Banking Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Banking
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 84 114
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 -2
Contract jobs citing Banking 11 43 31
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.65% 1.98% 1.16%
As % of the General category 1.05% 3.60% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 18
10th Percentile £320 £390 £333
25th Percentile £378 £463 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £456 £600 £800
90th Percentile £578 £683 -
South East median daily rate £419 £500 £565
% change year-on-year -16.25% -11.50% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £14.54 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% - -
South East median hourly rate £19.85 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year +32.30% - -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,043 1,194 1,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 61.35% 55.07% 60.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 602 987
10th Percentile £232 £235 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +0.50% +2.05%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £615
90th Percentile £664 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 61 61
10th Percentile £14.28 £18.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.12 £35.58 £25.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £58.49 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -49.38% +17.62% +136.81%
75th Percentile £58.00 £64.73 £65.86
90th Percentile £83.85 £86.08 £74.00
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £58.05 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.85% +10.56% +113.37%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Banking

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the Thames Valley

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Banking

Banking
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Buckinghamshire -3 7 £413 -10.81% 11
Berkshire -6 4 £438 -12.50% 40
Banking
South East

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (9.09%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Big Data
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Selenium
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
3 1 (9.09%) Front Office
3 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Data Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Change Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Data Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Release Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Support Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
1 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
2 2 (18.18%) Microservices
2 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 1 (9.09%) ArchiMate
3 1 (9.09%) BDD
3 1 (9.09%) Capacity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Change Control
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Release Management
3 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.09%) User Stories
3 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Apex Code
2 1 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Server+ Certification
3 1 (9.09%) BC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) CEH
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) GCFA
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 1 (9.09%) Remedy
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk
2 1 (9.09%) Tenable