Banking Contract Job Trends in Reading

Banking
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Banking 2 0 13
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.20% - 1.11%
As % of the General category 0.40% - 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £506 - -
25th Percentile £512 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - £513
75th Percentile £532 - £519
90th Percentile £537 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £523 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -0.48% +2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.50
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £15.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £24.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year - +64.40% -

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 496 349 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 48.39% 63.80% 60.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 212 335
10th Percentile £312 £350 £213
25th Percentile £413 £450 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £556 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +5.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £608
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 1 46
10th Percentile £31.25 - £16.00
25th Percentile £80.75 £42.50 £49.56
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.00 £59.68
Median % change year-on-year +86.67% -24.60% -7.72%
75th Percentile £88.00 £47.50 £72.33
90th Percentile £105.60 - £87.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £57.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +44.35% -1.37% +29.56%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Reading

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Financial Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP