International Banking Contracts

International Banking
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term International Banking in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited International Banking over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 553 646
Rank change year-on-year +16 +93 +150
DemandTrendContract jobs citing International Banking 20 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.033% 0.033%
As % of the General category 0.096% 0.058% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 15
10th Percentile £513 £443 £455
25th Percentile £675 £488 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £660 £650
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +1.54% +2.71%
75th Percentile - £700 £721
90th Percentile - £700 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 - -

All General Skills
UK

International 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,874 22,290 30,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.53% 57.40% 58.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,959 13,906 20,728
10th Percentile £275 £291 £310
25th Percentile £400 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £748 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,160 1,303 1,038
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.06 £13.91
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.50 £16.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% +29.09% +14.58%
75th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.25 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £35.03 £25.00
% change year-on-year -36.80% +40.12% +25.00%

International Banking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing International Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for International Banking in the UK

International Banking
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

International Banking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing International Banking over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for International Banking in the UK

International Banking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

International Banking
Top 5 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing International Banking within the UK over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +25 20 £800 +21.21% 8
London +24 19 £800 +21.21% 8
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -
UK excluding London - 1 £650 - 5
North of England - 1 £650 -

International Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) CMS
3 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.00%) GitHub
1 1 (5.00%) IaaS
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (5.00%) PaaS
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Apache Hive
1 1 (5.00%) Big Data
1 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (5.00%) Presto
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) GCC
1 6 (30.00%) GDB
2 1 (5.00%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) Subversion
2 1 (5.00%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (100.00%) Banking
2 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (45.00%) Finance
4 8 (40.00%) Front Office
5 4 (20.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (10.00%) Legal
6 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Backup Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Communications Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Communications Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Service Continuity Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Testing Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Build Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Technology
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Middleware
2 6 (30.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 6 (30.00%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (30.00%) STL
3 1 (5.00%) Kafka
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (30.00%) Distributed Architecture
3 5 (25.00%) Replication
4 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Equities
4 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Market Risk
4 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Linux
2 7 (35.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (30.00%) Electronic Trading
2 6 (30.00%) High Availability
2 6 (30.00%) Low Latency
2 6 (30.00%) Test Automation
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (10.00%) Digital Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
6 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
6 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) MCSE
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) COBIT
1 1 (5.00%) GAAP
1 1 (5.00%) GRC
1 1 (5.00%) IFRS
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.00%) HDFS
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) NetBackup
1 3 (15.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Solace
2 3 (15.00%) IBM
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Veeam
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Bloomberg
4 1 (5.00%) Citrix
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Refinitiv
4 1 (5.00%) Reuters