Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in the North West

Retail Banking
England > North West

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 113 127
Rank change year-on-year -25 +14 +39
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 6 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.24% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.25% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £305 £383 £530
25th Percentile £308 £431 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -40.38% -16.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile - £569 £656
90th Percentile £358 £588 £668
England median daily rate £529 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -18.65% +8.33% +9.09%

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,516 1,217 1,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 60.74% 58.12% 54.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 659 937
10th Percentile £200 £250 £256
25th Percentile £350 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.15%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 91 110
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.57 £16.32
Median hourly rate £29.60 £25.43 £22.06
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +15.30% +2.58%
75th Percentile £45.46 £37.00 £44.69
90th Percentile £67.84 £65.00 £53.02
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +27.86%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in the North West

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Retail 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 Retail Banking within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Cheshire -15 6 £313 -40.38%
Retail Banking
England

Retail 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 6 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Finance Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Change Management
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 4 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 4 (66.67%) Epics
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 4 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 4 (66.67%) User Stories
2 4 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) MBA
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
1 2 (33.33%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Basel III
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft