Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Retail Banking
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.50% - -
As % of the General category 0.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% -4.17%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 103 134 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 51.50% 80.72% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 93 32
10th Percentile £210 £155 £201
25th Percentile £376 £281 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £418
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +1.80% -1.76%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £569
90th Percentile £677 £624 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 21
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £22.50 £12.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £15.38
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +57.22% -0.77%
75th Percentile £25.81 £48.48 £23.00
90th Percentile £34.25 £78.47 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.96%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Retail Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 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
County Antrim - 1 £800 -
Retail Banking
UK

Retail Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap