Banking Contracts in England

Banking
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 21 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,299 3,895 5,333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.25% 7.95% 7.61%
As % of the General category 10.74% 13.42% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 2,806 3,603
10th Percentile £385 £450 £438
25th Percentile £500 £538 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £750
90th Percentile £850 £900 £830
UK median daily rate £613 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 22
10th Percentile £12.08 £11.33 £11.47
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.24 £14.98
Median hourly rate £19.28 £21.00 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -10.57% +53.98%
75th Percentile £25.44 - £33.87
90th Percentile £78.75 £37.38 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £19.05 £21.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -9.29% -18.30% +65.25%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,396 29,018 39,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.20% 59.25% 56.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,789 20,378 27,740
10th Percentile £280 £313 £316
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,786 948 1,301
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.47 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.17%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £46.72
90th Percentile £65.50 £70.94 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.91 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.06% +54.14% -2.22%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in England

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Banking in England

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in England

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Banking in England

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Banking in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in England

Banking
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London -2 1,873 £650 -3.70% 515
North of England +1 179 £489 -11.09% 54
North West +14 99 £489 -6.86% 37
South East +31 89 £513 -14.58% 29
Yorkshire -4 77 £444 -19.32% 13
Midlands -4 51 £471 -16.22% 33
East Midlands +44 32 £445 +4.71% 10
South West +4 32 £625 +6.38% 27
East of England +36 27 £575 +21.05% 17
West Midlands -18 18 £525 -12.50% 23
North East +11 3 £463 -35.76% 4
South Coast - 3 £500 -
Banking
UK

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 159 (6.92%) Apache
2 153 (6.66%) Apache Airflow
3 63 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 40 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 39 (1.70%) Confluence
6 18 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.74%) SAS
8 9 (0.39%) CMS
9 6 (0.26%) JBoss
9 6 (0.26%) nginx
9 6 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.22%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.22%) IIS
10 5 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.22%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.22%) Tornado
11 4 (0.17%) Appian
11 4 (0.17%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.13%) MQSeries
Applications
1 97 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 17 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.26%) Sketch
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.13%) InVision
9 2 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.087%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.087%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.043%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.043%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.043%) InDesign
10 1 (0.043%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (1.00%) Aladdin
1 23 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.65%) ION Anvil
3 15 (0.65%) Loan IQ
4 13 (0.57%) Temenos T24
5 11 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.43%) FLEXCUBE
6 10 (0.43%) ION MarketView
7 9 (0.39%) SAP CO
7 9 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
8 8 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.35%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
9 7 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
10 6 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
10 6 (0.26%) Oracle FAH
11 5 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 317 (13.79%) AWS
2 314 (13.66%) Azure
3 170 (7.39%) GCP
4 92 (4.00%) dbt
5 81 (3.52%) Power Platform
6 80 (3.48%) Snowflake
7 53 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (1.44%) GitHub
9 32 (1.39%) Entra ID
9 32 (1.39%) SaaS
10 31 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (1.26%) Serverless
12 22 (0.96%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.87%) PowerApps
14 19 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (0.65%) IaaS
16 15 (0.65%) PaaS
17 14 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
17 14 (0.61%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 77 (3.35%) Firewall
2 48 (2.09%) DMZ
3 24 (1.04%) VPN
4 21 (0.91%) Network Security
5 18 (0.78%) DNS
5 18 (0.78%) Internet
6 17 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
6 17 (0.74%) SAN
7 14 (0.61%) WAN
8 11 (0.48%) DHCP
8 11 (0.48%) LAN
9 10 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.39%) SSH
11 8 (0.35%) HTTP
11 8 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
11 8 (0.35%) Wireless
12 6 (0.26%) SSL
13 5 (0.22%) FTP
13 5 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (6.35%) Apache Ignite
2 121 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 96 (4.18%) Amazon Athena
4 93 (4.05%) Data Lake
5 92 (4.00%) Apache Arrow
5 92 (4.00%) Dremio
6 83 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
7 70 (3.04%) Power BI
8 55 (2.39%) Relational Database
9 41 (1.78%) NoSQL
10 36 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
11 30 (1.30%) Big Data
12 28 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 28 (1.22%) MySQL
13 26 (1.13%) Oracle Database
13 26 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 24 (1.04%) Metadata
15 22 (0.96%) Tableau
16 17 (0.74%) KDB
17 16 (0.70%) DB2
Development Applications
1 104 (4.52%) JIRA
2 56 (2.44%) Git
3 47 (2.04%) Cypress.io
3 47 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.65%) Selenium
5 35 (1.52%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.48%) Cucumber
7 23 (1.00%) GitLab
8 15 (0.65%) Postman
8 15 (0.65%) Visual Studio
9 14 (0.61%) Maven
10 13 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.43%) Artifactory
11 10 (0.43%) JUnit
11 10 (0.43%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.39%) TestRail
13 8 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 7 (0.30%) ERwin
14 7 (0.30%) JMeter
15 6 (0.26%) NUnit
General
1 1,542 (67.07%) Finance
2 556 (24.18%) Investment Banking
3 474 (20.62%) Social Skills
4 362 (15.75%) Front Office
5 215 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (3.44%) Back Office
7 76 (3.31%) Retail Banking
8 73 (3.18%) Retail
9 60 (2.61%) Financial Institution
10 51 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
11 40 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.26%) Wholesale Banking
14 27 (1.17%) Legal
14 27 (1.17%) Public Sector
15 24 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (0.91%) Prime Brokerage
17 20 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (0.74%) International Banking
19 15 (0.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 493 (21.44%) Developer
2 441 (19.18%) Analyst
3 242 (10.53%) Senior
4 224 (9.74%) Business Analyst
5 213 (9.26%) Architect
6 139 (6.05%) Software Engineer
7 138 (6.00%) Lead
8 136 (5.92%) Banking Analyst
9 130 (5.65%) Project Manager
10 118 (5.13%) Java Developer
11 111 (4.83%) Python Developer
12 97 (4.22%) Python Engineer
13 92 (4.00%) Python Software Engineer
14 88 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
15 87 (3.78%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 86 (3.74%) Consultant
17 84 (3.65%) Financial Analyst
17 84 (3.65%) React Developer
18 78 (3.39%) Data Analyst
19 71 (3.09%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (6.70%) gRPC
2 148 (6.44%) Protocol Buffers
3 138 (6.00%) React
4 97 (4.22%) Pandas
5 93 (4.05%) .NET
6 90 (3.91%) NumPy
7 88 (3.83%) SciPy
8 74 (3.22%) Redux
9 59 (2.57%) Material-UI
10 58 (2.52%) FIX Protocol
11 54 (2.35%) Spring
12 51 (2.22%) HTML
13 47 (2.04%) CSS
14 46 (2.00%) Kafka
15 43 (1.87%) Node.js
16 42 (1.83%) AngularJS
17 40 (1.74%) WPF
18 33 (1.44%) REST
18 33 (1.44%) Web Services
18 33 (1.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 259 (11.27%) Derivative
2 252 (10.96%) Fixed Income
3 218 (9.48%) Hedge funds
4 193 (8.39%) Equities
5 176 (7.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 88 (3.83%) Product Ownership
7 60 (2.61%) Management Information System
8 51 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 38 (1.65%) Data Centre
10 30 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
10 30 (1.30%) Public Cloud
11 29 (1.26%) Market Risk
12 28 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
13 24 (1.04%) Credit Risk
13 24 (1.04%) Equity Derivative
13 24 (1.04%) Security Posture
14 23 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
14 23 (1.00%) Onboarding
14 23 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (0.96%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 153 (6.66%) Windows
2 118 (5.13%) Linux
3 89 (3.87%) Unix
4 20 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 20 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 19 (0.83%) Android
5 19 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 15 (0.65%) zOS
7 13 (0.57%) Windows 7
8 12 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.30%) MVS
10 6 (0.26%) VMS
11 4 (0.17%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.13%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.087%) AIX
14 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (25.71%) Agile
2 257 (11.18%) Software Engineering
3 242 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 232 (10.09%) Change Management
4 232 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
5 213 (9.26%) DevOps
6 198 (8.61%) Investment Management
6 198 (8.61%) Migration
7 192 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 157 (6.83%) Project Management
9 129 (5.61%) CI/CD
10 118 (5.13%) Test Automation
11 114 (4.96%) SDLC
12 110 (4.78%) Analytics
13 108 (4.70%) Roadmaps
14 104 (4.52%) Microservices
14 104 (4.52%) Scrum
15 103 (4.48%) Full Stack Development
16 102 (4.44%) Risk Management
17 98 (4.26%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 432 (18.79%) Python
2 403 (17.53%) SQL
3 382 (16.62%) Java
4 220 (9.57%) C#
5 198 (8.61%) TypeScript
6 176 (7.66%) JavaScript
7 73 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 58 (2.52%) C++
9 40 (1.74%) Scala
10 27 (1.17%) PL/SQL
11 24 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 15 (0.65%) Go
12 15 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 14 (0.61%) Perl
14 13 (0.57%) Ruby
15 12 (0.52%) Bash
15 12 (0.52%) R
16 11 (0.48%) C
16 11 (0.48%) VBA
17 10 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 172 (7.48%) Degree
2 62 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 55 (2.39%) Security Cleared
4 50 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (1.09%) CISSP
6 25 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.04%) PMP
8 23 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 21 (0.91%) CISM
11 17 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
12 14 (0.61%) CCNP
13 11 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 10 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.39%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.39%) CISA
16 8 (0.35%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (4.31%) QA
2 63 (2.74%) PMO
3 62 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 33 (1.44%) SLA
5 29 (1.26%) EMIR
6 27 (1.17%) MiFID
7 26 (1.13%) NIST
8 21 (0.91%) GDPR
9 19 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.65%) SEPA
11 14 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
12 11 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.43%) ISO 20022
14 9 (0.39%) Basel III
14 9 (0.39%) GRC
15 8 (0.35%) IFRS
15 8 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.30%) GAAP
17 5 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 4 (0.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 90 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 41 (1.78%) Docker
3 18 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.30%) KVM
5 7 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (0.26%) vSphere
7 5 (0.22%) ACF2
7 5 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.22%) IAG
7 5 (0.22%) RACF
8 3 (0.13%) HDFS
8 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.087%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.043%) Cronacle
10 1 (0.043%) NFS
Systems Management
1 56 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 36 (1.57%) Ansible
3 28 (1.22%) Terraform
4 23 (1.00%) SCCM
5 17 (0.74%) Grafana
6 13 (0.57%) Puppet
7 12 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
8 10 (0.43%) Kibana
9 9 (0.39%) Control-M
9 9 (0.39%) PingFederate
9 9 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.35%) logstash
10 8 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.22%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.17%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.17%) QRadar
14 3 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 236 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.05%) Oracle
3 107 (4.65%) Google
4 95 (4.13%) Cisco
5 55 (2.39%) CheckPoint
6 50 (2.17%) Bloomberg
7 40 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 38 (1.65%) IBM
8 38 (1.65%) SAP
9 31 (1.35%) Arista
9 31 (1.35%) Databricks
10 28 (1.22%) VMware
11 26 (1.13%) Citrix
11 26 (1.13%) Splunk
12 21 (0.91%) ION Trading
13 20 (0.87%) Fortinet
14 18 (0.78%) CyberArk
14 18 (0.78%) EMC
14 18 (0.78%) F5
14 18 (0.78%) Refinitiv