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 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 75 83
Rank change year-on-year +39 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing Banking 668 541 671
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.14% 2.60% 2.95%
As % of the General category 8.22% 4.83% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 339 384
10th Percentile £289 £322 £400
25th Percentile £381 £413 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £507 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% -7.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £617 £663
90th Percentile £638 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 5
10th Percentile £14.36 £11.83 £15.08
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.57 £15.72
Median hourly rate £18.51 £15.00 £64.38
Median % change year-on-year +23.40% -76.70% +179.22%
75th Percentile £24.66 £25.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £24.86 £84.00 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £19.05 £52.50
% change year-on-year +16.90% -63.71% +90.91%

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 8,130 11,199 12,807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.59% 53.77% 56.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,996 6,339 8,696
10th Percentile £210 £205 £228
25th Percentile £359 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 612 1,693 722
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £13.31
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.34 £28.42 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +2.08% +42.77%
75th Percentile £51.93 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £30.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year -6.77% -7.12% +43.56%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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
North of England +16 248 £447 -5.89% 1,436
Scotland +19 235 £475 -9.52% 343
North West +16 136 £415 -12.63% 674
Yorkshire +15 107 £494 +3.95% 604
Midlands +14 76 £430 -4.44% 1,245
East Midlands +11 53 £390 -12.36% 499
Northern Ireland +16 45 £448 +1.13% 117
South West +41 32 £525 -14.29% 746
South East -19 24 £575 +12.20% 1,782
West Midlands +21 23 £555 +5.71% 661
East of England +11 8 £600 +4.35% 934
North East +4 5 £420 -9.19% 160
Wales +6 4 £495 -10.00% 179
Isle of Man +3 2 £400 -
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 28 (4.19%) Confluence
2 22 (3.29%) SAS
3 13 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.95%) CICS
4 10 (1.50%) WebSphere
5 9 (1.35%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.75%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.60%) JBoss
7 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.60%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.60%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.45%) Apache
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.30%) Camunda
9 2 (0.30%) CMS
9 2 (0.30%) GemFire
10 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) Mule
Applications
1 44 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.84%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
2 8 (1.20%) Kondor
2 8 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.90%) Finacle
4 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.30%) Exstream
5 2 (0.30%) VisionPLUS
6 1 (0.15%) Avolution ABACUS
6 1 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Summit
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 83 (12.43%) AWS
2 52 (7.78%) Azure
3 37 (5.54%) GCP
4 19 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.80%) Snowflake
8 10 (1.50%) OpenShift
8 10 (1.50%) Serverless
9 9 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.20%) GitHub
11 7 (1.05%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (1.05%) IaaS
12 6 (0.90%) Collibra
12 6 (0.90%) npm
13 5 (0.75%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.75%) Apigee
13 5 (0.75%) SaaS
14 4 (0.60%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.95%) DNS
2 12 (1.80%) Firewall
3 9 (1.35%) DHCP
4 8 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.05%) Network Security
6 6 (0.90%) VPN
7 5 (0.75%) SSL
7 5 (0.75%) WAN
8 4 (0.60%) Calico
8 4 (0.60%) LAN
9 3 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.45%) HTTP
9 3 (0.45%) SAN
9 3 (0.45%) Skype
9 3 (0.45%) Wireless
10 2 (0.30%) BGP
10 2 (0.30%) DWDM
10 2 (0.30%) NAS
10 2 (0.30%) OSPF
10 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.79%) Relational Database
2 26 (3.89%) MongoDB
3 25 (3.74%) DB2
4 20 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.40%) Power BI
6 14 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (2.10%) SQL Server
7 13 (1.95%) KDB
7 13 (1.95%) Kdb+
8 12 (1.80%) Tableau
9 10 (1.50%) MySQL
9 10 (1.50%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.50%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.35%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.20%) Big Data
11 8 (1.20%) Siebel EIM
12 6 (0.90%) Apache Hive
12 6 (0.90%) Flink
12 6 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.90%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (7.63%) JIRA
2 34 (5.09%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.64%) Git
4 20 (2.99%) JUnit
5 18 (2.69%) GitLab
6 16 (2.40%) Selenium
7 11 (1.65%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.35%) Maven
9 7 (1.05%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.75%) Gradle
11 4 (0.60%) Ant
11 4 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.60%) Subversion
11 4 (0.60%) Xcode
12 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.45%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.45%) Mockito
12 3 (0.45%) Postman
12 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.30%) Introscope
General
1 379 (56.74%) Finance
2 252 (37.72%) Social Skills
3 131 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (16.47%) Investment Banking
5 46 (6.89%) Retail Banking
6 33 (4.94%) Front Office
7 27 (4.04%) Retail
8 22 (3.29%) Financial Institution
9 20 (2.99%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (2.10%) Legal
10 14 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 13 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.35%) Marketing
14 8 (1.20%) Wholesale Banking
15 7 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (0.90%) Back Office
16 6 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 132 (19.76%) Analyst
2 101 (15.12%) Developer
3 97 (14.52%) Architect
4 72 (10.78%) Business Analyst
5 49 (7.34%) Senior
6 44 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
7 39 (5.84%) Project Manager
8 35 (5.24%) Java Developer
9 33 (4.94%) Lead
10 22 (3.29%) Python Developer
11 21 (3.14%) Data Engineer
12 20 (2.99%) Consultant
13 18 (2.69%) Data Analyst
14 16 (2.40%) Senior Developer
15 15 (2.25%) Banking Analyst
16 14 (2.10%) Linux Developer
16 14 (2.10%) Payments Architect
17 13 (1.95%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
17 13 (1.95%) Senior C++ Developer
17 13 (1.95%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.44%) Kafka
2 41 (6.14%) Spring
3 24 (3.59%) Spring Boot
4 23 (3.44%) HTML
5 22 (3.29%) JMS
5 22 (3.29%) Web Services
6 19 (2.84%) REST
6 19 (2.84%) RESTful
7 16 (2.40%) SOAP
8 15 (2.25%) Middleware
8 15 (2.25%) React
9 14 (2.10%) CSS
10 11 (1.65%) JSON
10 11 (1.65%) XML
11 10 (1.50%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.35%) J2EE
13 8 (1.20%) jQuery
13 8 (1.20%) OAuth
14 7 (1.05%) DOM
15 6 (0.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.94%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.79%) Data Protection Act
3 25 (3.74%) Equities
4 23 (3.44%) Mainframe
5 20 (2.99%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.84%) Derivative
7 18 (2.69%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.54%) Management Information System
9 16 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.95%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.65%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.50%) Credit Risk
13 9 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (1.20%) CMDB
14 8 (1.20%) Digital Wallet
14 8 (1.20%) VSAM
15 7 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (11.53%) Linux
2 63 (9.43%) Windows
3 26 (3.89%) Apple iOS
3 26 (3.89%) Unix
4 17 (2.54%) Android
5 8 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.05%) zOS
7 5 (0.75%) AIX
8 4 (0.60%) Solaris
9 3 (0.45%) HPUX
10 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (25.60%) Agile
2 169 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (11.53%) Migration
4 72 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (10.33%) SDLC
6 65 (9.73%) DevOps
7 62 (9.28%) Risk Management
8 58 (8.68%) Project Management
9 55 (8.23%) Change Management
10 52 (7.78%) CI/CD
11 49 (7.34%) Analytics
12 48 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (6.89%) Decision-Making
14 45 (6.74%) Scrum
15 44 (6.59%) Test Automation
16 41 (6.14%) Data Protection
17 39 (5.84%) Data Analysis
18 38 (5.69%) Performance Tuning
19 37 (5.54%) Roadmaps
20 36 (5.39%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 109 (16.32%) Java
2 106 (15.87%) SQL
3 99 (14.82%) Python
4 28 (4.19%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.29%) Shell Script
6 17 (2.54%) C++
7 16 (2.40%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.10%) Kotlin
9 12 (1.80%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.80%) Scala
10 11 (1.65%) COBOL
10 11 (1.65%) JCL
11 9 (1.35%) R
12 8 (1.20%) Swift
13 7 (1.05%) C
13 7 (1.05%) Objective-C
14 5 (0.75%) C#
14 5 (0.75%) REXX
15 4 (0.60%) Ruby
16 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (5.39%) Degree
2 18 (2.69%) Security Cleared
3 12 (1.80%) AWS Certification
4 11 (1.65%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (1.20%) CISSP
6 8 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.60%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.60%) PMP
10 3 (0.45%) CCNP
10 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.45%) CISM
10 3 (0.45%) ISEB
11 2 (0.30%) GCIH
11 2 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.14%) QA
2 14 (2.10%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.95%) PMO
4 11 (1.65%) Basel III
5 9 (1.35%) IFRS
5 9 (1.35%) IFRS 9
6 8 (1.20%) GDPR
6 8 (1.20%) MiFID
6 8 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.05%) SLA
8 6 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.90%) GRC
8 6 (0.90%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.75%) SEPA
10 3 (0.45%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.45%) NIST
10 3 (0.45%) PSD2
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 36 (5.39%) Docker
2 7 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 4 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) HDFS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) vSphere
6 1 (0.15%) XenApp
6 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (7.34%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.99%) Terraform
3 18 (2.69%) Ansible
4 12 (1.80%) Grafana
5 11 (1.65%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.60%) Istio
7 3 (0.45%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.30%) CA Wily
8 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.30%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.30%) Puppet
8 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) Sysdig
8 2 (0.30%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.15%) HP Data Protector
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 80 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.78%) Oracle
3 29 (4.34%) IBM
4 23 (3.44%) Google
5 22 (3.29%) ServiceNow
6 21 (3.14%) Splunk
7 19 (2.84%) Citrix
7 19 (2.84%) Sybase
8 18 (2.69%) Apple
9 13 (1.95%) Cisco
10 12 (1.80%) Databricks
10 12 (1.80%) VMware
11 11 (1.65%) Teradata
12 10 (1.50%) SAP
13 9 (1.35%) Adobe
13 9 (1.35%) Salesforce
14 8 (1.20%) HP
14 8 (1.20%) Siebel
15 6 (0.90%) AppDynamics
15 6 (0.90%) Commvault
6,552 Banking jobs in the UK excluding London