Investment Banking Contracts in England

Investment Banking
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Investment Banking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 104 113
Rank change year-on-year -54 +9 +18
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 548 1,227 1,755
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.48% 2.43% 2.47%
As % of the General category 2.54% 4.10% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 899 1,282
10th Percentile £500 £520 £525
25th Percentile £588 £588 £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £850 £806 £800
90th Percentile £900 £950 £875
UK median daily rate £725 £700 £700
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £21.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £39.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £40.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% -32.50% +166.67%
75th Percentile £20.75 £41.75 £74.88
90th Percentile - - £82.30
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £64.38 £53.50
% change year-on-year -69.71% +20.33% +137.78%

All General Skills
England

Investment 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 21,593 29,947 40,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 59.25% 56.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,921 20,994 27,954
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 988 1,324
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £18.44 £14.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £51.50 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.26 £57.97
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Investment Banking in England

Investment 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 Investment Banking within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -23 525 £740 +5.71% 120
North of England +20 9 £675 +50.00% 5
South East +27 8 - - 1
North West +2 8 £675 +50.00% 3
South West +22 2 £463 +2.78% 2
West Midlands +26 1 - - 2
Midlands +19 1 - - 2
North East - 1 - -
Investment Banking
UK

Investment 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 76 (13.87%) Apache
2 75 (13.69%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.09%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) Confluence
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) GemFire
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.36%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) InVision
Business Applications
1 11 (2.01%) Aladdin
1 11 (2.01%) ION Anvil
1 11 (2.01%) Loan IQ
2 8 (1.46%) IntelliMatch
2 8 (1.46%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.36%) Orchestrade
3 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Finacle
4 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 106 (19.34%) AWS
2 74 (13.50%) dbt
3 58 (10.58%) Snowflake
4 54 (9.85%) GCP
5 43 (7.85%) Azure
6 14 (2.55%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.28%) GitHub
9 6 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.09%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.91%) Serverless
11 4 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.73%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.55%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.55%) Cloud Run
12 3 (0.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (0.55%) npm
12 3 (0.55%) Yarn
13 2 (0.36%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.74%) Firewall
2 13 (2.37%) DMZ
2 13 (2.37%) VPN
3 11 (2.01%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (0.73%) Internet
5 3 (0.55%) LAN
5 3 (0.55%) WAN
6 2 (0.36%) IPsec
6 2 (0.36%) SSH
6 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.18%) Network Security
7 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (13.50%) Amazon Athena
1 74 (13.50%) Apache Arrow
1 74 (13.50%) Apache Ignite
1 74 (13.50%) Dremio
2 60 (10.95%) Data Lake
3 34 (6.20%) Relational Database
4 30 (5.47%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.37%) KDB
6 12 (2.19%) Big Data
7 10 (1.82%) Power BI
8 8 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.28%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.91%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.73%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.55%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.55%) Hazelcast
12 3 (0.55%) MySQL
12 3 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (5.66%) JIRA
2 25 (4.56%) TeamCity
3 22 (4.01%) Git
4 17 (3.10%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.46%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.46%) GitLab
6 7 (1.28%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.91%) MLflow
7 5 (0.91%) TestRail
8 3 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.55%) Selenium
8 3 (0.55%) webpack
9 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.36%) JUnit
9 2 (0.36%) Maven
9 2 (0.36%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.36%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 548 (100.00%) Banking
2 295 (53.83%) Finance
3 186 (33.94%) Front Office
4 116 (21.17%) Social Skills
5 61 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (6.75%) Retail
7 34 (6.20%) Retail Banking
8 30 (5.47%) Corporate Banking
9 10 (1.82%) Back Office
9 10 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 10 (1.82%) Wholesale Banking
10 7 (1.28%) Prime Brokerage
10 7 (1.28%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.09%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
12 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.91%) Legal
12 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.36%) French Language
14 2 (0.36%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 191 (34.85%) Developer
2 108 (19.71%) Analyst
3 72 (13.14%) Java Developer
4 69 (12.59%) Business Analyst
5 61 (11.13%) Lead
6 59 (10.77%) Senior
7 50 (9.12%) Software Engineer
8 35 (6.39%) Architect
9 34 (6.20%) C# Developer
10 29 (5.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 29 (5.29%) Project Manager
10 29 (5.29%) Software Developer
11 28 (5.11%) Java Engineer
11 28 (5.11%) Python Developer
11 28 (5.11%) Python Engineer
12 27 (4.93%) AWS Engineer
13 25 (4.56%) AWS Software Engineer
13 25 (4.56%) Investment Banking Java Developer
13 25 (4.56%) Python Software Engineer
13 25 (4.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.50%) Pandas
2 73 (13.32%) gRPC
2 73 (13.32%) NumPy
2 73 (13.32%) Protocol Buffers
2 73 (13.32%) SciPy
3 47 (8.58%) .NET
4 40 (7.30%) FIX Protocol
5 29 (5.29%) React
6 22 (4.01%) WPF
7 16 (2.92%) CSS
8 13 (2.37%) HTML
9 12 (2.19%) Spring
10 11 (2.01%) Redux
11 10 (1.82%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.82%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.64%) Middleware
13 8 (1.46%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.46%) HTML5
14 7 (1.28%) Reactive Extensions
14 7 (1.28%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 153 (27.92%) Derivative
2 146 (26.64%) Fixed Income
3 114 (20.80%) Equities
4 111 (20.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 84 (15.33%) Hedge funds
6 40 (7.30%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.47%) Equity Derivative
8 13 (2.37%) Market Risk
9 11 (2.01%) Distributed Computing
10 9 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.28%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.28%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.28%) OTC Derivatives
11 7 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.91%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.73%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.73%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.73%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.12%) Linux
2 42 (7.66%) Windows
3 36 (6.57%) Unix
4 5 (0.91%) Android
5 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (35.40%) Agile
2 96 (17.52%) Asset Management
3 93 (16.97%) Software Engineering
4 82 (14.96%) Investment Management
5 63 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (10.40%) DevOps
7 53 (9.67%) Electronic Trading
8 46 (8.39%) Analytics
9 45 (8.21%) Test Automation
10 41 (7.48%) Wealth Management
11 38 (6.93%) Project Management
12 36 (6.57%) SDLC
12 36 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (6.39%) Line Management
14 33 (6.02%) CI/CD
15 30 (5.47%) Migration
16 27 (4.93%) Algorithmic Trading
16 27 (4.93%) Risk Management
17 25 (4.56%) Scrum
18 24 (4.38%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (31.93%) Python
2 172 (31.39%) Java
3 122 (22.26%) SQL
4 91 (16.61%) TypeScript
5 90 (16.42%) C#
6 84 (15.33%) JavaScript
7 25 (4.56%) PowerShell
8 23 (4.20%) C++
8 23 (4.20%) Scala
9 11 (2.01%) Ruby
10 9 (1.64%) Perl
10 9 (1.64%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.64%) VBA
11 7 (1.28%) Bash
11 7 (1.28%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.91%) R
13 4 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.73%) PHP
13 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.55%) Go
Qualifications
1 41 (7.48%) Degree
2 14 (2.55%) Numerate Degree
3 12 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.73%) APMP
6 3 (0.55%) CISM
6 3 (0.55%) CISSP
6 3 (0.55%) MCSE
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.55%) PMP
6 3 (0.55%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.55%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.36%) ISEB
7 2 (0.36%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.66%) Data Quality
1 31 (5.66%) QA
2 16 (2.92%) PMO
3 15 (2.74%) EMIR
4 12 (2.19%) MiFID
5 9 (1.64%) SLA
6 3 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.36%) SEPA
8 1 (0.18%) Basel II
8 1 (0.18%) Basel III
8 1 (0.18%) COREP
8 1 (0.18%) GAAP
8 1 (0.18%) GDPR
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) IFRS
8 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (2.55%) Docker
2 10 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.18%) GridGain
3 1 (0.18%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.55%) ITRS Geneos
3 13 (2.37%) Ansible
4 9 (1.64%) Puppet
4 9 (1.64%) Terraform
5 8 (1.46%) Grafana
6 3 (0.55%) Rancher
6 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.36%) Consul
7 2 (0.36%) Packer
7 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.18%) Netcool
8 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (6.57%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.29%) Bloomberg
3 17 (3.10%) Oracle
4 14 (2.55%) ION Trading
5 13 (2.37%) Cisco
6 12 (2.19%) Fortinet
7 11 (2.01%) BISAM
8 10 (1.82%) Blue Coat
8 10 (1.82%) CheckPoint
8 10 (1.82%) Databricks
8 10 (1.82%) Juniper
9 8 (1.46%) Refinitiv
10 7 (1.28%) Murex
11 6 (1.09%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.09%) Google
11 6 (1.09%) IBM
12 5 (0.91%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.91%) Solace
13 4 (0.73%) Citrix
13 4 (0.73%) ServiceNow