Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in England

Investment Banking
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 146 164
Rank change year-on-year -71 +18 -67
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 448 476 579
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 1.93% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.11% 3.05% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 300 420
10th Percentile £414 £443 £463
25th Percentile £500 £600 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £769 £866 £825
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £625 £690 £700
% change year-on-year -9.42% -1.43% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% +297.44% -51.85%
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 £20.75
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +297.44% -51.85%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 21,278 15,619 22,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.79% 63.21% 58.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,437 10,022 14,551
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £758
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,333 564 1,662
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.02 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.00 £15.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.90 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% +18.86% -22.39%
75th Percentile £58.65 £62.24 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £76.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.37% +15.38% -21.21%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in England

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
London -58 370 £650 -7.93% 62
North of England -9 72 £423 -32.40% 1
North West +21 66 - - 1
Midlands -5 60 - - 6
West Midlands -12 60 - - 5
Yorkshire -45 14 £423 -15.08%
South West - 3 - -
South East - 2 £159 - 16
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 17 (3.79%) Confluence
2 10 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.34%) Apache
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.67%) CMS
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.45%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Applications
1 23 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.24%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.67%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.13%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.34%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.12%) Aladdin
4 5 (1.12%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.67%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.67%) Summit
6 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.45%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.22%) Actimize
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.62%) AWS
2 57 (12.72%) Azure
3 14 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (3.13%) GitHub
3 14 (3.13%) OCI
3 14 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.68%) GCP
4 12 (2.68%) Snowflake
5 11 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.34%) Serverless
7 5 (1.12%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (1.12%) npm
7 5 (1.12%) Yarn
8 4 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.89%) ChatGPT
8 4 (0.89%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.89%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.89%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.67%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (10.94%) DNS
2 30 (6.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 29 (6.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 26 (5.80%) DMZ
4 26 (5.80%) TCP/IP
5 23 (5.13%) HTTP
6 21 (4.69%) BIG-IP
6 21 (4.69%) SSL
6 21 (4.69%) Wireshark
7 18 (4.02%) BGP
8 16 (3.57%) FIX Connectivity
8 16 (3.57%) VPN
9 15 (3.35%) Multicast
10 9 (2.01%) Network Security
11 8 (1.79%) DHCP
12 7 (1.56%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (1.56%) NX-OS
12 7 (1.56%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.69%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.68%) Power BI
5 9 (2.01%) Tableau
6 8 (1.79%) Metadata
7 7 (1.56%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.34%) KDB
8 6 (1.34%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.34%) Redis
9 5 (1.12%) Apache Ignite
9 5 (1.12%) Big Data
9 5 (1.12%) DB2
9 5 (1.12%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.67%) Apache Arrow
10 3 (0.67%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.67%) Dremio
10 3 (0.67%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (6.47%) JIRA
2 21 (4.69%) Fiddler
3 12 (2.68%) Git
4 10 (2.23%) GitLab
5 7 (1.56%) JUnit
5 7 (1.56%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.34%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.34%) Selenium
7 5 (1.12%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.12%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.12%) webpack
8 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.89%) Postman
8 4 (0.89%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.67%) Maven
9 3 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
General
1 448 (100.00%) Banking
2 247 (55.13%) Finance
3 117 (26.12%) Social Skills
4 105 (23.44%) Front Office
5 51 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (7.59%) Retail Banking
7 29 (6.47%) Financial Institution
8 25 (5.58%) Retail
9 24 (5.36%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.68%) Back Office
12 10 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.01%) Legal
14 7 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.89%) French Language
17 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 2 (0.45%) Aviation
18 2 (0.45%) Marketing
19 1 (0.22%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 124 (27.68%) Developer
2 76 (16.96%) Analyst
3 57 (12.72%) Java Developer
4 56 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 56 (12.50%) Senior
5 41 (9.15%) Network Engineer
6 38 (8.48%) Senior Developer
7 31 (6.92%) Senior Java Developer
8 28 (6.25%) Architect
9 24 (5.36%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (4.91%) AWS Developer
10 22 (4.91%) Project Manager
11 20 (4.46%) C# Developer
11 20 (4.46%) Data Engineer
11 20 (4.46%) Kafka Developer
12 19 (4.24%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 19 (4.24%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 19 (4.24%) IP Network Engineer
12 19 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (4.24%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.04%) Kafka
2 34 (7.59%) .NET
3 30 (6.70%) React
4 19 (4.24%) FIX Protocol
5 17 (3.79%) AngularJS
6 16 (3.57%) Middleware
7 15 (3.35%) Pandas
7 15 (3.35%) Spring
8 14 (3.13%) HTML
9 12 (2.68%) CSS
10 11 (2.46%) NumPy
10 11 (2.46%) XML
11 10 (2.23%) REST
12 9 (2.01%) JMS
12 9 (2.01%) SciPy
13 8 (1.79%) FastAPI
13 8 (1.79%) Redux
14 7 (1.56%) Flask
15 6 (1.34%) Dask
15 6 (1.34%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 80 (17.86%) Derivative
2 65 (14.51%) Management Information System
3 43 (9.60%) Equities
4 41 (9.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 37 (8.26%) Fixed Income
6 29 (6.47%) Market Risk
7 25 (5.58%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.91%) Hedge funds
9 19 (4.24%) Credit Risk
10 16 (3.57%) Cloud Native
11 14 (3.13%) TWAP
11 14 (3.13%) VWAP
12 13 (2.90%) Data Structures
13 12 (2.68%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.56%) Algorithms
15 7 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
15 7 (1.56%) Product Ownership
16 6 (1.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.03%) Linux
2 20 (4.46%) Windows
3 17 (3.79%) Unix
4 6 (1.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.45%) AIX
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.64%) Agile
2 67 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (10.71%) Analytics
5 44 (9.82%) CI/CD
5 44 (9.82%) DevOps
6 41 (9.15%) Asset Management
6 41 (9.15%) Project Management
7 40 (8.93%) Business Analysis
7 40 (8.93%) Load Balancing
8 38 (8.48%) AI
8 38 (8.48%) Risk Management
8 38 (8.48%) TDD
8 38 (8.48%) User Acceptance Testing
9 36 (8.04%) SDLC
10 32 (7.14%) Design Patterns
10 32 (7.14%) Electronic Trading
11 30 (6.70%) Multithreading
11 30 (6.70%) Software Engineering
12 29 (6.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 104 (23.21%) SQL
2 99 (22.10%) Java
3 89 (19.87%) Python
4 50 (11.16%) C#
5 27 (6.03%) JavaScript
6 25 (5.58%) TypeScript
7 16 (3.57%) C++
8 14 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.23%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.56%) Lisp
11 6 (1.34%) Rust
11 6 (1.34%) Scala
12 5 (1.12%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.89%) Bash
14 3 (0.67%) Go
14 3 (0.67%) Perl
14 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.67%) VBA
15 2 (0.45%) Korn
15 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (8.48%) Degree
2 14 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 9 (2.01%) PMP
4 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.56%) CCNP
5 7 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.34%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.34%) PhD
7 5 (1.12%) CFA
8 3 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.67%) CISSP
9 2 (0.45%) ACCA
9 2 (0.45%) IIBA
9 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.45%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.02%) QA
2 13 (2.90%) MiFID
3 11 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.46%) PMO
4 10 (2.23%) SLA
5 9 (2.01%) EMIR
6 7 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.67%) GDPR
8 2 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
8 2 (0.45%) SEPA
9 1 (0.22%) Basel III
9 1 (0.22%) COBIT
9 1 (0.22%) COSO
9 1 (0.22%) ITGC
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (4.69%) Docker
3 20 (4.46%) Firmware
4 6 (1.34%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) Varnish
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.56%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.56%) SCCM
3 5 (1.12%) Ansible
4 4 (0.89%) Terraform
5 3 (0.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 3 (0.67%) WSUS
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.45%) Puppet
6 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Control-M
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.22%) WMI
7 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 43 (9.60%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.15%) F5
3 30 (6.70%) Oracle
4 28 (6.25%) VMware
5 21 (4.69%) Blue Coat
5 21 (4.69%) McAfee
5 21 (4.69%) NetApp
6 18 (4.02%) Cisco
7 17 (3.79%) Bloomberg
8 15 (3.35%) Murex
9 11 (2.46%) ION Trading
10 9 (2.01%) Remedy
11 8 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.79%) Sybase
12 7 (1.56%) Charles River
12 7 (1.56%) Ekahau
13 6 (1.34%) Citrix
13 6 (1.34%) Reuters
14 4 (0.89%) IBM
14 4 (0.89%) Splunk