Banking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Banking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 83 81
Rank change year-on-year +46 -2 +13
Contract jobs citing Banking 639 504 694
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.00% 2.43% 2.89%
As % of the General category 8.02% 4.44% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 316 403
10th Percentile £308 £338 £400
25th Percentile £385 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.49% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £650
90th Percentile £658 £744 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £615 £650
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.38% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 3
10th Percentile £14.17 £11.65 £24.16
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.30 £38.42
Median hourly rate £18.21 £18.27 £64.38
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -71.62% +302.34%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.50 £67.66
90th Percentile £27.61 £85.00 £68.31
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £19.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +14.21% -7.14% -18.30%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,965 11,346 13,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.27% 54.67% 56.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,921 6,475 9,256
10th Percentile £213 £205 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 1,658 785
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.66 £28.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -11.93% -8.32% +65.08%
75th Percentile £55.25 £52.78 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.25 £69.30
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in the UK excluding London

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Banking in the UK excluding London

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the UK excluding London

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in the UK excluding London

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Banking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in the UK excluding London

Banking
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Scotland +20 248 £479 -16.70% 102
North of England +17 216 £450 -9.50% 187
North West +21 118 £445 -11.00% 117
Yorkshire +14 96 £500 +12.68% 55
Midlands +33 67 £505 +6.32% 114
South West +51 39 £556 -11.00% 64
Northern Ireland +9 36 £410 -12.53% 16
East Midlands +15 34 £391 -12.25% 36
West Midlands +31 33 £564 +7.33% 68
South East -10 26 £575 +12.20% 314
East of England +18 10 £600 +2.13% 33
Wales - 3 - - 30
Isle of Man +3 2 £400 -
North East -5 2 £420 -16.00% 15
Banking
UK

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (3.29%) SAS
2 19 (2.97%) Confluence
3 13 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.72%) CICS
5 9 (1.41%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.10%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.78%) Apache
9 4 (0.63%) JBoss
9 4 (0.63%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.63%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.63%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.31%) Appian
11 2 (0.31%) Camunda
11 2 (0.31%) GemFire
12 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.16%) Mule
Applications
1 39 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (1.72%) Kondor
2 8 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.94%) Finacle
3 6 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.31%) Exstream
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.16%) Summit
6 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 66 (10.33%) AWS
2 48 (7.51%) Azure
3 31 (4.85%) GCP
4 15 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
4 15 (2.35%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.03%) GitHub
7 11 (1.72%) Snowflake
8 9 (1.41%) Serverless
9 8 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.25%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.10%) Adobe Analytics
10 7 (1.10%) IaaS
11 6 (0.94%) Collibra
12 5 (0.78%) Apigee
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 4 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.63%) SaaS
14 3 (0.47%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.03%) DNS
2 10 (1.56%) Firewall
3 9 (1.41%) DHCP
3 9 (1.41%) VPN
4 8 (1.25%) Network Security
5 7 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.10%) WAN
6 6 (0.94%) LAN
6 6 (0.94%) SSL
7 4 (0.63%) Skype
8 3 (0.47%) HTTP
8 3 (0.47%) SAN
8 3 (0.47%) Wireless
9 2 (0.31%) BGP
9 2 (0.31%) Calico
9 2 (0.31%) DWDM
9 2 (0.31%) Internet
9 2 (0.31%) NAS
9 2 (0.31%) OSPF
9 2 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.23%) Relational Database
2 23 (3.60%) DB2
3 21 (3.29%) MongoDB
4 18 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.50%) Tableau
6 15 (2.35%) Power BI
7 14 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (2.19%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.72%) KDB
8 11 (1.72%) Kdb+
8 11 (1.72%) MySQL
9 10 (1.56%) Hadoop
10 8 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.10%) Apache Hive
11 7 (1.10%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.94%) Big Data
12 6 (0.94%) Flink
12 6 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.78%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.78%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 48 (7.51%) JIRA
2 22 (3.44%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.29%) Git
4 16 (2.50%) Selenium
5 15 (2.35%) GitLab
6 14 (2.19%) JUnit
7 9 (1.41%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.25%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.25%) Maven
9 4 (0.63%) Ant
9 4 (0.63%) Subversion
10 3 (0.47%) ERwin
10 3 (0.47%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.47%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.31%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.31%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.31%) Introscope
11 2 (0.31%) Mockito
11 2 (0.31%) SOAtest
General
1 363 (56.81%) Finance
2 214 (33.49%) Social Skills
3 113 (17.68%) Investment Banking
4 104 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.10%) Retail Banking
6 31 (4.85%) Front Office
7 23 (3.60%) Retail
8 18 (2.82%) Financial Institution
9 15 (2.35%) Corporate Banking
9 15 (2.35%) Legal
10 12 (1.88%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.56%) Marketing
12 9 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.25%) Wholesale Banking
14 7 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.10%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.94%) Back Office
16 4 (0.63%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (16.43%) Analyst
1 105 (16.43%) Architect
2 100 (15.65%) Developer
3 53 (8.29%) Business Analyst
4 46 (7.20%) Solutions Architect
5 44 (6.89%) Senior
6 41 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 38 (5.95%) Java Developer
8 29 (4.54%) Consultant
9 28 (4.38%) Python Developer
10 27 (4.23%) Lead
11 19 (2.97%) Data Engineer
12 14 (2.19%) Programme Manager
12 14 (2.19%) Senior Developer
13 13 (2.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (1.88%) Data Architect
14 12 (1.88%) IT Manager
14 12 (1.88%) Linux Developer
14 12 (1.88%) Security Architect
14 12 (1.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.95%) Spring
2 35 (5.48%) Kafka
3 25 (3.91%) Spring Boot
4 19 (2.97%) REST
5 18 (2.82%) Middleware
6 17 (2.66%) JMS
6 17 (2.66%) Web Services
7 14 (2.19%) RESTful
7 14 (2.19%) SOAP
8 13 (2.03%) JSON
8 13 (2.03%) XML
9 10 (1.56%) J2EE
9 10 (1.56%) React
10 9 (1.41%) HTML
11 6 (0.94%) .NET
11 6 (0.94%) OAuth
11 6 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (0.78%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.78%) Swagger
13 4 (0.63%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.01%) Data Protection Act
2 27 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 23 (3.60%) Mainframe
5 20 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.82%) Equities
8 16 (2.50%) Derivative
8 16 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.35%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.72%) Credit Risk
11 11 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.72%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.25%) Clustering
12 8 (1.25%) CMDB
12 8 (1.25%) Digital Wallet
13 7 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 75 (11.74%) Linux
2 69 (10.80%) Windows
3 31 (4.85%) Unix
4 17 (2.66%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.41%) Android
5 9 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.10%) zOS
8 5 (0.78%) AIX
9 4 (0.63%) Solaris
10 3 (0.47%) HPUX
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
2 138 (21.60%) Agile
3 76 (11.89%) Migration
4 64 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (9.86%) Risk Management
6 61 (9.55%) SDLC
7 58 (9.08%) DevOps
8 54 (8.45%) Project Management
9 48 (7.51%) Change Management
10 45 (7.04%) Analytics
11 42 (6.57%) CI/CD
11 42 (6.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (6.57%) Decision-Making
12 39 (6.10%) Data Protection
12 39 (6.10%) Project Delivery
12 39 (6.10%) Test Automation
12 39 (6.10%) Wealth Management
13 36 (5.63%) Data Analysis
13 36 (5.63%) Microservices
14 33 (5.16%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 95 (14.87%) Java
2 94 (14.71%) SQL
3 91 (14.24%) Python
4 18 (2.82%) Shell Script
5 16 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.88%) R
7 11 (1.72%) C++
7 11 (1.72%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.72%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.41%) COBOL
8 9 (1.41%) JCL
9 8 (1.25%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.10%) C#
11 6 (0.94%) Perl
11 6 (0.94%) Scala
12 5 (0.78%) REXX
13 4 (0.63%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.47%) C
15 2 (0.31%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 30 (4.69%) Degree
2 16 (2.50%) Security Cleared
3 15 (2.35%) CISSP
4 11 (1.72%) CEH
4 11 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (1.72%) CISM
5 10 (1.56%) OSCP
6 8 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.25%) CCSP
6 8 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.25%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.47%) CCNP
11 3 (0.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.44%) QA
2 17 (2.66%) PCI DSS
3 10 (1.56%) Basel III
3 10 (1.56%) NIST
3 10 (1.56%) PMO
4 9 (1.41%) IFRS
4 9 (1.41%) IFRS 9
4 9 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (1.25%) COBIT
5 8 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.10%) SLA
7 6 (0.94%) GDPR
7 6 (0.94%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.94%) MiFID
8 4 (0.63%) GRC
8 4 (0.63%) SEPA
9 3 (0.47%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.47%) PSD2
10 2 (0.31%) COREP
10 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 30 (4.69%) Docker
2 11 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 4 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.29%) Ansible
2 21 (3.29%) Terraform
3 13 (2.03%) Grafana
4 12 (1.88%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.47%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.31%) CA Wily
6 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.31%) Istio
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.31%) Sysdig
6 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.16%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.82%) Oracle
3 28 (4.38%) IBM
4 23 (3.60%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.60%) Splunk
5 20 (3.13%) Citrix
5 20 (3.13%) Google
6 18 (2.82%) Apple
7 17 (2.66%) Sybase
8 16 (2.50%) SAP
9 13 (2.03%) VMware
10 11 (1.72%) Databricks
11 10 (1.56%) Cisco
11 10 (1.56%) Teradata
12 9 (1.41%) HP
13 8 (1.25%) Adobe
14 6 (0.94%) Avaloq
14 6 (0.94%) Commvault
14 6 (0.94%) Dell
14 6 (0.94%) Informatica