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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 147 115
Rank change year-on-year -72 -32 +1
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 540 532 685
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 1.93% 2.06%
As % of the General category 2.14% 2.99% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 367 547
10th Percentile £410 £425 £500
25th Percentile £513 £593 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £667 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -11.07% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £818 £825 £879
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 25,265 17,776 19,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.26% 64.42% 57.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,980 11,293 12,119
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -6.51% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £651
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 2,035 997 1,113
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.43 £14.10
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £31.90 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +26.84% -34.02% +35.37%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.46 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +25.09% -28.87% +26.38%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -56 464 £667 -11.03% 368
North of England -27 63 £502 +30.26% 9
North West -7 55 £450 -28.00% 7
West Midlands -14 41 £875 - 12
Midlands -19 41 £875 - 13
South West -36 8 £875 +392.96% 11
Yorkshire -54 4 £450 +21.62% 1
North East - 4 £875 - 1
South East -55 3 £525 -4.55% 28
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 10 (1.85%) Confluence
2 4 (0.74%) IIS
2 4 (0.74%) MTS
3 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.37%) 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 19 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (1.85%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.74%) Summit
3 3 (0.56%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.56%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.37%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.37%) Global One
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 72 (13.33%) Azure
2 59 (10.93%) AWS
3 24 (4.44%) GCP
4 19 (3.52%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.59%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.41%) GitHub
8 12 (2.22%) SaaS
9 9 (1.67%) OCI
10 8 (1.48%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.11%) Google Workspace
12 5 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.93%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.93%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.74%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.56%) Cloud Run
14 3 (0.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.74%) DNS
2 25 (4.63%) Multicast
3 22 (4.07%) VPN
4 21 (3.89%) HTTP
4 21 (3.89%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.70%) DMZ
6 19 (3.52%) BGP
7 17 (3.15%) BIG-IP
7 17 (3.15%) Wireshark
8 16 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 16 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 16 (2.96%) SSL
9 15 (2.78%) FIX Connectivity
10 11 (2.04%) Firewall
11 4 (0.74%) Network Security
12 3 (0.56%) SSH
12 3 (0.56%) Wireless
13 2 (0.37%) DWDM
13 2 (0.37%) MPLS
13 2 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.70%) Metadata
3 19 (3.52%) Power BI
4 14 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.59%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.85%) KDB
5 10 (1.85%) Pinecone
5 10 (1.85%) Weaviate
6 9 (1.67%) Data Vault
7 7 (1.30%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.30%) Tableau
8 6 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.11%) Kdb+
8 6 (1.11%) Redis
9 5 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.74%) Big Data
10 4 (0.74%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 49 (9.07%) JIRA
2 20 (3.70%) Git
3 15 (2.78%) Fiddler
4 12 (2.22%) ER Studio
5 10 (1.85%) ERwin
5 10 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.67%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.30%) GitLab
8 5 (0.93%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.74%) Selenium
9 4 (0.74%) webpack
10 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.56%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.37%) Maven
11 2 (0.37%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.37%) Vite
12 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.19%) XCUITest
General
1 540 (100.00%) Banking
2 337 (62.41%) Finance
3 168 (31.11%) Front Office
4 119 (22.04%) Social Skills
5 66 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (8.15%) Corporate Banking
7 43 (7.96%) Retail Banking
8 39 (7.22%) Retail
9 38 (7.04%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.52%) Back Office
11 18 (3.33%) Legal
12 15 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.22%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.74%) French Language
17 4 (0.74%) Games
17 4 (0.74%) General Ledger
18 3 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 177 (32.78%) Developer
2 86 (15.93%) Analyst
3 84 (15.56%) Senior
4 78 (14.44%) Java Developer
5 67 (12.41%) Business Analyst
6 57 (10.56%) Senior Developer
7 37 (6.85%) Senior Java Developer
8 34 (6.30%) Network Engineer
8 34 (6.30%) React Developer
9 30 (5.56%) Senior React Developer
9 30 (5.56%) UI Developer
10 28 (5.19%) Lead
10 28 (5.19%) Senior UI Developer
11 25 (4.63%) C# Developer
12 23 (4.26%) Python Developer
13 22 (4.07%) Architect
14 20 (3.70%) Security Engineer
14 20 (3.70%) Support Engineer
15 19 (3.52%) Project Manager
16 18 (3.33%) Electronic Trading Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.56%) React
2 45 (8.33%) .NET
3 39 (7.22%) FIX Protocol
4 36 (6.67%) Redux
5 20 (3.70%) AngularJS
6 17 (3.15%) Kafka
7 16 (2.96%) REST
8 14 (2.59%) Middleware
8 14 (2.59%) Spring
8 14 (2.59%) WebSockets
9 13 (2.41%) Terraform
10 12 (2.22%) RESTful
11 10 (1.85%) LangChain
11 10 (1.85%) LlamaIndex
11 10 (1.85%) OAuth
11 10 (1.85%) OAuth2
12 9 (1.67%) Node.js
12 9 (1.67%) Pandas
12 9 (1.67%) PySpark
13 8 (1.48%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 98 (18.15%) Derivative
2 84 (15.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 70 (12.96%) Fixed Income
4 67 (12.41%) Equities
5 41 (7.59%) Management Information System
6 35 (6.48%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (5.74%) Product Ownership
8 27 (5.00%) Onboarding
9 22 (4.07%) Market Risk
10 19 (3.52%) Data Structures
11 18 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (2.96%) Algorithms
13 15 (2.78%) AI Agents
13 15 (2.78%) Credit Risk
13 15 (2.78%) TWAP
13 15 (2.78%) VWAP
14 13 (2.41%) Hedge funds
15 11 (2.04%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.85%) Reference Data
17 8 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.30%) Windows
2 31 (5.74%) Linux
3 25 (4.63%) Unix
4 6 (1.11%) 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
1 127 (23.52%) Agile
2 83 (15.37%) Low Latency
3 80 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (14.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (13.89%) Electronic Trading
6 61 (11.30%) CI/CD
7 60 (11.11%) AI
8 55 (10.19%) Analytics
9 49 (9.07%) Software Engineering
10 47 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (8.70%) DevOps
11 46 (8.52%) Wealth Management
12 41 (7.59%) Business Analysis
13 38 (7.04%) Data Modelling
13 38 (7.04%) Full-Stack Development
14 36 (6.67%) Multithreading
15 35 (6.48%) Translating Business Requirements
15 35 (6.48%) User Acceptance Testing
16 32 (5.93%) Load Balancing
16 32 (5.93%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 123 (22.78%) Java
2 114 (21.11%) SQL
3 105 (19.44%) Python
4 91 (16.85%) C#
5 66 (12.22%) TypeScript
6 55 (10.19%) JavaScript
7 23 (4.26%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.70%) C++
9 14 (2.59%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.30%) Rust
11 6 (1.11%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.11%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.74%) Tcl
12 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.74%) VBA
13 3 (0.56%) Bash
13 3 (0.56%) Bicep
13 3 (0.56%) C
13 3 (0.56%) Perl
13 3 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (6.85%) Degree
2 12 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.48%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.11%) PMP
5 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.74%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.56%) CISSP
6 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (0.56%) MCSA
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.56%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.37%) ACCA
7 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.37%) CCNP
7 2 (0.37%) CIMA
7 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.37%) MBA
8 1 (0.19%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.78%) MiFID
3 11 (2.04%) QA
4 9 (1.67%) EMIR
5 6 (1.11%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.56%) NIST
8 2 (0.37%) IFRS
8 2 (0.37%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) COREP
9 1 (0.19%) FINREP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) PSD2
9 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.78%) Firmware
2 15 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.59%) Docker
4 1 (0.19%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.19%) Varnish
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.67%) Ansible
3 7 (1.30%) SCCM
4 6 (1.11%) 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 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.48%) Oracle
3 32 (5.93%) F5
4 21 (3.89%) Cisco
5 16 (2.96%) Blue Coat
6 15 (2.78%) McAfee
6 15 (2.78%) NetApp
6 15 (2.78%) VMware
7 13 (2.41%) Bloomberg
7 13 (2.41%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.22%) Databricks
8 12 (2.22%) Murex
9 10 (1.85%) Citrix
9 10 (1.85%) ION Trading
9 10 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.48%) Sybase
10 8 (1.48%) Tradeweb
11 7 (1.30%) Reuters
12 6 (1.11%) Charles River
12 6 (1.11%) SAP