Banking Contracts in Central London

Banking
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Banking 264 444 498
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.03% 12.03% 11.11%
As % of the General category 16.66% 19.24% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 374 343
10th Percentile £350 £466 £440
25th Percentile £510 £538 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £657 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +1.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £711 £775 £775
90th Percentile £838 £879 £863
London median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £27.00 - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £26.00
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £19.50 £8.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +143.75% -70.91% +22.22%

All General Skills
Central London

Banking is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,585 2,308 2,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 66.23% 62.55% 57.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,626 1,872
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £438 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £781
London median daily rate £575 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 30
10th Percentile £19.95 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.18 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.06% -7.89% +90.00%
75th Percentile £35.69 £42.32 £49.94
90th Percentile £49.60 £53.55 £61.83
London median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year - -14.47% +23.35%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Central London

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Banking in Central London

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Central London

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Banking in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
City of London -2 257 £590 -12.59% 55
West End of London +3 1 £675 +68.75%
Camden - 1 £850 -
Banking
London

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 28 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (7.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.52%) Apache
3 4 (1.52%) SAS
4 3 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.14%) MQSeries
4 3 (1.14%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.76%) Confluence
5 2 (0.76%) JBoss
5 2 (0.76%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) Appian
6 1 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.14%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.76%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.76%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.38%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.38%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 47 (17.80%) Azure
2 26 (9.85%) AWS
3 15 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.30%) GCP
4 14 (5.30%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.27%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.27%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.52%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.52%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.52%) Collibra
7 4 (1.52%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.14%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.14%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.14%) PaaS
9 2 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (0.76%) Kong
9 2 (0.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.71%) Firewall
2 12 (4.55%) SAN
3 4 (1.52%) SSH
3 4 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.14%) FTP
4 3 (1.14%) HTTP
4 3 (1.14%) ICMP
4 3 (1.14%) POP3
4 3 (1.14%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.14%) SMTP
4 3 (1.14%) WAN
5 2 (0.76%) DNS
5 2 (0.76%) SSL
6 1 (0.38%) LAN
6 1 (0.38%) MPLS
6 1 (0.38%) Multicast
6 1 (0.38%) Network Security
6 1 (0.38%) VoIP
6 1 (0.38%) WebEx
6 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.79%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.03%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.65%) KDB
5 6 (2.27%) Metadata
6 5 (1.89%) Power BI
7 4 (1.52%) MySQL
8 3 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.14%) Big Data
8 3 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.14%) Tableau
9 2 (0.76%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.76%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.76%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.38%) Impala
10 1 (0.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.68%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.17%) Git
2 11 (4.17%) Selenium
2 11 (4.17%) TeamCity
3 8 (3.03%) JIRA
4 7 (2.65%) GitLab
5 6 (2.27%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.27%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.52%) PHPUnit
6 4 (1.52%) WebDriver
7 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.14%) webpack
8 2 (0.76%) Appium
8 2 (0.76%) JUnit
9 1 (0.38%) Ant
9 1 (0.38%) Gradle
9 1 (0.38%) Hudson
9 1 (0.38%) Maven
9 1 (0.38%) Mockito
9 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 146 (55.30%) Finance
2 79 (29.92%) Investment Banking
3 59 (22.35%) Social Skills
4 25 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.58%) Front Office
6 14 (5.30%) Legal
7 13 (4.92%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
9 10 (3.79%) International Banking
9 10 (3.79%) Retail
9 10 (3.79%) Retail Banking
10 9 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.65%) Prime Brokerage
12 6 (2.27%) Back Office
13 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.52%) Advertising
14 4 (1.52%) Private Banking
15 2 (0.76%) Public Speaking
16 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (21.59%) Developer
2 54 (20.45%) Analyst
3 32 (12.12%) Architect
4 27 (10.23%) Business Analyst
5 24 (9.09%) Senior
6 16 (6.06%) Project Manager
7 15 (5.68%) Consultant
8 14 (5.30%) Data Analyst
8 14 (5.30%) Support Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Lead
10 12 (4.55%) Java Developer
11 10 (3.79%) C# Developer
11 10 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.03%) Banking Analyst
12 8 (3.03%) Service Analyst
13 7 (2.65%) Automation Tester
13 7 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
13 7 (2.65%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.65%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.95%) .NET
2 11 (4.17%) CSS
2 11 (4.17%) React
3 9 (3.41%) Spring
4 8 (3.03%) HTML
5 7 (2.65%) Node.js
5 7 (2.65%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.27%) .NET Core
6 6 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.27%) XML
7 5 (1.89%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (1.89%) Kafka
7 5 (1.89%) RESTful
7 5 (1.89%) WCF
7 5 (1.89%) WinForms
8 4 (1.52%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.52%) Laravel
8 4 (1.52%) Symfony
8 4 (1.52%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (3.03%) Equities
3 8 (3.03%) PKI
4 6 (2.27%) Derivative
5 5 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.89%) Market Risk
6 4 (1.52%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.14%) AS400
7 3 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.14%) iSeries
7 3 (1.14%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.14%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.64%) Windows
2 18 (6.82%) Linux
3 12 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
3 12 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (4.17%) Unix
5 4 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.38%) Android
7 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (17.80%) Agile
2 32 (12.12%) DevOps
3 28 (10.61%) Migration
4 26 (9.85%) Data Loss Prevention
4 26 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (9.47%) Project Management
6 23 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (8.33%) Microservices
8 21 (7.95%) CI/CD
9 19 (7.20%) Risk Management
9 19 (7.20%) Test Automation
10 18 (6.82%) Analytics
11 17 (6.44%) Wealth Management
12 16 (6.06%) Computer Science
12 16 (6.06%) GAP Analysis
13 15 (5.68%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (5.68%) SDLC
14 14 (5.30%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (5.30%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.42%) SQL
2 41 (15.53%) Java
3 35 (13.26%) C#
4 30 (11.36%) Python
5 21 (7.95%) PowerShell
6 14 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.41%) C++
8 6 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.52%) PHP
9 4 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.52%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.14%) Perl
10 3 (1.14%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.14%) RPG
11 2 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.38%) Bash
12 1 (0.38%) Clojure
12 1 (0.38%) Haskell
12 1 (0.38%) R
12 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (10.23%) Degree
2 12 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.79%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.27%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.14%) PMP
6 2 (0.76%) CISA
6 2 (0.76%) CISM
6 2 (0.76%) CISSP
6 2 (0.76%) CRISC
6 2 (0.76%) FFIEC
6 2 (0.76%) OCP
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.38%) APMP
7 1 (0.38%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) CAPM
7 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.92%) QA
2 10 (3.79%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.03%) SLA
4 6 (2.27%) PMO
5 5 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.14%) NIST
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.38%) COBIT
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 28 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.38%) HDFS
3 1 (0.38%) NFS
3 1 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (4.92%) SCCM
2 9 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.41%) Terraform
3 8 (3.03%) PingFederate
4 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.52%) Ansible
6 3 (1.14%) Control-M
6 3 (1.14%) Kibana
6 3 (1.14%) logstash
6 3 (1.14%) QRadar
7 2 (0.76%) Puppet
7 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.38%) CASB
8 1 (0.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 55 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.06%) Citrix
3 15 (5.68%) Cisco
4 12 (4.55%) Avaya
4 12 (4.55%) CheckPoint
4 12 (4.55%) EMC
4 12 (4.55%) HP
5 9 (3.41%) Google
5 9 (3.41%) IBM
6 8 (3.03%) Bloomberg
6 8 (3.03%) Oracle
7 5 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.89%) SAP
7 5 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.14%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.14%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.14%) Murex
8 3 (1.14%) Proofpoint
8 3 (1.14%) Splunk
8 3 (1.14%) Sybase