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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 162 116
Rank change year-on-year -63 -46 +7
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 535 498 674
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.78% 2.09%
As % of the General category 2.05% 2.78% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 320 504
10th Percentile £405 £450 £500
25th Percentile £513 £549 £607
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £656 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £793 £825 £850
90th Percentile £938 £921 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £683 £750
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.00% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 £44.04
% change year-on-year +35.71% +58.95% +6.28%

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 26,131 17,889 18,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.49% 63.93% 58.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,215 11,356 11,412
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
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 2,413 1,048 844
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.61 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.30 £17.49
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.10 £70.05 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.08 £33.00
% change year-on-year +9.67% -24.02% +20.00%

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 8 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 8 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 -54 469 £668 -7.93% 428
North of England -38 51 £464 -9.46% 3
North West -30 40 £489 +20.00% 1
West Midlands -33 31 £688 +37.50% 9
Midlands -39 31 £688 +37.50% 9
South West -34 8 £875 +360.53% 5
Yorkshire -39 7 £450 -14.29% 1
North East - 4 £875 - 1
South East -61 3 £525 -4.55% 34
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 16 (2.99%) Confluence
2 5 (0.93%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.93%) MTS
2 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.75%) Apache
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.37%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.19%) CICS
5 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (1.50%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (1.31%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.37%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.19%) OneSumX
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 89 (16.64%) Azure
2 62 (11.59%) AWS
3 32 (5.98%) GCP
4 19 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.18%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.18%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.62%) SaaS
7 12 (2.24%) GitHub
8 11 (2.06%) OCI
9 7 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.12%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.12%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.93%) Azure Databricks
11 5 (0.93%) Cloud Run
11 5 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (0.75%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.30%) DNS
2 21 (3.93%) Multicast
3 17 (3.18%) VPN
4 16 (2.99%) HTTP
5 15 (2.80%) BGP
5 15 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.62%) DMZ
7 13 (2.43%) BIG-IP
7 13 (2.43%) Wireshark
8 12 (2.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 12 (2.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 12 (2.24%) SSL
9 10 (1.87%) FIX Connectivity
10 9 (1.68%) Firewall
11 8 (1.50%) WAN
12 6 (1.12%) DWDM
12 6 (1.12%) MPLS
13 5 (0.93%) Network Security
13 5 (0.93%) SSH
13 5 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.36%) Metadata
4 16 (2.99%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.80%) Power BI
6 10 (1.87%) KDB
6 10 (1.87%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.68%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.68%) Data Vault
8 8 (1.50%) Chroma
8 8 (1.50%) Pinecone
8 8 (1.50%) Weaviate
9 7 (1.31%) Kdb+
9 7 (1.31%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.12%) Redis
11 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 55 (10.28%) JIRA
2 30 (5.61%) Git
3 12 (2.24%) ER Studio
4 11 (2.06%) Fiddler
5 10 (1.87%) ERwin
5 10 (1.87%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.31%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.12%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.12%) webpack
8 5 (0.93%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.93%) GitLab
8 5 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.75%) Selenium
10 3 (0.56%) Maven
10 3 (0.56%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.37%) Gradle
11 2 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.37%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 535 (100.00%) Banking
2 350 (65.42%) Finance
3 160 (29.91%) Front Office
4 123 (22.99%) Social Skills
5 71 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (7.48%) Corporate Banking
7 39 (7.29%) Retail Banking
8 35 (6.54%) Financial Institution
9 34 (6.36%) Retail
10 24 (4.49%) Back Office
11 16 (2.99%) Legal
12 14 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.87%) Spanish Language
14 9 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.93%) General Ledger
18 4 (0.75%) Games
18 4 (0.75%) Law
19 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 180 (33.64%) Developer
2 93 (17.38%) Senior
3 84 (15.70%) Analyst
4 71 (13.27%) Java Developer
5 64 (11.96%) Business Analyst
6 54 (10.09%) Senior Developer
7 33 (6.17%) Senior Java Developer
8 31 (5.79%) Network Engineer
8 31 (5.79%) React Developer
9 30 (5.61%) Python Developer
10 29 (5.42%) Lead
11 26 (4.86%) Senior React Developer
12 25 (4.67%) UI Developer
13 24 (4.49%) Senior UI Developer
14 22 (4.11%) Project Manager
15 21 (3.93%) C# Developer
15 21 (3.93%) Support Engineer
16 18 (3.36%) Data Engineer
17 17 (3.18%) Full-Stack Developer
18 16 (2.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.72%) React
2 37 (6.92%) .NET
3 30 (5.61%) FIX Protocol
3 30 (5.61%) Redux
4 29 (5.42%) REST
5 25 (4.67%) AngularJS
5 25 (4.67%) Kafka
6 21 (3.93%) Spring
7 17 (3.18%) RESTful
8 16 (2.99%) Terraform
9 14 (2.62%) Flask
10 13 (2.43%) Pandas
10 13 (2.43%) PySpark
10 13 (2.43%) Spring Boot
11 12 (2.24%) WebSockets
12 10 (1.87%) CSS
12 10 (1.87%) FastAPI
12 10 (1.87%) LangChain
12 10 (1.87%) NumPy
12 10 (1.87%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 85 (15.89%) Derivative
2 78 (14.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 66 (12.34%) Fixed Income
4 57 (10.65%) Equities
5 42 (7.85%) Management Information System
6 35 (6.54%) Greenfield Project
6 35 (6.54%) Product Ownership
7 28 (5.23%) Onboarding
8 24 (4.49%) Market Risk
9 20 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (3.55%) Data Structures
11 18 (3.36%) AI Agents
12 17 (3.18%) Reference Data
13 15 (2.80%) Hedge funds
14 14 (2.62%) Algorithms
15 12 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (2.06%) Cloud Native
17 10 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (1.87%) TWAP
17 10 (1.87%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.92%) Linux
2 33 (6.17%) Windows
3 23 (4.30%) Unix
4 5 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.75%) Android
5 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.37%) AIX
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
7 2 (0.37%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.19%) HPUX
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (24.49%) Agile
2 104 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 87 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 71 (13.27%) Low Latency
6 66 (12.34%) AI
7 65 (12.15%) Electronic Trading
8 56 (10.47%) Software Engineering
9 55 (10.28%) Analytics
10 52 (9.72%) DevOps
11 51 (9.53%) Migration
12 49 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (8.97%) Business Analysis
14 47 (8.79%) Wealth Management
15 42 (7.85%) Translating Business Requirements
16 41 (7.66%) Data Modelling
17 39 (7.29%) Event-Driven
17 39 (7.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 38 (7.10%) Scrum
18 38 (7.10%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 125 (23.36%) SQL
2 119 (22.24%) Java
3 115 (21.50%) Python
4 82 (15.33%) C#
5 61 (11.40%) TypeScript
6 52 (9.72%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.55%) C++
8 18 (3.36%) PowerShell
9 15 (2.80%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.31%) Bash
10 7 (1.31%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.93%) Rust
11 5 (0.93%) Tcl
12 4 (0.75%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.56%) Bicep
13 3 (0.56%) C
13 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.37%) Korn
14 2 (0.37%) VBA
15 1 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (6.73%) Degree
2 11 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.87%) PMP
4 8 (1.50%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.31%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.12%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.75%) ACCA
7 4 (0.75%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.75%) CBAP
7 4 (0.75%) CIMA
7 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.75%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) CISSP
9 2 (0.37%) CCNP
9 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.19%) PgMP
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.49%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.99%) MiFID
3 13 (2.43%) QA
4 11 (2.06%) EMIR
5 5 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.93%) PMO
6 4 (0.75%) IFRS
6 4 (0.75%) NIST
7 3 (0.56%) WCAG
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) COREP
9 1 (0.19%) FINREP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.19%) SEPA
9 1 (0.19%) TARGET2
System Software
1 22 (4.11%) Docker
2 21 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.06%) Firmware
3 11 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.31%) Ansible
3 6 (1.12%) SCCM
4 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.75%) Grafana
6 3 (0.56%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) Kibana
7 2 (0.37%) logstash
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (8.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.17%) Oracle
3 24 (4.49%) F5
4 22 (4.11%) Cisco
5 16 (2.99%) Bloomberg
5 16 (2.99%) Databricks
6 14 (2.62%) OpenAI
7 13 (2.43%) Murex
8 12 (2.24%) Blue Coat
9 11 (2.06%) ION Trading
9 11 (2.06%) McAfee
9 11 (2.06%) NetApp
9 11 (2.06%) VMware
10 10 (1.87%) Citrix
11 9 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.68%) Tradeweb
12 7 (1.31%) Arista
12 7 (1.31%) MarketAxess
13 6 (1.12%) Reuters
14 5 (0.93%) Splunk