Banking Contracts in the Thames Valley

Banking
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 111 138
Rank change year-on-year +28 +27 -30
Contract jobs citing Banking 56 39 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.15% 1.38% 0.87%
As % of the General category 3.86% 2.23% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 21 24
10th Percentile £114 £413 £369
25th Percentile £366 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +47.37% +25.00%
75th Percentile £519 £800 £581
90th Percentile £521 - £646
South East median daily rate £513 £600 £521
% change year-on-year -14.58% +15.06% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.82
25th Percentile £14.50 - £12.52
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £13.68
75th Percentile £19.13 - £14.84
90th Percentile £25.65 - £15.54
South East median hourly rate £15.00 - £13.68
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Banking is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,449 1,745 2,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.54% 61.57% 60.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,153 1,393
10th Percentile £205 £280 £213
25th Percentile £325 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £590 £610 £575
90th Percentile £663 £699 £650
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -2.00% +0.50% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 42 67
10th Percentile £17.57 £18.50 £11.12
25th Percentile £22.52 £22.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £30.65 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.98% +75.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.00 £64.88 £22.24
90th Percentile £75.77 £75.58 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -26.25%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Banking in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Banking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in the Thames Valley

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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 20 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +16 39 £513 +20.59% 5
Buckinghamshire +15 17 £450 -37.93% 9
Banking
South East

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (3.57%) Apache Spark
1 2 (3.57%) SAS
2 1 (1.79%) Appian
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) AWS
2 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.57%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (51.79%) DMZ
2 11 (19.64%) Cisco Nexus
2 11 (19.64%) Firewall
2 11 (19.64%) VPN
3 1 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.79%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.79%) Big Data
3 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.79%) Impala
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.79%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 37 (66.07%) Finance
2 11 (19.64%) Investment Banking
3 9 (16.07%) Retail
4 7 (12.50%) Wholesale Banking
5 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.71%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (8.93%) Social Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Billing
7 3 (5.36%) Marketing
8 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 28 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 17 (30.36%) Senior
2 17 (30.36%) Senior Network Engineer
3 11 (19.64%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 11 (19.64%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (19.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 11 (19.64%) Juniper Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Analyst
5 8 (14.29%) Coordinator
6 4 (7.14%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Cisco Security Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Data Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Data Network Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.57%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.79%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.79%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Online Banking
3 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Mac OS X
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
1 1 (1.79%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Migration
2 17 (30.36%) B2B
3 13 (23.21%) Design Patterns
4 11 (19.64%) Architectural Patterns
4 11 (19.64%) Change Control
4 11 (19.64%) High Availability
4 11 (19.64%) ITSM
5 7 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 7 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
5 7 (12.50%) Line Management
6 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.93%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (7.14%) Business Analysis
7 4 (7.14%) Change Management
7 4 (7.14%) Customer Experience
7 4 (7.14%) Data Design
7 4 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.14%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.79%) IFRS
1 1 (1.79%) IFRS 9
1 1 (1.79%) PMO
1 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) AirWatch
1 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (51.79%) Cisco
2 28 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 17 (30.36%) Arista
4 11 (19.64%) Blue Coat
4 11 (19.64%) Fortinet
4 11 (19.64%) Juniper
5 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 7 (12.50%) MicroStrategy
6 3 (5.36%) OpenText
7 2 (3.57%) Informatica
7 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.79%) Apple
8 1 (1.79%) HP
8 1 (1.79%) Remedy
8 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow