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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 154 160
Rank change year-on-year -58 +6 -62
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 444 467 578
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.31% 1.79% 1.54%
As % of the General category 2.20% 2.86% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 277 420
10th Percentile £413 £450 £488
25th Percentile £500 £585 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £678 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.13% -3.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £790 £834 £814
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £645 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -4.44% -3.57% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -54.32%
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 £19.25
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -54.32%

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 20,187 16,308 22,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.43% 62.54% 58.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,809 9,910 14,585
10th Percentile £296 £296 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,257 518 1,491
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.58 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.55 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £30.43 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.91% +20.51% -8.18%
75th Percentile £50.00 £59.69 £52.64
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -21.34% +14.85% -2.88%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -36 374 £650 -7.14% 53
North of England -18 62 £306 -48.96% 2
North West +17 56 £190 -66.96% 1
West Midlands -15 52 £500 -9.09% 3
Midlands -18 52 £500 -9.09% 3
Yorkshire -46 16 £423 -32.40% 1
South West - 4 £190 - 1
South East -31 2 £159 - 25
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 21 (4.73%) Confluence
2 10 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.03%) Apache
4 8 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.58%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.45%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 24 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.28%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.35%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.68%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.45%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.45%) Summit
6 2 (0.45%) thinkFolio
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%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (14.64%) Azure
2 60 (13.51%) AWS
3 18 (4.05%) Power Platform
4 15 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (3.38%) Snowflake
5 13 (2.93%) GitHub
6 12 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.25%) GCP
8 9 (2.03%) OCI
9 8 (1.80%) dbt
9 8 (1.80%) Serverless
10 5 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.13%) ChatGPT
10 5 (1.13%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.14%) DNS
2 30 (6.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 29 (6.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 26 (5.86%) DMZ
5 24 (5.41%) TCP/IP
6 21 (4.73%) HTTP
7 19 (4.28%) BIG-IP
7 19 (4.28%) SSL
7 19 (4.28%) Wireshark
8 14 (3.15%) BGP
9 12 (2.70%) FIX Connectivity
9 12 (2.70%) Network Security
9 12 (2.70%) VPN
10 11 (2.48%) Multicast
11 8 (1.80%) 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 24 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.60%) Power BI
3 16 (3.60%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.93%) Tableau
5 12 (2.70%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (1.80%) Apache Arrow
6 8 (1.80%) Apache Iceberg
6 8 (1.80%) Apache Ignite
6 8 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.80%) DB2
6 8 (1.80%) Dremio
6 8 (1.80%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.58%) KDB
8 6 (1.35%) Metadata
9 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.13%) Redis
10 4 (0.90%) Big Data
10 4 (0.90%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 33 (7.43%) JIRA
2 19 (4.28%) Fiddler
3 15 (3.38%) Git
4 11 (2.48%) JUnit
5 9 (2.03%) GitLab
6 6 (1.35%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.35%) Maven
6 6 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.35%) Selenium
7 5 (1.13%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.90%) Postman
8 4 (0.90%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.90%) webpack
9 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 444 (100.00%) Banking
2 239 (53.83%) Finance
3 129 (29.05%) Social Skills
4 102 (22.97%) Front Office
5 61 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (5.86%) Retail Banking
7 21 (4.73%) Corporate Banking
8 20 (4.50%) Financial Institution
9 17 (3.83%) Retail
10 15 (3.38%) Back Office
11 12 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.80%) Legal
13 7 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.13%) French Language
15 4 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.45%) Marketing
18 1 (0.23%) General Ledger
18 1 (0.23%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (29.50%) Developer
2 77 (17.34%) Analyst
3 66 (14.86%) Senior
4 60 (13.51%) Java Developer
5 57 (12.84%) Business Analyst
6 40 (9.01%) Senior Developer
7 35 (7.88%) Network Engineer
8 34 (7.66%) Senior Java Developer
9 26 (5.86%) AWS Developer
10 23 (5.18%) Banking Analyst
11 22 (4.95%) Kafka Developer
12 20 (4.50%) C# Developer
12 20 (4.50%) Project Manager
13 18 (4.05%) Analytics Developer
13 18 (4.05%) Architect
13 18 (4.05%) Lead
13 18 (4.05%) PostgreSQL Developer
14 17 (3.83%) Data Engineer
15 16 (3.60%) Support Engineer
16 15 (3.38%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (9.01%) Kafka
2 35 (7.88%) .NET
3 32 (7.21%) React
4 23 (5.18%) Pandas
5 19 (4.28%) AngularJS
6 18 (4.05%) NumPy
7 17 (3.83%) FIX Protocol
8 16 (3.60%) SciPy
9 15 (3.38%) Spring
10 14 (3.15%) HTML
11 12 (2.70%) JMS
11 12 (2.70%) Middleware
11 12 (2.70%) REST
12 11 (2.48%) CSS
12 11 (2.48%) XML
13 10 (2.25%) FastAPI
14 9 (2.03%) Flask
15 8 (1.80%) gRPC
15 8 (1.80%) Protocol Buffers
15 8 (1.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 83 (18.69%) Derivative
2 64 (14.41%) Management Information System
3 47 (10.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 43 (9.68%) Equities
5 41 (9.23%) Fixed Income
6 31 (6.98%) Market Risk
7 29 (6.53%) Hedge funds
8 26 (5.86%) Onboarding
9 18 (4.05%) Credit Risk
10 13 (2.93%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.93%) Data Structures
11 10 (2.25%) TWAP
11 10 (2.25%) VWAP
12 9 (2.03%) Algorithms
12 9 (2.03%) Product Ownership
12 9 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.80%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.80%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.80%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (1.80%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.98%) Linux
2 19 (4.28%) Windows
3 15 (3.38%) Unix
4 7 (1.58%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.13%) 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 92 (20.72%) Agile
2 76 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (10.36%) Analytics
5 42 (9.46%) CI/CD
5 42 (9.46%) DevOps
5 42 (9.46%) Risk Management
6 41 (9.23%) Project Management
7 40 (9.01%) Software Engineering
8 39 (8.78%) SDLC
9 38 (8.56%) AI
9 38 (8.56%) Business Analysis
9 38 (8.56%) User Acceptance Testing
10 36 (8.11%) Load Balancing
10 36 (8.11%) TDD
11 34 (7.66%) Asset Management
12 30 (6.76%) Data Analysis
12 30 (6.76%) Design Patterns
12 30 (6.76%) Multithreading
13 28 (6.31%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 112 (25.23%) SQL
2 107 (24.10%) Java
3 99 (22.30%) Python
4 56 (12.61%) C#
5 33 (7.43%) JavaScript
6 28 (6.31%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.50%) C++
8 17 (3.83%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.93%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.80%) Rust
11 7 (1.58%) Lisp
12 6 (1.35%) Scala
13 5 (1.13%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.13%) VBA
14 4 (0.90%) Bash
14 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.68%) Go
15 3 (0.68%) Perl
15 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 41 (9.23%) Degree
2 12 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 8 (1.80%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.58%) CCNP
4 7 (1.58%) CFA
4 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (1.58%) PMI Certification
4 7 (1.58%) PMP
5 6 (1.35%) PhD
6 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.45%) CISSP
7 2 (0.45%) IIBA
7 2 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.45%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.23%) CCA
8 1 (0.23%) ISSAP
8 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.95%) QA
2 12 (2.70%) MiFID
3 10 (2.25%) EMIR
3 10 (2.25%) PMO
4 9 (2.03%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.58%) SLA
6 6 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.68%) GDPR
7 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.45%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.45%) GRC
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
8 2 (0.45%) SEPA
8 2 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) FINRA
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (5.18%) Docker
3 16 (3.60%) Firmware
4 5 (1.13%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.23%) GridGain
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (5.18%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.80%) Ansible
3 7 (1.58%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.35%) SCCM
5 5 (1.13%) Terraform
6 3 (0.68%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 3 (0.68%) WSUS
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.45%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) Control-M
8 1 (0.23%) Grafana
8 1 (0.23%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.23%) SCOM
8 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.33%) F5
3 25 (5.63%) Oracle
3 25 (5.63%) VMware
4 19 (4.28%) Blue Coat
4 19 (4.28%) McAfee
4 19 (4.28%) NetApp
5 17 (3.83%) Bloomberg
6 14 (3.15%) Cisco
7 12 (2.70%) ION Trading
7 12 (2.70%) Murex
8 11 (2.48%) Sybase
9 8 (1.80%) Remedy
10 7 (1.58%) Ekahau
10 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.35%) Databricks
12 5 (1.13%) Citrix
12 5 (1.13%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.13%) Reuters
12 5 (1.13%) Splunk