Banking Contracts in the South West

Banking
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 127 124
Rank change year-on-year +54 -3 -33
Contract jobs citing Banking 38 30 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.26% 0.94% 1.19%
As % of the General category 3.95% 1.82% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 35
10th Percentile £432 £223 £413
25th Percentile £472 £484 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% +16.75%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £694
90th Percentile £694 £750 £738
England median daily rate £600 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +1.96%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 961 1,651 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.27% 51.61% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 989 1,321
10th Percentile £218 £213 £275
25th Percentile £399 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £678 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 269 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £23.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.50 £87.58
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Banking in the South West

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +20 21 £595 -15.00% 25
Wiltshire +40 13 £495 -9.97% 12
Somerset +5 4 £625 +212.50% 10
Banking
England

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (18.42%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Adobe Analytics
2 5 (13.16%) GCP
3 3 (7.89%) AWS
3 3 (7.89%) Azure
4 2 (5.26%) Apple Pay
4 2 (5.26%) Google Pay
5 1 (2.63%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.42%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (18.42%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.89%) Data Mining
2 3 (7.89%) Tableau
3 2 (5.26%) SAP BW
3 2 (5.26%) SAP HANA
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) GitLab
General
1 15 (39.47%) Finance
2 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Marketing
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Billing
4 1 (2.63%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
4 1 (2.63%) Private Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Architect
2 7 (18.42%) Analytics Manager
2 7 (18.42%) Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Data Analytics Manager
2 7 (18.42%) Data Manager
2 7 (18.42%) Insight Manager
2 7 (18.42%) Strategy Manager
3 6 (15.79%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Business Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Banking Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Banking Business Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Security Architect
5 4 (10.53%) Senior
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Architect
6 3 (7.89%) Data Architect
6 3 (7.89%) DevSecOps Architect
6 3 (7.89%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 3 (7.89%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) RESTful
2 3 (7.89%) D3.js
3 2 (5.26%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (5.26%) Android SDK
3 2 (5.26%) Cocoa
3 2 (5.26%) Cocoa Touch
3 2 (5.26%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.63%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.63%) CSS
4 1 (2.63%) HTML
4 1 (2.63%) React
4 1 (2.63%) SailPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Spring
4 1 (2.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (15.79%) Digital Wallet
3 3 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.89%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Android
1 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Data Visualisation
1 10 (26.32%) Migration
1 10 (26.32%) Visualisation
2 9 (23.68%) Analytics
3 8 (21.05%) Data Extraction
3 8 (21.05%) Digital Banking
3 8 (21.05%) ETL
4 7 (18.42%) Agile
4 7 (18.42%) Business Transformation
4 7 (18.42%) Critical Thinking
4 7 (18.42%) Digital Strategy
4 7 (18.42%) Storytelling
4 7 (18.42%) Web Analytics
5 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
6 4 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (7.89%) Conceptual Models
7 3 (7.89%) Data Science
7 3 (7.89%) Data Strategy
7 3 (7.89%) Database Optimisation
7 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) SQL
2 7 (18.42%) R
3 2 (5.26%) Kotlin
3 2 (5.26%) Objective-C
3 2 (5.26%) Swift
4 1 (2.63%) Java
4 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (7.89%) CCSP
1 3 (7.89%) CEH
1 3 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (7.89%) CISM
1 3 (7.89%) CISSP
1 3 (7.89%) OSCP
2 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) PCI DSS
2 3 (7.89%) COBIT
2 3 (7.89%) IFRS
2 3 (7.89%) IFRS 9
2 3 (7.89%) NIST
3 2 (5.26%) Basel III
3 2 (5.26%) IFRS 17
4 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.63%) CRD IV
4 1 (2.63%) GRC
4 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Adobe
1 7 (18.42%) SAP
1 7 (18.42%) Teradata
2 6 (15.79%) Oracle
3 3 (7.89%) Google
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.26%) Apple
4 2 (5.26%) Pega
4 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.63%) F5