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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 135 162
Rank change year-on-year -92 +27 -59
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 461 489 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.13% 2.02% 1.52%
As % of the General category 2.09% 3.15% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 319 422
10th Percentile £402 £410 £500
25th Percentile £476 £611 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £769 £875 £850
90th Percentile £915 £888 £888
UK median daily rate £613 £725 £725
% change year-on-year -15.52% - +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.96 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +412.82% -
75th Percentile £56.96 - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £74.73 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -25.27% +412.82% -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 22,101 15,523 21,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.26% 64.15% 58.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,699 10,059 13,688
10th Percentile £306 £296 £280
25th Percentile £412 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -2.88% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,452 669 1,780
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.97 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.78 £27.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% -9.84% -6.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.82% -11.29%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -65 381 £650 -13.33% 87
North of England -8 71 £428 -10.00% 6
North West +23 68 £450 -37.93% 5
West Midlands -9 56 - - 4
Midlands -14 56 - - 4
South West - 6 £515 -
Yorkshire -60 3 £405 +5.19% 1
South East - 2 £159 - 23
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 12 (2.60%) Confluence
2 5 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.87%) IIS
4 3 (0.65%) Apache
4 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.65%) SAS
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Applications
1 27 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.43%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.04%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (1.95%) Payment Gateway
4 7 (1.52%) Aladdin
5 6 (1.30%) Summit
6 4 (0.87%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.65%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.43%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.43%) Global One
9 1 (0.22%) Actimize
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
9 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.22%) Orchestrade
9 1 (0.22%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 65 (14.10%) Azure
2 55 (11.93%) AWS
3 20 (4.34%) GCP
4 15 (3.25%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.04%) OCI
6 13 (2.82%) GitHub
7 9 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.95%) Snowflake
8 8 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.08%) npm
10 5 (1.08%) Yarn
11 4 (0.87%) Figma
11 4 (0.87%) Serverless
12 3 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.65%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.65%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.03%) DNS
2 24 (5.21%) HTTP
3 23 (4.99%) Multicast
3 23 (4.99%) TCP/IP
3 23 (4.99%) VPN
4 22 (4.77%) DMZ
5 20 (4.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 20 (4.34%) FIX Connectivity
5 20 (4.34%) Wireshark
6 19 (4.12%) BGP
6 19 (4.12%) BIG-IP
6 19 (4.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 19 (4.12%) SSL
7 8 (1.74%) Firewall
8 3 (0.65%) SAN
9 2 (0.43%) DWDM
9 2 (0.43%) MPLS
9 2 (0.43%) Network Security
9 2 (0.43%) OSPF
9 2 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.77%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.47%) Relational Database
3 14 (3.04%) Power BI
4 11 (2.39%) Metadata
4 11 (2.39%) Tableau
5 10 (2.17%) Pinecone
5 10 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.17%) Weaviate
6 6 (1.30%) Big Data
6 6 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.30%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.30%) Redis
7 5 (1.08%) KDB
8 4 (0.87%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.87%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.65%) Flink
9 3 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.65%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 33 (7.16%) JIRA
2 18 (3.90%) Fiddler
3 10 (2.17%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.52%) Git
4 7 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.30%) GitLab
5 6 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.30%) webpack
6 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.08%) Selenium
7 4 (0.87%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.87%) ERwin
7 4 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.65%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.43%) JUnit
9 2 (0.43%) Maven
9 2 (0.43%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 461 (100.00%) Banking
2 255 (55.31%) Finance
3 123 (26.68%) Front Office
4 104 (22.56%) Social Skills
5 57 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (8.89%) Retail Banking
7 33 (7.16%) Retail
8 32 (6.94%) Corporate Banking
9 25 (5.42%) Financial Institution
10 16 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (3.25%) Legal
12 10 (2.17%) Back Office
13 9 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.52%) French Language
15 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.65%) Marketing
16 3 (0.65%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.43%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 126 (27.33%) Developer
2 77 (16.70%) Analyst
3 60 (13.02%) Business Analyst
4 58 (12.58%) Java Developer
4 58 (12.58%) Senior
5 39 (8.46%) Network Engineer
6 37 (8.03%) Senior Developer
7 35 (7.59%) Architect
8 28 (6.07%) Senior Java Developer
8 28 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (5.64%) Banking Analyst
9 26 (5.64%) Payments Architect
9 26 (5.64%) Payments Solutions Architect
10 24 (5.21%) Electronic Trading Developer
11 23 (4.99%) Data Engineer
11 23 (4.99%) Security Engineer
12 22 (4.77%) C# Developer
13 20 (4.34%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 19 (4.12%) Low Latency Java Developer
14 19 (4.12%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.24%) .NET
2 33 (7.16%) FIX Protocol
3 31 (6.72%) React
4 25 (5.42%) Kafka
5 22 (4.77%) Middleware
6 14 (3.04%) CSS
6 14 (3.04%) HTML
6 14 (3.04%) Redux
6 14 (3.04%) XML
7 13 (2.82%) Spring
8 12 (2.60%) AngularJS
9 11 (2.39%) LangChain
10 10 (2.17%) LlamaIndex
11 9 (1.95%) RESTful
12 8 (1.74%) HTML5
12 8 (1.74%) Node.js
12 8 (1.74%) REST
13 6 (1.30%) Reactive Extensions
13 6 (1.30%) Ultra Messaging
13 6 (1.30%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 85 (18.44%) Derivative
2 56 (12.15%) Management Information System
3 51 (11.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 46 (9.98%) Equities
5 39 (8.46%) Fixed Income
6 24 (5.21%) Market Risk
7 21 (4.56%) Credit Risk
8 18 (3.90%) TWAP
8 18 (3.90%) VWAP
9 17 (3.69%) Algorithms
10 16 (3.47%) Data Structures
10 16 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (3.25%) Onboarding
11 15 (3.25%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.60%) AI Agents
13 10 (2.17%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.52%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.07%) Windows
2 24 (5.21%) Unix
3 20 (4.34%) Linux
4 8 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.30%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.43%) AIX
7 2 (0.43%) Android
7 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (20.61%) Agile
2 65 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (11.50%) Low Latency
4 51 (11.06%) Electronic Trading
5 48 (10.41%) Analytics
6 45 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 43 (9.33%) CI/CD
8 41 (8.89%) AI
8 41 (8.89%) Asset Management
8 41 (8.89%) Multithreading
8 41 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 39 (8.46%) SDLC
10 38 (8.24%) Business Analysis
10 38 (8.24%) TDD
11 37 (8.03%) DevOps
12 35 (7.59%) Load Balancing
13 32 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (6.94%) Software Engineering
14 31 (6.72%) Test Automation
15 30 (6.51%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (22.34%) Java
2 96 (20.82%) SQL
3 88 (19.09%) Python
4 54 (11.71%) C#
5 36 (7.81%) TypeScript
6 29 (6.29%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.34%) PowerShell
8 16 (3.47%) C++
9 9 (1.95%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.52%) Scala
11 5 (1.08%) Bash
11 5 (1.08%) Rust
11 5 (1.08%) VBA
12 4 (0.87%) Perl
13 3 (0.65%) Go
13 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.22%) Swift
15 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (6.72%) Degree
2 18 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 9 (1.95%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.52%) PMP
6 5 (1.08%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.87%) CISSP
7 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.87%) MCSA
7 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.65%) CFA
9 2 (0.43%) ACCA
9 2 (0.43%) CCNP
9 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.43%) MBA
9 2 (0.43%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.04%) Data Quality
1 14 (3.04%) QA
2 13 (2.82%) MiFID
3 11 (2.39%) PMO
4 8 (1.74%) SLA
5 4 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.87%) EMIR
6 3 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.43%) GDPR
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.43%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) COBIT
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) ITGC
8 1 (0.22%) PSD2
8 1 (0.22%) SEPA
8 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (3.90%) Docker
2 18 (3.90%) Firmware
3 7 (1.52%) 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 16 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.52%) SCCM
3 5 (1.08%) Terraform
3 5 (1.08%) WSUS
4 4 (0.87%) Control-M
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.65%) Ansible
6 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.43%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 47 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.03%) F5
2 37 (8.03%) Oracle
3 19 (4.12%) Blue Coat
3 19 (4.12%) Cisco
3 19 (4.12%) VMware
4 18 (3.90%) McAfee
4 18 (3.90%) NetApp
5 14 (3.04%) Murex
6 12 (2.60%) Bloomberg
7 9 (1.95%) ION Trading
7 9 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.74%) Charles River
8 8 (1.74%) Citrix
9 7 (1.52%) Reuters
9 7 (1.52%) Sybase
10 6 (1.30%) Adobe
11 5 (1.08%) Remedy
11 5 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.08%) Splunk