Retail Banking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Retail Banking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail Banking in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail Banking over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 342 367
Rank change year-on-year +32 +25 +46
Contract jobs citing Retail Banking 49 50 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.54% 0.45% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 44
10th Percentile £425 £391 £427
25th Percentile £430 £463 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £575 £548
Median % change year-on-year -20.65% +5.02% +4.29%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £591
90th Percentile £527 £706 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -14.89% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Median hourly rate £19.97 - £89.44
UK median hourly rate £19.97 - £89.44

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Retail 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 9,039 11,146 13,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 60.99% 53.91% 56.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,446 6,278 8,715
10th Percentile £213 £209 £238
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% -2.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £652 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 784 1,604 834
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.79 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.32 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £31.97 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.21% +22.96% +30.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.38 £70.00 £69.85
UK median hourly rate £26.28 £32.50 £30.54
% change year-on-year -19.14% +6.42% +22.16%

Retail Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail Banking in the UK excluding London

Retail Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Retail Banking in the UK excluding London

Retail Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Banking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Banking in the UK excluding London

Retail Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail Banking in the UK excluding London

Retail 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 Retail Banking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 0 27 £481 -8.33% 3
North of England +13 17 £450 -23.40% 8
North West +10 8 £449 -25.25% 4
Yorkshire +7 7 £450 -21.74% 3
Midlands - 5 £500 - 5
West Midlands - 5 £500 - 1
North East - 2 £420 - 1
Wales - 1 £495 - 2
Retail Banking
UK

Retail 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 4 (8.16%) Confluence
2 3 (6.12%) CICS
2 3 (6.12%) SAS
3 2 (4.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (4.08%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.04%) CMS
4 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.04%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) AWS
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (4.08%) GCP
4 1 (2.04%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.04%) Datadog
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.04%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.04%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.04%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.12%) DB2
1 3 (6.12%) MongoDB
1 3 (6.12%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.08%) Hadoop
2 2 (4.08%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.04%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.04%) Power BI
3 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.12%) JUnit
3 2 (4.08%) Selenium
3 2 (4.08%) SOAtest
4 1 (2.04%) Git
4 1 (2.04%) git-flow
4 1 (2.04%) GitLab
4 1 (2.04%) LoadRunner
General
1 46 (93.88%) Banking
2 24 (48.98%) Social Skills
3 17 (34.69%) Finance
4 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (20.41%) Retail
6 9 (18.37%) Corporate Banking
6 9 (18.37%) Investment Banking
7 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.08%) General Ledger
8 2 (4.08%) Legal
9 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.04%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Analyst
2 7 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Developer
4 4 (8.16%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Technical Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Java Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Payments Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) HR Advisor
6 2 (4.08%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Network Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Risk Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) SAS Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Security Specialist
6 2 (4.08%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Gherkin
1 3 (6.12%) Kafka
2 2 (4.08%) J2EE
2 2 (4.08%) JSON
2 2 (4.08%) Web Services
2 2 (4.08%) XML
3 1 (2.04%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.04%) Spring
3 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.16%) Mainframe
3 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) VSAM
4 2 (4.08%) Credit Risk
4 2 (4.08%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (4.08%) Taxonomies
4 2 (4.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.04%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Unix
2 3 (6.12%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) Linux
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (24.49%) Risk Management
3 11 (22.45%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.37%) Wealth Management
5 8 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 6 (12.24%) Analytics
8 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.16%) Data Analytics
9 4 (8.16%) Data Integration
9 4 (8.16%) Data Protection
9 4 (8.16%) DevOps
9 4 (8.16%) Microservices
9 4 (8.16%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (8.16%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (8.16%) SDLC
9 4 (8.16%) Security Operations
9 4 (8.16%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) Java
2 4 (8.16%) COBOL
2 4 (8.16%) Python
2 4 (8.16%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) JCL
4 2 (4.08%) REXX
5 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (4.08%) APMP
1 2 (4.08%) CEH
1 2 (4.08%) CISSP
1 2 (4.08%) CRISC
1 2 (4.08%) Degree
1 2 (4.08%) GCIH
1 2 (4.08%) OSCP
2 1 (2.04%) ACCA
2 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.04%) CISA
2 1 (2.04%) GCFA
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) QA
1 3 (6.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.08%) SLA
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (2.04%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.04%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle
2 3 (6.12%) Splunk
3 2 (4.08%) Ab Initio
3 2 (4.08%) Adobe
3 2 (4.08%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco
3 2 (4.08%) Fortinet
3 2 (4.08%) Informatica
3 2 (4.08%) Parasoft
3 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.04%) Databricks
4 1 (2.04%) Dell
4 1 (2.04%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) IBM
4 1 (2.04%) Planview
4 1 (2.04%) Qualys
4 1 (2.04%) Veritas
4 1 (2.04%) Workday