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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 134 131
Rank change year-on-year -87 -3 -20
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 527 569 643
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 2.07% 1.80%
As % of the General category 2.13% 3.26% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 380 517
10th Percentile £403 £424 £508
25th Percentile £508 £612 £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 £882 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £738 £750
% change year-on-year -11.83% -1.67% +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 24,776 17,460 20,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.20% 63.66% 57.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,869 11,169 13,155
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.21% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £749 £760 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,821 906 1,551
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.36 £16.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.28 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -24.98% +16.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.16 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.81 £25.75 £34.23
% change year-on-year +27.40% -24.77% +12.16%

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 20 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 20 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 -65 444 £671 -10.50% 70
North of England -18 73 £807 +117.97% 1
North West +7 66 £502 +163.95%
Midlands +2 50 £875 +59.09%
West Midlands -16 50 £875 +59.09%
South West -30 8 £875 +392.96%
North East - 4 £875 - 1
Yorkshire -56 3 £405 +9.46%
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 9 (1.71%) Confluence
2 5 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.76%) IIS
4 3 (0.57%) Apache
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.38%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.90%) Aladdin
1 10 (1.90%) Oracle Payables
1 10 (1.90%) Oracle Receivables
2 9 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.95%) Summit
5 3 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.57%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.38%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.38%) Global One
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.19%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 64 (12.14%) Azure
2 63 (11.95%) AWS
3 23 (4.36%) GCP
4 22 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.66%) GitHub
7 12 (2.28%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.28%) OCI
8 11 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.71%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.14%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.14%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.95%) SaaS
13 3 (0.57%) Cloud Run
13 3 (0.57%) Figma
13 3 (0.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.45%) DNS
2 24 (4.55%) Multicast
3 23 (4.36%) VPN
4 22 (4.17%) HTTP
4 22 (4.17%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.98%) DMZ
6 19 (3.61%) BGP
7 18 (3.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 18 (3.42%) FIX Connectivity
7 18 (3.42%) Wireshark
8 17 (3.23%) BIG-IP
8 17 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 17 (3.23%) SSL
9 9 (1.71%) Firewall
10 3 (0.57%) Wireless
11 2 (0.38%) DWDM
11 2 (0.38%) MPLS
11 2 (0.38%) OSPF
11 2 (0.38%) SAN
11 2 (0.38%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.98%) Power BI
3 17 (3.23%) Metadata
4 16 (3.04%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.90%) Data Vault
6 10 (1.90%) Pinecone
6 10 (1.90%) Tableau
6 10 (1.90%) Weaviate
7 8 (1.52%) KDB
8 7 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.14%) Big Data
9 6 (1.14%) Redis
10 5 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.95%) Kdb+
10 5 (0.95%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.76%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 38 (7.21%) JIRA
2 16 (3.04%) Fiddler
3 13 (2.47%) Git
4 10 (1.90%) ER Studio
4 10 (1.90%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.71%) ERwin
6 8 (1.52%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.33%) GitLab
8 5 (0.95%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.95%) webpack
9 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.76%) Selenium
10 3 (0.57%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.38%) Maven
11 2 (0.38%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.38%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.38%) Vite
12 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
12 1 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 527 (100.00%) Banking
2 314 (59.58%) Finance
3 160 (30.36%) Front Office
4 112 (21.25%) Social Skills
5 61 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (9.11%) Retail Banking
7 42 (7.97%) Corporate Banking
8 40 (7.59%) Retail
9 36 (6.83%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.61%) Legal
11 14 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.90%) Spanish Language
13 9 (1.71%) Back Office
13 9 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.95%) French Language
16 4 (0.76%) Games
17 3 (0.57%) Advertising
17 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 174 (33.02%) Developer
2 87 (16.51%) Java Developer
3 85 (16.13%) Analyst
4 80 (15.18%) Senior
5 66 (12.52%) Business Analyst
6 61 (11.57%) Senior Developer
7 46 (8.73%) Senior Java Developer
8 36 (6.83%) Network Engineer
9 33 (6.26%) React Developer
10 31 (5.88%) UI Developer
11 30 (5.69%) Architect
11 30 (5.69%) Senior React Developer
12 29 (5.50%) Senior UI Developer
13 23 (4.36%) Banking Analyst
13 23 (4.36%) C# Developer
13 23 (4.36%) Project Manager
13 23 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (4.17%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 22 (4.17%) Lead
14 22 (4.17%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.20%) React
2 40 (7.59%) .NET
3 37 (7.02%) FIX Protocol
4 35 (6.64%) Redux
5 27 (5.12%) Kafka
6 19 (3.61%) Middleware
7 15 (2.85%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.85%) Spring
8 14 (2.66%) REST
9 12 (2.28%) RESTful
10 11 (2.09%) OAuth
10 11 (2.09%) OAuth2
11 10 (1.90%) CSS
11 10 (1.90%) HTML
11 10 (1.90%) LangChain
11 10 (1.90%) LlamaIndex
12 9 (1.71%) Node.js
12 9 (1.71%) XML
13 8 (1.52%) RxJava
14 7 (1.33%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 97 (18.41%) Derivative
2 80 (15.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 64 (12.14%) Equities
3 64 (12.14%) Fixed Income
4 46 (8.73%) Management Information System
5 35 (6.64%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (4.17%) Market Risk
6 22 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 22 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (3.42%) Algorithms
8 18 (3.42%) TWAP
8 18 (3.42%) VWAP
9 17 (3.23%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.85%) Credit Risk
11 13 (2.47%) AI Agents
11 13 (2.47%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.90%) Hedge funds
13 9 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.83%) Windows
2 27 (5.12%) Unix
3 26 (4.93%) Linux
4 7 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.76%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.57%) Android
7 2 (0.38%) AIX
7 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.38%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) HPUX
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (21.06%) Agile
2 83 (15.75%) Low Latency
3 73 (13.85%) Electronic Trading
4 72 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (10.82%) CI/CD
6 54 (10.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (10.06%) AI
8 52 (9.87%) Analytics
9 42 (7.97%) Software Engineering
10 41 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (7.78%) DevOps
10 41 (7.78%) Wealth Management
11 40 (7.59%) Asset Management
11 40 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
12 39 (7.40%) Multithreading
13 37 (7.02%) TDD
14 33 (6.26%) Load Balancing
15 32 (6.07%) Business Analysis
16 31 (5.88%) Algorithmic Trading
16 31 (5.88%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 127 (24.10%) Java
2 102 (19.35%) Python
3 94 (17.84%) SQL
4 83 (15.75%) C#
5 67 (12.71%) TypeScript
6 55 (10.44%) JavaScript
7 22 (4.17%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.61%) C++
9 10 (1.90%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.33%) Rust
11 6 (1.14%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.95%) Scala
13 4 (0.76%) VBA
14 3 (0.57%) Bash
14 3 (0.57%) Bicep
14 3 (0.57%) Perl
14 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.38%) C
16 1 (0.19%) F#
Qualifications
1 30 (5.69%) Degree
2 11 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.90%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.14%) PMP
5 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.76%) CISSP
6 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.57%) MCSA
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.38%) CCNP
8 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.38%) MBA
8 2 (0.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.19%) IIBA
9 1 (0.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.28%) MiFID
2 10 (1.90%) QA
3 9 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.52%) PMO
5 5 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.95%) EMIR
6 3 (0.57%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) COREP
8 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.19%) FINREP
8 1 (0.19%) GDPR
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) ITGC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (3.42%) Docker
2 17 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.04%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Varnish
4 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.90%) Terraform
3 8 (1.52%) SCCM
4 7 (1.33%) Ansible
5 6 (1.14%) WSUS
6 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.57%) Control-M
7 3 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.02%) Oracle
3 34 (6.45%) F5
4 19 (3.61%) Cisco
5 17 (3.23%) Blue Coat
5 17 (3.23%) VMware
6 16 (3.04%) McAfee
6 16 (3.04%) NetApp
7 14 (2.66%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.47%) Murex
9 9 (1.71%) Citrix
10 7 (1.33%) Bloomberg
10 7 (1.33%) Charles River
10 7 (1.33%) ION Trading
10 7 (1.33%) Reuters
10 7 (1.33%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.14%) Solace
12 5 (0.95%) Databricks
12 5 (0.95%) Remedy
12 5 (0.95%) Sybase