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 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 119 136
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 +49
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 4 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.17% 0.13% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.27% 0.22% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £455 £476 £508
25th Percentile £461 £497 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% -10.42% +18.23%
75th Percentile £484 £572 £650
90th Percentile £491 £589 £665
England median daily rate £525 £613 £634
% change year-on-year -14.29% -3.31% +15.18%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,476 1,358 1,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.45% 57.64% 55.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 730 1,006
10th Percentile £215 £272 £255
25th Percentile £364 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -4.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £593
90th Percentile £673 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 92 114
10th Percentile £14.98 £16.00 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.36 £18.13 £16.70
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +46.07% -1.11%
75th Percentile £45.46 £43.26 £44.69
90th Percentile £70.86 £64.50 £59.94
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.97 £30.83
% change year-on-year -21.80% +3.71% +19.89%

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 9 November 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
Manchester -4 3 £495 +4.21% 2
Cheshire -17 1 £450 -25.00%
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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Docs
1 1 (25.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Lead
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Test Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft