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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 135 135
Rank change year-on-year -82 0 -26
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 547 564 645
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 2.07% 1.76%
As % of the General category 2.21% 3.24% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 371 511
10th Percentile £403 £420 £510
25th Percentile £508 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £813 £838 £881
90th Percentile £938 £881 £888
UK median daily rate £659 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -12.17% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £73.25 -
25th Percentile - £78.13 £18.25
Median hourly rate - £87.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +348.72% -55.93%
75th Percentile - £94.38 £20.75
90th Percentile - £97.75 -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £87.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +8.57% +348.72% -70.70%

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 24,783 17,415 21,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.27% 63.81% 57.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,939 11,170 13,429
10th Percentile £313 £285 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £534
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -3.70% -2.96%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,810 895 1,709
10th Percentile £14.35 £13.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £33.06 £27.28 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +21.19% -19.60% +11.10%
75th Percentile £63.75 £52.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £27.22 £32.90
% change year-on-year +19.42% -17.27% +7.71%

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 13 July 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
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 13 July 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 -59 460 £690 -8.00% 150
North of England -14 76 £807 +109.48% 3
North West +9 69 £502 +12.70% 2
Midlands -1 53 £875 +59.09%
West Midlands -17 53 £875 +59.09%
South West -25 8 £875 +430.30% 23
North East - 4 £875 - 1
Yorkshire -56 3 £405 +5.19%
South East -74 1 - - 23
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 14 (2.56%) Confluence
2 5 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.73%) IIS
4 3 (0.55%) Apache
4 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.37%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.01%) Oracle Payables
1 11 (2.01%) Oracle Receivables
2 10 (1.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.65%) Aladdin
4 7 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
5 6 (1.10%) Summit
6 3 (0.55%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.55%) Orchestrade
6 3 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.37%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.37%) Global One
8 1 (0.18%) Actimize
8 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.18%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.18%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.18%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.25%) Azure
2 65 (11.88%) AWS
3 24 (4.39%) Power Platform
4 23 (4.20%) GCP
5 17 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.93%) GitHub
7 13 (2.38%) OCI
8 12 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.65%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.28%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.91%) SaaS
13 4 (0.73%) npm
13 4 (0.73%) Yarn
14 3 (0.55%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.58%) DNS
2 25 (4.57%) Multicast
2 25 (4.57%) VPN
3 24 (4.39%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.20%) DMZ
4 23 (4.20%) HTTP
5 20 (3.66%) BGP
6 19 (3.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 19 (3.47%) FIX Connectivity
6 19 (3.47%) Wireshark
7 18 (3.29%) BIG-IP
7 18 (3.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 18 (3.29%) SSL
8 10 (1.83%) Firewall
9 3 (0.55%) SAN
9 3 (0.55%) Wireless
10 2 (0.37%) DWDM
10 2 (0.37%) MPLS
10 2 (0.37%) OSPF
10 2 (0.37%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.20%) Power BI
3 18 (3.29%) Metadata
3 18 (3.29%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.83%) Data Vault
5 10 (1.83%) Pinecone
5 10 (1.83%) Tableau
5 10 (1.83%) Weaviate
6 8 (1.46%) KDB
6 8 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.10%) Big Data
7 6 (1.10%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.10%) Redis
8 5 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.91%) Kdb+
8 5 (0.91%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (0.73%) ClickHouse
9 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (7.31%) JIRA
2 17 (3.11%) Fiddler
3 13 (2.38%) Git
4 10 (1.83%) ER Studio
4 10 (1.83%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.65%) ERwin
5 9 (1.65%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.46%) GitLab
7 6 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.10%) webpack
8 5 (0.91%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.73%) Selenium
10 3 (0.55%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.55%) Maven
10 3 (0.55%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.37%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.37%) Vite
12 1 (0.18%) CMake
General
1 547 (100.00%) Banking
2 324 (59.23%) Finance
3 167 (30.53%) Front Office
4 116 (21.21%) Social Skills
5 60 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (8.96%) Retail Banking
7 41 (7.50%) Corporate Banking
8 40 (7.31%) Retail
9 36 (6.58%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.84%) Legal
11 13 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.83%) Spanish Language
13 9 (1.65%) Back Office
13 9 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.91%) French Language
16 3 (0.55%) Advertising
16 3 (0.55%) Games
16 3 (0.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 183 (33.46%) Developer
2 91 (16.64%) Java Developer
3 88 (16.09%) Analyst
4 82 (14.99%) Senior
5 69 (12.61%) Business Analyst
6 61 (11.15%) Senior Developer
7 47 (8.59%) Senior Java Developer
8 38 (6.95%) Network Engineer
9 34 (6.22%) React Developer
10 31 (5.67%) Architect
10 31 (5.67%) UI Developer
11 30 (5.48%) Senior React Developer
12 29 (5.30%) Senior UI Developer
13 24 (4.39%) Banking Analyst
13 24 (4.39%) C# Developer
13 24 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (4.20%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 23 (4.20%) Security Engineer
15 22 (4.02%) Lead
16 21 (3.84%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (11.33%) React
2 44 (8.04%) .NET
3 37 (6.76%) FIX Protocol
4 36 (6.58%) Redux
5 28 (5.12%) Kafka
6 21 (3.84%) Middleware
7 18 (3.29%) Spring
8 16 (2.93%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.56%) REST
10 13 (2.38%) CSS
11 12 (2.19%) HTML
11 12 (2.19%) RESTful
12 11 (2.01%) OAuth
12 11 (2.01%) OAuth2
13 10 (1.83%) LangChain
13 10 (1.83%) LlamaIndex
13 10 (1.83%) XML
14 9 (1.65%) Node.js
15 8 (1.46%) Pandas
15 8 (1.46%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 102 (18.65%) Derivative
2 84 (15.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 68 (12.43%) Fixed Income
4 66 (12.07%) Equities
5 49 (8.96%) Management Information System
6 34 (6.22%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (4.39%) Onboarding
8 21 (3.84%) Market Risk
8 21 (3.84%) Product Ownership
9 20 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (3.47%) TWAP
10 19 (3.47%) VWAP
11 18 (3.29%) Algorithms
11 18 (3.29%) Credit Risk
12 17 (3.11%) Data Structures
13 13 (2.38%) Cloud Native
14 12 (2.19%) AI Agents
15 10 (1.83%) Hedge funds
16 9 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.58%) Windows
2 27 (4.94%) Unix
3 26 (4.75%) Linux
4 7 (1.28%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.73%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.55%) Android
7 2 (0.37%) AIX
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) HPUX
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) SUSE
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (20.84%) Agile
2 85 (15.54%) Low Latency
3 76 (13.89%) Electronic Trading
4 74 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (10.97%) CI/CD
6 54 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (9.69%) Analytics
8 52 (9.51%) AI
9 43 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (7.68%) DevOps
10 42 (7.68%) User Acceptance Testing
11 41 (7.50%) Multithreading
11 41 (7.50%) Software Engineering
11 41 (7.50%) TDD
12 40 (7.31%) Asset Management
12 40 (7.31%) Wealth Management
13 35 (6.40%) Full-Stack Development
13 35 (6.40%) Load Balancing
13 35 (6.40%) SDLC
14 34 (6.22%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 134 (24.50%) Java
2 106 (19.38%) Python
3 99 (18.10%) SQL
4 85 (15.54%) C#
5 70 (12.80%) TypeScript
6 59 (10.79%) JavaScript
7 23 (4.20%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.47%) C++
9 9 (1.65%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.28%) Rust
11 6 (1.10%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.10%) VBA
12 5 (0.91%) Scala
13 3 (0.55%) Bash
13 3 (0.55%) Bicep
13 3 (0.55%) Perl
13 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.37%) C
15 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 31 (5.67%) Degree
2 11 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.83%) Azure Certification
4 5 (0.91%) Master's Degree
4 5 (0.91%) PMP
5 4 (0.73%) CISSP
6 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (0.55%) MCSA
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.37%) CCNP
7 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.37%) MBA
7 2 (0.37%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.18%) ACCA
8 1 (0.18%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.38%) MiFID
1 13 (2.38%) QA
2 12 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.01%) PMO
4 5 (0.91%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.91%) EMIR
5 4 (0.73%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) WCAG
7 1 (0.18%) COREP
7 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.18%) FINREP
7 1 (0.18%) GDPR
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) ITGC
7 1 (0.18%) NIST
7 1 (0.18%) PSD2
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (3.66%) Docker
2 18 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.11%) Firmware
4 16 (2.93%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.18%) GridGain
5 1 (0.18%) Varnish
5 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.83%) Terraform
3 8 (1.46%) SCCM
4 7 (1.28%) Ansible
4 7 (1.28%) WSUS
5 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.73%) Control-M
7 3 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 53 (9.69%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.13%) Oracle
3 36 (6.58%) F5
4 20 (3.66%) Cisco
5 18 (3.29%) Blue Coat
5 18 (3.29%) VMware
6 17 (3.11%) McAfee
6 17 (3.11%) NetApp
7 14 (2.56%) Murex
7 14 (2.56%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.83%) Bloomberg
8 10 (1.83%) Citrix
9 9 (1.65%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.65%) Reuters
10 7 (1.28%) Solace
11 6 (1.10%) Charles River
11 6 (1.10%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.91%) Databricks
12 5 (0.91%) Remedy
12 5 (0.91%) Sybase