Investment Banking Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 142 100
Rank change year-on-year +2 -42 +9
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 537 629 1,131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.06% 1.68% 2.39%
As % of the General category 3.22% 2.94% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 504 827
10th Percentile £410 £500 £500
25th Percentile £613 £612 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £775 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £838 £880 £825
90th Percentile £881 £888 £950
UK median daily rate £750 £750 £700
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £73.25 - -
25th Percentile £78.13 £18.25 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £19.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +348.72% -72.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £94.38 £20.75 -
90th Percentile £97.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £19.50 £69.38
% change year-on-year +348.72% -71.89% +58.57%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,686 21,397 28,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.91% 57.25% 59.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,713 13,675 19,649
10th Percentile £282 £299 £315
25th Percentile £404 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 831 1,776 947
10th Percentile £13.37 £13.00 £13.92
25th Percentile £16.53 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.38 £32.90 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.78% +9.65% +26.04%
75th Percentile £51.22 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.82 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.28 £31.76 £30.50
% change year-on-year -14.09% +4.11% +24.90%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Investment Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in England.

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

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 3 July 2025. 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 +2 515 £750 -6.25% 319
North of England +9 13 £385 -38.40% 3
North West +5 7 £445 -28.80% 2
Yorkshire +10 6 £385 -3.75% 1
Midlands +16 4 £550 -16.35% 18
West Midlands +10 4 £550 -16.35% 18
South East +30 1 £550 - 24
South West +30 1 £165 -64.32% 3
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (10.61%) Apache
2 52 (9.68%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.42%) Confluence
4 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.74%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) Appian
7 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) ION Anvil
2 3 (0.56%) Actimize
2 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.19%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.19%) Murex MxG2000
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 131 (24.39%) AWS
2 82 (15.27%) Azure
3 56 (10.43%) Snowflake
4 51 (9.50%) dbt
5 35 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (4.28%) GCP
7 22 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.61%) GitHub
9 13 (2.42%) SaaS
10 9 (1.68%) npm
10 9 (1.68%) Yarn
11 8 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.30%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.12%) Figma
14 5 (0.93%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.93%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (0.56%) BGP
2 3 (0.56%) Firewall
2 3 (0.56%) Multicast
2 3 (0.56%) OSPF
2 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.37%) Unicast
3 2 (0.37%) VPN
4 1 (0.19%) ATM
4 1 (0.19%) DHCP
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) LAN
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
4 1 (0.19%) Skype
4 1 (0.19%) SMTP
4 1 (0.19%) WAN
4 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (9.68%) Amazon Athena
2 51 (9.50%) Apache Arrow
2 51 (9.50%) Apache Iceberg
2 51 (9.50%) Dremio
3 36 (6.70%) Data Lake
4 35 (6.52%) Apache Ignite
5 34 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (5.03%) Redis
7 24 (4.47%) SQL Server
8 22 (4.10%) Power BI
8 22 (4.10%) Relational Database
9 17 (3.17%) MongoDB
10 14 (2.61%) DB2
11 12 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.49%) Data Mining
13 7 (1.30%) Big Data
14 6 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.12%) Tableau
15 5 (0.93%) KDB
15 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (8.38%) Git
2 28 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.10%) JIRA
4 16 (2.98%) JUnit
5 14 (2.61%) Bitbucket
6 10 (1.86%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.68%) webpack
8 7 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (1.30%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.12%) Maven
10 3 (0.56%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.37%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.37%) ERwin
11 2 (0.37%) GitLab
11 2 (0.37%) Gradle
11 2 (0.37%) MagicDraw
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.37%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 537 (100.00%) Banking
2 334 (62.20%) Finance
3 176 (32.77%) Social Skills
4 140 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
5 139 (25.88%) Front Office
6 58 (10.80%) Retail Banking
7 55 (10.24%) Retail
8 50 (9.31%) Corporate Banking
9 29 (5.40%) Financial Institution
10 26 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.42%) Back Office
12 8 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.93%) Legal
13 5 (0.93%) Marketing
14 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.37%) Portuguese Language
15 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.37%) Spanish Language
16 1 (0.19%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 231 (43.02%) Developer
2 101 (18.81%) Senior
3 83 (15.46%) Analyst
4 77 (14.34%) Java Developer
5 64 (11.92%) Software Engineer
6 55 (10.24%) AWS Engineer
7 54 (10.06%) Python Developer
8 51 (9.50%) AWS Software Engineer
9 48 (8.94%) Java Engineer
10 47 (8.75%) Python Engineer
11 46 (8.57%) Senior Developer
12 45 (8.38%) Java Software Engineer
13 44 (8.19%) Business Analyst
14 39 (7.26%) AWS Developer
14 39 (7.26%) Python Software Engineer
15 36 (6.70%) Lead
16 34 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
17 33 (6.15%) Senior Java Engineer
17 33 (6.15%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 28 (5.21%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.61%) React
2 54 (10.06%) Kafka
2 54 (10.06%) Pandas
3 53 (9.87%) NumPy
4 51 (9.50%) SciPy
5 47 (8.75%) .NET
6 42 (7.82%) gRPC
6 42 (7.82%) Protocol Buffers
7 29 (5.40%) AngularJS
7 29 (5.40%) FastAPI
8 28 (5.21%) Spring
9 27 (5.03%) PySpark
10 22 (4.10%) CSS
11 19 (3.54%) ActiveMQ
11 19 (3.54%) Flask
12 17 (3.17%) Vue
13 16 (2.98%) Polars
14 15 (2.79%) FIX Protocol
14 15 (2.79%) HTML
15 14 (2.61%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 121 (22.53%) Derivative
2 108 (20.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 104 (19.37%) Equities
4 84 (15.64%) Fixed Income
5 71 (13.22%) Hedge funds
6 37 (6.89%) Market Risk
7 30 (5.59%) Pricing Data
8 21 (3.91%) Data Structures
9 20 (3.72%) Product Ownership
10 19 (3.54%) Onboarding
11 17 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (3.17%) Management Information System
12 14 (2.61%) Algorithms
13 12 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (2.05%) Reference Data
15 8 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (1.49%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 6 (1.12%) Blockchain
17 6 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.61%) Linux
2 27 (5.03%) Windows
3 9 (1.68%) Unix
4 3 (0.56%) Android
4 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (32.96%) Agile
2 115 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (17.69%) DevOps
4 92 (17.13%) Software Engineering
5 67 (12.48%) Analytics
6 65 (12.10%) Risk Management
7 64 (11.92%) Wealth Management
8 57 (10.61%) Asset Management
9 56 (10.43%) CI/CD
10 55 (10.24%) SDLC
11 52 (9.68%) Mathematics
12 51 (9.50%) Electronic Trading
13 46 (8.57%) Computer Science
14 42 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (7.82%) TDD
15 38 (7.08%) Investment Management
15 38 (7.08%) Multithreading
16 37 (6.89%) Artificial Intelligence
17 35 (6.52%) Decision-Making
18 34 (6.33%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 201 (37.43%) Python
2 199 (37.06%) Java
3 171 (31.84%) SQL
4 87 (16.20%) JavaScript
5 75 (13.97%) C#
6 72 (13.41%) TypeScript
7 48 (8.94%) C++
8 19 (3.54%) Shell Script
9 14 (2.61%) Rust
10 13 (2.42%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.42%) Scala
11 8 (1.49%) Bicep
11 8 (1.49%) Haskell
12 7 (1.30%) C
13 6 (1.12%) Bash
13 6 (1.12%) VBA
14 5 (0.93%) DAML
15 4 (0.74%) OCaml
15 4 (0.74%) Perl
16 3 (0.56%) RPG
Qualifications
1 54 (10.06%) Degree
2 24 (4.47%) Numerate Degree
3 20 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.12%) PMP
5 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.37%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.37%) CCIE
7 2 (0.37%) CISA
7 2 (0.37%) CISSP
7 2 (0.37%) FFIEC
7 2 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.19%) ACCA
8 1 (0.19%) CCNP
8 1 (0.19%) CIMA
8 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.54%) QA
3 14 (2.61%) MiFID
4 10 (1.86%) Basel II
5 8 (1.49%) GDPR
6 6 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.93%) Dodd-Frank
7 5 (0.93%) EMIR
8 4 (0.74%) Basel III
8 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.74%) PMO
8 4 (0.74%) SLA
9 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.19%) COREP
10 1 (0.19%) FATCA
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (8.38%) Docker
2 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.37%) Lustre
4 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 44 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.91%) Ansible
3 12 (2.23%) Terraform
4 7 (1.30%) Grafana
4 7 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.93%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.74%) SCCM
7 3 (0.56%) Argo
7 3 (0.56%) Control-M
7 3 (0.56%) Istio
7 3 (0.56%) Kibana
7 3 (0.56%) logstash
7 3 (0.56%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.56%) Puppet
7 3 (0.56%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.37%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.37%) Podman
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.19%) Galera Cluster
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 23 (4.28%) Databricks
2 21 (3.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.91%) Oracle
3 15 (2.79%) Sybase
4 10 (1.86%) Google
5 9 (1.68%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.49%) ION Trading
6 8 (1.49%) Splunk
7 6 (1.12%) Bloomberg
7 6 (1.12%) IBM
7 6 (1.12%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.12%) Solace
8 5 (0.93%) Citrix
8 5 (0.93%) Planview
8 5 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.74%) Murex
9 4 (0.74%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.56%) Cisco
10 3 (0.56%) Refinitiv
11 2 (0.37%) UiPath