Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Investment Banking
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in the City of Westminster. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 1.72% - -
As % of the General category 3.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £813 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 - -
75th Percentile £938 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £645 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -4.44% - -3.57%

All General Skills
City of Westminster

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 general skills in the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 32 21 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 55.17% 52.50% 50.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 22
10th Percentile £493 £385 £355
25th Percentile £509 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £656 £638 £697
90th Percentile £740 £725 £822
Central London median daily rate £570 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.59% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.11 £25.04 -
Median hourly rate £39.56 £25.08 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.75% - -
75th Percentile £55.56 £25.11 -
90th Percentile £57.48 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.18
% change year-on-year -10.18% +15.45% +21.61%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Investment Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Investment Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior React Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior UI Developer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript