Banking Contracts in Wales

Banking
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 43 58
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +3
Contract jobs citing Banking 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.35% 0.25% 0.52%
As % of the General category 2.55% 0.55% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £531
25th Percentile - - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile - - £641
90th Percentile - - £654
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £19.05 £52.50
% change year-on-year +16.90% -63.71% +96.26%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 157 183 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 52.86% 45.07% 46.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 93 187
10th Percentile £180 £127 £162
25th Percentile £285 £143 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -12.82% -
75th Percentile £488 £550 £586
90th Percentile £588 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 30 14
10th Percentile £12.99 £11.68 -
25th Percentile £14.23 £12.78 £10.92
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.27 £11.56
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% +118.60% -53.76%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.50 £21.02
90th Percentile £45.00 £85.28 £46.14
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.06 £31.92
% change year-on-year -6.85% -5.83% +41.87%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Wales

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Banking in Wales

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Banking in Wales

Banking
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Wales region over the 6 months to 9 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
South Wales +6 4 £495 -10.00% 44
Banking
UK

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Google Docs
1 4 (100.00%) Google Sheets
1 4 (100.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Accounts Payable
1 3 (75.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (75.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Google
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Xero