Retail Banking Contract Job Trends in the South East

Retail Banking
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 178 205
Rank change year-on-year -5 +27 +47
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% 0.025% 0.058%
As % of the General category 0.041% 0.045% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £348
25th Percentile - - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile - - £506
90th Percentile - - £533
England median daily rate £540 £619 £600
% change year-on-year -12.73% +3.13% +9.09%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,443 2,237 2,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 57.39% 56.28% 56.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,579 1,298 1,815
10th Percentile £204 £212 £205
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - -
75th Percentile £588 £617 £607
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 97 167
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.62 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.17 £25.75 £24.42
Median hourly rate £20.79 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.42% - +53.66%
75th Percentile £40.65 £67.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £73.50
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.45 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.18% -7.73% +28.35%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Retail Banking job vacancy trend in the South East

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Retail Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Retail Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Retail Banking

Retail Banking
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Surrey - 1 £550 -
Retail Banking
England

Retail Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Requirements Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce