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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 140 158
Rank change year-on-year -84 +18 -57
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 454 480 568
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 1.97% 1.51%
As % of the General category 2.08% 3.09% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 307 413
10th Percentile £413 £409 £490
25th Percentile £500 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £738 £712
Median % change year-on-year -14.92% +3.58% +1.71%
75th Percentile £770 £875 £850
90th Percentile £965 £888 £900
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £19.85 £78.63 -
25th Percentile £21.31 £82.19 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £88.75 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.83% +355.13% -51.85%
75th Percentile £41.61 £94.69 £20.75
90th Percentile £50.82 £97.88 -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £88.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year -71.83% +355.13% -64.30%

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 21,876 15,520 21,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.66% 63.70% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,794 10,111 14,221
10th Percentile £301 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £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 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,366 629 1,714
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £15.29
Median hourly rate £26.47 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +7.67% -22.86%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £26.37
% change year-on-year -11.14% +9.97% -24.66%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -60 375 £645 -14.00% 64
North of England -16 73 £423 -23.18%
North West +12 68 £450 -37.93%
West Midlands -6 56 - - 4
Midlands -21 56 - - 6
Yorkshire -51 10 £231 -37.50%
South West - 3 - -
South East - 2 £159 - 19
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 15 (3.30%) Confluence
2 7 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.10%) Apache
4 4 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.66%) CMS
5 3 (0.66%) SAS
6 2 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.52%) MS Visio
3 15 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.08%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.86%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (1.98%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.10%) Aladdin
4 5 (1.10%) Summit
5 4 (0.88%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.66%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.44%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.44%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.44%) Global One
7 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.22%) Actimize
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.22%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.33%) Azure
2 53 (11.67%) AWS
3 16 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 14 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.08%) GitHub
4 14 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.08%) OCI
5 12 (2.64%) GCP
6 10 (2.20%) Snowflake
7 7 (1.54%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.32%) Serverless
9 5 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.10%) npm
9 5 (1.10%) Yarn
10 4 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.88%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.88%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.25%) DNS
2 25 (5.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 25 (5.51%) TCP/IP
3 24 (5.29%) DMZ
3 24 (5.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 23 (5.07%) HTTP
5 19 (4.19%) BIG-IP
5 19 (4.19%) Multicast
5 19 (4.19%) SSL
5 19 (4.19%) VPN
5 19 (4.19%) Wireshark
6 18 (3.96%) FIX Connectivity
7 17 (3.74%) BGP
8 7 (1.54%) Firewall
9 5 (1.10%) Network Security
10 4 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.88%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (0.88%) DHCP
10 4 (0.88%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.08%) Power BI
3 14 (3.08%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.86%) Tableau
5 8 (1.76%) KDB
5 8 (1.76%) Metadata
6 7 (1.54%) Redis
7 5 (1.10%) Big Data
7 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.10%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.10%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.88%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.88%) Kdb+
8 4 (0.88%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.66%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.66%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.66%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 29 (6.39%) JIRA
2 19 (4.19%) Fiddler
3 10 (2.20%) Git
4 8 (1.76%) GitLab
4 8 (1.76%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.32%) Selenium
7 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.10%) webpack
8 4 (0.88%) JUnit
8 4 (0.88%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.66%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.66%) Postman
9 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.44%) Maven
10 2 (0.44%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.44%) Vite
General
1 454 (100.00%) Banking
2 253 (55.73%) Finance
3 122 (26.87%) Social Skills
4 119 (26.21%) Front Office
5 56 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (7.49%) Retail Banking
7 29 (6.39%) Financial Institution
8 24 (5.29%) Corporate Banking
8 24 (5.29%) Retail
9 16 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.30%) Back Office
11 13 (2.86%) Legal
12 11 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.10%) French Language
14 5 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.66%) Marketing
15 3 (0.66%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.44%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 120 (26.43%) Developer
2 84 (18.50%) Analyst
3 62 (13.66%) Business Analyst
4 59 (13.00%) Senior
5 55 (12.11%) Java Developer
6 38 (8.37%) Network Engineer
7 36 (7.93%) Senior Developer
8 31 (6.83%) Architect
9 28 (6.17%) Senior Java Developer
10 26 (5.73%) Banking Analyst
11 23 (5.07%) C# Developer
11 23 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (4.85%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 22 (4.85%) Payments Architect
12 22 (4.85%) Payments Solutions Architect
13 20 (4.41%) Data Engineer
14 19 (4.19%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 19 (4.19%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 19 (4.19%) IP Network Engineer
14 19 (4.19%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.15%) .NET
2 30 (6.61%) Kafka
2 30 (6.61%) React
3 27 (5.95%) FIX Protocol
4 18 (3.96%) Middleware
5 14 (3.08%) CSS
5 14 (3.08%) HTML
5 14 (3.08%) Redux
6 13 (2.86%) XML
7 12 (2.64%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.42%) Spring
9 10 (2.20%) Pandas
10 8 (1.76%) HTML5
10 8 (1.76%) Node.js
11 7 (1.54%) NumPy
11 7 (1.54%) REST
12 6 (1.32%) Dask
12 6 (1.32%) JMS
12 6 (1.32%) Reactive Extensions
12 6 (1.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (18.06%) Derivative
2 59 (13.00%) Management Information System
3 46 (10.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 43 (9.47%) Equities
5 42 (9.25%) Fixed Income
6 29 (6.39%) Market Risk
7 24 (5.29%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.85%) Credit Risk
9 16 (3.52%) Hedge funds
9 16 (3.52%) TWAP
9 16 (3.52%) VWAP
10 15 (3.30%) Cloud Native
11 13 (2.86%) Data Structures
12 10 (2.20%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.98%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.73%) Windows
2 22 (4.85%) Linux
2 22 (4.85%) Unix
3 6 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.88%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.44%) AIX
5 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (18.72%) Agile
2 67 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (11.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (10.57%) Analytics
4 48 (10.57%) DevOps
5 43 (9.47%) AI
5 43 (9.47%) CI/CD
6 42 (9.25%) Project Management
7 41 (9.03%) Business Analysis
7 41 (9.03%) Electronic Trading
8 40 (8.81%) Asset Management
9 39 (8.59%) User Acceptance Testing
10 38 (8.37%) SDLC
10 38 (8.37%) TDD
11 37 (8.15%) Load Balancing
11 37 (8.15%) Low Latency
12 35 (7.71%) Risk Management
13 34 (7.49%) Multithreading
14 32 (7.05%) Design Patterns
15 31 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 106 (23.35%) SQL
2 95 (20.93%) Java
3 80 (17.62%) Python
4 52 (11.45%) C#
5 30 (6.61%) JavaScript
6 29 (6.39%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.19%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.86%) C++
9 10 (2.20%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.32%) Scala
11 5 (1.10%) Perl
11 5 (1.10%) Rust
11 5 (1.10%) VBA
12 4 (0.88%) Bash
12 4 (0.88%) Lisp
12 4 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.66%) Go
14 2 (0.44%) Korn
14 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 43 (9.47%) Degree
2 18 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.30%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.76%) PMP
5 7 (1.54%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.54%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.32%) PhD
7 5 (1.10%) CFA
8 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.88%) CCNP
8 4 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.66%) MCSA
9 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) ACCA
10 2 (0.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.44%) MBA
10 2 (0.44%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.19%) QA
2 14 (3.08%) MiFID
3 13 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.20%) PMO
4 10 (2.20%) SLA
5 9 (1.98%) EMIR
6 5 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.44%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.44%) GDPR
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.44%) NIST
8 2 (0.44%) SEPA
9 1 (0.22%) Basel III
9 1 (0.22%) COBIT
9 1 (0.22%) COSO
9 1 (0.22%) FINRA
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (4.19%) Docker
2 19 (4.19%) Firmware
3 5 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.22%) GridGain
4 1 (0.22%) Varnish
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.76%) SCCM
3 6 (1.32%) WSUS
4 5 (1.10%) Terraform
5 4 (0.88%) Ansible
5 4 (0.88%) Control-M
5 4 (0.88%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.66%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.44%) Puppet
7 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) Grafana
8 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.22%) WMI
8 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 48 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.37%) F5
3 35 (7.71%) Oracle
4 25 (5.51%) VMware
5 19 (4.19%) Bloomberg
5 19 (4.19%) Blue Coat
5 19 (4.19%) McAfee
5 19 (4.19%) NetApp
6 17 (3.74%) Cisco
7 15 (3.30%) Murex
8 13 (2.86%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.98%) Sybase
10 8 (1.76%) Citrix
10 8 (1.76%) Reuters
11 7 (1.54%) Remedy
11 7 (1.54%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.32%) Charles River
13 5 (1.10%) Adobe
14 4 (0.88%) IBM
14 4 (0.88%) SAP