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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 142 161
Rank change year-on-year -87 +19 -61
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 451 470 565
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.19% 1.94% 1.50%
As % of the General category 2.08% 3.05% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 299 408
10th Percentile £413 £413 £488
25th Percentile £500 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £725 £712
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +1.83% +1.71%
75th Percentile £772 £875 £850
90th Percentile £988 £881 £900
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £19.85 - -
25th Percentile £21.31 £76.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £77.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.74% +297.44% -51.85%
75th Percentile £41.61 £78.75 £20.75
90th Percentile £50.82 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £77.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -67.74% +297.44% -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 21,636 15,407 22,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.87% 63.47% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,643 10,049 14,313
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £410 £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 £767
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,369 626 1,706
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.73 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £15.26
Median hourly rate £25.77 £30.00 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +15.25% -25.63%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +11.81% -25.71%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -56 371 £645 -11.03% 64
North of England -9 74 £423 -23.18%
North West +25 69 £450 -37.93%
West Midlands -4 59 - - 4
Midlands -13 59 - - 6
Yorkshire -47 11 £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 16 (3.55%) Confluence
2 8 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.11%) Apache
5 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
5 3 (0.67%) 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 25 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.77%) MS Visio
3 14 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.10%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (1.77%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.11%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.11%) Summit
5 4 (0.89%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.67%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.44%) Bloomberg TOMS
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%) Front Arena
8 1 (0.22%) Global One
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 54 (11.97%) AWS
1 54 (11.97%) Azure
2 15 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 14 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (3.10%) GitHub
3 14 (3.10%) OCI
4 13 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.44%) GCP
6 9 (2.00%) Snowflake
7 7 (1.55%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (1.11%) npm
8 5 (1.11%) Serverless
8 5 (1.11%) Yarn
9 4 (0.89%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.89%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.89%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.67%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.20%) DNS
2 27 (5.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 27 (5.99%) TCP/IP
3 26 (5.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 25 (5.54%) DMZ
5 23 (5.10%) HTTP
6 20 (4.43%) BIG-IP
6 20 (4.43%) SSL
6 20 (4.43%) VPN
6 20 (4.43%) Wireshark
7 19 (4.21%) Multicast
8 18 (3.99%) BGP
8 18 (3.99%) FIX Connectivity
9 7 (1.55%) Firewall
9 7 (1.55%) Network Security
10 6 (1.33%) DHCP
11 5 (1.11%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (1.11%) Cisco Wireless
11 5 (1.11%) NX-OS
11 5 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.55%) Relational Database
3 13 (2.88%) Power BI
4 11 (2.44%) Tableau
5 8 (1.77%) KDB
5 8 (1.77%) Metadata
6 6 (1.33%) Redis
7 5 (1.11%) Big Data
7 5 (1.11%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.11%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.11%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.89%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.89%) Kdb+
9 3 (0.67%) DB2
9 3 (0.67%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.67%) Pinecone
9 3 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 30 (6.65%) JIRA
2 20 (4.43%) Fiddler
3 12 (2.66%) Git
4 9 (2.00%) GitLab
5 8 (1.77%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.55%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.33%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.33%) Selenium
8 5 (1.11%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.11%) JUnit
8 5 (1.11%) webpack
9 4 (0.89%) Maven
9 4 (0.89%) Postman
9 4 (0.89%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.44%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.44%) Vite
General
1 451 (100.00%) Banking
2 250 (55.43%) Finance
3 121 (26.83%) Social Skills
4 116 (25.72%) Front Office
5 57 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (7.10%) Retail Banking
7 30 (6.65%) Financial Institution
8 22 (4.88%) Corporate Banking
8 22 (4.88%) Retail
9 16 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (3.10%) Back Office
11 12 (2.66%) Legal
11 12 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.89%) French Language
13 4 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.67%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.44%) Aviation
15 2 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 125 (27.72%) Developer
2 81 (17.96%) Analyst
3 60 (13.30%) Business Analyst
4 59 (13.08%) Java Developer
4 59 (13.08%) Senior
5 40 (8.87%) Network Engineer
6 39 (8.65%) Senior Developer
7 30 (6.65%) Architect
7 30 (6.65%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.54%) Banking Analyst
9 22 (4.88%) C# Developer
9 22 (4.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 22 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (4.66%) Payments Architect
10 21 (4.66%) Payments Solutions Architect
11 20 (4.43%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 20 (4.43%) Data Engineer
11 20 (4.43%) IP Network Engineer
11 20 (4.43%) Web Engineer
12 19 (4.21%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.98%) .NET
2 31 (6.87%) Kafka
3 30 (6.65%) React
4 25 (5.54%) FIX Protocol
5 17 (3.77%) Middleware
6 14 (3.10%) CSS
6 14 (3.10%) HTML
7 13 (2.88%) Redux
7 13 (2.88%) Spring
7 13 (2.88%) XML
8 12 (2.66%) AngularJS
9 11 (2.44%) Pandas
10 8 (1.77%) HTML5
10 8 (1.77%) NumPy
11 7 (1.55%) JMS
11 7 (1.55%) Node.js
11 7 (1.55%) REST
12 6 (1.33%) Dask
12 6 (1.33%) SciPy
13 5 (1.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 80 (17.74%) Derivative
2 62 (13.75%) Management Information System
3 44 (9.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 43 (9.53%) Equities
5 40 (8.87%) Fixed Income
6 30 (6.65%) Market Risk
7 25 (5.54%) Onboarding
8 21 (4.66%) Credit Risk
9 19 (4.21%) Hedge funds
10 16 (3.55%) TWAP
10 16 (3.55%) VWAP
11 14 (3.10%) Cloud Native
12 13 (2.88%) Data Structures
13 10 (2.22%) Data Centre
14 9 (2.00%) Algorithms
15 8 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
16 7 (1.55%) Distributed Computing
17 6 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.54%) Windows
2 24 (5.32%) Linux
3 22 (4.88%) Unix
4 6 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.44%) AIX
6 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (18.85%) Agile
2 68 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (10.42%) DevOps
5 46 (10.20%) Analytics
6 42 (9.31%) CI/CD
7 41 (9.09%) AI
7 41 (9.09%) Business Analysis
7 41 (9.09%) Project Management
8 40 (8.87%) Electronic Trading
9 39 (8.65%) Load Balancing
10 38 (8.43%) Asset Management
10 38 (8.43%) TDD
10 38 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
11 37 (8.20%) SDLC
12 36 (7.98%) Low Latency
12 36 (7.98%) Risk Management
13 34 (7.54%) Multithreading
14 32 (7.10%) Design Patterns
15 30 (6.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (22.84%) SQL
2 98 (21.73%) Java
3 80 (17.74%) Python
4 52 (11.53%) C#
5 29 (6.43%) JavaScript
6 28 (6.21%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.99%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.88%) C++
9 11 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.11%) Lisp
10 5 (1.11%) Rust
10 5 (1.11%) Scala
10 5 (1.11%) VBA
11 4 (0.89%) Bash
11 4 (0.89%) Perl
12 3 (0.67%) Go
12 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.44%) Korn
14 1 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 42 (9.31%) Degree
2 17 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.77%) PMP
5 7 (1.55%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.33%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.33%) PhD
7 5 (1.11%) CCNP
7 5 (1.11%) CFA
7 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.67%) MCSA
9 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.44%) IIBA
10 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.44%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.99%) QA
2 13 (2.88%) MiFID
3 12 (2.66%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.22%) PMO
4 10 (2.22%) SLA
5 9 (2.00%) EMIR
6 5 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.67%) 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%) Actionable Recommendations
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%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (4.66%) Firmware
3 19 (4.21%) Docker
4 5 (1.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) GridGain
5 1 (0.22%) Varnish
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.00%) SCCM
3 6 (1.33%) WSUS
4 5 (1.11%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.89%) Ansible
5 4 (0.89%) Terraform
6 3 (0.67%) Control-M
6 3 (0.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
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 45 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.87%) F5
3 34 (7.54%) Oracle
4 27 (5.99%) VMware
5 20 (4.43%) Blue Coat
5 20 (4.43%) McAfee
5 20 (4.43%) NetApp
6 19 (4.21%) Bloomberg
7 18 (3.99%) Cisco
8 14 (3.10%) Murex
9 13 (2.88%) ION Trading
10 9 (2.00%) Sybase
11 8 (1.77%) Citrix
11 8 (1.77%) Reuters
11 8 (1.77%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.55%) Remedy
13 6 (1.33%) Charles River
14 5 (1.11%) Ekahau
15 4 (0.89%) Refinitiv
15 4 (0.89%) UiPath