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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 137 139
Rank change year-on-year -87 +2 -28
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 530 562 637
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 2.07% 1.76%
As % of the General category 2.14% 3.24% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 372 511
10th Percentile £403 £426 £513
25th Percentile £508 £612 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £696 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £809 £838 £884
90th Percentile £938 £881 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £739 £750
% change year-on-year -12.01% -1.50% +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 £19.50
% change year-on-year +8.57% +348.72% -70.70%

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 24,762 17,330 20,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.29% 63.70% 57.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,893 11,096 13,302
10th Percentile £313 £282 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -3.30% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 899 1,606
10th Percentile £14.37 £13.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £16.36 £16.06
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.53% -24.43% +14.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.22 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £26.21 £33.29
% change year-on-year +25.91% -21.26% +8.61%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -65 447 £668 -11.00% 80
North of England -14 73 £807 +117.97% 3
North West +9 66 £502 +12.70% 2
Midlands -11 50 £875 +59.09% 1
West Midlands -13 50 £875 +59.09% 1
South West -35 8 £875 +430.30%
North East - 4 £875 - 1
Yorkshire -46 3 £405 +9.46%
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 9 (1.70%) Confluence
2 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.75%) IIS
4 3 (0.57%) Apache
4 3 (0.57%) 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
5 2 (0.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.38%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.89%) Aladdin
1 10 (1.89%) Oracle Payables
1 10 (1.89%) Oracle Receivables
2 9 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.13%) Summit
5 3 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.57%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.38%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.38%) Global One
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.19%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 64 (12.08%) AWS
1 64 (12.08%) Azure
2 23 (4.34%) GCP
3 22 (4.15%) Power Platform
4 17 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.83%) GitHub
6 12 (2.26%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.26%) OCI
7 11 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.70%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.13%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.13%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.13%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.94%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (0.94%) SaaS
12 3 (0.57%) Cloud Run
12 3 (0.57%) Figma
12 3 (0.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.42%) DNS
2 24 (4.53%) Multicast
3 23 (4.34%) VPN
4 22 (4.15%) HTTP
4 22 (4.15%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.96%) DMZ
6 19 (3.58%) BGP
7 18 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 18 (3.40%) FIX Connectivity
7 18 (3.40%) Wireshark
8 17 (3.21%) BIG-IP
8 17 (3.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 17 (3.21%) SSL
9 9 (1.70%) Firewall
10 3 (0.57%) Wireless
11 2 (0.38%) DWDM
11 2 (0.38%) MPLS
11 2 (0.38%) OSPF
11 2 (0.38%) SAN
11 2 (0.38%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.96%) Power BI
3 18 (3.40%) Metadata
4 17 (3.21%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.89%) Data Vault
6 10 (1.89%) Pinecone
6 10 (1.89%) Tableau
6 10 (1.89%) Weaviate
7 8 (1.51%) KDB
8 7 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.13%) Big Data
9 6 (1.13%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.13%) Redis
10 5 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.94%) Kdb+
10 5 (0.94%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.75%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 38 (7.17%) JIRA
2 16 (3.02%) Fiddler
3 13 (2.45%) Git
4 10 (1.89%) ER Studio
4 10 (1.89%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.70%) ERwin
6 8 (1.51%) GitLab
6 8 (1.51%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.94%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.94%) webpack
8 4 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.75%) Selenium
9 3 (0.57%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.38%) Maven
10 2 (0.38%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.38%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.38%) Vite
11 1 (0.19%) Postman
11 1 (0.19%) XCUITest
General
1 530 (100.00%) Banking
2 314 (59.25%) Finance
3 159 (30.00%) Front Office
4 112 (21.13%) Social Skills
5 61 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (9.06%) Retail Banking
7 42 (7.92%) Corporate Banking
8 40 (7.55%) Retail
9 36 (6.79%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.58%) Legal
11 14 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.89%) Spanish Language
13 9 (1.70%) Back Office
13 9 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.94%) French Language
16 4 (0.75%) Games
17 3 (0.57%) Advertising
17 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 173 (32.64%) Developer
2 87 (16.42%) Analyst
2 87 (16.42%) Java Developer
3 79 (14.91%) Senior
4 68 (12.83%) Business Analyst
5 60 (11.32%) Senior Developer
6 46 (8.68%) Senior Java Developer
7 36 (6.79%) Network Engineer
8 33 (6.23%) React Developer
9 31 (5.85%) UI Developer
10 30 (5.66%) Architect
10 30 (5.66%) Senior React Developer
11 29 (5.47%) Senior UI Developer
12 23 (4.34%) Banking Analyst
12 23 (4.34%) Project Manager
12 23 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (4.15%) C# Developer
13 22 (4.15%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 22 (4.15%) Lead
13 22 (4.15%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (11.32%) React
2 39 (7.36%) .NET
3 37 (6.98%) FIX Protocol
4 35 (6.60%) Redux
5 27 (5.09%) Kafka
6 20 (3.77%) Middleware
7 16 (3.02%) Spring
8 15 (2.83%) AngularJS
8 15 (2.83%) REST
9 12 (2.26%) RESTful
10 11 (2.08%) OAuth
10 11 (2.08%) OAuth2
11 10 (1.89%) CSS
11 10 (1.89%) HTML
11 10 (1.89%) LangChain
11 10 (1.89%) LlamaIndex
11 10 (1.89%) XML
12 9 (1.70%) Node.js
13 8 (1.51%) RxJava
14 7 (1.32%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 98 (18.49%) Derivative
2 80 (15.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 66 (12.45%) Fixed Income
4 65 (12.26%) Equities
5 46 (8.68%) Management Information System
6 35 (6.60%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (4.15%) Market Risk
7 22 (4.15%) Onboarding
8 21 (3.96%) Product Ownership
9 20 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (3.40%) Algorithms
10 18 (3.40%) TWAP
10 18 (3.40%) VWAP
11 17 (3.21%) Data Structures
12 16 (3.02%) Credit Risk
13 13 (2.45%) Cloud Native
14 12 (2.26%) AI Agents
15 10 (1.89%) Hedge funds
16 9 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.79%) Windows
2 28 (5.28%) Unix
3 27 (5.09%) Linux
4 7 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.75%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.57%) Android
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
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (20.75%) Agile
2 83 (15.66%) Low Latency
3 73 (13.77%) Electronic Trading
3 73 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (10.94%) CI/CD
5 53 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (9.81%) AI
6 52 (9.81%) Analytics
7 41 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (7.74%) Software Engineering
7 41 (7.74%) Wealth Management
8 40 (7.55%) Asset Management
8 40 (7.55%) DevOps
9 39 (7.36%) Multithreading
9 39 (7.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 37 (6.98%) TDD
11 33 (6.23%) Load Balancing
12 32 (6.04%) Business Analysis
12 32 (6.04%) Full-Stack Development
12 32 (6.04%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 128 (24.15%) Java
2 103 (19.43%) Python
3 96 (18.11%) SQL
4 82 (15.47%) C#
5 68 (12.83%) TypeScript
6 56 (10.57%) JavaScript
7 22 (4.15%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.58%) C++
9 10 (1.89%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.32%) Rust
11 6 (1.13%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.94%) Scala
13 4 (0.75%) VBA
14 3 (0.57%) Bash
14 3 (0.57%) Bicep
14 3 (0.57%) Perl
14 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.38%) C
16 1 (0.19%) F#
Qualifications
1 30 (5.66%) Degree
2 11 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.89%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.13%) PMP
5 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.75%) CISSP
6 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.57%) MCSA
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
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
9 1 (0.19%) IIBA
9 1 (0.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.26%) MiFID
2 10 (1.89%) QA
3 9 (1.70%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.51%) PMO
5 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.94%) EMIR
6 3 (0.57%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) WCAG
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%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) ITGC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.58%) Docker
2 17 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.02%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Varnish
4 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.89%) Terraform
3 8 (1.51%) SCCM
4 7 (1.32%) Ansible
5 6 (1.13%) WSUS
6 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.57%) Control-M
7 3 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.17%) Oracle
3 34 (6.42%) F5
4 19 (3.58%) Cisco
5 17 (3.21%) Blue Coat
5 17 (3.21%) VMware
6 16 (3.02%) McAfee
6 16 (3.02%) NetApp
7 14 (2.64%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.45%) Murex
9 9 (1.70%) Citrix
10 7 (1.32%) Bloomberg
10 7 (1.32%) Charles River
10 7 (1.32%) ION Trading
10 7 (1.32%) Reuters
10 7 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.13%) Solace
12 5 (0.94%) Databricks
12 5 (0.94%) Remedy
12 5 (0.94%) Sybase