Banking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Banking
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 22 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Banking 1,179 2,015 2,665
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.89% 8.00% 6.02%
As % of the General category 13.43% 13.68% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 1,313 1,890
10th Percentile £400 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £525 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £800 £788 £725
90th Percentile £878 £875 £814
UK median daily rate £615 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -5.38% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £8.77 £16.56
25th Percentile - £9.93 £19.43
Median hourly rate £12.84 £11.86 £29.07
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -59.20% +21.13%
75th Percentile £47.92 £13.79 £55.71
90th Percentile £68.97 £14.95 £68.78
UK median hourly rate £19.05 £21.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -9.29% -18.30% +77.70%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,778 14,730 24,115
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.77% 58.48% 54.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,759 10,368 17,530
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 333 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.95 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +52.58% +39.45%
75th Percentile £53.38 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.20 £65.42
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.82 £22.00
% change year-on-year -10.82% +53.73% -2.22%

Banking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Banking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Banking.

Banking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Banking over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Banking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Banking.

Banking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Banking over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Banking hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 86 (7.29%) Apache Airflow
2 79 (6.70%) Apache
3 20 (1.70%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.27%) Confluence
5 11 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.59%) IBM HTTP Server
7 7 (0.59%) WebSphere Application Server
7 7 (0.59%) WebSphere Portal
8 6 (0.51%) CMS
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.34%) SAS
11 3 (0.25%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
12 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.17%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.17%) JBoss
13 1 (0.085%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 35 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 24 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.085%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.085%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.085%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.51%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.42%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.42%) Temenos T24
4 4 (0.34%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 148 (12.55%) AWS
2 81 (6.87%) dbt
3 70 (5.94%) Snowflake
4 67 (5.68%) Azure
5 65 (5.51%) GCP
6 25 (2.12%) Power Platform
7 12 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (0.85%) GitHub
8 10 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (0.68%) Collibra
9 8 (0.68%) SaaS
10 7 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (0.59%) IaaS
11 6 (0.51%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.51%) Serverless
12 5 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.42%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.42%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.34%) Apigee
13 4 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.04%) Firewall
2 17 (1.44%) Intranet
3 9 (0.76%) DNS
4 8 (0.68%) HTTP
5 7 (0.59%) ATM
5 7 (0.59%) SAN
6 6 (0.51%) Network Security
7 5 (0.42%) DHCP
7 5 (0.42%) Internet
7 5 (0.42%) VPN
7 5 (0.42%) WAN
8 4 (0.34%) DMZ
8 4 (0.34%) LAN
9 3 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.25%) Multicast
9 3 (0.25%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.17%) NAS
10 2 (0.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.04%) Amazon Athena
2 81 (6.87%) Apache Arrow
2 81 (6.87%) Dremio
3 78 (6.62%) Apache Ignite
4 74 (6.28%) Data Lake
5 47 (3.99%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.78%) Power BI
7 15 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.19%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.19%) MySQL
9 13 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 12 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.93%) Metadata
11 11 (0.93%) Relational Database
12 9 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.68%) DB2
13 8 (0.68%) OLAP
14 7 (0.59%) OLTP
14 7 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (3.82%) JIRA
2 23 (1.95%) Git
3 14 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.10%) GitLab
4 13 (1.10%) Maven
5 10 (0.85%) Selenium
6 7 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.51%) MLflow
7 6 (0.51%) Postman
7 6 (0.51%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.25%) JMeter
10 3 (0.25%) JUnit
10 3 (0.25%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.25%) Snyk
10 3 (0.25%) TestRail
10 3 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 889 (75.40%) Finance
2 237 (20.10%) Investment Banking
3 201 (17.05%) Social Skills
4 194 (16.45%) Front Office
5 81 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (4.33%) Back Office
7 40 (3.39%) Retail Banking
8 31 (2.63%) Financial Institution
9 28 (2.37%) Retail
10 19 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.36%) Corporate Banking
12 14 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.10%) Billing
14 12 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.76%) Public Sector
17 8 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.68%) Legal
18 7 (0.59%) Wholesale Banking
19 6 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 217 (18.41%) Analyst
2 203 (17.22%) Developer
3 165 (13.99%) Architect
4 121 (10.26%) Business Analyst
5 102 (8.65%) Senior
6 91 (7.72%) Lead
7 86 (7.29%) Banking Analyst
8 68 (5.77%) Java Developer
9 66 (5.60%) Software Engineer
10 59 (5.00%) Project Manager
11 48 (4.07%) Financial Analyst
12 46 (3.90%) Data Analyst
13 45 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
14 44 (3.73%) Technical Analyst
15 38 (3.22%) Java Engineer
16 36 (3.05%) Consultant
16 36 (3.05%) Service Analyst
17 35 (2.97%) IT Analyst
17 35 (2.97%) Java Software Engineer
18 33 (2.80%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.87%) gRPC
1 81 (6.87%) Protocol Buffers
2 80 (6.79%) Pandas
3 78 (6.62%) NumPy
3 78 (6.62%) SciPy
4 39 (3.31%) HTML
5 34 (2.88%) React
6 33 (2.80%) CSS
7 30 (2.54%) .NET
8 25 (2.12%) Web Services
9 24 (2.04%) Spring
10 23 (1.95%) AngularJS
11 21 (1.78%) Middleware
12 19 (1.61%) Spring Boot
13 18 (1.53%) WPF
14 17 (1.44%) Kafka
15 16 (1.36%) Node.js
16 15 (1.27%) FIX Protocol
17 13 (1.10%) REST
17 13 (1.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 166 (14.08%) Derivative
2 125 (10.60%) Fixed Income
3 123 (10.43%) Hedge funds
4 102 (8.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 101 (8.57%) Equities
6 30 (2.54%) Management Information System
7 26 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 19 (1.61%) Equity Derivative
8 19 (1.61%) Mainframe
9 16 (1.36%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.36%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.85%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.76%) Mobile Banking
14 9 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.99%) Windows
2 26 (2.21%) Linux
3 19 (1.61%) Unix
4 15 (1.27%) MVS
5 10 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.68%) Android
7 7 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.51%) VMS
8 6 (0.51%) zOS
9 5 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.085%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.085%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (22.31%) Agile
2 262 (22.22%) Change Management
3 127 (10.77%) Asset Management
4 115 (9.75%) Software Engineering
5 110 (9.33%) Investment Management
6 94 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 92 (7.80%) DevOps
8 89 (7.55%) Migration
9 85 (7.21%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (5.51%) Service Management
11 56 (4.75%) CI/CD
11 56 (4.75%) Mentoring
11 56 (4.75%) Project Management
12 52 (4.41%) Analytics
12 52 (4.41%) Test Automation
13 51 (4.33%) Microservices
14 47 (3.99%) SDLC
15 42 (3.56%) ITIL
16 41 (3.48%) ITSM
16 41 (3.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 211 (17.90%) Python
2 200 (16.96%) Java
3 165 (13.99%) SQL
4 132 (11.20%) JavaScript
5 108 (9.16%) TypeScript
6 106 (8.99%) C#
7 24 (2.04%) C++
8 18 (1.53%) PowerShell
9 16 (1.36%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.36%) Scala
10 13 (1.10%) Perl
11 9 (0.76%) Ruby
12 8 (0.68%) Go
12 8 (0.68%) R
13 7 (0.59%) PHP
13 7 (0.59%) VBA
14 6 (0.51%) Groovy
15 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.34%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (6.45%) Degree
2 26 (2.21%) SC Cleared
2 26 (2.21%) Security Cleared
3 23 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (1.02%) Master's Degree
4 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (1.02%) PMP
5 11 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
5 11 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 7 (0.59%) CISM
6 7 (0.59%) CISSP
7 5 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.34%) APMP
8 4 (0.34%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.34%) CCNA
8 4 (0.34%) MCSE
9 3 (0.25%) CCNP
9 3 (0.25%) PhD
10 2 (0.17%) CCA
10 2 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.16%) Data Quality
2 42 (3.56%) QA
3 38 (3.22%) PMO
4 21 (1.78%) MiFID
5 19 (1.61%) EMIR
6 11 (0.93%) SLA
7 9 (0.76%) Dodd-Frank
7 9 (0.76%) NIST
7 9 (0.76%) SEPA
8 8 (0.68%) GDPR
9 4 (0.34%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.34%) PSD2
10 3 (0.25%) GRC
11 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.17%) P3O
11 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.085%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 29 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.70%) Docker
3 9 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.68%) vSphere
5 5 (0.42%) ACF2
5 5 (0.42%) IAG
5 5 (0.42%) RACF
5 5 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.25%) Firmware
7 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.085%) GridGain
9 1 (0.085%) KVM
9 1 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.085%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.44%) Ansible
3 9 (0.76%) Terraform
4 7 (0.59%) Control-M
4 7 (0.59%) SCCM
5 6 (0.51%) Grafana
5 6 (0.51%) Puppet
6 5 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.25%) Kibana
8 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.17%) logstash
9 2 (0.17%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.085%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.085%) CASB
10 1 (0.085%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.085%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.085%) Packer
10 1 (0.085%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 64 (5.43%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.66%) Oracle
3 43 (3.65%) ServiceNow
4 28 (2.37%) Cisco
5 25 (2.12%) Splunk
6 22 (1.87%) IBM
7 21 (1.78%) SAP
8 19 (1.61%) Google
9 13 (1.10%) VMware
10 11 (0.93%) CheckPoint
10 11 (0.93%) Citrix
10 11 (0.93%) Databricks
11 9 (0.76%) EMC
12 8 (0.68%) Avaya
12 8 (0.68%) Bloomberg
12 8 (0.68%) F5
12 8 (0.68%) HP
13 7 (0.59%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.51%) Refinitiv
15 5 (0.42%) Dell