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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 142 162
Rank change year-on-year -76 +20 -60
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 442 469 575
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 1.90% 1.51%
As % of the General category 2.10% 3.01% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 292 415
10th Percentile £413 £455 £480
25th Percentile £500 £604 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £775 £875 £823
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% - -
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
% change year-on-year -57.59% - -

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 21,036 15,583 22,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.94% 63.13% 58.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,303 9,978 14,581
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,312 558 1,673
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.04 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.00 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.43 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% +17.02% -20.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.98 £75.08 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.06 £29.52 £25.90
% change year-on-year -18.48% +13.98% -20.32%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -52 366 £648 -10.69% 48
North of England -11 70 £306 -54.63% 3
North West +16 64 £190 -73.79% 3
West Midlands -9 57 - - 4
Midlands -18 57 - - 5
Yorkshire -55 14 £423 -32.40%
South West - 4 £190 - 4
South East - 2 £159 - 20
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 (3.85%) Confluence
2 10 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.36%) Apache
5 4 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.45%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 22 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.30%) MS Visio
3 12 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.68%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.17%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.13%) Aladdin
4 5 (1.13%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.68%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.68%) Summit
6 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.45%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.23%) Actimize
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.23%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.12%) Azure
2 57 (12.90%) AWS
3 14 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (3.17%) OCI
3 14 (3.17%) Power Platform
4 13 (2.94%) GCP
5 11 (2.49%) GitHub
5 11 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.49%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.36%) Serverless
7 5 (1.13%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.13%) npm
7 5 (1.13%) Yarn
8 4 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.90%) ChatGPT
8 4 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (0.90%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.90%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 47 (10.63%) DNS
2 29 (6.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 28 (6.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 25 (5.66%) DMZ
4 25 (5.66%) TCP/IP
5 22 (4.98%) HTTP
6 20 (4.52%) BIG-IP
6 20 (4.52%) SSL
6 20 (4.52%) Wireshark
7 17 (3.85%) BGP
8 15 (3.39%) FIX Connectivity
8 15 (3.39%) VPN
9 14 (3.17%) Multicast
10 9 (2.04%) Network Security
11 8 (1.81%) DHCP
12 7 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.58%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (1.58%) NX-OS
12 7 (1.58%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.75%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.62%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.71%) Power BI
5 9 (2.04%) Tableau
6 8 (1.81%) Metadata
7 7 (1.58%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.36%) KDB
8 6 (1.36%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.36%) Redis
9 5 (1.13%) Apache Ignite
9 5 (1.13%) Big Data
9 5 (1.13%) DB2
9 5 (1.13%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.68%) Apache Arrow
10 3 (0.68%) Dremio
10 3 (0.68%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.68%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (6.56%) JIRA
2 20 (4.52%) Fiddler
3 12 (2.71%) Git
4 7 (1.58%) GitLab
4 7 (1.58%) JUnit
4 7 (1.58%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (1.13%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.13%) Selenium
5 5 (1.13%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.13%) webpack
6 4 (0.90%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.68%) Maven
7 3 (0.68%) Postman
7 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
General
1 442 (100.00%) Banking
2 243 (54.98%) Finance
3 116 (26.24%) Social Skills
4 103 (23.30%) Front Office
5 51 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (7.47%) Retail Banking
7 27 (6.11%) Financial Institution
8 23 (5.20%) Retail
9 22 (4.98%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.71%) Back Office
12 10 (2.26%) Legal
12 10 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.68%) French Language
15 3 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.45%) Aviation
16 2 (0.45%) Marketing
17 1 (0.23%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 123 (27.83%) Developer
2 78 (17.65%) Analyst
3 58 (13.12%) Business Analyst
4 56 (12.67%) Java Developer
5 55 (12.44%) Senior
6 39 (8.82%) Network Engineer
7 38 (8.60%) Senior Developer
8 31 (7.01%) Senior Java Developer
9 26 (5.88%) Architect
10 25 (5.66%) Banking Analyst
11 22 (4.98%) AWS Developer
11 22 (4.98%) Project Manager
12 20 (4.52%) C# Developer
12 20 (4.52%) Kafka Developer
13 19 (4.30%) Data Engineer
14 18 (4.07%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 18 (4.07%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 18 (4.07%) IP Network Engineer
14 18 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (4.07%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.14%) Kafka
2 33 (7.47%) .NET
3 29 (6.56%) React
4 18 (4.07%) FIX Protocol
5 17 (3.85%) AngularJS
6 15 (3.39%) HTML
6 15 (3.39%) Middleware
6 15 (3.39%) Pandas
6 15 (3.39%) Spring
7 13 (2.94%) CSS
8 11 (2.49%) NumPy
8 11 (2.49%) REST
8 11 (2.49%) XML
9 9 (2.04%) JMS
9 9 (2.04%) Redux
9 9 (2.04%) SciPy
10 8 (1.81%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.58%) Flask
11 7 (1.58%) HTML5
12 6 (1.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 79 (17.87%) Derivative
2 63 (14.25%) Management Information System
3 41 (9.28%) Equities
3 41 (9.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 36 (8.14%) Fixed Income
5 29 (6.56%) Market Risk
6 24 (5.43%) Onboarding
7 22 (4.98%) Hedge funds
8 19 (4.30%) Credit Risk
9 15 (3.39%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.94%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.94%) TWAP
10 13 (2.94%) VWAP
11 12 (2.71%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.81%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.58%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.58%) Distributed Computing
14 6 (1.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.11%) Linux
2 21 (4.75%) Windows
3 17 (3.85%) Unix
4 6 (1.36%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.45%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (19.68%) Agile
2 67 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (11.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (10.86%) Analytics
5 43 (9.73%) DevOps
6 41 (9.28%) Business Analysis
6 41 (9.28%) CI/CD
6 41 (9.28%) Project Management
7 39 (8.82%) AI
7 39 (8.82%) Asset Management
7 39 (8.82%) Risk Management
8 38 (8.60%) Load Balancing
8 38 (8.60%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (8.37%) TDD
10 34 (7.69%) SDLC
11 31 (7.01%) Design Patterns
11 31 (7.01%) Electronic Trading
12 29 (6.56%) Multithreading
13 28 (6.33%) Software Engineering
14 27 (6.11%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 103 (23.30%) SQL
2 96 (21.72%) Java
3 86 (19.46%) Python
4 50 (11.31%) C#
5 24 (5.43%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.43%) TypeScript
6 16 (3.62%) C++
7 14 (3.17%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.26%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.58%) Lisp
10 6 (1.36%) Rust
10 6 (1.36%) Scala
11 5 (1.13%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.90%) Bash
13 3 (0.68%) Go
13 3 (0.68%) Perl
13 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.68%) VBA
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (8.14%) Degree
2 13 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 9 (2.04%) PMP
4 8 (1.81%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.58%) CCNP
5 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.36%) PhD
7 4 (0.90%) CFA
8 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.68%) 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 (0.23%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.07%) QA
2 12 (2.71%) MiFID
3 11 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.49%) PMO
4 10 (2.26%) SLA
5 8 (1.81%) EMIR
6 7 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.90%) GDPR
8 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.45%) GRC
9 2 (0.45%) NIST
9 2 (0.45%) SEPA
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) COBIT
10 1 (0.23%) FINRA
10 1 (0.23%) IFRS
10 1 (0.23%) ITGC
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (6.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (4.98%) Docker
3 19 (4.30%) Firmware
4 6 (1.36%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.23%) Varnish
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (4.30%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.58%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.58%) SCCM
3 5 (1.13%) Ansible
4 3 (0.68%) Terraform
4 3 (0.68%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 3 (0.68%) WSUS
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.45%) Puppet
5 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.23%) Control-M
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
6 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.23%) WMI
6 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (9.50%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.82%) F5
3 30 (6.79%) Oracle
4 27 (6.11%) VMware
5 20 (4.52%) Blue Coat
5 20 (4.52%) McAfee
5 20 (4.52%) NetApp
6 17 (3.85%) Bloomberg
6 17 (3.85%) Cisco
7 15 (3.39%) Murex
8 11 (2.49%) ION Trading
9 9 (2.04%) Remedy
10 8 (1.81%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.81%) Sybase
11 7 (1.58%) Charles River
11 7 (1.58%) Ekahau
12 6 (1.36%) Citrix
12 6 (1.36%) Reuters
13 4 (0.90%) IBM
13 4 (0.90%) Splunk