Corporate Banking Contract Job Trends

Corporate Banking
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Corporate Banking in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Corporate Banking over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	599	496	499
Rank change year-on-year	-103	+3	+108
Contract jobs citing Corporate Banking	80	65	56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.15%	0.20%	0.15%
As % of the General category	0.25%	0.31%	0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted	17	18	19
10^th Percentile	£351	£387	£358
25^th Percentile	£410	£442	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£638	£488
Median % change year-on-year	-17.65%	+30.77%	-30.36%
75^th Percentile	£725	£688	£671
90^th Percentile	£820	£762	£766
UK excluding London median daily rate	£418	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+4.38%	-	-

All General Skills
UK

Corporate 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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	31,524	20,919	21,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	57.25%	63.05%	58.77%
Number of daily rates quoted	18,305	13,022	12,835
10^th Percentile	£313	£275	£286
25^th Percentile	£420	£400	£410
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£649
90^th Percentile	£740	£738	£763
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£480
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-1.04%	-4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2,904	1,269	880
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.56	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.00	£16.17	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£27.08	£24.34	£31.31
Median % change year-on-year	+11.24%	-22.26%	+13.85%
75^th Percentile	£53.75	£43.75	£58.56
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£67.25	£71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£26.90	£21.18	£29.50
% change year-on-year	+27.04%	-28.22%	+13.46%

Corporate Banking Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Corporate Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Corporate Banking Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Corporate Banking.

Corporate Banking Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Corporate Banking over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Corporate Banking in the UK

Corporate Banking Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Corporate Banking.

Corporate Banking Top 10 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Corporate Banking within the UK over the 6 months to 20 October 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
England	-103	74	£537	-17.38%	21
London	-79	63	£700	+5.66%	19
Work from Home	-64	36	£525	-22.26%	8
UK excluding London	-106	16	£418	+4.38%	5
North of England	-62	9	£353	-26.56%
North West	-44	6	£353	-26.56%
Scotland	-30	5	£410	+2.50%	1
Yorkshire	-	3	-	-
East Midlands	-12	2	£504	-
Midlands	-42	2	£504	-

Corporate Banking Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Corporate Banking also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Corporate Banking.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	48.8%	39
1	Wealth Management	48.8%	39
3	Agile	47.5%	38
4	AI	30.0%	24
5	Analytics	25.0%	20
5	Roadmaps	25.0%	20
7	Continuous Improvement	23.8%	19
8	SQL	20.0%	16
9	Migration	18.8%	15
10	JIRA	17.5%	14
10	Python	17.5%	14
10	Scrum	17.5%	14
13	Backlog Prioritisation	16.3%	13
14	Product Vision	15.0%	12
15	Anti-Money Laundering	12.5%	10
15	Customer Experience	12.5%	10
15	Customer-Centricity	12.5%	10
15	Java	12.5%	10
15	Regulatory Compliance	12.5%	10
20	Kubernetes	11.3%	9
20	Model Validation	11.3%	9
20	Programme Delivery	11.3%	9
20	Project Delivery	11.3%	9
20	User Stories	11.3%	9
25	AWS	10.0%	8
25	Customer Insight	10.0%	8
25	Degree	10.0%	8
25	Monetization	10.0%	8
25	Problem-Solving	10.0%	8
25	Product Backlog	10.0%	8

Corporate Banking Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Banking	100.0%	80
2	Finance	82.5%	66
3	Investment Banking	52.5%	42
4	Retail Banking	51.3%	41
5	Retail	45.0%	36
6	Social Skills	22.5%	18
7	Influencing Skills	18.8%	15
8	Financial Institution	16.3%	13
9	Analytical Skills	10.0%	8
9	Billing	10.0%	8
9	Front Office	10.0%	8
12	Legal	7.5%	6
13	Presentation Skills	2.5%	2
14	Aviation	1.3%	1
14	Back Office	1.3%	1
14	Documentation Skills	1.3%	1
14	General Ledger	1.3%	1
14	Health Technology	1.3%	1
14	Japanese Language	1.3%	1