Banking Contracts in the North of England

Banking
England > North of England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 41 56
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 0
Contract jobs citing Banking 197 250 286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.15% 4.51% 4.00%
As % of the General category 7.59% 8.10% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 142 188
10th Percentile £344 £400 £300
25th Percentile £413 £490 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £493
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +11.68% +9.44%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £596
90th Percentile £750 £688 £675
England median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £11.13 £14.76 £11.38
25th Percentile £11.78 £14.92 £12.50
Median hourly rate £12.84 £15.51 £14.64
Median % change year-on-year -17.23% +5.96% +4.35%
75th Percentile £18.89 £15.90 £23.53
90th Percentile £39.43 £15.93 £29.76
England median hourly rate £19.05 £15.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +21.18% -39.54% +85.32%

All General Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,596 3,087 3,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.70% 55.67% 51.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,502 2,122 2,583
10th Percentile £263 £282 £210
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 96 181
10th Percentile £12.13 £13.98 £10.75
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.59 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.52 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.69% +18.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £48.75 £51.19 £57.95
England median hourly rate £30.50 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.45% +48.47% +2.14%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Banking in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
North West +20 109 £475 -13.64% 37
Yorkshire -6 85 £475 -13.64% 9
North East +8 3 £463 -35.99% 4
Banking
England

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 9 (4.57%) Confluence
1 9 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.02%) Apache
4 2 (1.02%) SAS
5 1 (0.51%) Mule
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.55%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.51%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.51%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.51%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.71%) AWS
2 24 (12.18%) Azure
3 10 (5.08%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.55%) Apigee
4 7 (3.55%) Kong
5 6 (3.05%) GCP
6 4 (2.03%) SaaS
6 4 (2.03%) Serverless
7 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.02%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (1.02%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.02%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.06%) Firewall
2 5 (2.54%) DMZ
3 4 (2.03%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.03%) Wireless
4 3 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.02%) DHCP
5 2 (1.02%) DNS
5 2 (1.02%) SSL
5 2 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.51%) RTP
6 1 (0.51%) SAN
6 1 (0.51%) VLAN
6 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.57%) MongoDB
2 8 (4.06%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.55%) OLAP
3 7 (3.55%) OLTP
4 6 (3.05%) Oracle OLAP
5 5 (2.54%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.52%) Big Data
6 3 (1.52%) Data Vault
6 3 (1.52%) DB2
6 3 (1.52%) MySQL
7 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.02%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.51%) Impala
8 1 (0.51%) Power BI
8 1 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.51%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (9.14%) JIRA
2 12 (6.09%) Git
3 10 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.02%) GitLab
4 2 (1.02%) Liquibase
4 2 (1.02%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.51%) Log4j
5 1 (0.51%) Mockito
General
1 118 (59.90%) Finance
2 50 (25.38%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.08%) Investment Banking
5 5 (2.54%) Retail Banking
6 4 (2.03%) Corporate Banking
6 4 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.03%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.52%) Retail
8 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.02%) Legal
8 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Front Office
9 1 (0.51%) German Language
9 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.51%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (24.87%) Architect
2 30 (15.23%) Analyst
3 23 (11.68%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (9.64%) Developer
5 13 (6.60%) Senior
6 11 (5.58%) Lead
7 9 (4.57%) Problem Manager
8 8 (4.06%) AWS Architect
8 8 (4.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (4.06%) Data Analyst
8 8 (4.06%) Project Manager
8 8 (4.06%) Security Analyst
9 6 (3.05%) Administrator
9 6 (3.05%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.54%) Business Manager
10 5 (2.54%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.54%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.54%) PMO Analyst
10 5 (2.54%) Senior Manager
10 5 (2.54%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.58%) Kafka
2 9 (4.57%) Spring
3 8 (4.06%) SailPoint
3 8 (4.06%) Web Services
4 7 (3.55%) IBM Integration Bus
4 7 (3.55%) J2EE
4 7 (3.55%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (3.55%) SOAP
5 6 (3.05%) Apache Camel
5 6 (3.05%) React
5 6 (3.05%) Spring Boot
5 6 (3.05%) Spring Integration
6 4 (2.03%) React Native
7 3 (1.52%) .NET
7 3 (1.52%) XML
8 2 (1.02%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.02%) CSS
8 2 (1.02%) HTML
8 2 (1.02%) jQuery
8 2 (1.02%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.60%) Mainframe
2 7 (3.55%) DataPower
3 6 (3.05%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.05%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.03%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.03%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.52%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.52%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.02%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.02%) CMDB
7 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.02%) Derivative
7 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.51%) BYOD
8 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.57%) Windows
2 7 (3.55%) MVS
3 6 (3.05%) Android
3 6 (3.05%) Linux
4 5 (2.54%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.03%) Unix
5 4 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.03%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.52%) zOS
7 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.93%) Change Management
2 32 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (15.74%) DevOps
4 30 (15.23%) Agile
5 22 (11.17%) Microservices
6 19 (9.64%) Design Patterns
6 19 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (9.14%) Enterprise Architecture
8 16 (8.12%) Architectural Design
9 15 (7.61%) Identity Access Management
9 15 (7.61%) Project Management
10 14 (7.11%) CI/CD
10 14 (7.11%) Risk Management
10 14 (7.11%) Technology Strategy
11 13 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (6.60%) Service Management
12 12 (6.09%) Test Automation
13 11 (5.58%) SDLC
14 10 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.18%) Java
2 11 (5.58%) Python
2 11 (5.58%) SQL
3 5 (2.54%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.52%) Bash
4 3 (1.52%) C
4 3 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.02%) C#
5 2 (1.02%) JCL
5 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.51%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.51%) CLIST
6 1 (0.51%) Groovy
6 1 (0.51%) Perl
6 1 (0.51%) REXX
6 1 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (6.60%) Degree
2 6 (3.05%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.52%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.02%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.02%) CCNA
6 2 (1.02%) CCSA
6 2 (1.02%) CCSE
6 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.02%) MCSE
6 2 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.02%) PMP
6 2 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.58%) QA
2 8 (4.06%) PMO
3 3 (1.52%) SLA
4 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.02%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.51%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.51%) NIST
5 1 (0.51%) SEPA
System Software
1 12 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.54%) Docker
3 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.02%) KVM
3 2 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.51%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 6 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.03%) Ansible
2 4 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.03%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.52%) Terraform
3 3 (1.52%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 2 (1.02%) Puppet
4 2 (1.02%) SCCM
4 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.51%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.51%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 27 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.12%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.60%) Oracle
4 9 (4.57%) IBM
5 8 (4.06%) CyberArk
6 7 (3.55%) TSYS
7 5 (2.54%) F5
8 4 (2.03%) CA
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco
8 4 (2.03%) Google
8 4 (2.03%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.52%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.52%) Refinitiv
9 3 (1.52%) VMware
10 2 (1.02%) Sage
10 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.02%) SAP
11 1 (0.51%) EMC
11 1 (0.51%) Hyperion