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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 138 161
Rank change year-on-year -87 +23 -56
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 460 492 554
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.13% 2.04% 1.52%
As % of the General category 2.09% 3.18% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 320 420
10th Percentile £402 £410 £500
25th Percentile £476 £612 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £750 £740
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +1.35% +5.71%
75th Percentile £775 £875 £850
90th Percentile £919 £888 £888
UK median daily rate £613 £725 £725
% change year-on-year -15.52% - +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.96 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +412.82% -
75th Percentile £56.96 - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £74.73 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -25.27% +412.82% -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 22,021 15,486 21,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.21% 64.21% 58.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,641 10,031 13,702
10th Percentile £306 £300 £280
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.37% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,453 661 1,781
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.58 £27.25 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -10.66% -6.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.30 £30.16
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.48% -10.82%

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 May 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 14 May 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 -63 378 £650 -13.33% 93
North of England -9 73 £428 -10.00% 7
North West +22 70 £450 -37.93% 6
West Midlands -1 58 - - 4
Midlands -5 58 - - 4
South West - 6 £515 -
Yorkshire -56 4 £405 +5.19% 1
South East - 2 £159 - 21
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 12 (2.61%) Confluence
2 5 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.87%) IIS
4 3 (0.65%) Apache
4 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.65%) SAS
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Applications
1 27 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.83%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.43%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.04%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (1.96%) Payment Gateway
4 7 (1.52%) Aladdin
5 6 (1.30%) Summit
6 4 (0.87%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.65%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.43%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.43%) Global One
9 1 (0.22%) Actimize
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
9 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.22%) Orchestrade
9 1 (0.22%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 62 (13.48%) Azure
2 55 (11.96%) AWS
3 19 (4.13%) GCP
4 15 (3.26%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.04%) OCI
6 13 (2.83%) GitHub
7 9 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.96%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (0.87%) Figma
11 4 (0.87%) npm
11 4 (0.87%) Serverless
11 4 (0.87%) Yarn
12 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.65%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.65%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.48%) DNS
2 25 (5.43%) HTTP
3 24 (5.22%) TCP/IP
4 23 (5.00%) DMZ
4 23 (5.00%) VPN
5 22 (4.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 22 (4.78%) Multicast
6 21 (4.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 21 (4.57%) FIX Connectivity
6 21 (4.57%) Wireshark
7 20 (4.35%) BIG-IP
7 20 (4.35%) SSL
8 19 (4.13%) BGP
9 8 (1.74%) Firewall
10 3 (0.65%) Network Security
10 3 (0.65%) SAN
11 2 (0.43%) DWDM
11 2 (0.43%) MPLS
11 2 (0.43%) NAS
11 2 (0.43%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.26%) Relational Database
3 14 (3.04%) Power BI
4 11 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.39%) Tableau
5 10 (2.17%) Metadata
5 10 (2.17%) Pinecone
5 10 (2.17%) Weaviate
6 6 (1.30%) Big Data
6 6 (1.30%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.30%) Redis
7 5 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.09%) KDB
8 4 (0.87%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.65%) Flink
9 3 (0.65%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (6.96%) JIRA
2 19 (4.13%) Fiddler
3 9 (1.96%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.52%) Git
5 6 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.09%) GitLab
6 5 (1.09%) Selenium
6 5 (1.09%) webpack
7 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.65%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.65%) ERwin
7 3 (0.65%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.43%) JUnit
8 2 (0.43%) Maven
8 2 (0.43%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 460 (100.00%) Banking
2 257 (55.87%) Finance
3 122 (26.52%) Front Office
4 105 (22.83%) Social Skills
5 56 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (8.91%) Retail Banking
7 33 (7.17%) Corporate Banking
7 33 (7.17%) Retail
8 25 (5.43%) Financial Institution
9 16 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.26%) Legal
11 10 (2.17%) Back Office
12 9 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.52%) French Language
14 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.65%) Marketing
15 3 (0.65%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 126 (27.39%) Developer
2 78 (16.96%) Analyst
3 61 (13.26%) Business Analyst
4 59 (12.83%) Java Developer
5 58 (12.61%) Senior
6 40 (8.70%) Network Engineer
7 37 (8.04%) Senior Developer
8 35 (7.61%) Architect
9 28 (6.09%) Senior Java Developer
9 28 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
10 26 (5.65%) Banking Analyst
10 26 (5.65%) Payments Architect
10 26 (5.65%) Payments Solutions Architect
11 25 (5.43%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 23 (5.00%) Data Engineer
12 23 (5.00%) Security Engineer
13 22 (4.78%) C# Developer
14 21 (4.57%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
15 20 (4.35%) Low Latency Java Developer
15 20 (4.35%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.04%) .NET
2 33 (7.17%) FIX Protocol
3 30 (6.52%) React
4 25 (5.43%) Kafka
5 22 (4.78%) Middleware
6 14 (3.04%) CSS
6 14 (3.04%) HTML
6 14 (3.04%) Redux
6 14 (3.04%) XML
7 13 (2.83%) Spring
8 11 (2.39%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.39%) LangChain
9 10 (2.17%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.74%) HTML5
10 8 (1.74%) Node.js
10 8 (1.74%) RESTful
11 7 (1.52%) REST
12 6 (1.30%) Reactive Extensions
12 6 (1.30%) WebSockets
13 5 (1.09%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 86 (18.70%) Derivative
2 59 (12.83%) Management Information System
3 50 (10.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 45 (9.78%) Equities
5 38 (8.26%) Fixed Income
6 25 (5.43%) Market Risk
7 21 (4.57%) Credit Risk
8 19 (4.13%) TWAP
8 19 (4.13%) VWAP
9 16 (3.48%) Algorithms
9 16 (3.48%) Data Structures
9 16 (3.48%) Onboarding
10 15 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (3.26%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.61%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.17%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.09%) Windows
2 23 (5.00%) Unix
3 18 (3.91%) Linux
4 8 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.30%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.43%) AIX
7 2 (0.43%) Android
7 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (20.43%) Agile
2 63 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (11.30%) Low Latency
4 51 (11.09%) Electronic Trading
5 49 (10.65%) Analytics
6 45 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (8.91%) AI
7 41 (8.91%) Asset Management
7 41 (8.91%) Multithreading
8 40 (8.70%) CI/CD
8 40 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
9 39 (8.48%) TDD
10 38 (8.26%) Business Analysis
10 38 (8.26%) SDLC
11 37 (8.04%) DevOps
11 37 (8.04%) Load Balancing
12 32 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (6.74%) Software Engineering
14 30 (6.52%) Wealth Management
15 29 (6.30%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 102 (22.17%) Java
2 94 (20.43%) SQL
3 87 (18.91%) Python
4 53 (11.52%) C#
5 35 (7.61%) TypeScript
6 29 (6.30%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.35%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.26%) C++
9 9 (1.96%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.52%) Scala
11 5 (1.09%) Bash
11 5 (1.09%) Rust
11 5 (1.09%) VBA
12 4 (0.87%) Perl
13 3 (0.65%) Go
13 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.22%) Swift
15 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (6.74%) Degree
2 18 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 9 (1.96%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.52%) PMP
6 5 (1.09%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.87%) CISSP
7 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.87%) MCSA
7 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.65%) CFA
9 2 (0.43%) ACCA
9 2 (0.43%) CCNP
9 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.43%) MBA
9 2 (0.43%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.04%) Data Quality
1 14 (3.04%) QA
2 13 (2.83%) MiFID
3 11 (2.39%) PMO
4 8 (1.74%) SLA
5 5 (1.09%) EMIR
6 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.43%) GDPR
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.43%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) Basel III
8 1 (0.22%) COBIT
8 1 (0.22%) COSO
8 1 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) SEPA
8 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (4.13%) Firmware
3 18 (3.91%) Docker
4 7 (1.52%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) GridGain
5 1 (0.22%) Varnish
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.52%) SCCM
3 5 (1.09%) Terraform
3 5 (1.09%) WSUS
4 4 (0.87%) Control-M
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.65%) Ansible
6 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.43%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 46 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.48%) F5
3 36 (7.83%) Oracle
4 21 (4.57%) VMware
5 20 (4.35%) Blue Coat
6 19 (4.13%) Cisco
6 19 (4.13%) McAfee
6 19 (4.13%) NetApp
7 14 (3.04%) Murex
8 12 (2.61%) Bloomberg
9 9 (1.96%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.96%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.74%) Charles River
10 8 (1.74%) Citrix
11 7 (1.52%) Reuters
11 7 (1.52%) Sybase
12 6 (1.30%) Adobe
13 5 (1.09%) Remedy
13 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.09%) Splunk