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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 131 152
Rank change year-on-year -77 +21 -49
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 535 520 581
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 2.13% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.31% 3.30% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 332 453
10th Percentile £402 £410 £500
25th Percentile £481 £613 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £788 £850 £875
90th Percentile £938 £881 £888
UK median daily rate £643 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -11.38% -3.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £73.25 -
25th Percentile £51.96 £78.13 £18.25
Median hourly rate £54.46 £87.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +348.72% -72.14%
75th Percentile £56.96 £94.38 £20.75
90th Percentile - £97.75 -
UK median hourly rate £74.73 £87.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.59% +348.72% -71.89%

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 23,184 15,739 21,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.44% 64.32% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,170 10,135 13,770
10th Percentile £313 £281 £281
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £631 £644 £650
90th Percentile £749 £770 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,600 736 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.30 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.85 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.70% -11.59% +2.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £27.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.72% -7.67% -6.25%

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 June 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 11 June 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 -59 442 £650 -13.33% 69
North of England -14 79 £875 +40.00% 9
North West +18 73 £450 -37.93% 4
West Midlands -5 58 £875 +59.09%
Midlands -11 58 £875 +59.09%
South West - 10 £875 -
Yorkshire -55 3 £405 +5.19% 5
North East - 3 £875 -
South East - 2 £159 - 17
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 (2.62%) Confluence
2 5 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.75%) IIS
3 4 (0.75%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.56%) Apache
4 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.56%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
Applications
1 27 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (2.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 13 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
2 9 (1.68%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (1.50%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.12%) Summit
5 3 (0.56%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.56%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.56%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.37%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.37%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.37%) Global One
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.19%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 69 (12.90%) Azure
2 60 (11.21%) AWS
3 21 (3.93%) GCP
3 21 (3.93%) Power Platform
4 18 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.80%) OCI
6 13 (2.43%) GitHub
7 11 (2.06%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.68%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.50%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.75%) npm
13 4 (0.75%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.75%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.75%) Yarn
14 3 (0.56%) Figma
14 3 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.10%) DNS
2 26 (4.86%) TCP/IP
2 26 (4.86%) VPN
3 25 (4.67%) DMZ
4 24 (4.49%) HTTP
4 24 (4.49%) Multicast
5 22 (4.11%) FIX Connectivity
6 21 (3.93%) BGP
7 20 (3.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 20 (3.74%) Wireshark
8 19 (3.55%) BIG-IP
8 19 (3.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 19 (3.55%) SSL
9 11 (2.06%) Firewall
10 3 (0.56%) SAN
10 3 (0.56%) Wireless
11 2 (0.37%) DWDM
11 2 (0.37%) MPLS
11 2 (0.37%) OSPF
11 2 (0.37%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.74%) Power BI
3 18 (3.36%) Relational Database
4 17 (3.18%) Metadata
5 12 (2.24%) Tableau
6 11 (2.06%) Pinecone
6 11 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (2.06%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.68%) Data Vault
7 9 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.12%) Big Data
8 6 (1.12%) KDB
8 6 (1.12%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.12%) Redis
9 5 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.56%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 38 (7.10%) JIRA
2 18 (3.36%) Fiddler
3 10 (1.87%) TeamCity
4 9 (1.68%) ER Studio
4 9 (1.68%) Git
5 8 (1.50%) ERwin
6 7 (1.31%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.12%) GitLab
7 6 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.12%) webpack
8 5 (0.93%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.93%) Selenium
9 4 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.37%) Maven
11 2 (0.37%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.37%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.37%) Vite
General
1 535 (100.00%) Banking
2 312 (58.32%) Finance
3 160 (29.91%) Front Office
4 115 (21.50%) Social Skills
5 60 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (8.97%) Retail Banking
7 38 (7.10%) Corporate Banking
8 37 (6.92%) Retail
9 32 (5.98%) Financial Institution
10 23 (4.30%) Legal
11 13 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.87%) Back Office
14 9 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.68%) Spanish Language
15 7 (1.31%) French Language
16 6 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.56%) Advertising
17 3 (0.56%) Aviation
17 3 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 168 (31.40%) Developer
2 92 (17.20%) Analyst
3 85 (15.89%) Java Developer
4 83 (15.51%) Senior
5 71 (13.27%) Business Analyst
6 60 (11.21%) Senior Developer
7 48 (8.97%) Senior Java Developer
8 40 (7.48%) Network Engineer
9 35 (6.54%) Architect
10 31 (5.79%) React Developer
11 29 (5.42%) Banking Analyst
11 29 (5.42%) UI Developer
12 28 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
13 27 (5.05%) Senior React Developer
13 27 (5.05%) Senior UI Developer
14 26 (4.86%) Payments Architect
14 26 (4.86%) Payments Solutions Architect
15 25 (4.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
16 24 (4.49%) Security Engineer
16 24 (4.49%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.65%) React
2 42 (7.85%) .NET
3 37 (6.92%) FIX Protocol
4 34 (6.36%) Redux
5 27 (5.05%) Kafka
6 22 (4.11%) Middleware
7 15 (2.80%) Spring
8 14 (2.62%) AngularJS
9 13 (2.43%) CSS
9 13 (2.43%) HTML
9 13 (2.43%) XML
10 12 (2.24%) LangChain
10 12 (2.24%) REST
11 11 (2.06%) LlamaIndex
12 9 (1.68%) RESTful
13 8 (1.50%) Node.js
13 8 (1.50%) OAuth
13 8 (1.50%) OAuth2
14 7 (1.31%) Pandas
14 7 (1.31%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 102 (19.07%) Derivative
2 81 (15.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 69 (12.90%) Equities
4 63 (11.78%) Fixed Income
5 56 (10.47%) Management Information System
6 31 (5.79%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (4.86%) Market Risk
8 23 (4.30%) Onboarding
9 21 (3.93%) Credit Risk
10 20 (3.74%) TWAP
10 20 (3.74%) VWAP
11 19 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (3.36%) Algorithms
12 18 (3.36%) Product Ownership
13 16 (2.99%) Data Structures
14 14 (2.62%) AI Agents
15 11 (2.06%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (1.50%) Hedge funds
18 7 (1.31%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.92%) Windows
2 25 (4.67%) Unix
3 22 (4.11%) Linux
4 9 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.12%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.37%) Android
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
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
1 105 (19.63%) Agile
2 78 (14.58%) Low Latency
3 73 (13.64%) Electronic Trading
4 70 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (10.47%) Analytics
6 54 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (9.16%) CI/CD
8 48 (8.97%) AI
8 48 (8.97%) User Acceptance Testing
9 46 (8.60%) Asset Management
10 41 (7.66%) Multithreading
10 41 (7.66%) TDD
11 40 (7.48%) Business Analysis
12 39 (7.29%) SDLC
13 38 (7.10%) DevOps
14 37 (6.92%) Software Engineering
15 36 (6.73%) Load Balancing
15 36 (6.73%) Wealth Management
16 35 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (5.98%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 129 (24.11%) Java
2 104 (19.44%) Python
3 103 (19.25%) SQL
4 81 (15.14%) C#
5 65 (12.15%) TypeScript
6 52 (9.72%) JavaScript
7 24 (4.49%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.55%) C++
9 9 (1.68%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.12%) Rust
10 6 (1.12%) Scala
11 5 (0.93%) VBA
12 4 (0.75%) Bash
12 4 (0.75%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.56%) Perl
14 2 (0.37%) Bicep
14 2 (0.37%) C
14 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.19%) Go
15 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (6.36%) Degree
2 16 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.24%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.31%) PMP
5 6 (1.12%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.93%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.75%) CISSP
7 4 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.75%) MCSA
7 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.56%) CFA
9 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.37%) CCNP
9 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.37%) MBA
9 2 (0.37%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.99%) MiFID
2 15 (2.80%) QA
3 13 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.06%) PMO
5 7 (1.31%) SLA
6 6 (1.12%) EMIR
7 5 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) Basel III
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) GDPR
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) ITGC
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) PSD2
9 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (3.55%) Docker
1 19 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (3.36%) Firmware
3 14 (2.62%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Varnish
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.68%) SCCM
3 7 (1.31%) Terraform
3 7 (1.31%) WSUS
4 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.75%) Ansible
5 4 (0.75%) Control-M
6 2 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.19%) Puppet
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 56 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.10%) F5
3 37 (6.92%) Oracle
4 21 (3.93%) Cisco
5 19 (3.55%) Blue Coat
5 19 (3.55%) VMware
6 18 (3.36%) McAfee
6 18 (3.36%) NetApp
7 14 (2.62%) Bloomberg
7 14 (2.62%) Murex
8 13 (2.43%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.06%) Citrix
9 11 (2.06%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.68%) Reuters
11 7 (1.31%) Charles River
11 7 (1.31%) Sybase
12 6 (1.12%) Adobe
12 6 (1.12%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.93%) Databricks
13 5 (0.93%) Remedy