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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 104 113
Rank change year-on-year -57 +9 +17
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 553 1,234 1,740
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.49% 2.43% 2.45%
As % of the General category 2.54% 4.10% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 903 1,274
10th Percentile £500 £519 £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 21,735 30,061 39,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.38% 59.27% 56.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,043 21,036 27,800
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £686 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 1,004 1,332
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.05 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.49 £14.59
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.81 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% +61.91% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.25 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.61 £57.99
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £21.86
% change year-on-year -18.57% +60.11% -2.84%

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 25 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 25 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 -22 530 £739 +5.54% 149
North of England +21 9 £675 +50.00% 6
South East +14 8 - - 1
North West +3 8 £675 +50.00% 4
South West +22 2 £463 +2.78% 2
West Midlands +24 1 - - 1
Midlands +22 1 - - 1
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 77 (13.92%) Apache
2 76 (13.74%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.54%) Confluence
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
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 25 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.36%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) InVision
Business Applications
1 11 (1.99%) Aladdin
1 11 (1.99%) ION Anvil
1 11 (1.99%) Loan IQ
2 8 (1.45%) IntelliMatch
2 8 (1.45%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
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%) Orchestrade
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
1 108 (19.53%) AWS
2 75 (13.56%) dbt
3 58 (10.49%) Snowflake
4 55 (9.95%) GCP
5 45 (8.14%) Azure
6 15 (2.71%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.27%) GitHub
9 6 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.90%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.90%) Serverless
11 4 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.54%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.54%) Cloud Run
12 3 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (0.54%) npm
12 3 (0.54%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.71%) Firewall
2 13 (2.35%) DMZ
2 13 (2.35%) VPN
3 11 (1.99%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (0.72%) Internet
5 3 (0.54%) LAN
5 3 (0.54%) 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%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.18%) Network Security
7 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (13.56%) Amazon Athena
1 75 (13.56%) Apache Arrow
1 75 (13.56%) Apache Ignite
1 75 (13.56%) Dremio
2 60 (10.85%) Data Lake
3 34 (6.15%) Relational Database
4 29 (5.24%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.35%) Big Data
5 13 (2.35%) KDB
6 11 (1.99%) Power BI
7 8 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.27%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.90%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.72%) Tableau
12 3 (0.54%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.54%) Hazelcast
12 3 (0.54%) Impala
Development Applications
1 33 (5.97%) JIRA
2 25 (4.52%) TeamCity
3 24 (4.34%) Git
4 18 (3.25%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.63%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.45%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.45%) GitLab
6 8 (1.45%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.90%) MLflow
7 5 (0.90%) TestRail
8 3 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.54%) JUnit
8 3 (0.54%) Maven
8 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.54%) Selenium
8 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.54%) webpack
9 2 (0.36%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 553 (100.00%) Banking
2 299 (54.07%) Finance
3 190 (34.36%) Front Office
4 116 (20.98%) Social Skills
5 60 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (6.87%) Retail
7 35 (6.33%) Retail Banking
8 31 (5.61%) Corporate Banking
9 10 (1.81%) Back Office
9 10 (1.81%) Wholesale Banking
10 9 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.27%) Prime Brokerage
11 7 (1.27%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.08%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
13 5 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.90%) Legal
13 5 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.36%) French Language
15 2 (0.36%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 193 (34.90%) Developer
2 110 (19.89%) Analyst
3 73 (13.20%) Java Developer
4 70 (12.66%) Business Analyst
5 63 (11.39%) Lead
6 59 (10.67%) Senior
7 51 (9.22%) Software Engineer
8 35 (6.33%) Architect
8 35 (6.33%) C# Developer
9 30 (5.42%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 30 (5.42%) Project Manager
9 30 (5.42%) Software Developer
10 28 (5.06%) AWS Engineer
10 28 (5.06%) Java Engineer
10 28 (5.06%) Python Developer
10 28 (5.06%) Python Engineer
11 26 (4.70%) AWS Software Engineer
12 25 (4.52%) Investment Banking Java Developer
12 25 (4.52%) Python Software Engineer
12 25 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.56%) Pandas
2 74 (13.38%) gRPC
2 74 (13.38%) NumPy
2 74 (13.38%) Protocol Buffers
2 74 (13.38%) SciPy
3 47 (8.50%) .NET
4 40 (7.23%) FIX Protocol
5 30 (5.42%) React
6 21 (3.80%) WPF
7 16 (2.89%) CSS
8 14 (2.53%) HTML
9 13 (2.35%) Spring
10 11 (1.99%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.99%) Redux
11 10 (1.81%) .NET Framework
12 9 (1.63%) .NET Core
12 9 (1.63%) HTML5
12 9 (1.63%) Middleware
13 7 (1.27%) Kafka
13 7 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 153 (27.67%) Derivative
2 147 (26.58%) Fixed Income
3 115 (20.80%) Equities
4 113 (20.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 83 (15.01%) Hedge funds
6 40 (7.23%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.44%) Equity Derivative
8 15 (2.71%) Market Risk
9 12 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.27%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.27%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.27%) OTC Derivatives
10 7 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.72%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.72%) Pricing Data
13 4 (0.72%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 52 (9.40%) Linux
2 42 (7.59%) Windows
3 38 (6.87%) Unix
4 5 (0.90%) Android
5 4 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (35.44%) Agile
2 96 (17.36%) Asset Management
3 94 (17.00%) Software Engineering
4 82 (14.83%) Investment Management
5 62 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (10.49%) DevOps
7 54 (9.76%) Electronic Trading
8 48 (8.68%) Analytics
9 45 (8.14%) Test Automation
10 42 (7.59%) Wealth Management
11 38 (6.87%) Project Management
12 36 (6.51%) SDLC
12 36 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (6.33%) Line Management
14 34 (6.15%) CI/CD
15 30 (5.42%) Migration
16 27 (4.88%) Algorithmic Trading
16 27 (4.88%) Risk Management
17 25 (4.52%) Scrum
18 24 (4.34%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (31.65%) Java
1 175 (31.65%) Python
2 123 (22.24%) SQL
3 93 (16.82%) TypeScript
4 90 (16.27%) C#
5 87 (15.73%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.52%) PowerShell
7 24 (4.34%) Scala
8 23 (4.16%) C++
9 12 (2.17%) Ruby
10 10 (1.81%) Perl
10 10 (1.81%) VBA
11 9 (1.63%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.45%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.27%) Bash
14 5 (0.90%) R
15 4 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.72%) PHP
15 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 41 (7.41%) Degree
2 15 (2.71%) Numerate Degree
3 12 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.08%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.72%) APMP
6 3 (0.54%) CISM
6 3 (0.54%) CISSP
6 3 (0.54%) MCSE
6 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.54%) PMP
6 3 (0.54%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.54%) 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
8 1 (0.18%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.61%) Data Quality
1 31 (5.61%) QA
2 17 (3.07%) PMO
3 15 (2.71%) EMIR
4 12 (2.17%) MiFID
5 10 (1.81%) SLA
6 3 (0.54%) 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 15 (2.71%) Docker
2 10 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.36%) HDFS
4 1 (0.18%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.18%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 16 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.53%) ITRS Geneos
3 13 (2.35%) Ansible
4 9 (1.63%) Puppet
4 9 (1.63%) Terraform
5 8 (1.45%) Grafana
6 3 (0.54%) Rancher
6 3 (0.54%) 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%) Podman
8 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (6.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.24%) Bloomberg
3 17 (3.07%) Oracle
4 14 (2.53%) ION Trading
5 13 (2.35%) Cisco
6 12 (2.17%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.99%) BISAM
8 10 (1.81%) Blue Coat
8 10 (1.81%) CheckPoint
8 10 (1.81%) Databricks
8 10 (1.81%) Juniper
9 8 (1.45%) Refinitiv
10 7 (1.27%) Murex
11 6 (1.08%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.08%) Google
11 6 (1.08%) IBM
11 6 (1.08%) Solace
12 5 (0.90%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.72%) Splunk