Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Investment Banking
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 50 75
Rank change year-on-year +1 +25 +9
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 23 19 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.57% 2.65% 0.25%
As % of the General category 5.61% 4.51% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £654 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.52% +8.96% -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £654 £600
% change year-on-year -23.52% +8.96% -

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 410 421 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 63.66% 58.80% 47.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 271 258
10th Percentile £205 £200 £263
25th Percentile £384 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.71%
75th Percentile £569 £644 £650
90th Percentile £639 £738 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £501
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.10% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 15
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.00 £12.98
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.88 £14.34
Median hourly rate £23.00 £26.13 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% +53.68% -8.11%
75th Percentile £26.51 £52.63 £28.75
90th Percentile - £57.25 £60.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.61 £23.82 £20.50
% change year-on-year +11.69% +16.20% +20.59%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Investment Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Investment Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 21 (91.30%) DNS
2 17 (73.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 17 (73.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 15 (65.22%) DMZ
4 10 (43.48%) Network Security
5 7 (30.43%) BIG-IP
5 7 (30.43%) HTTP
5 7 (30.43%) SSL
5 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
5 7 (30.43%) Wireshark
6 4 (17.39%) BGP
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco Wireless
6 4 (17.39%) DHCP
6 4 (17.39%) NX-OS
6 4 (17.39%) VXLAN
6 4 (17.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Fiddler
2 1 (4.35%) JUnit
General
1 23 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Network Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Python Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) RF Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Wireless Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IP Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Junior
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Web Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Kafka
2 1 (4.35%) Gherkin
2 1 (4.35%) Spring
2 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Management Information System
2 5 (21.74%) Onboarding
3 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Load Balancing
2 10 (43.48%) Business Strategy
2 10 (43.48%) Design Patterns
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) User Experience
5 3 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (13.04%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 2 (8.70%) Microservices
6 2 (8.70%) SDLC
7 1 (4.35%) TDD
7 1 (4.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 4 (17.39%) Lisp
3 2 (8.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) CCNP
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 13 (56.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Ansible
2 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) F5
2 13 (56.52%) VMware
3 7 (30.43%) Blue Coat
3 7 (30.43%) McAfee
3 7 (30.43%) NetApp
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) Ekahau
4 4 (17.39%) Remedy
4 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow