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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 21 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Banking 2,309 3,844 5,362
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.35% 7.98% 7.63%
As % of the General category 10.90% 13.45% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,707 2,785 3,614
10th Percentile £390 £450 £438
25th Percentile £500 £538 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £648
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.39% +12.61%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £750
90th Percentile £855 £900 £838
UK median daily rate £613 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 22
10th Percentile £12.17 £11.99 £11.47
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.19 £14.98
Median hourly rate £19.05 £21.00 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -10.57% +64.82%
75th Percentile £23.88 - £33.87
90th Percentile £74.50 £34.10 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £19.05 £21.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -9.29% -18.30% +80.42%

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 21,183 28,577 39,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.22% 59.31% 56.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,657 20,071 27,958
10th Percentile £281 £313 £319
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 £790 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 929 1,300
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £18.09 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.74 £72.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -3 1,870 £650 -3.70% 524
North of England +1 181 £483 -12.14% 54
North West +19 104 £489 -11.09% 33
South East +24 88 £513 -14.58% 24
Yorkshire -12 74 £491 -10.73% 12
Midlands +9 62 £450 -20.00% 32
East Midlands +42 41 £445 +4.71% 12
South West +1 32 £613 +2.08% 28
East of England +28 27 £575 +21.05% 12
West Midlands -8 19 £525 -12.50% 20
North East +7 3 £463 -35.99% 9
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
1 173 (7.49%) Apache
2 166 (7.19%) Apache Airflow
3 63 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 42 (1.82%) Confluence
5 40 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.69%) SAS
8 8 (0.35%) CMS
9 6 (0.26%) IIS
9 6 (0.26%) JBoss
9 6 (0.26%) nginx
9 6 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.22%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.22%) MQSeries
10 5 (0.22%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.22%) Tornado
11 4 (0.17%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.087%) CICS
Applications
1 96 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.43%) 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 24 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.00%) Aladdin
3 16 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.65%) ION Anvil
5 14 (0.61%) Temenos T24
6 11 (0.48%) ION MarketView
6 11 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.43%) SAP CO
7 10 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 10 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
8 9 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
8 9 (0.39%) Loan IQ
8 9 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
9 8 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
11 6 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
11 6 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
11 6 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
11 6 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.22%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 351 (15.20%) AWS
2 325 (14.08%) Azure
3 184 (7.97%) GCP
4 102 (4.42%) dbt
5 89 (3.85%) Snowflake
6 82 (3.55%) Power Platform
7 53 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (1.43%) GitHub
9 32 (1.39%) Entra ID
10 30 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (1.30%) SaaS
11 29 (1.26%) Serverless
12 22 (0.95%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.87%) PowerApps
14 19 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 17 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (0.65%) Azure Key Vault
16 15 (0.65%) IaaS
16 15 (0.65%) PaaS
17 14 (0.61%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.42%) Firewall
2 46 (1.99%) DMZ
3 23 (1.00%) VPN
4 21 (0.91%) Internet
5 20 (0.87%) Network Security
6 19 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 17 (0.74%) SAN
8 15 (0.65%) DNS
9 14 (0.61%) WAN
10 11 (0.48%) LAN
11 9 (0.39%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.39%) SSH
11 9 (0.39%) Wireless
12 8 (0.35%) HTTP
13 7 (0.30%) DHCP
14 6 (0.26%) SSL
14 6 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.22%) FTP
15 5 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (6.89%) Apache Ignite
2 120 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 111 (4.81%) Data Lake
4 106 (4.59%) Amazon Athena
5 102 (4.42%) Apache Arrow
5 102 (4.42%) Dremio
6 88 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
7 71 (3.07%) Power BI
8 54 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 42 (1.82%) NoSQL
10 33 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
11 31 (1.34%) Big Data
12 30 (1.30%) MongoDB
13 28 (1.21%) MySQL
14 25 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 24 (1.04%) Metadata
15 24 (1.04%) Oracle Database
16 21 (0.91%) Tableau
17 18 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
17 18 (0.78%) KDB
Development Applications
1 109 (4.72%) JIRA
2 68 (2.94%) Git
3 60 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 50 (2.17%) Cypress.io
5 41 (1.78%) Selenium
6 34 (1.47%) Cucumber
7 33 (1.43%) TeamCity
8 23 (1.00%) GitLab
9 15 (0.65%) Postman
9 15 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.61%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.56%) Maven
12 11 (0.48%) JUnit
12 11 (0.48%) SpecFlow
13 10 (0.43%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.30%) ERwin
15 7 (0.30%) JMeter
15 7 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
15 7 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 1,561 (67.61%) Finance
2 557 (24.12%) Investment Banking
3 467 (20.23%) Social Skills
4 376 (16.28%) Front Office
5 214 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (3.46%) Back Office
7 77 (3.33%) Retail
8 75 (3.25%) Retail Banking
9 60 (2.60%) Financial Institution
10 51 (2.21%) Corporate Banking
11 41 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 37 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.26%) Wholesale Banking
14 26 (1.13%) Legal
14 26 (1.13%) Public Sector
15 23 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (0.82%) Prime Brokerage
18 17 (0.74%) Marketing
19 16 (0.69%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 504 (21.83%) Developer
2 430 (18.62%) Analyst
3 248 (10.74%) Senior
4 233 (10.09%) Architect
5 216 (9.35%) Business Analyst
6 150 (6.50%) Software Engineer
7 138 (5.98%) Lead
8 130 (5.63%) Banking Analyst
9 128 (5.54%) Project Manager
10 120 (5.20%) Java Developer
11 118 (5.11%) Python Developer
12 106 (4.59%) Python Engineer
13 102 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
14 100 (4.33%) Python Software Engineer
15 93 (4.03%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 89 (3.85%) React Developer
17 84 (3.64%) Consultant
17 84 (3.64%) Financial Analyst
18 78 (3.38%) Data Analyst
19 72 (3.12%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (7.28%) gRPC
2 161 (6.97%) Protocol Buffers
3 146 (6.32%) React
4 106 (4.59%) Pandas
5 99 (4.29%) NumPy
6 97 (4.20%) SciPy
7 94 (4.07%) .NET
8 77 (3.33%) Redux
9 63 (2.73%) Material-UI
10 59 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
11 55 (2.38%) Spring
12 54 (2.34%) HTML
13 53 (2.30%) Kafka
14 50 (2.17%) CSS
15 44 (1.91%) Node.js
16 41 (1.78%) AngularJS
17 39 (1.69%) WPF
18 35 (1.52%) Web Services
19 34 (1.47%) Spring Boot
19 34 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 269 (11.65%) Derivative
2 266 (11.52%) Fixed Income
3 234 (10.13%) Hedge funds
4 204 (8.83%) Equities
5 188 (8.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 89 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 60 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 52 (2.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 34 (1.47%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 27 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.13%) Credit Risk
12 26 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.08%) Market Risk
13 25 (1.08%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.04%) Equity Derivative
14 24 (1.04%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
15 21 (0.91%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 148 (6.41%) Windows
2 116 (5.02%) Linux
3 90 (3.90%) Unix
4 20 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.82%) Android
5 19 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.69%) Windows Server
8 15 (0.65%) zOS
9 12 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.39%) Windows 7
11 7 (0.30%) MVS
12 6 (0.26%) VMS
13 4 (0.17%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.13%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.087%) AIX
16 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (26.03%) Agile
2 273 (11.82%) Software Engineering
3 260 (11.26%) Asset Management
4 234 (10.13%) DevOps
5 230 (9.96%) Change Management
6 229 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
7 206 (8.92%) Investment Management
8 190 (8.23%) Migration
8 190 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 144 (6.24%) Project Management
10 132 (5.72%) CI/CD
11 116 (5.02%) Test Automation
12 112 (4.85%) Roadmaps
13 111 (4.81%) Analytics
13 111 (4.81%) Microservices
14 110 (4.76%) Full Stack Development
15 108 (4.68%) SDLC
16 104 (4.50%) Scrum
17 102 (4.42%) Machine Learning
17 102 (4.42%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 458 (19.84%) Python
2 404 (17.50%) SQL
3 400 (17.32%) Java
4 220 (9.53%) C#
5 212 (9.18%) TypeScript
6 187 (8.10%) JavaScript
7 76 (3.29%) PowerShell
8 60 (2.60%) C++
9 39 (1.69%) Scala
10 27 (1.17%) Shell Script
11 25 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.69%) Bash
12 16 (0.69%) Go
13 14 (0.61%) Perl
13 14 (0.61%) T-SQL
14 13 (0.56%) Ruby
15 12 (0.52%) R
16 11 (0.48%) C
16 11 (0.48%) Groovy
16 11 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 167 (7.23%) Degree
2 60 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 54 (2.34%) Security Cleared
4 49 (2.12%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (1.13%) CISSP
7 25 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.04%) PMP
9 23 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (0.95%) CISM
10 22 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 17 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
12 15 (0.65%) CCNP
13 13 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.43%) CISA
15 10 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 10 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 9 (0.39%) Azure Certification
17 8 (0.35%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (4.24%) QA
2 65 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.38%) PMO
4 30 (1.30%) SLA
5 29 (1.26%) EMIR
6 27 (1.17%) MiFID
7 26 (1.13%) NIST
8 22 (0.95%) GDPR
9 19 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 14 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
10 14 (0.61%) SEPA
11 11 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.39%) Basel III
12 9 (0.39%) GRC
13 8 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.30%) IFRS
14 7 (0.30%) ISO 20022
15 6 (0.26%) GAAP
16 5 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 88 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.04%) Docker
3 15 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.26%) vSphere
6 5 (0.22%) ACF2
6 5 (0.22%) IAG
6 5 (0.22%) RACF
7 4 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.13%) HDFS
8 3 (0.13%) KVM
8 3 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
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%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 59 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.73%) Ansible
3 31 (1.34%) Terraform
4 23 (1.00%) SCCM
5 17 (0.74%) Grafana
5 17 (0.74%) Puppet
6 13 (0.56%) Progress Chef
7 11 (0.48%) Control-M
7 11 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
8 10 (0.43%) Kibana
9 9 (0.39%) PingFederate
9 9 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.35%) logstash
10 8 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.22%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.17%) NetBackup
12 4 (0.17%) QRadar
12 4 (0.17%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 232 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 137 (5.93%) Oracle
3 115 (4.98%) Google
4 95 (4.11%) Cisco
5 56 (2.43%) CheckPoint
6 49 (2.12%) Bloomberg
7 43 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 39 (1.69%) IBM
8 39 (1.69%) SAP
9 31 (1.34%) Databricks
10 30 (1.30%) Arista
11 27 (1.17%) Splunk
12 26 (1.13%) Citrix
13 24 (1.04%) VMware
14 22 (0.95%) Fortinet
14 22 (0.95%) ION Trading
15 21 (0.91%) F5
16 18 (0.78%) CyberArk
16 18 (0.78%) EMC
16 18 (0.78%) Refinitiv