Investment Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Investment Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Investment Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 101 118
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 +38
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 15 18 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.82% 0.88% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.95% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 16
10th Percentile £309 £441 £511
25th Percentile £331 £465 £633
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £513 £713
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% -28.07% +5.56%
75th Percentile £894 £641 £850
90th Percentile £905 £692 £888
Central London median daily rate £638 £513 £713
% change year-on-year +24.39% -28.07% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Investment Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,653 1,895 2,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.53% 92.17% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 1,156 1,604
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £422 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £758 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 11
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.84% +37.25% -37.04%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Investment Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Investment Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Investment Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Investment Management

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Management in the City of London

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Investment Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Investment Management

Investment Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Looker
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
1 1 (6.67%) ThoughtSpot
General
1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Front Office
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Back Office
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
4 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support
3 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Senior
3 6 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Senior Desktop Support
3 6 (40.00%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Architect
4 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Junior
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) iPad
1 6 (40.00%) iPhone
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ITIL
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
4 2 (13.33%) ETL
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (6.67%) Due Diligence
5 1 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (6.67%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (6.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Charles River
3 1 (6.67%) eFront