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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 148 114
Rank change year-on-year -76 -34 +2
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 538 530 690
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.90% 2.09%
As % of the General category 2.08% 2.96% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 357 540
10th Percentile £406 £431 £500
25th Percentile £513 £559 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £667 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £823 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £881 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +11.11%
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% +5.41%
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% -50.65%

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 25,864 17,935 19,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.75% 64.46% 58.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,270 11,341 11,818
10th Percentile £313 £276 £300
25th Percentile £423 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
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 2,164 1,008 1,016
10th Percentile £13.67 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.08 £16.17 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.13 £25.15 £38.31
Median % change year-on-year +23.77% -34.35% +39.31%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.98 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.20% -32.93% +36.36%

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 September 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 September 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 -64 465 £667 -11.03% 181
North of England -31 60 £502 +30.26% 2
North West -7 52 £450 -28.00%
West Midlands -18 39 £875 +75.00% 5
Midlands -20 39 £875 +75.00% 5
South West -41 8 £875 +392.96% 9
Yorkshire -44 4 £450 +21.62% 1
North East - 4 £875 - 1
South East -57 3 £525 -4.55% 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 12 (2.23%) Confluence
2 5 (0.93%) MTS
2 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.74%) IIS
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) CICS
5 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.49%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle iProcurement
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.56%) Orchestrade
4 3 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.56%) Summit
5 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.37%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.37%) Global One
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 72 (13.38%) Azure
2 55 (10.22%) AWS
3 25 (4.65%) GCP
4 19 (3.53%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.42%) GitHub
8 11 (2.04%) SaaS
9 9 (1.67%) OCI
10 7 (1.30%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.12%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.12%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.93%) Cloud Run
12 5 (0.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (0.74%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.39%) DNS
2 24 (4.46%) Multicast
3 21 (3.90%) VPN
4 20 (3.72%) HTTP
4 20 (3.72%) TCP/IP
5 19 (3.53%) DMZ
6 18 (3.35%) BGP
7 16 (2.97%) BIG-IP
7 16 (2.97%) Wireshark
8 15 (2.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 15 (2.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 15 (2.79%) SSL
9 14 (2.60%) FIX Connectivity
10 11 (2.04%) Firewall
11 4 (0.74%) Network Security
11 4 (0.74%) Wireless
12 3 (0.56%) SSH
12 3 (0.56%) WAN
13 2 (0.37%) DWDM
13 2 (0.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.53%) Metadata
3 17 (3.16%) Power BI
4 14 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.42%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.86%) Chroma
6 10 (1.86%) KDB
6 10 (1.86%) Pinecone
6 10 (1.86%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.67%) Data Vault
8 7 (1.30%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.12%) Kdb+
9 6 (1.12%) Tableau
10 5 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 50 (9.29%) JIRA
2 26 (4.83%) Git
3 14 (2.60%) Fiddler
4 12 (2.23%) ER Studio
5 10 (1.86%) ERwin
5 10 (1.86%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.30%) GitLab
6 7 (1.30%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.93%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.74%) Selenium
8 4 (0.74%) webpack
9 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.56%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.37%) Maven
10 2 (0.37%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.37%) Vite
11 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.19%) XCUITest
General
1 538 (100.00%) Banking
2 340 (63.20%) Finance
3 169 (31.41%) Front Office
4 120 (22.30%) Social Skills
5 68 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (8.55%) Corporate Banking
7 42 (7.81%) Retail Banking
8 39 (7.25%) Retail
9 38 (7.06%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.53%) Back Office
10 19 (3.53%) Legal
11 13 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.23%) Spanish Language
13 9 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.93%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.74%) French Language
17 4 (0.74%) Games
18 3 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 175 (32.53%) Developer
2 86 (15.99%) Analyst
3 85 (15.80%) Senior
4 75 (13.94%) Java Developer
5 68 (12.64%) Business Analyst
6 55 (10.22%) Senior Developer
7 36 (6.69%) Senior Java Developer
8 34 (6.32%) React Developer
9 32 (5.95%) Network Engineer
10 30 (5.58%) Senior React Developer
10 30 (5.58%) UI Developer
11 28 (5.20%) Lead
11 28 (5.20%) Senior UI Developer
12 25 (4.65%) Python Developer
13 22 (4.09%) C# Developer
14 21 (3.90%) Project Manager
14 21 (3.90%) Support Engineer
15 19 (3.53%) Security Engineer
16 18 (3.35%) Architect
17 16 (2.97%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.59%) React
2 42 (7.81%) .NET
3 39 (7.25%) FIX Protocol
4 36 (6.69%) Redux
5 19 (3.53%) AngularJS
6 18 (3.35%) REST
7 17 (3.16%) Kafka
8 13 (2.42%) Middleware
8 13 (2.42%) Spring
8 13 (2.42%) Terraform
8 13 (2.42%) WebSockets
9 11 (2.04%) LangChain
9 11 (2.04%) Pandas
9 11 (2.04%) RESTful
10 10 (1.86%) Flask
10 10 (1.86%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (1.86%) Node.js
10 10 (1.86%) OAuth
10 10 (1.86%) OAuth2
10 10 (1.86%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 93 (17.29%) Derivative
2 84 (15.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 69 (12.83%) Fixed Income
4 64 (11.90%) Equities
5 41 (7.62%) Management Information System
6 36 (6.69%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (5.76%) Product Ownership
8 27 (5.02%) Onboarding
9 23 (4.28%) Market Risk
10 19 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (3.35%) Data Structures
12 17 (3.16%) AI Agents
13 16 (2.97%) Algorithms
14 14 (2.60%) Credit Risk
14 14 (2.60%) TWAP
14 14 (2.60%) VWAP
15 13 (2.42%) Hedge funds
16 10 (1.86%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (1.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.51%) Windows
2 32 (5.95%) Linux
3 24 (4.46%) Unix
4 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.93%) Android
5 5 (0.93%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.37%) AIX
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) HPUX
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
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
1 126 (23.42%) Agile
2 83 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (15.06%) Low Latency
3 81 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 74 (13.75%) Electronic Trading
5 67 (12.45%) CI/CD
6 64 (11.90%) AI
7 55 (10.22%) Analytics
8 54 (10.04%) Software Engineering
9 48 (8.92%) DevOps
10 47 (8.74%) Wealth Management
11 46 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (7.62%) Business Analysis
13 39 (7.25%) Full-Stack Development
14 37 (6.88%) Translating Business Requirements
15 35 (6.51%) Data Modelling
16 34 (6.32%) Event-Driven
16 34 (6.32%) Migration
16 34 (6.32%) Risk Management
17 33 (6.13%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 122 (22.68%) Java
2 118 (21.93%) SQL
3 111 (20.63%) Python
4 89 (16.54%) C#
5 68 (12.64%) TypeScript
6 57 (10.59%) JavaScript
7 23 (4.28%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.72%) C++
9 14 (2.60%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.49%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.30%) Rust
12 6 (1.12%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.93%) Tcl
14 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.74%) VBA
15 3 (0.56%) Bash
15 3 (0.56%) Bicep
15 3 (0.56%) C
15 3 (0.56%) Perl
16 2 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (7.06%) Degree
2 11 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.67%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.30%) PMP
5 5 (0.93%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.93%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.74%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.56%) ACCA
7 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.56%) CIMA
7 3 (0.56%) CISSP
7 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.56%) MCSA
7 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.37%) CCNP
8 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.37%) MBA
9 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.35%) Data Quality
1 18 (3.35%) MiFID
2 12 (2.23%) QA
3 11 (2.04%) EMIR
4 6 (1.12%) PMO
5 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.56%) IFRS
7 2 (0.37%) GRC
7 2 (0.37%) NIST
7 2 (0.37%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) COREP
8 1 (0.19%) FINREP
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) SEPA
8 1 (0.19%) TARGET2
System Software
1 20 (3.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.79%) Docker
3 14 (2.60%) Firmware
3 14 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (3.35%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.67%) Ansible
3 7 (1.30%) SCCM
4 6 (1.12%) WSUS
5 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.56%) Control-M
6 3 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.37%) Kibana
7 2 (0.37%) logstash
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 50 (9.29%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.69%) Oracle
3 30 (5.58%) F5
4 20 (3.72%) Cisco
5 15 (2.79%) Bloomberg
5 15 (2.79%) Blue Coat
5 15 (2.79%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.60%) McAfee
6 14 (2.60%) NetApp
6 14 (2.60%) VMware
7 13 (2.42%) Databricks
8 11 (2.04%) ION Trading
8 11 (2.04%) Murex
9 10 (1.86%) Citrix
9 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.67%) Sybase
10 9 (1.67%) Tradeweb
11 7 (1.30%) MarketAxess
11 7 (1.30%) Reuters
12 6 (1.12%) SAP