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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 144 160
Rank change year-on-year -64 +16 -64
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 443 469 573
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.24% 1.87% 1.51%
As % of the General category 2.12% 2.98% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 284 414
10th Percentile £411 £463 £488
25th Percentile £500 £600 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £773 £850 £813
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £625 £678 £700
% change year-on-year -7.82% -3.14% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% - -
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
% change year-on-year -57.59% - -

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 20,888 15,729 22,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.68% 62.86% 58.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,223 9,848 14,608
10th Percentile £300 £299 £265
25th Percentile £406 £413 £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 £751
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,299 536 1,620
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £17.16 £20.00 £15.32
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -20.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.19 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -20.71% +16.69% -19.43%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -47 370 £625 -10.71% 43
North of England -10 66 £306 -54.63% 8
North West +8 60 £190 -73.79% 3
West Midlands -6 55 £500 -26.25% 3
Midlands -10 55 £500 -26.25% 9
Yorkshire -50 14 £423 -32.40% 4
South West - 4 £190 - 2
South East -28 2 £159 - 18
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 19 (4.29%) Confluence
2 10 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.58%) Apache
3 7 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.68%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 22 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.29%) MS Visio
3 14 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (2.93%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (2.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 12 (2.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.13%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.68%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.45%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.45%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.45%) Summit
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.23%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.23%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 57 (12.87%) Azure
2 55 (12.42%) AWS
3 14 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.93%) OCI
5 12 (2.71%) GitHub
5 12 (2.71%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.48%) GCP
6 11 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.48%) Snowflake
7 6 (1.35%) Serverless
8 5 (1.13%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.13%) npm
8 5 (1.13%) Yarn
9 4 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.90%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.90%) dbt
9 4 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.90%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.16%) DNS
2 28 (6.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 27 (6.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 24 (5.42%) DMZ
4 24 (5.42%) TCP/IP
5 21 (4.74%) HTTP
6 19 (4.29%) BIG-IP
6 19 (4.29%) SSL
6 19 (4.29%) Wireshark
7 16 (3.61%) BGP
8 14 (3.16%) FIX Connectivity
8 14 (3.16%) VPN
9 13 (2.93%) Multicast
10 10 (2.26%) Network Security
11 8 (1.81%) DHCP
12 7 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.58%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (1.58%) NX-OS
12 7 (1.58%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.39%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.26%) Power BI
5 9 (2.03%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.81%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.81%) Tableau
7 7 (1.58%) Metadata
8 6 (1.35%) Apache Ignite
8 6 (1.35%) DB2
8 6 (1.35%) KDB
9 5 (1.13%) Big Data
9 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.13%) Redis
10 4 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.90%) Apache Arrow
10 4 (0.90%) Apache Iceberg
10 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.90%) Dremio
11 3 (0.68%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 31 (7.00%) JIRA
2 19 (4.29%) Fiddler
3 12 (2.71%) Git
4 8 (1.81%) GitLab
4 8 (1.81%) JUnit
5 6 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.13%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.13%) Selenium
6 5 (1.13%) webpack
7 4 (0.90%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.90%) Maven
8 3 (0.68%) Postman
8 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 443 (100.00%) Banking
2 236 (53.27%) Finance
3 121 (27.31%) Social Skills
4 100 (22.57%) Front Office
5 57 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (7.22%) Retail Banking
7 25 (5.64%) Financial Institution
8 22 (4.97%) Corporate Banking
8 22 (4.97%) Retail
9 14 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.71%) Back Office
11 10 (2.26%) Legal
12 8 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.90%) French Language
14 4 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.45%) Aviation
15 2 (0.45%) Marketing
16 1 (0.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 125 (28.22%) Developer
2 78 (17.61%) Analyst
3 61 (13.77%) Java Developer
4 56 (12.64%) Business Analyst
4 56 (12.64%) Senior
5 37 (8.35%) Network Engineer
5 37 (8.35%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 26 (5.87%) Banking Analyst
8 24 (5.42%) Project Manager
9 22 (4.97%) Architect
9 22 (4.97%) AWS Developer
10 20 (4.51%) Kafka Developer
11 18 (4.06%) C# Developer
11 18 (4.06%) Data Engineer
11 18 (4.06%) Lead
12 17 (3.84%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 17 (3.84%) IP Network Engineer
12 17 (3.84%) Support Engineer
12 17 (3.84%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.58%) Kafka
2 31 (7.00%) .NET
3 30 (6.77%) React
4 18 (4.06%) FIX Protocol
5 17 (3.84%) AngularJS
5 17 (3.84%) Pandas
6 15 (3.39%) HTML
6 15 (3.39%) Spring
7 14 (3.16%) Middleware
8 13 (2.93%) CSS
9 12 (2.71%) NumPy
10 11 (2.48%) REST
10 11 (2.48%) XML
11 10 (2.26%) JMS
11 10 (2.26%) SciPy
12 9 (2.03%) Redux
13 8 (1.81%) FastAPI
14 7 (1.58%) Flask
14 7 (1.58%) HTML5
15 6 (1.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 77 (17.38%) Derivative
2 61 (13.77%) Management Information System
3 40 (9.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 39 (8.80%) Equities
5 35 (7.90%) Fixed Income
6 28 (6.32%) Market Risk
7 25 (5.64%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.97%) Hedge funds
9 18 (4.06%) Credit Risk
10 14 (3.16%) Cloud Native
11 13 (2.93%) Data Structures
12 12 (2.71%) Data Centre
12 12 (2.71%) TWAP
12 12 (2.71%) VWAP
13 10 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (2.03%) Algorithms
15 8 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
16 7 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (1.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.55%) Linux
2 22 (4.97%) Windows
3 17 (3.84%) Unix
4 7 (1.58%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.90%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.45%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.86%) Agile
2 70 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (10.38%) Analytics
5 43 (9.71%) DevOps
6 40 (9.03%) Business Analysis
6 40 (9.03%) Project Management
6 40 (9.03%) Risk Management
6 40 (9.03%) User Acceptance Testing
7 39 (8.80%) AI
7 39 (8.80%) CI/CD
8 37 (8.35%) TDD
9 36 (8.13%) Asset Management
9 36 (8.13%) Load Balancing
10 35 (7.90%) SDLC
11 31 (7.00%) Software Engineering
12 30 (6.77%) Electronic Trading
13 29 (6.55%) Design Patterns
13 29 (6.55%) Multithreading
14 27 (6.09%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 103 (23.25%) Java
2 100 (22.57%) SQL
3 90 (20.32%) Python
4 49 (11.06%) C#
5 27 (6.09%) JavaScript
6 25 (5.64%) TypeScript
7 17 (3.84%) C++
8 15 (3.39%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.48%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.58%) Lisp
11 6 (1.35%) Rust
12 5 (1.13%) Scala
12 5 (1.13%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.90%) Bash
13 4 (0.90%) VBA
14 3 (0.68%) Go
14 3 (0.68%) Perl
14 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.45%) Korn
15 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (7.67%) Degree
2 13 (2.93%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.03%) PMP
5 8 (1.81%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.58%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.58%) CCNP
6 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.35%) PhD
8 4 (0.90%) CFA
9 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.68%) CISSP
10 2 (0.45%) ACCA
10 2 (0.45%) IIBA
10 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.23%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.29%) QA
2 12 (2.71%) MiFID
3 10 (2.26%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.26%) PMO
4 9 (2.03%) EMIR
4 9 (2.03%) SLA
5 7 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.90%) GDPR
7 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.45%) GRC
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) SEPA
8 2 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.23%) Basel III
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) COSO
9 1 (0.23%) ITGC
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (4.97%) Docker
3 18 (4.06%) Firmware
4 6 (1.35%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.23%) GridGain
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.58%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.58%) SCCM
3 5 (1.13%) Ansible
4 3 (0.68%) Terraform
4 3 (0.68%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 3 (0.68%) WSUS
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.45%) Puppet
5 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.23%) Control-M
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
6 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.23%) WMI
6 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.35%) F5
3 30 (6.77%) Oracle
4 26 (5.87%) VMware
5 19 (4.29%) Blue Coat
5 19 (4.29%) McAfee
5 19 (4.29%) NetApp
6 18 (4.06%) Bloomberg
7 16 (3.61%) Cisco
8 13 (2.93%) Murex
9 12 (2.71%) ION Trading
10 9 (2.03%) Remedy
10 9 (2.03%) Sybase
11 8 (1.81%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.58%) Ekahau
13 6 (1.35%) Citrix
13 6 (1.35%) Reuters
14 5 (1.13%) Charles River
14 5 (1.13%) Splunk
15 4 (0.90%) IBM
77 Investment Banking jobs in England