Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in East London

Investment Banking
London > East London

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 3 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in East London 2.61% - 5.09%
As % of the General category 3.53% - 8.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile £435 - £231
25th Percentile £600 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - £534
75th Percentile £925 - £740
90th Percentile - - £785
London median daily rate £750 £750 £700
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

All General Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 85 87 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 73.91% 61.70% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 77 138
10th Percentile £190 £300 £250
25th Percentile £313 £413 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £629 £600 £650
90th Percentile £863 £666 £755
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £23.33 - £14.45
25th Percentile £23.79 - £14.85
Median hourly rate £28.58 - £15.52
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.13%
75th Percentile £49.25 - £16.18
90th Percentile £81.07 - £16.58
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.50 £28.63
% change year-on-year -11.28% +24.02% -13.26%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in East London

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in East London over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in East London

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Investment Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the East London region over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Docklands, London - 2 £900 -
Tower Hamlets - 1 £350 - 1
Investment Banking
London

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (66.67%) FX Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
1 2 (66.67%) Multithreading
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft