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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 136 116
Rank change year-on-year -87 -20 -2
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 532 569 665
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 2.04% 2.00%
As % of the General category 2.11% 3.19% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 388 539
10th Percentile £408 £412 £513
25th Percentile £508 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £659 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £809 £825 £881
90th Percentile £938 £888 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -10.34% -3.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £73.25 -
25th Percentile - £78.13 £18.25
Median hourly rate - £87.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +348.72% -55.93%
75th Percentile - £94.38 £20.75
90th Percentile - £97.75 -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £87.50 £31.77
% change year-on-year +8.57% +175.42% -52.27%

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 25,248 17,847 19,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.43% 64.13% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,043 11,377 12,327
10th Percentile £313 £278 £300
25th Percentile £419 £402 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £660
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,997 956 1,233
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.45
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.48 £18.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +36.24%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £74.38 £70.39
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +27.07%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -66 452 £651 -13.27% 202
North of England -12 69 £553 +38.25% 6
North West +4 61 £502 -19.76% 3
Midlands -5 48 £875 - 5
West Midlands -6 48 £875 - 4
South West -36 8 £875 +392.96% 3
Yorkshire -46 4 £450 +21.62% 2
North East - 4 £875 - 1
South East -72 1 £525 -4.55% 12
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 10 (1.88%) Confluence
2 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.75%) IIS
4 3 (0.56%) Apache
4 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (2.07%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.75%) Summit
5 3 (0.56%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.38%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.38%) Global One
6 2 (0.38%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.19%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.59%) Azure
2 63 (11.84%) AWS
3 24 (4.51%) GCP
4 22 (4.14%) Power Platform
5 16 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.82%) GitHub
7 14 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.26%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.69%) OCI
10 8 (1.50%) SaaS
10 8 (1.50%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.13%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.13%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.13%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.94%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.75%) Azure API Management
15 3 (0.56%) Cloud Run
15 3 (0.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.20%) DNS
2 24 (4.51%) Multicast
3 23 (4.32%) VPN
4 22 (4.14%) HTTP
4 22 (4.14%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.95%) DMZ
6 19 (3.57%) BGP
7 18 (3.38%) FIX Connectivity
7 18 (3.38%) Wireshark
8 17 (3.20%) BIG-IP
8 17 (3.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 17 (3.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 17 (3.20%) SSL
9 10 (1.88%) Firewall
10 3 (0.56%) Wireless
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.38%) NAS
11 2 (0.38%) Network Security
11 2 (0.38%) SAN
11 2 (0.38%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.89%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.95%) Power BI
3 16 (3.01%) Metadata
4 13 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.88%) KDB
6 10 (1.88%) Pinecone
6 10 (1.88%) Tableau
6 10 (1.88%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.69%) Data Vault
8 7 (1.32%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.13%) Kdb+
9 6 (1.13%) Redis
10 5 (0.94%) Big Data
10 5 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.75%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.75%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (7.89%) JIRA
2 16 (3.01%) Fiddler
2 16 (3.01%) Git
3 11 (2.07%) ER Studio
4 10 (1.88%) ERwin
4 10 (1.88%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.32%) GitLab
7 5 (0.94%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.94%) webpack
8 4 (0.75%) Selenium
9 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.56%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.38%) Maven
10 2 (0.38%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.38%) Vite
11 1 (0.19%) JMeter
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
General
1 532 (100.00%) Banking
2 334 (62.78%) Finance
3 169 (31.77%) Front Office
4 111 (20.86%) Social Skills
5 63 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (8.83%) Retail Banking
7 46 (8.65%) Corporate Banking
8 43 (8.08%) Financial Institution
8 43 (8.08%) Retail
9 19 (3.57%) Legal
10 16 (3.01%) Back Office
10 16 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.26%) Spanish Language
12 8 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.75%) French Language
14 4 (0.75%) Games
15 3 (0.56%) Advertising
15 3 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 174 (32.71%) Developer
2 86 (16.17%) Analyst
3 82 (15.41%) Senior
4 81 (15.23%) Java Developer
5 67 (12.59%) Business Analyst
6 58 (10.90%) Senior Developer
7 38 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
8 35 (6.58%) Network Engineer
9 34 (6.39%) React Developer
10 31 (5.83%) UI Developer
11 30 (5.64%) Senior React Developer
12 29 (5.45%) Senior UI Developer
13 26 (4.89%) Architect
14 25 (4.70%) C# Developer
14 25 (4.70%) Lead
15 24 (4.51%) Project Manager
16 22 (4.14%) Banking Analyst
16 22 (4.14%) Python Developer
17 21 (3.95%) Electronic Trading Developer
17 21 (3.95%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.90%) React
2 43 (8.08%) .NET
3 39 (7.33%) FIX Protocol
4 36 (6.77%) Redux
5 20 (3.76%) Kafka
6 18 (3.38%) AngularJS
7 17 (3.20%) Middleware
8 15 (2.82%) REST
8 15 (2.82%) Spring
9 13 (2.44%) RESTful
10 10 (1.88%) CSS
10 10 (1.88%) LangChain
10 10 (1.88%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (1.88%) OAuth
10 10 (1.88%) OAuth2
10 10 (1.88%) WebSockets
11 9 (1.69%) Node.js
11 9 (1.69%) PySpark
12 8 (1.50%) NumPy
12 8 (1.50%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 101 (18.98%) Derivative
2 81 (15.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 68 (12.78%) Equities
4 65 (12.22%) Fixed Income
5 44 (8.27%) Management Information System
6 35 (6.58%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (5.64%) Product Ownership
8 25 (4.70%) Onboarding
9 22 (4.14%) Market Risk
10 18 (3.38%) Data Structures
10 18 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (3.38%) TWAP
10 18 (3.38%) VWAP
11 16 (3.01%) Algorithms
12 15 (2.82%) AI Agents
13 14 (2.63%) Cloud Native
13 14 (2.63%) Credit Risk
14 12 (2.26%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.39%) Windows
2 28 (5.26%) Unix
3 26 (4.89%) Linux
4 6 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.94%) Android
5 5 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.38%) AIX
7 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.38%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) HPUX
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (23.31%) Agile
2 85 (15.98%) Low Latency
3 75 (14.10%) Electronic Trading
4 73 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 61 (11.47%) CI/CD
7 59 (11.09%) AI
8 55 (10.34%) Analytics
9 49 (9.21%) DevOps
10 46 (8.65%) Software Engineering
11 45 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (8.46%) Wealth Management
12 37 (6.95%) Multithreading
12 37 (6.95%) User Acceptance Testing
13 36 (6.77%) Asset Management
13 36 (6.77%) Business Analysis
13 36 (6.77%) Full-Stack Development
13 36 (6.77%) TDD
14 33 (6.20%) Algorithmic Trading
14 33 (6.20%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 125 (23.50%) Java
2 104 (19.55%) Python
3 103 (19.36%) SQL
4 86 (16.17%) C#
5 65 (12.22%) TypeScript
6 56 (10.53%) JavaScript
7 21 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.76%) C++
9 13 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.32%) Rust
11 6 (1.13%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.75%) Scala
12 4 (0.75%) VBA
13 3 (0.56%) Bicep
13 3 (0.56%) C
13 3 (0.56%) Perl
13 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 35 (6.58%) Degree
2 11 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.50%) PMP
4 7 (1.32%) Azure Certification
5 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.94%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.75%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.56%) CISSP
7 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.56%) MCSA
7 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.56%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.38%) ACCA
8 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.38%) CCNP
8 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.38%) MBA
8 2 (0.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.82%) MiFID
2 13 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.88%) QA
4 7 (1.32%) EMIR
4 7 (1.32%) PMO
5 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.56%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.38%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) COREP
8 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.19%) FINREP
8 1 (0.19%) GDPR
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) ITGC
8 1 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.20%) Docker
2 17 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.01%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Varnish
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.07%) Terraform
3 7 (1.32%) Ansible
3 7 (1.32%) SCCM
4 6 (1.13%) WSUS
5 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.56%) Control-M
6 3 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.19%) Kibana
7 1 (0.19%) logstash
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.20%) F5
3 32 (6.02%) Oracle
4 19 (3.57%) Cisco
5 17 (3.20%) Blue Coat
5 17 (3.20%) VMware
6 16 (3.01%) McAfee
6 16 (3.01%) NetApp
7 14 (2.63%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.26%) Murex
9 10 (1.88%) Citrix
9 10 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.69%) Databricks
11 7 (1.32%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.32%) Charles River
11 7 (1.32%) Reuters
12 6 (1.13%) ION Trading
12 6 (1.13%) SAP
12 6 (1.13%) Solace
13 5 (0.94%) Google