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 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 165 117
Rank change year-on-year -68 -48 +6
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 541 498 670
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.77% 2.09%
As % of the General category 2.03% 2.76% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 319 500
10th Percentile £405 £450 £500
25th Percentile £513 £545 £610
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £658 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £793 £825 £850
90th Percentile £938 £925 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £675 £725
% change year-on-year -3.70% -6.90% +6.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £25.09 -
25th Percentile - £34.41 £76.25
Median hourly rate - £55.37 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -28.56% +318.92%
75th Percentile - £74.69 £78.75
90th Percentile - £83.13 -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £55.37 £60.77
% change year-on-year +71.59% -8.89% +228.49%

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 26,662 18,038 18,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.95% 63.95% 58.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,529 11,459 11,342
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,080 797
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.36 £16.45 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.51 £70.27 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £26.84 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year +7.36% -21.88% +7.56%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -49 476 £668 -4.64% 30
North of England -47 51 £464 -9.46% 2
North West -35 40 £489 +20.00%
West Midlands -37 31 £688 +37.50%
Midlands -41 31 £688 +37.50%
South West -31 8 £875 +360.53% 2
Yorkshire -39 7 £450 -14.29% 1
North East - 4 £875 - 1
South East -57 3 £525 -4.55% 4
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 17 (3.14%) Confluence
2 6 (1.11%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.92%) Apache
3 5 (0.92%) MTS
3 5 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (1.48%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (1.11%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.37%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.18%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.18%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.18%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 88 (16.27%) Azure
2 65 (12.01%) AWS
3 33 (6.10%) GCP
4 17 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 16 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.59%) SaaS
7 13 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.22%) GitHub
9 11 (2.03%) OCI
10 7 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (1.11%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.11%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.11%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.92%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (0.92%) Cloud Run
12 5 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.25%) DNS
2 22 (4.07%) Multicast
3 17 (3.14%) VPN
4 15 (2.77%) BGP
4 15 (2.77%) HTTP
4 15 (2.77%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.59%) DMZ
6 13 (2.40%) BIG-IP
6 13 (2.40%) Wireshark
7 12 (2.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 12 (2.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 12 (2.22%) SSL
8 10 (1.85%) FIX Connectivity
9 9 (1.66%) Firewall
10 8 (1.48%) WAN
11 6 (1.11%) DWDM
11 6 (1.11%) MPLS
12 5 (0.92%) Network Security
12 5 (0.92%) SSH
12 5 (0.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.33%) Metadata
4 17 (3.14%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.77%) Power BI
6 11 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.85%) Data Vault
7 10 (1.85%) KDB
7 10 (1.85%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.66%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.29%) Chroma
9 7 (1.29%) Kdb+
9 7 (1.29%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.29%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.29%) Weaviate
10 6 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.11%) Redis
11 5 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.92%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 55 (10.17%) JIRA
2 28 (5.18%) Git
3 12 (2.22%) ER Studio
4 11 (2.03%) Fiddler
5 10 (1.85%) ERwin
5 10 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.48%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.11%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.11%) webpack
8 5 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.92%) GitLab
8 5 (0.92%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.74%) Selenium
10 3 (0.55%) Maven
10 3 (0.55%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.55%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.37%) GCC
11 2 (0.37%) GDB
11 2 (0.37%) Gradle
11 2 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 541 (100.00%) Banking
2 356 (65.80%) Finance
3 162 (29.94%) Front Office
4 127 (23.48%) Social Skills
5 76 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (7.39%) Financial Institution
7 38 (7.02%) Corporate Banking
8 37 (6.84%) Retail Banking
9 32 (5.91%) Retail
10 27 (4.99%) Back Office
11 17 (3.14%) Legal
12 14 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.85%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.92%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.74%) Games
17 4 (0.74%) Law
18 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 183 (33.83%) Developer
2 97 (17.93%) Senior
3 87 (16.08%) Analyst
4 72 (13.31%) Java Developer
5 63 (11.65%) Business Analyst
6 55 (10.17%) Senior Developer
7 33 (6.10%) Senior Java Developer
8 31 (5.73%) Network Engineer
8 31 (5.73%) React Developer
9 30 (5.55%) Python Developer
10 28 (5.18%) Lead
11 26 (4.81%) Senior React Developer
12 25 (4.62%) UI Developer
13 24 (4.44%) Senior UI Developer
14 23 (4.25%) Project Manager
15 22 (4.07%) C# Developer
16 20 (3.70%) Data Engineer
16 20 (3.70%) Support Engineer
17 18 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
18 16 (2.96%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (9.80%) React
2 38 (7.02%) .NET
3 31 (5.73%) REST
4 30 (5.55%) Redux
5 29 (5.36%) FIX Protocol
6 26 (4.81%) Kafka
7 24 (4.44%) AngularJS
8 22 (4.07%) Spring
9 18 (3.33%) RESTful
10 16 (2.96%) Terraform
11 15 (2.77%) Flask
11 15 (2.77%) PySpark
12 14 (2.59%) Pandas
12 14 (2.59%) Spring Boot
13 11 (2.03%) FastAPI
13 11 (2.03%) NumPy
13 11 (2.03%) WebSockets
14 10 (1.85%) Django
15 9 (1.66%) LangChain
16 8 (1.48%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 84 (15.53%) Derivative
2 81 (14.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 69 (12.75%) Fixed Income
4 58 (10.72%) Equities
5 42 (7.76%) Management Information System
6 36 (6.65%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (6.10%) Product Ownership
8 27 (4.99%) Onboarding
9 26 (4.81%) Market Risk
10 20 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (3.33%) Reference Data
12 17 (3.14%) AI Agents
12 17 (3.14%) Data Structures
13 15 (2.77%) Hedge funds
14 13 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (2.22%) Algorithms
15 12 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (2.03%) Cloud Native
17 10 (1.85%) TWAP
17 10 (1.85%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.39%) Linux
2 33 (6.10%) Windows
3 25 (4.62%) Unix
4 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.74%) Android
5 4 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.37%) AIX
7 2 (0.37%) macOS
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) HPUX
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.18%) SUSE
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (24.21%) Agile
2 110 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (14.05%) CI/CD
5 71 (13.12%) Low Latency
6 66 (12.20%) Electronic Trading
7 65 (12.01%) AI
8 55 (10.17%) Migration
9 54 (9.98%) Analytics
9 54 (9.98%) Software Engineering
10 52 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (9.61%) DevOps
11 48 (8.87%) Business Analysis
12 45 (8.32%) Wealth Management
13 42 (7.76%) Data Modelling
13 42 (7.76%) Translating Business Requirements
14 40 (7.39%) Event-Driven
14 40 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 40 (7.39%) User Stories
15 37 (6.84%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (23.66%) SQL
2 121 (22.37%) Java
3 116 (21.44%) Python
4 81 (14.97%) C#
5 59 (10.91%) TypeScript
6 53 (9.80%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.51%) C++
8 17 (3.14%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.96%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.29%) Bash
10 7 (1.29%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.92%) Tcl
12 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.74%) Rust
13 3 (0.55%) Bicep
13 3 (0.55%) C
13 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.37%) Korn
14 2 (0.37%) VBA
15 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (6.65%) Degree
2 10 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (1.85%) PMP
3 7 (1.29%) Azure Certification
3 7 (1.29%) PMI Certification
4 6 (1.11%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.74%) ACCA
5 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
5 4 (0.74%) CBAP
5 4 (0.74%) CIMA
5 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.74%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.55%) CISSP
7 2 (0.37%) CCNP
7 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.18%) MCSA
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.18%) PgMP
8 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.77%) MiFID
3 14 (2.59%) QA
4 10 (1.85%) EMIR
5 5 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.92%) NIST
5 5 (0.92%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS
7 3 (0.55%) WCAG
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) COBIT
9 1 (0.18%) COREP
9 1 (0.18%) FINREP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) TARGET2
System Software
1 23 (4.25%) Docker
2 20 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.03%) Firmware
3 11 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.29%) Ansible
3 6 (1.11%) SCCM
4 4 (0.74%) Grafana
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.55%) WSUS
6 2 (0.37%) Kibana
6 2 (0.37%) logstash
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (8.13%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.65%) Oracle
3 24 (4.44%) F5
4 22 (4.07%) Cisco
5 17 (3.14%) Databricks
6 16 (2.96%) Bloomberg
7 15 (2.77%) Murex
8 13 (2.40%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.22%) Blue Coat
9 12 (2.22%) ION Trading
10 11 (2.03%) Citrix
10 11 (2.03%) McAfee
10 11 (2.03%) NetApp
10 11 (2.03%) VMware
11 10 (1.85%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.66%) Tradeweb
13 7 (1.29%) Arista
13 7 (1.29%) MarketAxess
14 6 (1.11%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.11%) Reuters