Investment Banking Contracts in Chester

Investment Banking
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 10 16
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 5.56% 5.88% 6.54%
As % of the General category 7.14% 7.89% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £713 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £725 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +26.09% -
75th Percentile £688 £738 £588
90th Percentile £718 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £625 £725 £575
% change year-on-year -13.79% +26.09% -

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 56 38 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 77.78% 74.51% 70.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 41
10th Percentile £563 £491 £350
25th Percentile £566 £513 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £618 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +12.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £734 £738 £588
90th Percentile £798 - £688
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 18
10th Percentile £30.25 - £21.37
25th Percentile £35.30 - £24.52
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +14.20% +27.70%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - £36.52
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.60% +56.62%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in Chester

Investment Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in Chester

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Change Control
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Cash Management
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) P3O
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Planview