Banking Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Banking
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 36 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +31
Contract jobs citing Banking 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.34% 1.35% 2.04%
As % of the General category 2.22% 2.44% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £478
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.08%
75th Percentile - - £547
90th Percentile - - £564
North East median daily rate £400 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -27.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
North East median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 225 123 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 60.48% 55.41% 48.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 70 60
10th Percentile £203 £305 £158
25th Percentile £366 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -13.04% -5.91%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £605
90th Percentile £565 £629 £720
North East median daily rate £440 £475 £452
% change year-on-year -7.42% +5.09% -16.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 11
10th Percentile £13.74 - £12.13
25th Percentile £16.19 £13.75 £14.78
Median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.04% -69.07% +171.43%
75th Percentile £53.19 £18.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £19.75 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.14
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.54% +9.34%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Banking

Banking
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -12 4 £400 - 9
Sunderland - 1 - -
Banking
North East

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Facilities Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Facilities Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Basel II
1 1 (20.00%) Basel III
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 22301
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Grafana
1 1 (20.00%) Icinga
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft