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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 145 156
Rank change year-on-year -67 +11 -62
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 449 476 584
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 1.85% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.11% 2.94% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 291 423
10th Percentile £412 £450 £487
25th Percentile £500 £600 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £775 £853 £816
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £625 £684 £700
% change year-on-year -8.63% -2.29% -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 21,273 16,169 22,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 62.90% 58.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,462 10,167 14,689
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £758
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,318 569 1,655
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.25 £13.14
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.00 £15.27
Median hourly rate £24.51 £30.81 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +19.45% -19.41%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -19.28%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -42 374 £625 -10.71% 52
North of England -13 69 £306 -54.63%
North West +13 63 £190 -73.79%
West Midlands -7 57 - - 2
Midlands -17 57 - - 2
Yorkshire -49 14 £423 -32.40%
South West - 4 £190 - 1
South East - 2 £159 - 15
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 19 (4.23%) Confluence
2 10 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.56%) Apache
3 7 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Applications
1 22 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.23%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.67%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (2.90%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (2.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 12 (2.67%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.11%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.11%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.11%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.67%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.45%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.45%) Summit
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.92%) Azure
2 57 (12.69%) AWS
3 14 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.90%) OCI
4 13 (2.90%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.67%) GCP
5 12 (2.67%) GitHub
5 12 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.67%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.34%) Serverless
7 5 (1.11%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.11%) npm
7 5 (1.11%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.11%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.11%) Yarn
8 4 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.89%) ChatGPT
8 4 (0.89%) dbt
8 4 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (0.89%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 47 (10.47%) DNS
2 29 (6.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 28 (6.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 25 (5.57%) DMZ
4 25 (5.57%) TCP/IP
5 22 (4.90%) HTTP
6 20 (4.45%) BIG-IP
6 20 (4.45%) SSL
6 20 (4.45%) Wireshark
7 17 (3.79%) BGP
8 15 (3.34%) FIX Connectivity
8 15 (3.34%) VPN
9 14 (3.12%) Multicast
10 10 (2.23%) Network Security
11 8 (1.78%) DHCP
12 7 (1.56%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (1.56%) NX-OS
12 7 (1.56%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.34%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.45%) Power BI
5 8 (1.78%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.78%) Tableau
6 7 (1.56%) Metadata
6 7 (1.56%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.56%) Redis
7 6 (1.34%) Apache Ignite
7 6 (1.34%) DB2
7 6 (1.34%) KDB
8 5 (1.11%) Big Data
8 5 (1.11%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.89%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (0.89%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (0.89%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.89%) Dremio
10 3 (0.67%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 32 (7.13%) JIRA
2 20 (4.45%) Fiddler
3 12 (2.67%) Git
4 8 (1.78%) GitLab
4 8 (1.78%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (1.56%) JUnit
6 5 (1.11%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.11%) Selenium
6 5 (1.11%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.11%) webpack
7 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.89%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.67%) Maven
8 3 (0.67%) Postman
8 3 (0.67%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.67%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
General
1 449 (100.00%) Banking
2 246 (54.79%) Finance
3 124 (27.62%) Social Skills
4 104 (23.16%) Front Office
5 55 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (7.13%) Retail Banking
7 27 (6.01%) Financial Institution
8 23 (5.12%) Retail
9 22 (4.90%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.45%) Back Office
12 10 (2.23%) Legal
13 9 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.89%) French Language
17 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 2 (0.45%) Aviation
18 2 (0.45%) Marketing
19 1 (0.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 127 (28.29%) Developer
2 77 (17.15%) Analyst
3 59 (13.14%) Java Developer
4 56 (12.47%) Business Analyst
4 56 (12.47%) Senior
5 39 (8.69%) Network Engineer
6 37 (8.24%) Senior Developer
7 31 (6.90%) Senior Java Developer
8 26 (5.79%) Banking Analyst
9 25 (5.57%) Architect
10 24 (5.35%) Project Manager
11 22 (4.90%) AWS Developer
12 21 (4.68%) C# Developer
13 20 (4.45%) Kafka Developer
14 19 (4.23%) Data Engineer
15 18 (4.01%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 18 (4.01%) Electronic Trading Developer
15 18 (4.01%) IP Network Engineer
15 18 (4.01%) Lead
15 18 (4.01%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.24%) Kafka
2 33 (7.35%) .NET
3 30 (6.68%) React
4 19 (4.23%) FIX Protocol
5 17 (3.79%) AngularJS
5 17 (3.79%) Pandas
6 15 (3.34%) HTML
6 15 (3.34%) Middleware
6 15 (3.34%) Spring
7 13 (2.90%) CSS
8 12 (2.67%) NumPy
9 11 (2.45%) REST
10 10 (2.23%) JMS
10 10 (2.23%) SciPy
10 10 (2.23%) XML
11 9 (2.00%) Redux
12 8 (1.78%) FastAPI
13 7 (1.56%) Flask
13 7 (1.56%) HTML5
14 6 (1.34%) Polars
Miscellaneous
1 80 (17.82%) Derivative
2 63 (14.03%) Management Information System
3 42 (9.35%) Equities
4 40 (8.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 36 (8.02%) Fixed Income
6 28 (6.24%) Market Risk
7 25 (5.57%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.90%) Hedge funds
9 18 (4.01%) Credit Risk
10 15 (3.34%) Cloud Native
11 14 (3.12%) Data Structures
12 13 (2.90%) TWAP
12 13 (2.90%) VWAP
13 12 (2.67%) Data Centre
14 9 (2.00%) Algorithms
14 9 (2.00%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.24%) Linux
2 22 (4.90%) Windows
3 16 (3.56%) Unix
4 7 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.89%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.45%) AIX
7 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (20.04%) Agile
2 70 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (10.47%) Analytics
5 44 (9.80%) DevOps
6 41 (9.13%) CI/CD
7 40 (8.91%) Business Analysis
7 40 (8.91%) Project Management
7 40 (8.91%) Risk Management
7 40 (8.91%) User Acceptance Testing
8 38 (8.46%) AI
8 38 (8.46%) Load Balancing
9 37 (8.24%) Asset Management
9 37 (8.24%) TDD
10 34 (7.57%) SDLC
11 31 (6.90%) Design Patterns
11 31 (6.90%) Electronic Trading
12 30 (6.68%) Multithreading
12 30 (6.68%) Software Engineering
13 27 (6.01%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 101 (22.49%) SQL
2 100 (22.27%) Java
3 89 (19.82%) Python
4 51 (11.36%) C#
5 25 (5.57%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.57%) TypeScript
6 16 (3.56%) C++
7 15 (3.34%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.23%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.56%) Lisp
10 6 (1.34%) Rust
11 5 (1.11%) Scala
11 5 (1.11%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.89%) Bash
13 3 (0.67%) Go
13 3 (0.67%) Perl
13 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.67%) VBA
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (8.02%) Degree
2 13 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (2.90%) Master's Degree
3 9 (2.00%) PMP
4 8 (1.78%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.56%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.56%) CCNP
5 7 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.34%) PhD
7 4 (0.89%) CFA
8 3 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.67%) CISSP
9 2 (0.45%) ACCA
9 2 (0.45%) IIBA
9 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.45%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.01%) QA
2 12 (2.67%) MiFID
3 11 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.23%) PMO
5 9 (2.00%) SLA
6 8 (1.78%) EMIR
7 7 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.89%) GDPR
9 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.45%) GRC
10 2 (0.45%) NIST
10 2 (0.45%) SEPA
11 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.22%) COBIT
11 1 (0.22%) FINRA
11 1 (0.22%) IFRS
11 1 (0.22%) ITGC
11 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (6.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (4.90%) Docker
3 19 (4.23%) Firmware
4 6 (1.34%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) Varnish
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.56%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.56%) SCCM
3 5 (1.11%) Ansible
4 3 (0.67%) Terraform
4 3 (0.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 3 (0.67%) WSUS
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.45%) Puppet
5 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.22%) Control-M
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.22%) WMI
6 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 43 (9.58%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.69%) F5
3 28 (6.24%) Oracle
4 27 (6.01%) VMware
5 20 (4.45%) Blue Coat
5 20 (4.45%) McAfee
5 20 (4.45%) NetApp
6 17 (3.79%) Bloomberg
6 17 (3.79%) Cisco
7 15 (3.34%) Murex
8 11 (2.45%) ION Trading
9 9 (2.00%) Remedy
10 8 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.78%) Sybase
11 7 (1.56%) Charles River
11 7 (1.56%) Ekahau
12 6 (1.34%) Citrix
12 6 (1.34%) Reuters
12 6 (1.34%) Splunk
13 4 (0.89%) UiPath