6 14 (7.78%) Operations Engineer
7 13 (7.22%) Project Manager
8 9 (5.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 9 (5.00%) IP Network Engineer
8 9 (5.00%) Web Engineer
9 8 (4.44%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.44%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (4.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 7 (3.89%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
10 7 (3.89%) Java Developer
10 7 (3.89%) Payments Architect
10 7 (3.89%) Payments Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.89%) RF Engineer
10 7 (3.89%) Wireless Engineer
10 7 (3.89%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.67%) Spring Boot
2 20 (11.11%) Spring
3 17 (9.44%) REST
4 11 (6.11%) JMS
5 7 (3.89%) Kafka
6 6 (3.33%) Middleware
6 6 (3.33%) Web Services
7 5 (2.78%) XML
8 4 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (2.22%) HTML
8 4 (2.22%) JSON
8 4 (2.22%) Node.js
8 4 (2.22%) React
9 3 (1.67%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.67%) CSS
9 3 (1.67%) ISPF
10 2 (1.11%) Flutter
10 2 (1.11%) J2EE
10 2 (1.11%) React Native
10 2 (1.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.11%) Management Information System
2 17 (9.44%) Product Ownership
3 15 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 12 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 12 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.33%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.78%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (2.78%) PMI
8 4 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.22%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.22%) PACS
9 3 (1.67%) Online Banking
9 3 (1.67%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.11%) iSeries
10 2 (1.11%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.67%) Windows
2 10 (5.56%) Linux
3 7 (3.89%) Unix
4 4 (2.22%) Android
4 4 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.22%) Agile
2 38 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (17.78%) Containerisation
5 31 (17.22%) DevOps
6 29 (16.11%) Load Balancing
7 25 (13.89%) Business Strategy
8 24 (13.33%) CI/CD
9 20 (11.11%) Microservices
10 18 (10.00%) Project Delivery
10 18 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (9.44%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 17 (9.44%) Migration
11 17 (9.44%) Scrum
11 17 (9.44%) SDLC
12 16 (8.89%) Architectural Design
12 16 (8.89%) Design Patterns
12 16 (8.89%) User Experience
13 15 (8.33%) Change Management
14 14 (7.78%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.78%) Java
2 30 (16.67%) Python
3 28 (15.56%) SQL
4 7 (3.89%) Lisp
5 6 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.78%) Bash
6 5 (2.78%) Ruby
7 4 (2.22%) Go
8 3 (1.67%) C
8 3 (1.67%) C++
8 3 (1.67%) CLIST
8 3 (1.67%) COBOL
8 3 (1.67%) JCL
8 3 (1.67%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.67%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.67%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.67%) REXX
8 3 (1.67%) Scala
8 3 (1.67%) Swift
8 3 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (10.56%) Degree
2 12 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.89%) CCNP
4 7 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 6 (3.33%) PMP
6 5 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.78%) BC Cleared
7 4 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.67%) SAFe Agilist
9 2 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.11%) MBA
9 2 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.56%) CBAP
10 1 (0.56%) CCA
10 1 (0.56%) ISEB
10 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.56%) ISO 20022
2 18 (10.00%) QA
3 16 (8.89%) PSD2
4 11 (6.11%) SEPA
5 5 (2.78%) ISO 8583
5 5 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.78%) PMO
6 4 (2.22%) GDPR
7 3 (1.67%) P3O
8 2 (1.11%) Basel III
8 2 (1.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.56%) GRC
9 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.56%) NIST
9 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (15.00%) Docker
2 23 (12.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.00%) Firmware
4 3 (1.67%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (1.11%) ACF2
5 2 (1.11%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.11%) RACF
5 2 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (15.56%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.89%) FortiGate
2 7 (3.89%) Terraform
3 5 (2.78%) Ansible
4 4 (2.22%) Grafana
4 4 (2.22%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.11%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.56%) Argo
6 1 (0.56%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.56%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.56%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.56%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 31 (17.22%) F5
2 27 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 26 (14.44%) VMware
4 19 (10.56%) Oracle
5 13 (7.22%) Blue Coat
5 13 (7.22%) McAfee
5 13 (7.22%) NetApp
6 12 (6.67%) Cisco
7 11 (6.11%) Remedy
8 10 (5.56%) Google
8 10 (5.56%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.89%) Citrix
9 7 (3.89%) Ekahau
9 7 (3.89%) IBM
10 5 (2.78%) Splunk
11 4 (2.22%) Confluent
11 4 (2.22%) HP
12 3 (1.67%) AppDynamics
12 3 (1.67%) Planview
12 3 (1.67%) Temenos