Investment Banking Jobs in London

Investment Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 146 192 391
Rank change year-on-year +46 +199 -140
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 505 668 631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.15% 1.87% 0.97%
As % of the General category 3.19% 2.70% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 383 570 481
10th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £56,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 £115,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +39.39% -
75th Percentile £148,750 £140,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £165,000 £160,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £115,000 £110,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +33.33% -

All General Skills
London

Investment Banking is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,828 24,723 44,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.42% 69.03% 67.53%
Number of salaries quoted 11,305 16,984 22,561
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +6.43% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in London.

Salary trend for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the London 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London 0 42 £100,000 -9.09% 11
East London +34 13 £150,000 - 3
Investment Banking
England

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 163 (32.28%) Apache
2 160 (31.68%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.39%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.99%) IIS
5 4 (0.79%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) GemFire
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 87 (17.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (17.03%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (16.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (2.57%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.19%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 205 (40.59%) AWS
2 160 (31.68%) dbt
3 133 (26.34%) Snowflake
4 97 (19.21%) GCP
5 28 (5.54%) Azure
6 17 (3.37%) GitHub
7 9 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (0.99%) PaaS
8 5 (0.99%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.79%) Firebase
10 3 (0.59%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.59%) SaaS
11 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.40%) IaaS
11 2 (0.40%) OCI
12 1 (0.20%) NuGet
12 1 (0.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.58%) Firewall
2 6 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.19%) Internet
2 6 (1.19%) VPN
3 3 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.40%) DHCP
4 2 (0.40%) DNS
4 2 (0.40%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (31.88%) Apache Arrow
2 160 (31.68%) Amazon Athena
2 160 (31.68%) Apache Ignite
2 160 (31.68%) Dremio
3 134 (26.53%) Data Lake
4 18 (3.56%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.58%) KDB
6 6 (1.19%) Kdb+
7 5 (0.99%) Power BI
8 4 (0.79%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.79%) Tableau
9 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.40%) Big Data
9 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.40%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 23 (4.55%) Git
2 13 (2.57%) GitLab
3 8 (1.58%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.39%) Maven
5 5 (0.99%) FitNesse
5 5 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.99%) Selenium
5 5 (0.99%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.99%) WebDriver
6 4 (0.79%) Crashlytics
6 4 (0.79%) JIRA
7 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 505 (100.00%) Banking
2 364 (72.08%) Finance
3 266 (52.67%) Front Office
4 56 (11.09%) Social Skills
5 25 (4.95%) Financial Institution
6 12 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (1.98%) Legal
8 8 (1.58%) Corporate Banking
8 8 (1.58%) Law
9 6 (1.19%) Marketing
10 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.40%) Advertising
12 2 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.20%) Automotive
13 1 (0.20%) Back Office
13 1 (0.20%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.20%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.20%) Retail
13 1 (0.20%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 174 (34.46%) Developer
2 120 (23.76%) Analyst
3 113 (22.38%) Software Engineer
4 88 (17.43%) Lead
5 82 (16.24%) Java Developer
6 80 (15.84%) Business Strategy Analyst
6 80 (15.84%) Strategy Analyst
7 71 (14.06%) Senior
8 70 (13.86%) Java Engineer
9 61 (12.08%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 61 (12.08%) Java Software Engineer
10 54 (10.69%) AWS Engineer
10 54 (10.69%) AWS Software Engineer
10 54 (10.69%) Python Engineer
10 54 (10.69%) Python Software Engineer
11 50 (9.90%) Software Developer
12 44 (8.71%) Architect
13 39 (7.72%) Lead Developer
13 39 (7.72%) Senior Software Engineer
13 39 (7.72%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (31.49%) Pandas
2 158 (31.29%) gRPC
2 158 (31.29%) NumPy
2 158 (31.29%) Protocol Buffers
2 158 (31.29%) SciPy
3 22 (4.36%) Spring
4 19 (3.76%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.17%) React
6 15 (2.97%) Spring Boot
7 14 (2.77%) .NET
8 13 (2.57%) FIX Protocol
8 13 (2.57%) Web Services
9 11 (2.18%) RESTful
10 10 (1.98%) ASP.NET
10 10 (1.98%) HTML
11 9 (1.78%) .NET Framework
11 9 (1.78%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (1.78%) HTML5
11 9 (1.78%) LINQ
12 8 (1.58%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 204 (40.40%) Fixed Income
2 179 (35.45%) Hedge funds
3 177 (35.05%) Equities
4 175 (34.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 169 (33.47%) Derivative
6 81 (16.04%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.56%) Product Ownership
8 14 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (2.38%) Pricing Data
10 10 (1.98%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.98%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.58%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.39%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.39%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.19%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.99%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.99%) Equity Derivative
14 5 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.52%) Windows
2 35 (6.93%) Linux
3 19 (3.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.98%) Unix
6 4 (0.79%) Android
6 4 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
8 1 (0.20%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) VMS
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (57.03%) Asset Management
2 242 (47.92%) Agile
3 191 (37.82%) Software Engineering
4 161 (31.88%) Investment Management
5 85 (16.83%) Business Strategy
6 80 (15.84%) Benchmarking
6 80 (15.84%) Business Forecasting
6 80 (15.84%) Competitor Analysis
6 80 (15.84%) Creative Thinking
6 80 (15.84%) Planning and Forecasting
7 64 (12.67%) Line Management
8 56 (11.09%) Greeks
9 54 (10.69%) Electronic Trading
10 46 (9.11%) Multithreading
11 44 (8.71%) Analytics
12 41 (8.12%) Low Latency
13 33 (6.53%) DevOps
14 32 (6.34%) Microservices
15 29 (5.74%) Algorithmic Trading
16 27 (5.35%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 255 (50.50%) Java
2 226 (44.75%) Python
3 180 (35.64%) JavaScript
4 164 (32.48%) TypeScript
5 49 (9.70%) SQL
6 28 (5.54%) Ruby
7 23 (4.55%) Bash
8 21 (4.16%) C#
8 21 (4.16%) Perl
8 21 (4.16%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.17%) Scala
10 14 (2.77%) Kotlin
11 13 (2.57%) Korn
12 5 (0.99%) XAML
13 4 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.79%) Swift
14 3 (0.59%) C++
14 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.40%) VBA
16 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (4.75%) Degree
2 16 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
4 4 (0.79%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.40%) MCSA
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CCAB
6 1 (0.20%) CISA
6 1 (0.20%) CISM
6 1 (0.20%) CISSP
6 1 (0.20%) MBA
6 1 (0.20%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.09%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.78%) QA
3 6 (1.19%) SLA
4 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.20%) COBIT
4 1 (0.20%) COREP
4 1 (0.20%) IFRS
4 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.20%) ITGC
4 1 (0.20%) PMO
4 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.76%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.57%) Docker
3 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.40%) vSphere
4 1 (0.20%) GridGain
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.36%) Ansible
3 17 (3.37%) Puppet
4 13 (2.57%) Red Hat Satellite
5 12 (2.38%) Control-M
6 7 (1.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 7 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.19%) SafeCom
8 5 (0.99%) Grafana
9 4 (0.79%) Terraform
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
10 1 (0.20%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 110 (21.78%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.96%) Red Hat
3 16 (3.17%) Oracle
4 15 (2.97%) Bloomberg
5 14 (2.77%) Sun
5 14 (2.77%) TOWER Software
6 13 (2.57%) BISAM
7 9 (1.78%) Citrix
8 7 (1.39%) VMware
9 6 (1.19%) Cisco
9 6 (1.19%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.19%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.19%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.19%) Veritas
10 5 (0.99%) Splunk
11 4 (0.79%) Amplitude
12 3 (0.59%) IBM
12 3 (0.59%) Sybase
13 2 (0.40%) HP