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 2 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 148 111
Rank change year-on-year -74 -37 +6
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 541 525 696
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.19% 1.92% 2.11%
As % of the General category 2.14% 2.98% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 358 553
10th Percentile £407 £425 £500
25th Percentile £513 £575 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £744 £775
Median % change year-on-year -10.92% -4.03% +14.81%
75th Percentile £813 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £883 £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 25,258 17,619 19,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.39% 64.34% 57.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,971 11,187 11,994
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £423 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -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 2,059 984 1,072
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.23 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.85 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.10 £25.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +23.66% -31.10% +32.73%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -62 464 £665 -11.37% 397
North of England -35 64 £502 +30.26% 7
North West -11 56 £450 -28.00% 6
West Midlands -14 42 £875 +75.00% 15
Midlands -23 42 £875 +75.00% 16
South West -35 8 £875 +392.96% 13
Yorkshire -45 4 £450 +21.62%
North East - 4 £875 - 1
South East -65 3 £525 -4.55% 25
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 11 (2.03%) Confluence
2 5 (0.92%) MTS
3 4 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.74%) IIS
3 4 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) CICS
5 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (1.85%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.74%) Summit
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.55%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.37%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.37%) Global One
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.18%) Actimize
6 1 (0.18%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.18%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.18%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 73 (13.49%) Azure
2 59 (10.91%) AWS
3 26 (4.81%) GCP
4 19 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.59%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.40%) GitHub
8 12 (2.22%) SaaS
9 9 (1.66%) OCI
9 9 (1.66%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.11%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.92%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.74%) Azure Databricks
12 4 (0.74%) Cloud Run
12 4 (0.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.73%) DNS
2 25 (4.62%) Multicast
3 22 (4.07%) VPN
4 21 (3.88%) HTTP
4 21 (3.88%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.70%) DMZ
6 19 (3.51%) BGP
7 17 (3.14%) BIG-IP
7 17 (3.14%) Wireshark
8 16 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 16 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 16 (2.96%) SSL
9 15 (2.77%) FIX Connectivity
10 11 (2.03%) Firewall
11 4 (0.74%) Network Security
11 4 (0.74%) Wireless
12 3 (0.55%) SSH
12 3 (0.55%) WAN
13 2 (0.37%) DWDM
13 2 (0.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.70%) Metadata
3 18 (3.33%) Power BI
4 14 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.40%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.85%) Chroma
6 10 (1.85%) KDB
6 10 (1.85%) Pinecone
6 10 (1.85%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.66%) Data Vault
8 7 (1.29%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.29%) Tableau
9 6 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.11%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.11%) Kdb+
10 5 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (0.92%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.74%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (9.06%) JIRA
2 25 (4.62%) Git
3 15 (2.77%) Fiddler
4 12 (2.22%) ER Studio
5 10 (1.85%) ERwin
5 10 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.29%) GitLab
6 7 (1.29%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.92%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.74%) Selenium
8 4 (0.74%) webpack
9 3 (0.55%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.55%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.37%) Maven
10 2 (0.37%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.37%) Vite
11 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.18%) XCUITest
General
1 541 (100.00%) Banking
2 339 (62.66%) Finance
3 167 (30.87%) Front Office
4 119 (22.00%) Social Skills
5 67 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (8.50%) Corporate Banking
7 43 (7.95%) Retail Banking
8 39 (7.21%) Retail
9 38 (7.02%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.51%) Back Office
11 18 (3.33%) Legal
12 14 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.22%) Spanish Language
14 9 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.92%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.74%) French Language
17 4 (0.74%) Games
18 3 (0.55%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 172 (31.79%) Developer
2 86 (15.90%) Analyst
3 84 (15.53%) Senior
4 76 (14.05%) Java Developer
5 68 (12.57%) Business Analyst
6 56 (10.35%) Senior Developer
7 36 (6.65%) Senior Java Developer
8 34 (6.28%) Network Engineer
8 34 (6.28%) React Developer
9 30 (5.55%) Senior React Developer
9 30 (5.55%) UI Developer
10 29 (5.36%) Lead
11 28 (5.18%) Senior UI Developer
12 24 (4.44%) Python Developer
13 22 (4.07%) C# Developer
14 21 (3.88%) Architect
14 21 (3.88%) Support Engineer
15 20 (3.70%) Project Manager
15 20 (3.70%) Security Engineer
16 17 (3.14%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.35%) React
2 42 (7.76%) .NET
3 40 (7.39%) FIX Protocol
4 36 (6.65%) Redux
5 18 (3.33%) AngularJS
6 17 (3.14%) Kafka
6 17 (3.14%) REST
7 14 (2.59%) Middleware
8 13 (2.40%) Spring
8 13 (2.40%) Terraform
8 13 (2.40%) WebSockets
9 11 (2.03%) RESTful
10 10 (1.85%) LangChain
10 10 (1.85%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (1.85%) OAuth
10 10 (1.85%) OAuth2
10 10 (1.85%) Pandas
10 10 (1.85%) PySpark
11 9 (1.66%) Flask
11 9 (1.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 96 (17.74%) Derivative
2 84 (15.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 71 (13.12%) Fixed Income
4 67 (12.38%) Equities
5 42 (7.76%) Management Information System
6 35 (6.47%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (5.91%) Product Ownership
8 27 (4.99%) Onboarding
9 23 (4.25%) Market Risk
10 19 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (3.33%) Data Structures
12 16 (2.96%) AI Agents
12 16 (2.96%) Algorithms
13 15 (2.77%) Credit Risk
13 15 (2.77%) TWAP
13 15 (2.77%) VWAP
14 13 (2.40%) Hedge funds
15 12 (2.22%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.85%) Reference Data
17 9 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.28%) Windows
2 32 (5.91%) Linux
3 25 (4.62%) Unix
4 6 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.92%) Android
5 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.55%) 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 (0.18%) HPUX
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.18%) SUSE
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (23.48%) Agile
2 83 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (15.16%) Low Latency
4 80 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (13.86%) Electronic Trading
6 66 (12.20%) CI/CD
7 62 (11.46%) AI
8 56 (10.35%) Analytics
9 51 (9.43%) Software Engineering
10 49 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (9.06%) DevOps
11 47 (8.69%) Wealth Management
12 41 (7.58%) Business Analysis
13 38 (7.02%) Data Modelling
13 38 (7.02%) Full-Stack Development
14 37 (6.84%) Translating Business Requirements
15 34 (6.28%) Multithreading
15 34 (6.28%) User Acceptance Testing
16 33 (6.10%) Decision-Making
17 32 (5.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 121 (22.37%) Java
2 118 (21.81%) SQL
3 110 (20.33%) Python
4 88 (16.27%) C#
5 66 (12.20%) TypeScript
6 56 (10.35%) JavaScript
7 23 (4.25%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.70%) C++
9 14 (2.59%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.29%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.29%) Rust
11 6 (1.11%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.92%) Tcl
13 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.74%) VBA
14 3 (0.55%) Bash
14 3 (0.55%) Bicep
14 3 (0.55%) C
14 3 (0.55%) Perl
14 3 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (7.39%) Degree
2 13 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.66%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.29%) PMP
5 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.92%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.74%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.55%) ACCA
7 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.55%) CIMA
7 3 (0.55%) CISSP
7 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.55%) MCSA
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.37%) CCNP
8 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.37%) MBA
9 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.96%) MiFID
3 11 (2.03%) QA
4 10 (1.85%) EMIR
5 6 (1.11%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS
7 3 (0.55%) NIST
8 2 (0.37%) WCAG
9 1 (0.18%) COBIT
9 1 (0.18%) COREP
9 1 (0.18%) FINREP
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) PSD2
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.77%) Docker
2 15 (2.77%) Firmware
2 15 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) GridGain
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.18%) Varnish
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.66%) Ansible
3 7 (1.29%) SCCM
4 6 (1.11%) WSUS
5 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.55%) Control-M
6 3 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.37%) Kibana
7 2 (0.37%) logstash
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.18%) Grafana
8 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 50 (9.24%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.65%) Oracle
3 32 (5.91%) F5
4 21 (3.88%) Cisco
5 16 (2.96%) Blue Coat
6 15 (2.77%) McAfee
6 15 (2.77%) NetApp
6 15 (2.77%) VMware
7 14 (2.59%) Bloomberg
8 13 (2.40%) Databricks
8 13 (2.40%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.22%) Murex
10 11 (2.03%) ION Trading
11 10 (1.85%) Citrix
11 10 (1.85%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.66%) Sybase
12 9 (1.66%) Tradeweb
13 7 (1.29%) MarketAxess
13 7 (1.29%) Reuters
14 6 (1.11%) Charles River