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 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 134 160
Rank change year-on-year -81 +26 -55
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 508 506 563
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.21% 2.09% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.22% 3.26% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 324 434
10th Percentile £403 £415 £500
25th Percentile £500 £612 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £788 £850 £850
90th Percentile £938 £881 £888
UK median daily rate £625 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -13.79% -3.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.96 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +412.82% -72.14%
75th Percentile £56.96 - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £74.73 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -25.27% +412.82% -71.64%

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 22,846 15,521 21,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.40% 64.08% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,998 10,021 13,624
10th Percentile £313 £285 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £740 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 700 1,809
10th Percentile £14.11 £13.49 £12.98
25th Percentile £18.33 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.16 £28.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% -8.20% -4.57%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.03 £75.00 £66.74
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -7.69%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -53 423 £648 -13.67% 52
North of England -19 74 £875 +40.00% 6
North West +16 69 £663 -8.62% 2
Midlands -3 56 - -
West Midlands -7 56 - -
South West - 8 £695 -
Yorkshire -61 3 £405 +5.19% 4
North East - 2 £875 -
South East - 2 £159 - 23
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 12 (2.36%) Confluence
2 5 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.79%) IIS
4 3 (0.59%) Apache
4 3 (0.59%) SAS
5 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.20%) CICS
Applications
1 29 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.56%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.39%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (2.76%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (2.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (2.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (1.77%) Payment Gateway
4 8 (1.57%) Aladdin
5 6 (1.18%) Summit
6 4 (0.79%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.59%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.39%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.39%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.39%) Global One
9 1 (0.20%) Actimize
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg AIM
9 1 (0.20%) BusinessWorks
9 1 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.20%) Orchestrade
9 1 (0.20%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 70 (13.78%) Azure
2 64 (12.60%) AWS
3 21 (4.13%) GCP
4 17 (3.35%) Power Platform
5 16 (3.15%) OCI
6 14 (2.76%) GitHub
6 14 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.17%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.57%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.18%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.18%) npm
11 6 (1.18%) Yarn
12 5 (0.98%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.59%) Figma
14 3 (0.59%) SaaS
15 2 (0.39%) Adobe Analytics
15 2 (0.39%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.28%) DNS
2 24 (4.72%) HTTP
3 23 (4.53%) Multicast
3 23 (4.53%) TCP/IP
3 23 (4.53%) VPN
4 22 (4.33%) DMZ
4 22 (4.33%) FIX Connectivity
5 20 (3.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 20 (3.94%) Wireshark
6 19 (3.74%) BGP
6 19 (3.74%) BIG-IP
6 19 (3.74%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 19 (3.74%) SSL
7 8 (1.57%) Firewall
8 3 (0.59%) SAN
8 3 (0.59%) Wireless
9 2 (0.39%) DWDM
9 2 (0.39%) MPLS
9 2 (0.39%) Network Security
9 2 (0.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.33%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.54%) Relational Database
3 16 (3.15%) Metadata
3 16 (3.15%) Power BI
4 11 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.17%) Tableau
5 10 (1.97%) Pinecone
5 10 (1.97%) Weaviate
6 9 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.57%) Data Vault
8 6 (1.18%) Big Data
8 6 (1.18%) KDB
8 6 (1.18%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.18%) Redis
9 5 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.79%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.59%) Kdb+
11 3 (0.59%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (6.69%) JIRA
2 18 (3.54%) Fiddler
3 11 (2.17%) TeamCity
4 8 (1.57%) Git
5 7 (1.38%) ER Studio
5 7 (1.38%) ERwin
5 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.38%) webpack
6 6 (1.18%) GitLab
6 6 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.98%) Selenium
8 4 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.39%) Maven
9 2 (0.39%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.39%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 508 (100.00%) Banking
2 295 (58.07%) Finance
3 143 (28.15%) Front Office
4 109 (21.46%) Social Skills
5 62 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (8.66%) Retail Banking
7 36 (7.09%) Retail
8 35 (6.89%) Corporate Banking
9 30 (5.91%) Financial Institution
10 21 (4.13%) Legal
11 15 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.97%) Back Office
12 10 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.38%) French Language
14 7 (1.38%) Spanish Language
15 6 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.59%) Aviation
16 3 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 150 (29.53%) Developer
2 87 (17.13%) Analyst
3 75 (14.76%) Java Developer
4 71 (13.98%) Senior
5 68 (13.39%) Business Analyst
6 49 (9.65%) Senior Developer
7 40 (7.87%) Senior Java Developer
8 38 (7.48%) Network Engineer
9 34 (6.69%) Architect
10 28 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (5.31%) Banking Analyst
12 26 (5.12%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 26 (5.12%) Payments Architect
12 26 (5.12%) Payments Solutions Architect
13 23 (4.53%) Security Engineer
14 22 (4.33%) C# Developer
14 22 (4.33%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 22 (4.33%) Support Engineer
15 21 (4.13%) Data Engineer
15 21 (4.13%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.66%) React
2 41 (8.07%) .NET
3 37 (7.28%) FIX Protocol
4 27 (5.31%) Kafka
5 25 (4.92%) Redux
6 21 (4.13%) Middleware
7 15 (2.95%) CSS
7 15 (2.95%) HTML
8 14 (2.76%) AngularJS
8 14 (2.76%) Spring
9 13 (2.56%) XML
10 11 (2.17%) LangChain
11 10 (1.97%) LlamaIndex
11 10 (1.97%) REST
11 10 (1.97%) RESTful
12 8 (1.57%) HTML5
12 8 (1.57%) OAuth
13 7 (1.38%) Node.js
13 7 (1.38%) OAuth2
13 7 (1.38%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 94 (18.50%) Derivative
2 63 (12.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 59 (11.61%) Equities
4 57 (11.22%) Management Information System
5 50 (9.84%) Fixed Income
6 25 (4.92%) Market Risk
7 20 (3.94%) Credit Risk
7 20 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (3.94%) TWAP
7 20 (3.94%) VWAP
8 19 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (3.74%) Onboarding
9 18 (3.54%) Algorithms
10 16 (3.15%) Data Structures
10 16 (3.15%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.36%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.17%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.57%) Hedge funds
15 7 (1.38%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.30%) Windows
2 24 (4.72%) Unix
3 20 (3.94%) Linux
4 9 (1.77%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.18%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (19.29%) Agile
2 69 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (12.80%) Low Latency
4 62 (12.20%) Electronic Trading
5 55 (10.83%) Analytics
6 51 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (9.25%) CI/CD
8 46 (9.06%) Asset Management
9 45 (8.86%) User Acceptance Testing
10 44 (8.66%) AI
11 42 (8.27%) Multithreading
12 41 (8.07%) Business Analysis
13 40 (7.87%) TDD
14 39 (7.68%) DevOps
15 37 (7.28%) SDLC
16 35 (6.89%) Load Balancing
17 33 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (6.50%) Software Engineering
17 33 (6.50%) Wealth Management
18 32 (6.30%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 118 (23.23%) Java
2 99 (19.49%) Python
3 98 (19.29%) SQL
4 67 (13.19%) C#
5 50 (9.84%) TypeScript
6 40 (7.87%) JavaScript
7 22 (4.33%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.35%) C++
9 9 (1.77%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.18%) Rust
10 6 (1.18%) Scala
11 5 (0.98%) VBA
12 4 (0.79%) Bash
13 3 (0.59%) Perl
14 2 (0.39%) Bicep
14 2 (0.39%) C
14 2 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 37 (7.28%) Degree
2 17 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.36%) Azure Certification
4 9 (1.77%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.38%) PMP
6 5 (0.98%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.79%) CISSP
7 4 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.79%) MCSA
7 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.59%) CFA
9 2 (0.39%) ACCA
9 2 (0.39%) CCNP
9 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.39%) MBA
9 2 (0.39%) PhD
9 2 (0.39%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.15%) MiFID
2 15 (2.95%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.56%) PMO
3 13 (2.56%) QA
4 8 (1.57%) SLA
5 6 (1.18%) EMIR
6 5 (0.98%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) GDPR
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) NIST
7 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.39%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) Basel III
8 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) PSD2
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (3.94%) Docker
2 19 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.54%) Firmware
4 12 (2.36%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.20%) GridGain
5 1 (0.20%) Varnish
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.35%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.57%) Terraform
3 7 (1.38%) SCCM
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.98%) WSUS
5 4 (0.79%) Control-M
6 3 (0.59%) Ansible
7 2 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.39%) Puppet
7 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.20%) WMI
Vendors
1 49 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.48%) Oracle
3 37 (7.28%) F5
4 19 (3.74%) Blue Coat
4 19 (3.74%) Cisco
4 19 (3.74%) VMware
5 18 (3.54%) McAfee
5 18 (3.54%) NetApp
6 13 (2.56%) Murex
7 12 (2.36%) Bloomberg
7 12 (2.36%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.77%) Citrix
8 9 (1.77%) ION Trading
9 8 (1.57%) Charles River
10 7 (1.38%) Reuters
10 7 (1.38%) Sybase
11 6 (1.18%) Adobe
11 6 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.98%) Remedy
13 4 (0.79%) Splunk