Banking Contract Job Trends 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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 46 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +20
Contract jobs citing Banking 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.86% 0.50% 1.36%
As % of the General category 1.61% 0.92% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £165 £265
25th Percentile - £210 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £290 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -35.62% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £375 £619
90th Percentile - £423 £705
UK median daily rate £545 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.82 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.17 £18.93
% change year-on-year +4.08% +27.65% -9.86%

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 249 217 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 53.66% 53.85% 48.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 109 145
10th Percentile £163 £160 £174
25th Percentile £239 £200 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £365 £418
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -12.57% -10.46%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £575
90th Percentile £596 £625 £645
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 20
10th Percentile £13.11 £15.79 £20.46
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.88
Median hourly rate £19.60 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -33.33% +64.02%
75th Percentile £24.76 £27.50 £54.13
90th Percentile £40.77 £41.25 £55.38
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.27% -15.38% +30.00%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Wales

Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Banking

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Banking

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 26 December 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 +3 4 - - 11
Banking
UK

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service Advisor
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) EAM
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) BT