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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 150 157
Rank change year-on-year -57 +7 -56
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 455 472 572
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.31% 1.82% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.21% 2.91% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 281 417
10th Percentile £413 £450 £483
25th Percentile £500 £595 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £678 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% -3.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £775 £834 £813
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% -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 20,563 16,215 22,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.23% 62.59% 58.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,016 9,949 14,501
10th Percentile £300 £297 £265
25th Percentile £405 £410 £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 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,295 516 1,527
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.93 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.47% +17.12% -10.34%
75th Percentile £51.53 £60.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £67.10
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £29.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +11.54% -3.70%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -41 381 £648 -7.50% 104
North of England -24 66 £306 -51.00% 2
North West +19 60 £190 -68.33% 1
West Midlands -17 56 £500 -11.50% 9
Midlands -24 56 £500 -11.50% 9
Yorkshire -44 16 £423 -32.40% 1
South West - 4 £190 - 1
South East -28 2 £159 - 20
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 22 (4.84%) Confluence
2 10 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.54%) Apache
3 7 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.44%) SAS
7 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 25 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.40%) MS Visio
3 14 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (2.42%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (2.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.32%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.66%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.44%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.44%) Summit
6 2 (0.44%) thinkFolio
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.85%) Azure
2 59 (12.97%) AWS
3 18 (3.96%) Power Platform
4 15 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.86%) Snowflake
6 12 (2.64%) GitHub
7 11 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.42%) OCI
8 10 (2.20%) GCP
9 8 (1.76%) Serverless
10 6 (1.32%) dbt
11 5 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.10%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.10%) npm
11 5 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.10%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.10%) Yarn
12 4 (0.88%) ChatGPT
12 4 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.11%) DNS
2 30 (6.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 29 (6.37%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 26 (5.71%) DMZ
5 24 (5.27%) TCP/IP
6 21 (4.62%) HTTP
7 19 (4.18%) BIG-IP
7 19 (4.18%) SSL
7 19 (4.18%) Wireshark
8 15 (3.30%) BGP
9 13 (2.86%) FIX Connectivity
9 13 (2.86%) VPN
10 12 (2.64%) Multicast
10 12 (2.64%) Network Security
11 8 (1.76%) DHCP
12 7 (1.54%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.54%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (1.54%) NX-OS
12 7 (1.54%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.27%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.52%) Relational Database
4 15 (3.30%) Power BI
5 13 (2.86%) Tableau
6 12 (2.64%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.76%) DB2
7 8 (1.76%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.32%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (1.32%) Apache Iceberg
8 6 (1.32%) Apache Ignite
8 6 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.32%) Dremio
8 6 (1.32%) KDB
8 6 (1.32%) Metadata
9 5 (1.10%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.10%) Redis
10 4 (0.88%) Big Data
10 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 34 (7.47%) JIRA
2 19 (4.18%) Fiddler
3 15 (3.30%) Git
4 11 (2.42%) JUnit
5 9 (1.98%) GitLab
6 6 (1.32%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.32%) Maven
6 6 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.32%) Selenium
7 5 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.10%) webpack
8 4 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.88%) Postman
8 4 (0.88%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.44%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 455 (100.00%) Banking
2 245 (53.85%) Finance
3 129 (28.35%) Social Skills
4 102 (22.42%) Front Office
5 62 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (6.15%) Retail Banking
7 23 (5.05%) Financial Institution
8 21 (4.62%) Corporate Banking
9 19 (4.18%) Retail
10 15 (3.30%) Back Office
11 14 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.20%) Legal
13 7 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.10%) French Language
15 4 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.44%) Marketing
17 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
17 1 (0.22%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (28.79%) Developer
2 81 (17.80%) Analyst
3 64 (14.07%) Senior
4 62 (13.63%) Java Developer
5 60 (13.19%) Business Analyst
6 40 (8.79%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.91%) Network Engineer
8 34 (7.47%) Senior Java Developer
9 27 (5.93%) Banking Analyst
10 26 (5.71%) AWS Developer
11 24 (5.27%) Project Manager
12 22 (4.84%) Kafka Developer
13 21 (4.62%) Architect
14 19 (4.18%) C# Developer
15 18 (3.96%) Analytics Developer
15 18 (3.96%) Data Engineer
15 18 (3.96%) PostgreSQL Developer
16 17 (3.74%) Lead
17 16 (3.52%) Blue Coat Engineer
17 16 (3.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.01%) Kafka
2 33 (7.25%) .NET
3 32 (7.03%) React
4 21 (4.62%) Pandas
5 18 (3.96%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.96%) FIX Protocol
6 16 (3.52%) NumPy
6 16 (3.52%) Spring
7 14 (3.08%) HTML
7 14 (3.08%) SciPy
8 13 (2.86%) Middleware
9 12 (2.64%) CSS
9 12 (2.64%) JMS
9 12 (2.64%) REST
10 11 (2.42%) XML
11 10 (2.20%) FastAPI
12 9 (1.98%) Flask
13 8 (1.76%) Polars
13 8 (1.76%) Redux
13 8 (1.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (18.02%) Derivative
2 65 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 45 (9.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 42 (9.23%) Equities
5 39 (8.57%) Fixed Income
6 31 (6.81%) Market Risk
7 27 (5.93%) Hedge funds
8 25 (5.49%) Onboarding
9 19 (4.18%) Credit Risk
10 13 (2.86%) Cloud Native
11 12 (2.64%) Data Structures
12 11 (2.42%) Data Centre
12 11 (2.42%) TWAP
12 11 (2.42%) VWAP
13 9 (1.98%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (1.76%) Product Ownership
15 7 (1.54%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.81%) Linux
2 21 (4.62%) Windows
3 16 (3.52%) Unix
4 7 (1.54%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.10%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.44%) AIX
7 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (20.00%) Agile
2 76 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (10.33%) Analytics
5 44 (9.67%) DevOps
6 43 (9.45%) CI/CD
6 43 (9.45%) Project Management
7 42 (9.23%) Risk Management
8 41 (9.01%) User Acceptance Testing
9 40 (8.79%) Business Analysis
10 39 (8.57%) SDLC
11 38 (8.35%) AI
12 37 (8.13%) Load Balancing
12 37 (8.13%) Software Engineering
12 37 (8.13%) TDD
13 35 (7.69%) Asset Management
14 31 (6.81%) Design Patterns
14 31 (6.81%) Multithreading
15 30 (6.59%) Data Analysis
15 30 (6.59%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 108 (23.74%) Java
1 108 (23.74%) SQL
2 96 (21.10%) Python
3 54 (11.87%) C#
4 32 (7.03%) JavaScript
5 26 (5.71%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.40%) C++
7 16 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.86%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.76%) Rust
10 7 (1.54%) Lisp
11 6 (1.32%) Scala
12 5 (1.10%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.10%) VBA
13 4 (0.88%) Bash
13 4 (0.88%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.66%) Go
14 3 (0.66%) Perl
14 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 41 (9.01%) Degree
2 12 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (2.64%) Master's Degree
3 9 (1.98%) PMP
4 8 (1.76%) Azure Certification
4 8 (1.76%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.54%) CCNP
5 7 (1.54%) CFA
5 7 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.32%) PhD
7 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.44%) ACCA
8 2 (0.44%) CISSP
8 2 (0.44%) IIBA
8 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.44%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.22%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.84%) QA
2 14 (3.08%) MiFID
3 10 (2.20%) EMIR
3 10 (2.20%) PMO
4 9 (1.98%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.54%) SLA
6 4 (0.88%) GDPR
7 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.44%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.44%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.44%) GRC
8 2 (0.44%) NIST
8 2 (0.44%) SEPA
8 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.22%) FINRA
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) ITGC
9 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (5.27%) Docker
3 17 (3.74%) Firmware
4 4 (0.88%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) GridGain
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.54%) Ansible
2 7 (1.54%) FortiGate
3 6 (1.32%) SCCM
4 4 (0.88%) Terraform
5 3 (0.66%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 3 (0.66%) WSUS
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.44%) Puppet
7 1 (0.22%) Control-M
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.35%) F5
3 27 (5.93%) Oracle
4 26 (5.71%) VMware
5 19 (4.18%) Blue Coat
5 19 (4.18%) McAfee
5 19 (4.18%) NetApp
6 17 (3.74%) Bloomberg
7 15 (3.30%) Cisco
8 12 (2.64%) ION Trading
8 12 (2.64%) Murex
9 11 (2.42%) Sybase
10 9 (1.98%) Remedy
11 7 (1.54%) Ekahau
11 7 (1.54%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.32%) Databricks
13 5 (1.10%) Citrix
13 5 (1.10%) Reuters
13 5 (1.10%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.10%) Splunk