Investment Banking Contracts in Belfast

Investment Banking
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 15 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 10.20% 1.63% 4.88%
As % of the General category 11.81% 3.39% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 5
10th Percentile £205 £473 -
25th Percentile £400 £480 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £506 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +12.50% +34.33%
75th Percentile £559 £530 -
90th Percentile £629 £534 £486
County Antrim median daily rate £470 £506 £450
% change year-on-year -7.16% +12.50% +34.33%

All General Skills
Belfast

Investment Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 127 59 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 86.39% 47.97% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 34 54
10th Percentile £153 £190 £161
25th Percentile £273 £284 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +4.38% -6.71%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £488
90th Percentile £625 £650 £609
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £418 £400
% change year-on-year -1.80% +4.38% -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 9
10th Percentile £22.67 - £13.88
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £15.38 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.88% -0.77% +34.78%
75th Percentile £58.85 £16.12 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £17.50 £18.16
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year +64.95% +4.00% +11.59%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in Belfast

Investment Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in Belfast

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Belfast over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in Belfast

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 3 (20.00%) Apache Spark
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) GemFire
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) DHCP
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
1 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (13.33%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (13.33%) MySQL
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.67%) Apache Hive
3 1 (6.67%) Big Data
3 1 (6.67%) Impala
3 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 15 (100.00%) Banking
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Java Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Banking Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (13.33%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Applications Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Applications Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Big Data Developer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Python Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Spring
1 4 (26.67%) Spring Boot
2 2 (13.33%) Hibernate
2 2 (13.33%) Kafka
3 1 (6.67%) CSS
3 1 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.67%) Derivative
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Android
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
1 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) DevOps
1 4 (26.67%) Microservices
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
2 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Change Management
3 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 6 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
3 1 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) AirWatch
2 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Apple
1 3 (20.00%) VMware
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle